October 2005 Meeting Agenda

Meeting of the
National and Governmental Advisory Committees
to the U.S. Representative to the
Commission for Environmental Cooperation

October 20-21, 2005

Embassy Suites Hotel
601 Pacific Highway
San Diego, California
Phone: 619-239-2400 Fax: 619-239-1520

** DRAFT 10/13/05 **
AGENDA

Monterrey Ballroom

Thursday, October 20, 2005
8:30 am	Registration
9:00 am	Welcome, Introductions, and Approval of Agenda
	Stephen Mahfood, (Outgoing-Chair) of the Governmental Advisory Committee Placido Dos Santos, (Incoming-Chair) of the Governmental Advisory Committee John Knox, (Outgoing-Chair) of the National Advisory Committee Dolores Wesson, (Incoming-Chair) of the National Advisory Committee
9:15 am	Introductory Remarks: Office of Cooperative Environmental Management
	Rafael DeLeon, Director, EPA
9:25 am	Opening Remarks: Office of International Affairs
	Jerry Clifford, Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA
10:00am	Operational Plan Status
	Doug Wright, Director of Programs, CEC Secretariat
10:20 am	Break
10:30 am	Presentation on Charge Questions
	Nadtya Ruiz, EPA, Office of International Affairs
	Budget Reform Publications Reform Future of CEC Workgroups Private Sector Involvement in the CEC
11:30 am	Committee Discussion
11:45 am	JPAC Report-out
	Jane Gardner, Chair of JPAC
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm	Information for Decision-Making
	Speaker to be Announced
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Capacity Building Needs in Mexico
	Exequiel Ezcurra, Science Provost, San Diego Natural History Museum
3:45 pm	Trade and Environment: NAFTA and the CEC
	Speaker to be Announced
4:30 pm	Public Comment Period
5:00 pm	Adjourn

Friday, October 21, 2005
8:30 am	Committees Meet Jointly
	Discussion on potential meeting dates for 2006
9:00 am	Committees Meet in Separate Sessions
	GAC meets in "Monterrey Ballroom"
	NAC meets in "Monterrey Ballroom"
11:30am	Committees Reconvene in Plenary Session
	Report outs from NAC/GAC Chairs
12:00 pm	Adjourn

October 2005 Meeting Agenda

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