Agenda — McCormick SRI on Shale Oil and Gas Development [1]
The Society of Environmental Journalists Presents:
The McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Oil and Gas Development
Pittsburgh, June 22-24, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Conference Hotel:
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center – 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh; (412) 682-6200
Sunday, June 22
5pm-6pm Reception, Hors d’oeuvres (Rooms 322 and 324 of the Faculty Conference Center, on the first floor of Posner Hall at Carnegie Mellon)
5:45p-6pm Welcome from Carnegie Mellon University [2] and Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation [3]
(Opening welcome reception and buffet dinner courtesy of Carnegie Mellon)
- Jared L. Cohon [4]; Former President, Carnegie Mellon University, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
6pm-7pm Informal Panel: “Overview of Shale Gas and Oil Development”
- Terry Engelder [5]; Professor of Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University
- Scott Perry [6]; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – Director, Oil and Gas Division
- Stephen Cleghorn [7]; Pennsylvania farmer opposing Marcellus Shale gas operations
7pm-8pm Buffet Dinner
Monday, June 23
7:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast, CMU’s Information Networking Institute (INI) Distributed Education Center
(All panels take place in the INI Distributed Education Center [8] in the Robert Mehrabian Collaborative Innovation Center, located on Forbes Avenue on the Carnegie Mellon campus: 4720 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (412) 268-2000)
8:00-9:00 a.m. Panel 1: “ABCs of Hydraulic Fracturing and Regional Differences”
- Terry Engelder [5], Professor of Geoscience, The Pennsylvania State University
- Anthony Ingraffea [9], Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering at Cornell University
9:00-10:00 a.m. Panel 2: “The ABCs of the Health Impact: What we Know, Don’t Know”
- Bernard D. Goldstein, MD [10], Faculty Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences; Former Dean, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh; formerly with the EPA
- Lisa McKenzie [11], Research Associate, Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado
- Stephen Cleghorn [7], Pennsylvania farmer opposing Marcellus Shale gas operations
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-10:45 a.m. Sharon Friedman – Journalism Practices discussion
10:45-11:45 a.m. Panel 3: “Policy, Transparency, Land Development, Infrastructure and More”
- Ben Grumbles, President, U.S. Water Alliance [12]; served as EPA’s Assistant Administrator of Water under President George W. Bush
- Louis D’Amico, President and Executive Director, Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association [13]
- Scott Perry, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – Dept. Secretary, Oil and Gas Division [14]
- Andrew Place, Corporate Director, Energy and Environmental Policy, EQT Corporation
- Deborah Lawrence Rogers, Executive Director, Energy Policy Forum [15]
11:45 a.m.-Noon Relax, chat, pick up box lunch for keynote address
Noon-1:00 p.m. Speaker – Sandra Steingraber [16], Biologist, author, cancer survivor. An expert on the environmental links to cancer and human health
1:00-2:00 p.m. Panel 4: “Environmental Effects of Shale Oil and Gas Development”
- Mark Brownstein, Associate Vice President, Chief Counsel, U.S. Climate and Energy Program [17], Environmental Defense Fund
- Ben Grumbles, President, U.S. Water Alliance [12]; served as EPA’s Assistant Administrator of Water under President George W. Bush
- Louis D’Amico, President and Executive Director, Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association [13]
- W. Michael Griffin [18], Associate Research Professor, Engineering and Public Policy – Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business; Executive Director, Green Design Institute; Executive Director, Center for Climate and Energy Decision Making
- Anthony Ingraffea, Dwight C. Baum Professor [9] of Engineering at Cornell University
2:00-3:00 p.m. Panel 5: “Federal, State and Local Legal Landscape”
- John M. Smith, Pennsylvania-based natural resources lawyer for Smith, Butz LLC [19]
- Jason Hutt, Attorney, Bracewell and Giuliani [20]
- John Dernbach [21], Professor, Environmental Law – Widener University
- Mark Brownstein, Chief Counsel, U.S. Climate and Energy Program [17], Environmental Defense Fund
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:30 p.m. Panel 6: “Journalists Roundtable – The Challenges of Covering Shale Development”
- Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
- Bobby Magill, Climate Central [22]
- Kevin Begos, Associated Press, Pittsburgh
- Reid Frazier, Allegheny Front [23]
- Bob Downing, Akron Beacon Journal
- Tim Puko, Wall Street Journal, Energy reporter
4:30-5:30 p.m. Pitch Slam: Journalists talk to editors
- Jennifer Szweda Jordan; Host and Managing Editor, Allegheny Front [24]
- Brian Hyslop; Business Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [25]
- Jim Parsons; WTAE-TV [26]
5:30-6:00 p.m. Campus Tour
6:00-7:25 p.m. Reception and tour, Phipps Conservatory’s “Center for Sustainable Landscapes [27]”
7:30-9.p.m. Dinner – ‘The Porch at Schenley [28],’ 221 Schenley Drive (412) 687-6724
Tuesday, June 24
6:00-7:00 a.m. Breakfast at Wyndham Hotel – bagels, yogurt, fruit
7:00 a.m. Bus departs hotel for Fracking site tour, airport drop-off
1:00 p.m. (Noon for those with early flights) Fellows dropped at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
This Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Development [29] was made possible by a grant from
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation [30]
SRI agenda chairs: Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Carolyn Whetzel, Bloomberg BNA
SRI project manager: Dale Willman, Society of Environmental Journalists
Beth Parke, Executive Director, Society of Environmental Journalists
PO Box 2492, Jenkintown, PA USA 19046
215-884-8174 sej@sejorg http:www.sej.org [31]