GLOBAL GREEN FORUM

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>]

From: Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>

GLOBAL GREEN USA
The U.S. Affiliate of Green Cross International

presents the Third Annual Legacy Program Forum

MOVING TOWARD SUSTAINABLE BASE CONVERSION
local to internationl perspectives on cooperative cleanup and reuse 
strategies

Featuring Keynote Speaker
MIKHAIL S. GORBACHEV
President, Green Cross International

Co-hosted by:
CAREER/PRO, Center for Economic Conversion, Congressman Ron Dellums, 
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment 
Commission, Environment and Energy Study Institute, Environmental Law 
Institute, EPA Region IX, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, 
Senator Barbara Boxer, S.F. Bay Area Physicians for Social 
Responsibility, Sierra Club, Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars (partial listing)

Presidio Officers' Club, Presidio of San Francisco

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1996
12pm - 4pm Scheduled site tour to San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area 
 closed military bases (depart from Presidion Officers' Club)

4:30 pm Reception for out-of-town participants
(Mesa Lounge)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1996
8:30 - 9:00 am Registration, coffee, tea, and pastries
(Ballroom)

9:00-9:15 am Welcome and Introductions
(Ballroom) Dr. Paul F. Walker, Acting Director, Legacy Program,
 Global Green USA
 Mathew Petersen, Executive Director, Global Green

9:15-9:30 Introductory Presentation
(Ballroom) FEDERAL FACILITES CLEANUP: REGIONAL & NATIONAL PERS[ECTIVE
 Felicia Marcus, US EPA Region IX Administrator
 Phillip Lammi, Director, Regional Environmental Office, 
 Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence/CCR-S

9:30-10:45 am Plenary 1 - followed by roundtable introductions and 
(Ballroom) discussions
 SUSTAINABLE MILITARY BASE CONVERSION IN THE SAN FRANCISCO 
 OAKLAND BYA AREA
 Identifying Obstacles and Opportunities for Cleanup & Reuse
 Chair: Andrew Michael, Partnerships For Change

 * Louise Aiello, Bay Area Defense Conversion Action Team
 * Carl Anthony, Urban Habitat, Earth Island Institute
 * Commander Al Elkins, U.S. Navy, Bay Area Base Closure 
 Transition Coordinator
 * Sally Gallegos, United Indain Nations
 * Bill Tuohy, Regional Resue Planner & Pilot Project 
 Director, East Bay Conversion Reinvestment Commission

10:45-11:00 am Coffee Break & the Resource Exchange Zone
(Garden Room) Resource Exchange Zone: Identify forum particiapnts to 
 network with and complete an inventory fo your skills; 
 the Zone is equipped with Global Green USA's Resource 
 Inventory of Forum participants and the Resource 
 Exchange Bank

11:00-12:00 pm Plenary 2 and Question and Answer
(Morage Room) CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND THE CHALLENGE OF CLEANUP
 Chair: Dr. Paul F. Walker, Acting Director, Legacy 
 Program, Global Green USA

 * Col. Robert E. Hilliard, US Army Project manager for 
 Nonstockpile Material
 * Michael O'Connor, Commissioner, Indiana Department of 
 Environmental Management Representative from the 
 Program on Demilitarization of Stockpile Weapons

12:00-1:30 pm Lunch and Keynote Presentation
(Ballroom)
 Mikhail S. Gorbachev, President, Green Cross International
 "The Environmental Legacy of the Cold War:
 The Challenge to Communities and the World"

1:45-3:00pm Plenary 3 and Question and Answer
(Moraga Room) NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONL EXPERIENCES OF PLANNING, 
 CLEANUP AND CONVERSION OF CLOSED MILITARY BASES
 Chair: Nick Morgan, Greenfire Project

 * Dr. Sergei Baranovsky, Director, Green Cross Russia
 * Dr. Gregory A. Bischak, National Commission for 
 Economic Conversion and Disarmament
 * Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, National Core Committee, U.S. 
 Working Group for Philippine Bases Cleanup
 * John Lindsay-Poland, Fellowship of Reconciliation, 
 Panama Base Cleanup 

3:00-3:15 pm Coffee Break

3:15-4:45 pm Afternoon Workshop Sessions (Small Groups)

Session 1 Chemical Weapons--A cold War Legacy for U.S. and Russia
(DeAnza Room) How to address their existence in our midst
 Chair: Dr. Paul F. Walker, Acting Director, Legacy Program

 * Karyn Jones, Oregon Chemical Demilitarization Citizen 
 Advisory Commission
 * Felicia Marcus, US EPA Region IX, Administrator
 * Dr. Stephan Robinson, Legacy Programme coordinator, 
 Green Cross International
 * Charles Twing, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
 Huntsville Division

Session 2: Cleanup Experiences: Lessons Learned in Planning, 
Arguello Room Technology and Public Participation (Emphasis on Bay Area)
 Chair: Rodney Pieper, Subship Portsmount Environmental 
 Detachment Vallejo, Navy

 * Saul Bloom, Arc Ecology
 * Susan Falkoff, Watertown Citizens For Environmental Safety
 * Allen Edson, African American Development Association 
 and Brownfields Working Group
 * Laura Olah, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger
 * Dave Wilson, East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission

Session 3: Sustainable Base Conversion: Business and Community 
 Development
Mesa Lounge Chair: Michael Closson, Center for Economic Conversion

 * John Boesel, VP, Calstart
 * Evonne Chen, East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission
 * Professor Lloyd Jeff Dumas, Economics & Political 
 Economy, University of Texas
 * Aimee Vincent, Sustainability Coordinator, Golden 
 Gate National Recreation Area

Session 4: The Future of the Defense Environmental Cleanup in the U.S.:
 Funding Choices for the 21st Century
 Chair: Dar Rudnyckjy, Legacy Program, Global Green USA

 * Sam Goodhope, Office of the Attroney General, Texas
 * H. Lee Halterman, General Counsel for Congressman Ron Dellums
 * Stan Phillippe, Division Chief, State of California 
 Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of 
 Military Facilities
 * Lenny Siegel, Director, CAREER/PRO
 * Martha Walters, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
 * Terry Yonkers, Ofice of the Deputy Assistant 
 Secretary of the Air Force

4:30-5:00 pm Closing Presentation
(Moraga Room) THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABLE CONVERSION 
 Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (invited)

5:00-6:15 pm Wine and Cheese Reception
(Ballroom)