International Conference
“Sustainability Through Renewable Energy & Aquaculture”
Sarasota Sister Cities Association
University of South Florida-Sarasota/Manatee
November 13-15, 2013
DAY 1 NOV 13 SUSTAINABILITY
Morning Session
8:00-9:00 am Conference Check-In
9:00 Introduction – Dr. Raymond A. Young, Sarasota Sister Cities Assn.
Welcoming Remarks
Patrick Sheehan
Director, Florida Office of Energy, Dept of Agriculture & Consumerism
9:30 Keynote Address: Sustainability Business Innovation
Prof. Sharon Hanna-West
School of Sustainability, University of South Florida-Tampa
10:00 Issues for Sustainable Management
Prof. Adrienne Gould-Choquette, State College of Florida-Venice
10:30 Break
11:00 The Eco-Municipality Movement in Sweden and the USA
Sarah James & Torbjörn Lahti, Institute for Eco-Muncipality Education
& Assistance, Cambridge, MA & Umea, Sweden
11:30 Sustainable Communities
Prof. David Brain, New College of Florida, Sarasota
12:00 Programs for Sustainable Buildings in Treviso Province, Italy
Antonio Zonta, Treviso Province Administration, Treviso, Italy
12:30-1:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:30 The Walt Disney Company: A Case Study in Sustainable Tourism
Dr. David Randle, Patel School of Global Sustainability, USF-Tampa
2:00 Valuing Nature's Service – Green Infrastructure and Economics of
Ecosystem Services, Prof. Tim Rumage, Ringling College of Art & Design
2:30 Improving the Quality of Desalinated Seawater
Prof. Ori Lahav, Technion-Israel Inst. of Technology (Haifa, Israel)
3:00 Energy Solutions With Sustainable Agriculture Practices
Roy Beckford , University of Florida-Extension, Ft Myers, FL
DAY 2 NOV 14 RENEWABLE ENERGY ALTERNATIVES
Morning Session
9:00 Opening – Nan Summers, USF-Sarasota/Manatee
Keynote Address: Solar Power Plants and Energy Storage for Global Energy
Needs
Keynote Address: Solar Power Plants and Energy Storage for Global Energy
Needs
Dr Elias Stefanakos, Director, Clean Energy Research Center,
University of South Florida-Tampa
9:30 Solar Energy Storage
Prof. Xavier Py, Vice President, University of Perpignan (Perpignan, France)
10:00 Retrofit Your Home & Drive for Free and PV on Your Roof & Pay
$1.08/Gallon
Dr. James Fenton, Florida Solar Energy Ctr, Univ. of Central Florida
10:30 Break
11:00 Energy from Biomass
Dr. Thomas Elder, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, (Pineville, Louisiana)
11:30 Transition to a Renewable Energy Economy
Bill Johnson, Brilliant Harvest Co., Sarasota
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Afternoon Session
1:00 Facing the Energy Skills Challenge
Prof. Sandy Murray, Carnegie College & Whitlock Energy
Collaboration Center (Dunfermline, Scotland)
1:30 Energy from Ocean Currents
Bruno Andreis, Safrema Energy LLC, Lakewood Ranch, FL
2:00 Poster Session
DAY 3 NOV 15 SUSTAINABILITY OF OCEAN RESOURCES
Morning Session
9:00 Opening – Prof. Erin Martin, USF-Sarasota/Manatee
Welcoming Remarks: Dr. Jane Rose, Dean, Arts & Science
USF-Sarasota/Manatee
Keynote Address: U.S. National Perspectives on Sustainable
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Russell Dunn, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration - Tampa
9:30 The Yucatan Fishery Resources: Trends and Perspectives to Sustainability
Prof. Carlos Gonzalez-Salas & Prof. Humberto Cervera,
Autonomous Univ. of the Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
10:00 Opportunities to Conserve Our Fisheries and Ocean Resources
using Sustainable Aquaculture
Dr. Kevan Main, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL
10:30 Break
11:00 Characteristics and Developmental Trends of China’s Fisheries and
Aquaculture
Dr. Qian Ma, Mote Marine Laboratory and Yellow Sea Fisheries Research
Institute, Qingdao, China
11:30 Florida Shellfish Aquaculture
Leslie N. Sturmer, University of Florida IFAS, Cedar Key, FL & Dr. John Scarpa,
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst. at Florida Atlantic Univ., Ft. Pierce, FL
12:00 Sustainability and Profits in Aquaculture
Clifford Morris & Jose Manzo – Florida Organic Aquaculture, Fellsmere, FL
12:30 Closing Remarks & Presentations - Dr. Raymond A. Young, Sarasota Sister
Cities Assn.
Appreciation is Expressed to our Conference Sponsors
Walmart Corp. & Huisking Foundation
Special Thanks to the
Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
and the
Green Business Leadership Council
for assistance with the event