“Dynamic Modeling of Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Impacts, Options and Conflicts in the Northwest Region of Germany”, Biennial Meetings of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 16-19, 2012.
“Dynamic Modeling of Regional Climate Adaptation Needs and Options: Application to Germany’s Northwest Metropolitan Region”, 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, February 8-11, 2012.
“Determinants of Ambitions to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Institutions of Higher Education”, 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, February 8-11, 2012.
“Maryland Offshore Wind Development: Regulatory Context, Grid Interconnection, Conflict Areas, Economic Viability and Emissions Displacement”, 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, California, February 27-March 2, 2011.
“Regional Climate Adaptation Co-benefits and Co-Costs”, International Society for Ecological Economics, Oldenburg and Bremen, Germany, August 22-25, 2010.
“Managing Regional Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Co-Benefits and Co-Costs”, Resilient Cities, Bonn, Germany, May 28-30, 2010.
“Temperature-mortality Relationship in Urban Areas: Methods and Application to Boston, Massachusetts and Baltimore, Maryland, USA”, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 15-18, 2010.
“Climate Change and Cities: Impacts and Adaptation Options”, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 15-18, 2010.
“Coastal Flooding and Environmental Justice: Identifying Vulnerable Communities and Feasible Adaptation Strategies in the Boston metro area and Maryland’s Eastern Shore”, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 15-18, 2010.
“Climate Change Impacts on Cities: Cases, Concepts and Methods”, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 15-18, 2010.
“Envisioning a Sustainable Maryland: Comparing Alternative Development Scenarios Considering Energy Consumption and Water Quality”, Western Regional Science Association, 48th Sedona, Arizona, February 21-24, 2010.
“Strategies for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions: Residential Natural Gas Efficiency, Economic and Ancillary Health Impacts in Maryland”, Western Regional Science Association, 48th Sedona, Arizona, February 21-24, 2010.
“Beyond LEED: Moving Designers and Builders Towards Sustainability”, Federal Environmental Symposium East, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, June 16-18, 2009.
“The Role of Energy Efficiency Spending in Maryland’s Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)”, Western Regional Science Association, 48th Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawai’i, February 22-25, 2009.
“Climate Impacts and Response Options at Local Scales: Lessons from Five Industries in Pennsylvania, USA”, Western Regional Science Association, 48th Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawai’i, February 22-25, 2009.
“Economic and Energy Impacts from Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Case Study of the State of Maryland”, Western Regional Science Association, 47th Annual Meeting, Waikoloa, Hawai’i, February 17 – 20, 2008.
“Copper Cycles in Germany: Stocks, Flows, Dissipative Losses and the Role of Recycling”, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Toronto, Canada, June 17-20, 2007.
“Industrial Inertia and Industrial Change: Opportunities and Constraints for Environmental Policy”, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Toronto, Canada, June 17-20, 2007.
“Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Performance and Distributional Impacts“, The Econometric Society, Latin American Meetings, Mexico City, Mexico, November 2-5, 2006.
“Seeking a Unified Urban Systems Theory“, Fourth International Conference on Sustainable City, Tallinn, Estonia, July 17-19, 2006.
“Integrated Assessment of Climate Impacts on Infrastructure in New Zealand“, Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 6-11, 2006.
“Integrated Assessment of Climate Impacts on Urban Infrastructure: A Case Study of Hamilton, New Zealand“, Western Regional Science Association, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 22-26, 2006.
“Climate’s Long-term Impact on New Zealand Infrastructure (CLINZI) – A Case Study of Hamilton City, New Zealand“, New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, Nelson, New Zealand, August 26-27, 2005.
“Dynamic Industrial Systems Modeling: Issues in Integrating Economic and Physical Modeling“, Bi-Annual Meetings of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-15, 2005.
“PowerPlay – Developing Strategies to Promote Energy Efficiency“, Bi-Annual Meetings of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-15, 2005.
“Natural Economics – The Quest for an Economics of Sustainability and the Sustainability of Economics“, Bi-Annual Meetings of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-15, 2005.
“Climate’s Long-term Impact on New Zealand Infrastructure (CLINZI): A Case Study of Hamilton City, New Zealand“, Fourth Biennial Conference of the Indian Society for Ecological Economics on Ecology and Human Well Being, June 3-4, Mumbai, India.
“Integrated Impacts of, and Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in Metropolitan Areas: A Case Study of the Boston Metropolitan Area“, World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, May 15 – 19, 2005.
“Pollution, Population and Economic Structure: The Environmental Kuznets Curve Revisited“, Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, San Diego, California, February 23-26, 2005.
“Climate Impacts and Adaptation Strategies for Maryland’s Energy Sector“, North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Seattle, Washington, November 11-13, 2004.
“Potential Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Temperature-related Mortality in Metropolitan Boston“, Centennial Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14-19, 2004.
“Climate Impacts on Urban Infrastructure: Regional Costs and Adaptation Strategies“, Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Maui, Hawaii, February 23-28, 2004.
“Ecological Economics Modeling“, The Cutting Edge of Ecological Economics in Australasia, Auckland, New Zealand, November 16, 2003.
“Modeling Infrastructure Vulnerabilities and Adaptation to Climate Change in Urban Systems: Methodology and Application to Metropolitan Boston“, European Regional Science Association, Annual Meeting, Jyväskylä, Finland, August 27 – 30, 2003.
“Urban Infrastructure and Sustainability in a Changing Environment“, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 29 – July 2, 2003.
“Potential Effects of Climate Change on Temperature-related Mortality in Metro Boston“, Western Regional Science Association, Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, February 26 – March 1, 2003.
“Regional Energy Demand Responses to Climate Change: Methodology and Applications to Massachusetts”, North American Meeting, Regional Science Association International, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 14 – 18, 2002.
“Dynamic Investigations into Climate Change Impacts on Urban Infrastructure: Background, Examples, and Lessons“, Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, February 2002.
“Assessing the Dynamics of Industrial Ecosystems” The Science and Culture of Industrial Ecology, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Leiden, The Netherlands, November 2001.
“Industrial Ecology and Environmental Policy” MERMAID (Mauritius Environmental Resource Management and Industrial Development) Workshop, University of Mauritius and Mauritius Research Council, Reduit, Mauritius, June 2001.
“Integrated Impacts of Climate Change on the Infrastructure Systems and Services of the Boston Metro Area”, ASCE World Water Resources and Environmental Congress, 20-24 May 2001, Orlando, FL.
“The Political and Economic Implications of Global Warming”, Conference on Globalization and Ecological Security: The Next Twenty Years, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C. and University of Maryland, College Park, November, 2000.
“Why Cost of Carbon Policies are Blunt Instruments for Cutting Industrial Carbon Emissions: Insights from Dynamic Modeling of the US Pulp and Paper Industry” Helsinki Symposium on Industrial Ecology and Material Flows, Helsinki, Finland, August/September 2000.
“Integrated Impacts of Climate Change upon Infrastructure Systems and Services in Metro Boston”, 11th Global Warming International Conference and Expo, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2000.
“Dynamic Modeling for Consensus Building in Complex Environmental and Investment Decision Making”, Keynote Address at the Systems Science 2000 Conference, Osnabrück, Germany, March, 2000.
“Modeling the Dynamics of Resource Use and Technology Change for Investment and Policy Decision-making” The Maryland School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, College Park, March 2000.
“Implications of Climate Change Policies for the US Iron and Steel Industry”, 39th Annual Meeting of the Western regional Science Association, Poipu, Kauaii, Hawaii, February/March 2000.
“Impacts of Market-based Strategies on the US Pulp and Paper Industry”, Eastern Economic Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1999.
“Industrial Responses to Climate Change Policies in US Pulp and Paper, Iron and Steel, and Cement Production”, 94th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1998.
“Impacts of Energy and Carbon Taxes on the US Pulp and Paper Industry”, Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, California, February 1998.
“Dynamic Modeling of Economy-Environment Interactions: The Case of Metals and Fuels in the US”, International Conference on Complex Systems, New England Complex Systems Institute, Nashua, New Hampshire, September 1997.
“Mensch and Mesh: Perspectives on Industrial Ecology”, Zero Emissions Strategies, Virtual Conference, The Commons, Paris, France, August 1997.
“Entropy, Ecology, and Economic Systems: The Contributions of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen to Ecological Economics”, Fourth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1996.
“Teaching Numeracy and Modeling in Ecological Economics”, Fourth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Boston, MA, August 1996.
“The Dynamics of Material and Energy Use in Pulp and Paper Manufacturing: Are Industry Practices Becoming More Sustainable?”, Fourth Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1996.
“Exploring Spatio-temporal Dynamics in Economic Exchange: A Dynamic Modeling Approach”, International Conference on System Dynamics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 1996.
“New England Groundfishes: Modeling the Dynamic Interactions of Multiple Species”, Proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment, Boston, MA, June 1995.
“Dynamics of New England’s Ground Fisheries: An Interdisciplinary, Spatially Explicit Approach to the Management of Multiple Species”, Third Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Costa Rica, October 1994.
“Thermodynamic Implications for Mineral Extraction, Substitution and Technical Change: The Case of Copper and Aluminum in the United States”, Third Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics, Costa Rica, October 1994.
“A Physical Measure of Sustainability”, Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 1992.
“Consistent Estimation of Demand For Clean Air in the Chicago Metropolitan Area”, Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, February 1992.
“National Income Measurements and the Environment: Issues and a Research Agenda”, Western Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, February 1992.
“Demand for Clean Air in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: An Hedonic Approach”, North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1991.
“Energy Flows in the Regional Economy: Methodology and Application to the Chicago Metropolitan Area”, Western Regional Science Association, Annual Meeting, Monterey, California, February 1991.
“Regional Energy Input-Output Analysis: Methodology and Application to the Iron and Steel Industry of the Chicago Metropolitan Area”, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, May/June, 1990.
“Estimation of a Complete System of Demands for Goods and Labour Supply for France: Linear Engel Curves and Zero Expenditures”, European Econometric Society, Annual Meeting, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, July 1989.
“Modelling Interactions between the Economy and the Environment in the Long-Run”, Vienna Center Second Conference on Economics and Ecology, Barcelona, Spain, September, 1987.