| Supported
by
Claude R. Lambe
Charitable Foundation
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Elkhorn
Ranch
Big Sky, MT
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Agenda
Tuesday,
September
15, 1998
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2:00
- 4:30 pm
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Registration
and Refreshments |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Welcome/Introduction John Baden, Ph.D., Chairman, Foundation for Research
on Economics and the Environment |
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6:00
pm |
Cocktails (Fireplace Lounge) |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner (Dining Room) |
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| Wednesday,
September 16 |
7:00-8:00
am
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Breakfast
(Dining Room) |
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8:00-9:30 am |
Session I: The Ecology of Economy Lynn Scarlett, Executive Director,
Reason Public Policy Institute |
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9:30-10:00 am |
Break |
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10:00-11:30 am |
Session II: Scientific Arguments and Their Context: An Introduction
to Proof, Cause and Their Use (and Misuse) in Public Policy David
Murray, Director of Research, Statistical Assessment Service |
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11:30 - 6:00 pm |
Lunch (Dining Room) Free time: horseback rides, fishing, hiking, etc.
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6:00 pm |
Cocktails (Fireplace Lounge) |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner (Dining Room) |
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| Thursday,
September 17 |
| 7:00-8:00
am |
Breakfast
(Dining Room) |
| 8:00-9:30
am |
Session
III: Urban Sprawl and the Coming Water Crisis Barrett Walker, Trustee,
Alex C. Walker Foundation |
| 9:30-10:00
am |
Break
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| 10:00-11:30
am |
Session
IV: Applying More Good than Harm: Principles in Environmental Decision
Making Ed Warren, Partner, Kirkland and Ellis, Washington, D.C. |
| 11:30 - 12:30 pm |
Lunch
(Dining Room) |
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12:30 - 2:00 pm |
Session
V: Race to the Top Lynn Scarlett |
| 2:00
- 6:00 pm |
Free
time: horseback rides, fishing, hiking, etc. |
| 6:00
pm |
Cocktails (Fireplace Lounge) |
| 6:30
pm |
Dinner (Dining Room) |
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| Friday,
September 18 |
| 7:00-8:00
am |
Breakfast
(Dining Room) |
| 8:00-9:30
am |
Session
VI: It Ain't Necessarily So: Two Case Studies of (Alleged) Health
Risks and the Power of the Press David Murray |
| 9:30-10:00
am |
Break
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| 10:00-11:30
am |
Session
VII: The Environment: Some Thoughts From The Corner Office Alfred
C. DeCrane, Jr., Retired Chairman and CEO, Texaco Inc. |
| 11:30
- 6:00 pm |
Free
time: horseback rides, fishing, hiking, etc. |
| 6:00
pm |
Cocktails
(Fireplace Lounge) |
| 6:30
pm |
Dinner
(Dining Room) |
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Saturday,
September 19
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7:00-8:00 am
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Breakfast (Dining
Room)
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8:00-9:30 am
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Session VIII:
The Bio-Diversity Crisis Mike Gilpin, Ph.D., Professor of Biology,
University of California, San Diego
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9:30-10:00
am
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Break
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10:00-11:30
am
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Session IX:
The Coming Battleground: Estrogenic Chemicals, Campaigns of Alarm,
and Precautionary Pratfalls. David Murray
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11:30-12:30
pm
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Lunch (Dining
Room)
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12:30 - 1:30
pm
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Session X:
Risk Ledger - A Balancing Act Lynn Scarlett
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| 1:30
- 5:30
pm |
Free time:
horseback rides, fishing, hiking, etc.
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5:30 - 6:30
pm
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Session XI:
General Discussion John Baden, Ph.D.
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6:30 pm
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Cocktails (Fireplace
Lounge)
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7:00 pm
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Dinner (Dining
Room)
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| Sunday,
September 20 |
| 7:00-8:00
am |
Breakfast
(Dining Room) |
| 8:30
am |
Shuttles
to the airport will be leaving |
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