An ethics consultation for a critically-ill international river

2^nd in a series of annual conferences on ethics, and the past and future of the Columbia River

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October 24, 2014    University of Portland  –  Buckley Center Auditorium

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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Conference Overview

                                      • Conference Film

                                      • Conference Poster

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Academic Host:     University of Portland

07:30   Registration

08:00   Welcome, Prayer, Overview

• Invocation – Leotis McCormack Nez Perce Tribe Executive Council
• Introduction and Overview: Tom Soeldner, John Osborn

08:30 Panel 1.   Rivers of our Moment

• Bishop William Skylstad
• Leotis McCormack
• Moderator: Steve Kolmes

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 9:30  Break

9:45 Panel 2.   Rivers through our Memory

• John Marsh, fisheries ecologist, attorney, policy analyst
• Wilbur Slokish, hereditary Chief of the Klickitat/Cascade Tribe, member of Yakama Nation, Celilo Falls
• Virgil Seymour, Arrow Lakes Coordinator, Colville Confederate Tribes, Sinixt Nation
• Edward Washington, Vanport flood survivor
• Crystal Spicer  From Vanport to Nakusp:  permanently flooding B.C. river valleys to provide flood protection for Portland
• Moderator:  Jenny Holmes, EMO

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –12:15  Lunch Provided

Invocation:  Fr. James Gallagher, Director of Campus Ministry, University of Portland.

01:00 pm  Panel 3. Rivers through our Vision

• Jim Heffernan, modernizing the Columbia River Treaty
• Bob Heinith, climate and the future of flows
• Aaron Wolf, international water agreements
• Moderator:  Rachael Paschal Osborn

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2:25 break

2:30   Panel 4.  Rivers as our Responsibility

• Bishop Emeritus William Skylstad
• Paul Lumley, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Executive Director
• Pauline Terbasket, Okanagan Nation Alliance, Executive Director
• Respondent:  Rabbi Jonathan Seidel
• Respondent:  V. Rev. George Gray, St. Nicholas Church, Orthodox Church in America
• Respondent:  Carol J. Dempsey
• Respondent:  Paul Louis Metzger, Multnomah Biblical Seminary
• Moderator: Steve Kolmes

4:15  Adjourn