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# 16th International Conference on Climate Change

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- [Home](https://climateconference.heartland.org/) - The 16th International Conference on Climate Change April 8-9, 2026 | Washington, DC Above are scenes from the conference. Below are videos of every presentation. Individual Presentations https://youtu.be/8di3z0kbOZEhttps://youtu.be/BnRwD1jpyDkhttps://youtu.be/3Q4x9PSc2lAhttps://youtu.be/ctSAv4f06f8https://youtu.be/RNI2sRHrWIMhttps://youtu.be/ug3Yjh5VjCMhttps://youtu.be/ZzS2E6yN194https://youtu.be/zmikfUGc1rwhttps://youtu.be/jvP-bb9I8FYhttps://youtu.be/oVOoTRXN_7Ihttps://youtu.be/HjZK21ocDuohttps://youtu.be/B41hByHMVPkhttps://youtu.be/o9tkliN7faUhttps://youtu.be/5zAG9XQR7Eghttps://youtu.be/QMemwjpqxs4https://youtu.be/-NW77XoIEno Entire Sessions Wednesday, April 8 Keynotes Breakfast keynote 9:00 – 9:40 AM · Ivar Giaever Ballroom EPA Keynote Lee Zeldin Lunch keynotes 12:00 – 2:00 PM ·
- [WATCH THE WHOLE CONFERENCE - ICCC15](https://climateconference.heartland.org/watch-the-whole-conference-iccc15/) - Saturday, February 25 PATRICK J. MICHAELS BALLROOM: BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER KEYNOTES https://youtu.be/2bNF16hMwVQ NOTE: The video above has chapters, so float your cursor along the bottom of the video to find the part of the video you want to see. Breakfast Keynote – Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023 (00:00 – 45:25)Marlo Oaks is the treasurer of
- [Schedule](https://climateconference.heartland.org/schedule/) - Schedule Subject to Change Updated on April 1, 2026 Day 1 – Wednesday, April 8 Day 2 – Thursday, April 9 9:00 am – 9:40 am Breakfast Keynote James Taylor Opening Remarks, President, The Heartland Institute Lee Zeldin KEYNOTE – Administrator, U.S. EPA BREAK 9:40 am – 10:00 am Panel 1A Department of Energy Climate
- [Speakers](https://climateconference.heartland.org/speakers/) - Keynote Speakers Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. Watts has b...More Anthony Watts Senior Fellow & Meteorologist There’s a new star illuminating the climate debate. If you are looking for solid facts that debunk t...More Chris Martz Meteorologist CFACT, influencer H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., is the director
- [WATCH THE WHOLE CONFERENCE](https://climateconference.heartland.org/watch-live/) - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 (All times EDT) IVAR GIAEVER BALLROOM: ALL PLENARY KEYNOTES & TRACK A PATRICK J. MICHAELS BALLROOM: BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER KEYNOTES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOmBV4js_E BREAKFAST KEYNOTE: 9: 00 AM – 9:40 AM 9:00 AM – Opening Remarks: James Taylor, President, The Heartland Institute 9:10 AM – Keynote: Lee Zeldin, Administrator, U.S. EPA (BREAK 9:40 AM – 10:00 AM)
- [Sponsorships](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sponsorships/) - Sponsorship Opportunities Join us in advancing rigorous climate science and evidence-based policy discussion by becoming a sponsor of the 16th International Conference on Climate Change. About ICCC Sponsorship The International Climate Conference convenes leading scientists, policymakers, business leaders, and donors for rigorous discussion on climate science, energy policy, and real-world economic impacts. Sponsorship opportunities are
- [About](https://climateconference.heartland.org/about/) - About ICCC-16 The only climate conference dedicated to the examination of data rather than the propagation of dogma. What is the International Conference on Climate Change? The International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) represents a unique platform for rigorous, science-based discussion of climate science, energy policy, and real-world economic impacts. Organized by The Heartland Institute
- [Media Credentials](https://climateconference.heartland.org/media/) - The Heartland Institute’s 15th International Conference on Climate Change is being held from Thursday, February 23 through Saturday, February 25 at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista hotel in Orlando, Florida. To apply for media credentials send an email with "Conference Credentials" in the subject line to media@heartland.org. Credentials, issued at check-in at Heartland's registration desk,
- [Videos](https://climateconference.heartland.org/streaming-live/) - BREAKFAST KEYNOTE: Jay Lehr (award) PANEL 1: Scientific Observations PANEL 2: Energy and Climate Economics LUNCH KEYNOTES: U.S. Rep. Tom Mcclintock and Christopher Monckton PANEL 3: More Scientific Observations PANEL 4: Winning Public Policy Options PANEL 5: Advancing from Theory to Practice Dinner Keynotes: Climate Change Awards and Joe Bastardi UNEDITED LIVESTREAMS Note: There

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- [John Clauser, PH.D](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/john-clauser-nobel-laureate/) - John Francis Clauser is an American experimental and theoretical physicist. He is best known for his contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, in particular for the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, for the first experimental proof that non-local quantum entanglement is real (Freedman-Clauser), and for the formulation of the theory of Local Realism (Clauser-Horne). Together with
- [Lois Perry](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/lois-perry/) - Lois Perry has been the Director of Heartland UK/Europe since 2004. She is a former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and the founder of Car26, an organization opposed to Great Britain’s headlong direction of Net Zero by 2030. Perry joined The Heartland Institute as the Director of Heartland UK/Europe in 2024. After founding
- [Willie Soon, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/willie-soon-ph-d/) - Dr. Willie Soon is an astrophysicist and geoscientist widely recognized as a leading authority on the Sun’s influence on Earth’s climate. For more than 34 years, he has investigated Sun-Earth relations across meteorology, climate dynamics, orbital interactions involving other planets, volcanic activity, and earthquakes. His research consistently challenges climate models and advocates who underestimate the
- [Ronan Connolly, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/ronan-connolly-ph-d/) - Dr. Ronan Connolly is an independent scientist, environmentalist, and writer with a strong academic foundation in the physical sciences. He earned a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics from University College Dublin in 2000 and went on to complete a Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry there in 2003, with a thesis on the
- [Lee Zeldin](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/lee-zeldin/) - Lee Zeldin was sworn in as the 17th Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency on January 29, 2025. Administrator Zeldin has dedicated much of his life to public service. He served 22 years in the military, having deployed to Iraq in 2006 while serving as a paratrooper with the Army’s Elite 82nd Airborne
- [Patrick Morrisey](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/patrick-morrisey/) - Patrick James Morrisey is the 37th governor of West Virginia. Morrisey took office on January 13, 2025. He campaigned across all 55 counties during his bid for governor, running to make West Virginia once again the shining state in the mountains. Before being elected governor, Morrisey served as West Virginia’s Attorney General since 2012. As
- [William Happer, PH.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/william-happer-ph-d/) - William Happer, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics at Princeton University, is a specialist in modern optics, optical and radiofrequency spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, radiation propagation in the atmosphere, and spin-polarized atoms and nuclei. Dr. Happer began his academic career in 1964 in the Columbia University Physics Department, and during this period of
- [Craig Rucker](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/craig-rucker/) - Craig Rucker is a co-founder and president of CFACT (the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow), a free market think tank devoted to sound science for both people and planet. CFACT is a main co-sponsor of this event and co-publisher (along with The Heartland Institute) of Environment & Climate News. In 1985, CFACT was founded to
- [Jacob Landry](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/jacob-landry/) - Jacob Landry is a resident of Erath, where he was born and raised, graduating from Erath High School in 1997. Jacob is a committed family man that married his high school sweetheart, Hannah, from Delcambre. Their two children, Jack and Jules, attend Erath public schools, Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church and play an active
- [Lee Schalk](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/lee-schalk/) - Lee Schalk is Senior Vice President of Policy at ALEC. He also helps lead the Center for State Fiscal Reform, where he works with lawmakers and members of the private sector to pursue fiscal policy solutions. In addition to his work with the ALEC policy team, Lee oversees ALEC public affairs, advancing the principles of
- [Peter Ridd](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/peter-ridd/) - Peter is a former Professor and Head of Physics (2009-2016) at James Cook University (Townsville). His consultancy work while at the university resulted in the development of specialist instrumentation for measuring aspects of water quality, with the profits used to fund student scholarships and research projects. Peter has published more than 100 papers in international
- [Jason Isaac](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/jason-isaac/) - The Honorable Jason Isaac is the Founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute. Jason has appeared live on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, and other national news shows, and his commentaries have been published in Fox Business, The Hill, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, and other publications. Prior to starting the American Energy
- [Anika Sweetland](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/anika-sweetland/) - Anika Sweetland holds a Bachelor of Science in Climate Studies from the University of Western Australia. A former energy policy advisor to the Australian government, she examines the political and institutional forces shaping modern climate policy. Her work challenges prevailing assumptions surrounding Net Zero, energy transition strategies, and climate education. She is a published author on
- [Marc Morano](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/marc-morano/) - Marc Morano, publisher of CFACT's Climate Depot and the Author of the 2021 book Green Fraud: Why the Green New Deal is Even Worse Than You Think. Marc also served senior staff on the U.S. Senate Environmental & Public Works Committee and authored the 2019 book, "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change" and produced and starred in the films
- [H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/h-sterling-burnett-ph-d/) - H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D., is the director of the The Heartland Institute's Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy, Burnett the editor of Heartland's Climate Change Weekly email, the host of the Environment & Climate News Podcast, and panelist on Heartland's The Climate Realism Show. Prior to joining The Heartland Institute in 2014,
- [Linnea Lueken](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/linnea-lueken/) - Linnea Lueken is a Research Fellow with the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute. Linnea is also the host of Heartland's In the Tank Podcast, live streamed every Thursday at 1 p.m. ET, and a panelist on Heartland's The Climate Realism Show, live streamed every Friday at 1
- [Jim Lakely](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/jim-lakely/) - Jim Lakely is the Executive Vice President and Director of Communications of The Heartland Institute. Prior to joining Heartland in 2008, Lakely spent 16 years in daily-deadline journalism, including covering Capitol Hill and the White House for The Washington Times for five years, participating in two news-making Oval Office interviews with George W. Bush. Lakely has
- [Jed Dorsheimer](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/jed-dorsheimer/) - Jed Dorsheimer, group head of the energy and power technologies sector, joined William Blair in August 2022. Jed most recently was the global head of sustainability at Canaccord Genuity. He has received numerous awards for stock-picking by The Wall Street Journal, StarMine, and TipRanks. Jed also held senior executive roles at Acuity Brands, a Fortune 500 company. He was
- [David Legates, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/david-legates-ph-d/) - David R. Legates, Ph.D., is a former professor of climatology in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware and adjunct professor in the university’s Department of Applied Economics & Statistics. Dr. Legates has argued for the necessity of technological progress in precipitation measurement used for validating climate change scenarios and
- [Bob Vogt](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/bob-vogt/) - Bob Vogt is President of Midwest Pressure Systems, Inc. A Purdue University graduate (BSME ’74, MSME ’76), Vogt discovered his interest in combustion engineering during his studies, which led him into the oil and gas industry. After working in the sale of specialized technical equipment, he found his true passion in sales. He went on
- [Holger Thuss](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/holger-thuss/) - Holger J. Thuss completed his studies of modern history, political science and law at the University of Jena, Germany, with a PhD in 2005. Between 1995 and 2005 he also worked for various political and trade organisations in Bonn and Brussels. In 2006, he co-founded TVR Medienverlag, a German publishing house focusing on works of
- [Danielle Carl](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/danielle-carl/) - Danielle Carl is a seasoned executive leader with more than 15 years supporting top leadership at The Walt Disney Company and Netflix. She brings vast experience in executive operations, global logistics, and high-level coordination, managing complex legal, creative, and stakeholder initiatives with discretion and precision. This includes direct collaboration with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and high-profile
- [Angela Wheeler](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/angela-wheeler/) - Angela Wheeler is an executive leader with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, publications, multimedia production, and nonprofit management. As Vice President of Marketing and Multimedia at the CO₂ Coalition since 2022, she directs digital outreach, social media strategy, video production, website management, podcast development and production (Climate Debrief), publications, and educational initiatives.
- [Steve Milloy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/steve-milloy/) - Steve Milloy is a recognized leader in the fight against junk science with more than 25 years of accomplishment and experience. He is also a policy advisor and a member of the Board of Directors at The Heartland Institute. Credited with popularizing the term “junk science,” Milloy is the founder and publisher of JunkScience.com and, from 2000-2009,
- [Marcel Crok](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/marcel-crok/) - Marcel Crok is the co-founder of the Climate Intelligence Foundation, CLINTEL. Born in 1971, Crok studied chemistry in Amsterdam and Leiden. In 1997, he became a freelance science journalist after an internship at Chemisch Weekblad (now C2W). In 2001, he became an editor at the technology magazine De Ingenieur and, from 2003, at the monthly
- [Gregory Wrightstone](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/gregory-wrightstone/) - Gregory Wrightstone is a geologist, bestselling author and executive director of the CO2 Coalition, the pre-eminent scientific organization in the world that disputes the “consensus” narrative of man-made catastrophic warming. He was accepted as an “Expert Reviewer” for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR-6). His first book, Inconvenient Facts – The science that Al Gore doesn’t
- [Tom Harris](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/tom-harris/) - Tom Harris has 47 years experience as a mechanical engineer/project manager, science and technology communications professional, technical trainer and S&T advisor to a former Opposition Senior Environment Critic in Canada’s Parliament. For the past 18 years, he has been working with a team of scientists and engineers to promote a sensible approach to a range of energy and
- [Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/benjamin-zycher/) - Benjamin Zycher is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation for Research in Economics Education, a member of the academic advisory board of the quarterly journal Regulation, and a contributor to The Hill. He has broad expertise in a number of public policy areas,
- [Jim Steele](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/jim-steele/) - Jim Steele earned a B.S. Biology in 1982 and finalized a M.A. Biology in 1989, both from San Francisco State University. He was appointed Director of SFSU’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus by the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering in 1984 and retired as Director in 2010. In addition to administrative duties at
- [Willis Eschenbach](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/willis-eschenbach/) - Willis Eschenbach is a polymath reformed cowboy with absolutely no relevant credentials. However, he has researched and written extensively about the climate, and he has a half-dozen peer-reviewed papers in the scientific journals, including a peer-reviewed "Brief Communications Arising" in Nature Magazine. Go figure.
- [Jonathan Cohler](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/jonathan-cohler/) - Jonathan Cohler is a physicist, computer scientist, climate analyst, and AI researcher renowned for applying rigorous scientific, physical, and mathematical principles to complex systems. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University with a degree in Physics. In recent years, Cohler has emerged as a leading voice challenging the mainstream narrative on anthropogenic global warming.
- [Chris Martz](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/chris-martz/) - There’s a new star illuminating the climate debate. If you are looking for solid facts that debunk the Left’s climate narrative, CFACT’s Chris Martz is your man. Chris is even younger than Greta Thunberg but far better educated. He just graduated with a degree in meteorology and is launching straight into obtaining his advanced degree.
- [Douglas Pollock](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/douglas-pollock/) - Douglas Pollock is an Industrial Civil Engineer from the University of Chile. For over 10 years he has studied the science of climate change and the economics of climate/energy policies. In the field of energy, he has identified the irrationality of “renewable” energies as a means of reducing CO2 emissions, has proven the inevitable increase
- [Emma Arns](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/emma-arns/) - Emma Arns is a senior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a minor in Political Science. Her work with CFACT focuses on engaging young people in conversations surrounding environmental stewardship, energy innovation, and climate policy. Emma works with student audiences on campus to encourage evidence-based discussions
- [Arthur Viterito, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/arthur-viterito-ph-d/) - Arthur Viterito is a retired Professor of Physical Geography who has taught at the College of Southern Maryland, the George Washington University, and the University of Pittsburgh. His teaching and research interests are climatology, remote sensing, and geographic information systems. Dr. Viterito also serves as an Environment and Energy Advisor to the Heartland Institute. Dr. Viterito has written several papers in the areas of urban climatology and global climate change. His recent
- [Stanley B. Goldenberg](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/stanley-b-goldenberg/) - Stanley B. Goldenberg is a hurricane research meteorologist. His hurricane-related research has included developing and implementing significant improvements to some of the numerical hurricane prediction models. In addition, he has examined the various climatic factors that influence the variability of hurricane activity in the Atlantic from intraseasonal to multi-decadal time scales. In particular, he has
- [Ross McKitrick, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/ross-mckitrick-ph-d/) - Dr. Ross McKitrick is a professor in the Department of Economics and Finance specializing in environmental economics. His research focuses on environmental policy and climate change including econometric applications in climatology. Dr. McKitrick has published extensively in leading journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Geophysical
- [Kenneth Haapala](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/kenneth-haapala/) - Kenneth Haapala is president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP), compiler of “The Week That Was” newsletter, and a contributor to the reports of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC). He is an energy and economics modeler and past president of the oldest science society of Washington. Trained as a quantitative
- [Joe Bastardi](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/joe-bastardi/) - Joe Bastardi is an institution in the science of weather prediction and is co-chief Meteorologist at WeatherBell, which he joined at the company's founding. Many companies across a multitude of industries, including energy, winter maintenance and retail/supply chain, are profiting from his forecasts. His exceptional skills are rooted in a comprehensive understanding of global oscillations
- [Rob Bradley, Jr.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/rob-bradley-jr/) - Robert L. Bradley Jr. is the founder of the Institute for Energy Research. As one of the nation’s leading experts on the history and regulation of energy markets, he has testified before the U.S. Congress and the California Energy Commission, as well as lectured at numerous colleges, universities, and think tanks around the country. Bradley’s
- [James Taylor](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/james-taylor/) - James Taylor is president of The Heartland Institute. Taylor is the former managing editor (2001-2014) of Environment & Climate News, a national monthly publication devoted to sound science and free-market environmentalism. He writes a column for Forbes, which appears on the magazine's Forbes.com website. Taylor has presented energy and environment analysis on CNN, CNN Headline News, Fox News
- [Anthony Watts](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/anthony-watts/) - Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. Watts has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. He has created weather graphics presentation systems for television, specialized weather instrumentation, as
- [Cameron Sholty](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/cameron-sholty/) - Cameron Sholty is the executive director of Heartland Impact. He is also government relations director at The Heartland Institute. Cameron brought with him to Heartland more than 15 years of experience in politics, public policy, and communications. In every role of his career, Sholty has worked to advance free-market ideas and the cause of individual liberty.
- [Judith Curry, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/judith-curry-ph-d/) - Dr. Judith Curry is president and co-founder of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN). She is professor emerita at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she served as chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences for 13 years. Her expertise is in climate dynamics, extreme weather, and prediction/predictability. Curry is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society,
- [Lucy Biggers](https://climateconference.heartland.org/team-members/lucy-biggers/) - Lucy Biggers is a former climate alarmist activist and influencer. She is now a climate realism influencer on social media. Up until 2020, Lucy was posting about climate change on social media, helping climate causes go viral to millions. Then Lucy had her first son, lived through COVID, and—like a lot of people, her perspective

## Sessions

- [Panel 6A: Science](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-8a/)
- [Keynote Dinner](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/keynote-dinner-2/)
- [Panel 6B: Policy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-8b/)
- [Panel 5B: Policy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-7b/)
- [Panel 5A: Science](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-7a-topic-speakers-green-energys-harm-to-animals/)
- [Keynote Lunch](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/keynote-lunch-2/)
- [Panel 4B: Policy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-5b-topic-speakers-tbd/)
- [Panel 4A: Science](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-5a-topic-speakers-tbd/)
- [AM Keynote](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/am-keynote-2/)
- [Keynote Dinner](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/keynote-dinner/)
- [Panel 3B: Policy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-4b-topic-speakers-tbd/)
- [Panel 3A: Science](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-3a/)
- [Panel 2B: Policy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-3b/)
- [Panel 2A: Science](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-3a-topic-speakers-tbd/)
- [Keynote Lunch](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/keynote-lunch/)
- [Panel 1B: Policy](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-1b/)
- [Panel 1A: Science](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/panel-1a/)
- [AM Keynote](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sessions/am-keynote/)

## Speakers

- [Benjamin Zycher, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/speakers/benjamin-zycher-ph-d/) - Benjamin Zycher is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he works on energy and environmental policy. He is also a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. Before joining AEI, Zycher conducted a broad research program in his public policy research firm, and was an intelligence community associate of the Office
- [Willie Soon, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/speakers/willie-soon/) - Willie Soon is both an astrophysicist and a geoscientist based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is the receiving editor in the area of solar and stellar physics for the journal New Astronomy. He writes and lectures both professionally and publicly on important issues related to the sun, other stars, and the Earth as well as general science
- [Judith Curry, Ph.D.](https://climateconference.heartland.org/speakers/judith-curry-ph-d/) - Dr. Judith Curry is president and co-founder of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN). She is professor emerita at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she served as chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences for 13 years. Her expertise is in climate dynamics, extreme weather, and prediction/predictability. Curry is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society,
- [Anthony Watts](https://climateconference.heartland.org/speakers/anytony-watts/) - Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. Watts has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. He has created weather graphics presentation systems for television, specialized weather instrumentation, as
- [Tom Harris](https://climateconference.heartland.org/speakers/tom-harris/) - Tom Harris is executive director of the International Climate Science Coalition The International Climate Science Coalition (ICSC) is a non-partisan group of independent scientists, economists, and energy and policy experts formed in 2008 to promote a better understanding of climate science and policy worldwide. The ICSC aims to help create an environment in which a

## Sponsors

- [SEPP](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sponsor/sepp/)
- [Independent Institute](https://climateconference.heartland.org/sponsor/independent-institute/)

## Groups

- [Panelists](https://climateconference.heartland.org/gs-team-group/panelists/)
- [Keynote](https://climateconference.heartland.org/gs-team-group/keynote/)
- [Front Page](https://climateconference.heartland.org/gs-team-group/front-page/)

## Session Tracks

- [Session A](https://climateconference.heartland.org/session-track/session-a/)
- [Session B](https://climateconference.heartland.org/session-track/session-b/)
- [Keynote](https://climateconference.heartland.org/session-track/keynotes/)