University of Colorado Denver

The Chair has a rich history of assembling the best and brightest thinkers to explore public policy solutions at each level of government. Participants include representatives from business and industry, government, non-profit, media and academic organizations who recognize that partisan and special interest politics are superceded by public good.

Featured below are some of the forums and roundtables that the Wirth Chair has organized:

2005

• Leadership in Forging a Clean Energy Future: A Forum for Colorado Communities

2004

• Climate Change Risks and the SEC
• A Forum on Colorado's Electric Power Future
• Adapting to a Higher Energy Cost and Carbon Constrained World: Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Carbon Constrained World
• Policies and Programs Affecting Resource Efficiency in the Built Environment
• Climate Policy Approaches: The Roles of Trading, Voluntary Programs and Registries

2003

• Planning for Peace: U.S./Israeli/Palestinian Leadership Forum
• Addressing Energy Use and Climate Change: Corporate Action, Media Coverage and Policy Options

2002

• Colorado: The Problems, Challenges and Opportunities Concerning Growth

2001

• Securing the Energy Future of the Western United States

2000

• Early Start Projects for Carbon Emission Reductions
• Growth: Problems and Opportunities
• Matching Carbon Emissions Reduction Projects to Financing: Building Prototypes

1998

• Post Kyoto Strategies: The CDM, International Cooperation and Private Sector Participation