Speakers

Keynote Speaker: John Topping, President of the Climate Institute
John Topping has been President and CEO of the Climate Institute since its founding in 1986. He is the editor of two volumes on climate change: Preparing for Climate Change (1988) and Coping with Climate Change (1989). From 1989-1990 he served as editor of portions of the IPCC First Assessment Report concerning impacts of climate change on human settlement, industry, transport, energy, human health and air quality, and as Lead Author of portions of the report concerning impacts on human settlement, industry and transport. His work in environmental policy has yielded significant gains with regard to air quality, particularly as it relates to the removal of lead from gasoline, and the banning of smoking on US domestic flights.

Juan Mancebo, National Climate Change Coordinator, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic

Matilde M. Rusticucci, IPCC Lead Author, Department of Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Antonio Cocco Quezada , President, ACQ y Asociados: Meteorólogos Privados y Consultores, Dominican Republic
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Alicia Villamizar, Lead Author of 2007 IPCC report, Working Group II, Latin American Chapter, Venezuela
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Johanna Mendelson-Forman, Senior Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C.

Alejandro Herrera-Moreno, President of Ecomar, Inc., Dominican Republic
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Eddie N. Laboy Nieves, President of CIEMADeS, Puerto Rico Chapter
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Ruben Torres, Reef Check Coordinator, Dominican Republic

Ana Rosa Moreno Sánchez, Lead Author of IPCC Report, Department of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de México (UNAM)
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Alina Rivero Valencia, Instituto de Meteorología de la República de Cuba
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Graciella Magrin, IPCC Working Group II Coordinator, Latin American Chapter,Instituto de Clima y Agua, Argentina
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Luís Alberto Acosta, Global Earth Observing System (GEOS), Climate Institute, Washington D.C.