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 9:00 - 9:10         Welcoming remarks, Larry Davenport, Director, Vulcan Materials Center for Environmental Stewardship and Education
                           Brad Creed, Provost, Samford University                                                            
9:10 - 9:30         Jim McClintock, UAB, Marine Ecologist
                           The Ecological Risks of Climate Change
                           http://www.antarctica.uab.edu/crew/jim/
9:30 - 10:40       Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize winner, Introduction by Betsy Dobbins, Samford University    
                           Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
                           Collapse: How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail
                           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Diamond
                           Question and Answer Session, Jared Diamond
10:40 - 11:10     Howard Frumkin, Director, National Center for Environmental Health /Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
                            Climate Change and Human Health Risks
                            Urban Sprawl and Human Health
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2006/12/04/cdc_climate_change_a_health_threat/3830/
11:10 – 11:40     Mike Tidwell, Director, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Author: Bayou Farewell and The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities.
http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/about/bio.cfm?id=2
11:40 – 11:55    Panel Discussion, Diamond, McClintock, Frumkin, Tidwell
11:55 – 12:00     Best Efforts: Sarah Latham, VP, Samford Facility Services,
Homewood Green Resource Center, Alabama Environmental Council

12:00 -  1:00      Book Signing, Foyer, Wright Center; Diamond, Frumkin, Tidwell.