Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

The main goal for this symposium is to engage OWU students, faculty and staff, and Central Ohio residents on how the environment and climate relates to economics. 

2024 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

"IMPROVING WATER QUALITY IN OHIO: EFFICIENT POLICIES AND LOCAL PROGRAMS"

February 29th, 2024 at 9 AM

Live Stream Link 

Communities throughout the state of Ohio face a variety of
challenges associated with water quality. This panel
presentation will address these challenges from both a
statewide planning perspective as well as from the lens of
the communities themselves. The event will conclude with a
moderated discussion between the panelists and with questions from the audience.

Panelists

Lisa Roberts, Watershed and Sustainability Coordinator, City of Delaware

Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental & Resource Economics, The Ohio State University

Moderator

Will Georgic, Assistant Professor of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University

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2023 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium

"Climate Change and the Economy: Projecting the Impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022"

Watch the Livestream Here

02/22/2023 Will Georgic
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Ohio Wesleyan University 
  Andrew Busch
Economic Futurist; Former CMIO, U.S. Government; Author
  Rob Moore
Principal, Scioto Analysis

"Current Issues and Recent Innovations in Conventional and Alternative Sources of Energy"

02/27/2012 Gordon Aubrecht, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Marion Campus
  Sean Kinghorn
Energy Conservation and Sustainability Coordinator, Ohio Wesleyan University
  Paul A. Centolella
Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio

"Water: Science, Economics, and Policy"

02/19/2013 George Elmaraghy, P.E.
Chief, Division of Surface Water, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
  Nicholas Flores, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Department Chair
Faculty Research Associate, Institute of Behavioral Economics
University of Colorado Boulder
  Douglas Southgate, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Director of the Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC)
Ohio State University

"Environmental Issues of the Developing World"

02/24/2014 Laurie Anderson. Ph.D.
Professor of Botany/Microbiology
Ohio Wesleyan University
  Douglas Southgate, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Director of the Subsurface Energy Resource Center (SERC)
Ohio State University

"A Tax on Carbon: Would it Work for Business, Consumers, and the Environment?"

2/18/2015 Laurie Anderson. Ph.D.
Professor of Botany/Microbiology
Ohio Wesleyan University
  Scott Nystrom, M.A.
Senior Econoimic Associate
Regional Economic Models, Inc.
  Ian Sheldon, Ph.D.
Andersons Professor of International Trade, Graduate Studies Leader, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
The Ohio State University