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.
2025 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium
"Efficient Conservation: A Conversation with Two GLCA Graduates About Using Data To Maximize Environmental Impact"
February 27th, 2025 at 9 AM
Merrick Hall, Room 301
Environmental protection is not free and it often requires substantial governmental or philanthropic funding. This panel presentation will cover how data can be used in a variety of careers to maximize environmental impact in a time of uncertain or limited budgets. The event will conclude with an opportunity for audience members to pose questions to the panelists, who are both graduates of GLCA liberal arts colleges.
2024 Environmental and Natural Resource Symposium
"Improvving Water Quality in Ohio: Efficient Policies and Local Programs"
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
Contact Info
Location
The Woltemade Center for Economics, Business & Entrepreneurship
R.W. Corns Building
78 S. Sandusky Street
Delaware, Ohio 43015