SPRING 2025 Symposium
AMERICAN TAX POLICY INSTITUTE AND PACE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW CONFERENCE ON TAX LAW, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The American Tax Policy Institute and Pace Environmental Law Review Conference on Tax Law, the Environment, and Climate Change is a two-day conference featuring a variety of insightful panels focusing on pressing environmental concerns and the use of tax law to advance sustainability. Panelists and moderators will consist of leaders in tax law, environmental law, and other prominent members of academia.
Friday, March 21
9:00 am- 5:30 pm
Saturday, March 22
9:00 am – 10:15 am (with optional extension)
LOCATION
Pace University Downtown Campus
1 Pace Plaza and 15 Beekman Place
New York, New York
Friday, March 21 Schedule:
Registration Opens and Breakfast: 8:30 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Introduction and Opening Remarks: 9:00 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
Panel I – Climate Change and the Inflation Reduction Act: How We Got Here
9:15 am – 10:30 am
Moderator: Michael Hamersky, Climate Change and Land Use Policy Fellow at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Panelists:
Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Professor Adam Orford, University of Georgia School of Law
Professor Gabriel Weil, Touro University School of Law
Senior Lecturer Genevieve Tokic, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Refreshment Break: 10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Panel II – Carbon Tax and Other Pricing Proposals
10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Moderator: Professor Roberta Mann, University of Oregon School of Law and ATPI Board member
Panelists:
Professor Giedre Lideikyte Huber, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Sven Rudolph, Policy Advisor for Climate and Energy Policy for the Protestant Church of Westphalia, Germany
Professor David Weisbach, University of Chicago School of Law
Professor Wei Cui, University of British Columbia Allard School of Law
Lunch and Keynote Address: 12:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Moderator: Julie Divola, ATPI Board member
Speaker: Kim Clausing, Eric M. Zolt Chair in Tax Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law
Panel III – Taxation, Economic Impacts, and Environmental & Social Justice
12:15 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Moderator: Professor Anthony C. Infanti, University of Pittsburgh School of Law & ATPI Board member
Panelists:
Professor Alice Kaswan, University of San Francisco School of Law
Jack Hornickel, Food & Farm Business Law Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Colin J. Lingle, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and Quentin Thorens, NYU School of Law
Samuel Brunson, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Refreshment Break: 3:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Panel IV: Place-Based Environmental Initiatives
3:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Moderator: Professor Josh Galperin, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Panelists:
Professor Heather Payne, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Professor Tracey Roberts, Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
Professor Jessica Owley, University of Miami School of Law
Wine and Cheese Reception: 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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Saturday, March 22 Schedule:
Registration Opens: 8:30 a.m.
Brunch Panel: Sustainable Finance, ESG, and Climate Resilience
9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Moderator: Professor George Plesko, University of Connecticut, Accounting Department and ATPI Board member
Panelists:
- Diana McCutchen, Partner at Deloitte Tax LLP
- Professor Felix Mormann, Texas A&M School of Law
- Stephen Hammer, Founding CEO of The New York Climate Exchange
- Jeff Gordon, Associate Research Scholar and Fellow in Private Law at Yale Law School
Conference Conclusion + Farewell: 10:15 a.m.
Walk to Governors Island Ferry Terminal: 10:20 a.m.
Take Ferry to Governors Island: 11:00 a.m
Field Trip to and Walking Tour Governors Island and New York Climate Exchange: 11:00 a.m.
Ferry Back to Manhattan: 12:45 p.m. or 1:15 p.m.
Lunch on Your Own in Manhattan
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See previous symposiums below:
Thank you to those who contributed to and attended our previous Symposium in April 2024. Attendees enjoyed fascinating dialogue and brought thought-provoking questions for the panelists. You can view the recording below.