Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Part of the Discovery Park Lecture Series

John Francis, PhD - Visiting Associate Professor – The Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin Madison

John Francis is known the world over as the Planetwalker. In 1971, Dr. Francis witnessed an oil spill in San Francisco Bay. The effects of the spill compelled him to stop using motorized vehicles. Several months later, to stop the arguments about the power of one person's actions, he took a vow of silence. His non-motorized lifestyle lasted twenty-two years, and his silence seventeen. During that time Dr. Francis walked across the United States earning a B.A at Southern Oregon State College, an M.S. in Environmental Studies at the University of Montana and a Ph.D. in land resources at the University of Wisconsin. He later sailed and walked through the Caribbean and then walked the length of South America. He is an education fellow at the National Geographic Society, and currently a visiting associate professor of environmental studies at the UW-Madison Nelson Institute and is the author of: "Planetwalker. 22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence." and "The Ragged Edge of Silence: Finding Peace in a Noisy World."

Related Links
The Nelson Institute at the University of Wisconsin Madison
http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/index.php

Plenary Speaker

Dr. Steve Hallett, Associate Professor

Botany and Plant Pathology
https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/pages/profile.aspx?strAlias=halletts

Technical Session Speakers

Bioremediation and Ecological Infrastructure

• Dr. Sally Brown
  Research Associate Professor, University of Washington
  [Bio]   [University of Washington, School of Environment and Forest Sciences]
• Dr. David Taso
  Americas Technology Manager
  [Bio]   [BP Remediation Management]
• Dr. Greg Michalski
  Professor in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, Purdue University
  [Bio]   [Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science]

Urban Ecology

• Dr. Lori Hoagland
  Assistant Professor in Horticulture, Purdue University
  [Bio]   [Horticulture and Landscape Architecture]
• Dr. Ian Thompson
  USDA Research Technician, Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University
  [Bio]   [Tippecanoe Urban Farmers]   [North 10th Street Co-op Garden]
• Dr. Tim Carter
  Director, Center for Urban Ecology, Butler University
  [Bio]   [Center for Urban Ecology]

The Role of Environmental Ethics, Policy, History and Economics in Urbanization

• Dr. Mark H. Bernstein
  Professor of Applied Ethics, Purdue University
  [Bio]   [Purdue Bioethics]
• Dr. Leigh Raymond
  Professor in Political Science, Director of Center for the Environment, Purdue University
  [Bio]   [Center for the Environment]

• Dr Geoffrey Buckley
  Professor of Geography, Director, Edinburgh: City and Environment Education Abroad Program, Ohio University