Washington, DC — U.S. defense and intelligence communities are increasingly focusing resources on the operational and national security implications of climate change, water and energy. With the most recent quadrennial report identifying climate change as a global destabilizing force for the first time, an intelligence community assessment related global water security, Executive Order 13514 on sustainability across the Federal agencies, and an uncertain and unstable energy market, the challenges before American defense and national security communities to address water, energy and extreme events related risks and opportunities, as well as establish a leaner, more effective operational force in a down economy.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Hear insights from senior Federal officials in the Department of Defense, intelligence organizations and other Federal agencies on existing mandates, operational strategies and opportunities for collaboration
• Participate in roundtable sessions with peers across sectors on topics including:
  • Exploring strategies for addressing water problems (shortages, quality and extreme events),
  • Developing clean energy infrastructure throughout installations and forward operations,
  • Identifying new technologies for usage in the theater and in U.S. installations,
  • Overcoming barriers to modernizing facilities management and green design in defense installations,
  • Operationalizing supply chain programs and modernizing procurement paradigms,
  • Stakeholder engagement, external relations, and workforce education/training,
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  • Addressing national security implications both domestic and abroad.
• Examine implications of the recent Global Water Security assessment, Executive Order 13514 and other recent Congressional and Executive mandates on Department of Defense operations and the national security community
• Explore opportunities for cross-sector working groups

HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR'S WORKSHOP

• 30 speakers, 8 program session and 12 roundtable discussions
• 110 attendees representing more than 65 organizations
• Recap reports available at: http://www.ACCOonline.org/ccls/defense2011

The workshop featured the following speakers ...

• Senator John Warner (ret.) – Senior Advisor, Hogan Lovells
• Senator Gary Hart (ret.) – Scholar in Residence, University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs and Chair of the Threat Reduction Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of Defense
• Honorable Sharon E. Burke – Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, U.S. Department of Defense
• Honorable Katherine Hammack – Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations & Environment), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, U.S. Army
• Jeffrey Arnold – Senior Scientist, Climate and Global Change Programs, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Cathleen Kelly – Deputy Associate Director for Climate Change Adaptation, White House Council on Environmental Quality
• Chris Tindal – Director of Operational Energy Policy, U.S. Department of the Navy
• Kim Toufectis – Master Planning Program Manager, U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• David Belote – Director, DoD Energy Siting Clearinghouse, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
• Nancy Gillis – Senior Adviser, Sustainability, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), General Services Administration
• William Goran – Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (and Co-Chair of NASA-Army Interagency Forum on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations)

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