Media Advisory – Shared Air Summit 2007
June 16, 2007
TORONTO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ — Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Environment Minister Laurel Broten will co-host Shared Air Summit 2007. The third annual international event will gather champions from the business, scientific and government sectors from around the world to bring a critical mass of ideas and leadership to Toronto to take action on the linked issues of climate change and air pollution. For information on Summit speakers and the day’s itinerary, please see the attached document.
DATE: Monday June 18, 2007 TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. LOCATION: Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building – 700 Level (xx) Please note entrance: 222 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario M.C.: Gillian Deacon, environmentalist and media personality KEY MEDIA EVENTS & PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: 9:10 a.m. Premier Dalton McGuinty will discuss the government of Ontario’s climate change strategy. 11:45 a.m. Minister Broten and Roland Hache, New Brunswick Environment Minister will co-sign an Agreement to Reduce Transboundary Air Pollution, Improve Regional Air Quality and Address Climate Change. 12:30 p.m. Minister Broten and Hayley Wickenheiser, Olympic and World gold medal-winning hockey star, will present awards to the winners of the province-wide clean air and climate change student art, essay and video contests. 4:00 p.m. Youth Roundtable on Climate Change to present student climate change declaration to Province of Ontario. Disponible en francais http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/ SHARED AIR SUMMIT 2007 ————————————————————————- 8:00-9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 Opening and Welcome Gill Deacon 9:05 Introduction of the Premier Roberta Bondar World’s First Neurologist in Space, Acclaimed Photographer and Author 9:15 Premier’s Keynote Address The Honourable Dalton McGuinty Premier of Ontario 9:40 Sheila Watt-Cloutier Arctic Activist and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Video Message 9:45 Break 10:10 Anthony Cary British High Commissioner to Canada 10:30 Jared Snyder Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change and Energy, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 10:50 The Honourable Gary Doer Premier of Manitoba 11:10 Keith Schneider Editor and Director of Program Development Michigan Land Use Institute 11:30 Viewing of Special Segment of Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s Oscar Winning Movie, An Inconvenient Truth 11:45 Lunch Students’ Art, Essay and Video Contest: Award Presentation Winning Entries in the Students’ Video Contest 1:30 Leon Billings Co-Founder and Chair Emeritus, National Caucus of Environmental Legislators 1:50 Eileen Claussen President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change Video Message 2:00 CEO Panel Corinne Boone Managing Director, Cantor CO2e Moderator John Cavalier Managing Director, Investment Banking Division, Vice Chairman, Corporate and Investment Banking and Chairman of the Global Energy Group, Credit-Suisse, New York City Judith E. McKay Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, DuPont Canada Mark Foote President, Loblaws Mark Cohon Commissioner, Canadian Football League 3:15 Break 3:30 Hayley Wickenheiser Clean Air Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist 3:55 Rob Stewart Biologist and Filmmaker Video Message 4:00 Youth Declaration Presentation 4:15 The Honourable Laurel Broten Ontario’s Minister of the Environment Closing Remarks 4:30 Reception
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
CONTACT: Anne O’Hagan Minister’s Office, (416) 325-5809; John Steele,Communications Branch, (416) 314-6666