Subject: Stanford Climate Change conference -- May 6th
From: David Hayes <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Eryn Sepp <[email-masked]>
Cc: Kate Gordon <[email-masked]>, David Hayes <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:09:30 -0700

John:

The Stanford climate change conference set for Friday, May 6th, has come
together in spectacular fashion.  Only one key piece remains up in the air:
 our hope that you can join us for a discussion that will be moderated by
Larry Kramer of the Hewlett Foundation.

Given your responsibilities, I understand that you can't commit
definitively for an event that is seven weeks out.  But we need to get the
agenda out next week, and I am wondering if you would be ok with our
listing you on the program, with an understanding that you may have to
cancel at the last minute because of circumstances beyond your control.

By way of reminder, the conference has grown out of a project that I have
underway for the Hewlett Foundation focusing on "Setting the Climate Agenda
for our Next President."  We are pulling together both R's and D's to
provide their perspectives on potential substantive policy initiatives for
the next President, as well as management related issues around how the
next Administration might organize the WH/cabinet relationship to
effectively implement cross-cutting climate change policies.
Attached is the latest, near-final agenda.*  I hope that you can give us at
least a partial green light on this, John, so we can get the agenda out.  I
think that you would enjoy this.  And we would love to have you for this.

Thanks.

David

​* The exact shape of the final session that you would headline is the only
open question.  Obviously, I'm hoping that you can do this, and I
anticipate structuring this as a one-on-one "conversation" that you and
Larry Kramer would have on stage.  That would be followed by a broadened
discussion that would focus on policy development and execution-related
management issues and that you also would participate in, complemented with
the perspectives of a couple of former cabinet secretary types.   Bill
Reilly is confirmed for that, so we have our "R" covered, and I'm awaiting
word from Steve Chu.  (Lisa Jackson very much wanted to participate, but
she's committed to be overseas on the 6th.)

-- 

*David J. Hayes*

*Stanford Law School*
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