Princeton University Office of Sustainability

Please join us for the 5th Annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference being held October 27-28, 2008 at Princeton University.  The theme this year, "The Sustainability Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together", will look at the many interconnected and inter-disciplinary sustainability issues faced by our campuses today.  Areas to be explored are: Academics, Operations, Governance and Community.  Emphasis will be placed on how to engage the often disconnected members of the campus community to pursue policies and practices that result in both a smaller environmental footprint and greater awareness as a community.

Tentative Conference Agenda  (Time of events subject to change)

Monday, October 27

8:00 am - Registration Begins - Forbes College Lobby
8:30 am - Optional Tour of Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - Tour will leave from Forbes College Lobby
9:30 am - Optional Tour of Cogeneration Plant - Meet in Forbes College Multipurpose Room
9:30 am - Optional Tour of Forbes College & Garden - Meeting in Forbes College Library
10:00 am - Climate Change Regulatory Roundtable - Forbes College Multipurpose Room  Download Presentation
11:00 am - Registration ends for day
11:00 am - Introduction and Keynote Address by Lisa Jackson, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection- Forbes College Dining Room
12:00 pm - Lunch - Forbes College Dining Room
1:00 pm - President's Panel - Forbes College Dining Room  (Moderator, Mark Burstein, Executive Vice President, Princeton University)
2:15 pm - Break
2:45 pm - Sessions I - McCosh Hall
3:45 pm - Break
4:00 pm - Sessions II - McCosh Hall
5:00 pm - Break
5:30 pm - Reception - Rockefeller College Common Room
6:45 pm - Dinner - Rockefeller College Dining Hall
8:00 pm - Social Hours - Yankee Doodle Tap Room, Nassau Inn

Tuesday, October 28

6:30 am - Optional workout period - Dillon Gym
7:30 am - Breakfast - Rockefeller College Dining Hall
8:00 am - Registration continues - Rockefeller College Dining Hall
9:00 am - Registration ends
9:00 am - Master Session on Nuclear Power - 101 McCormick Hall (Keynote: Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University.  Moderator: Jeanne Fox, President, NJBPU)
10:30 am - Break
11:00 am - Vendor Fair - Dillon Gym
11:45 am - Lunch - Rockefeller College Dining Hall
1:00 pm - Sessions III - McCosh Hall
2:00 pm - Break
2:15 pm - Sessions IV - McCosh Hall
3:15 pm - Break
3:30 pm - Conference Wrap-Up - McCosh Hall
4:15 pm - Conference adjourns
 

Accommodations

Hotel accommodations are being provided by the Nassau Inn.  Please refer to NECSC or Group #11138 when making your reservation.  Room rate is $132/night + taxes.   Please note that we have reserved a block of rooms for the night of Monday, October 27 only.  If you are planning to stay for additional nights, please make your reservations as soon as possible.

Parking

Guests of the Nassau Inn may park at the parking garage nearest to the hotel when they arrive in Princeton.  Parking can be validated at the time of checkout. 

Attendees not staying at the Nassau Inn may park on the top floor of Lot 7 (parking garage) on campus.  For additional off-campus parking, please click here.

Dining

All meals that will be served will be prepared by Princeton University chefs using sustainability practices as a guiding force.  Princeton University Dining Services strives to identify food that is sustainable - focusing on local and seasonal as a priority and taking into consideration organic, fair trade, humane treatment and social responsibility - based on thorough knowledge of  food purchasers' practices.  In 2008, there has been an approximate 20% decrease in conventional food purchases as compared to 2007.  Additionally, food waste is sent to local farmers for use as pig feed as well as provides green material for compost at the student-run organic garden.

Getting To and Around Campus

Directions to Princeton University

Please see the interactive and printable campus maps for getting around campus.

Please contact us at sustain@princeton.edu with any questions.