BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20170913T193000Z DTEND:20170913T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Dr. Kay Kreiss - Citizens Climate Lobby To Speak at Chamber Luncheon. / Hal Spackman Brief Update on Alaska Day Brew Fest DESCRIPTION:Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.\n\n\n\nExecutive Lunch \n\nUpgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.\n\n\n\nExecutive Lunch Sponsor\n\nTBD\n\n\n\nMenu \n\nPicnic Chicken\, Creamy Slaw\, Buttermilk Biscuits\n\n\n\nSpeaker \n\nKay Kreiss - Citizens Climate Lobby\n\n\n\nTopic\n\nCitizens Climate Lobby is creating political will to significantly reduce fossil fuel emissions that result in weather extremes\, rising sea level\, and ocean acidification ? all of which are Alaska issues. CCL?s solution is to impose a rising fee on fossil fuels at their point of extraction. Learn the details of this promising proposal and hear the latest on growing Congressional bipartisan support.\n\n\n\n\n\nBiography\n\nBefore her retirement to Sitka a year ago\, Kay Kreiss was an occupational lung disease physician who had worked at the Centers for Disease Control?s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for 20 years. She had her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard and trained in internal medicine and preventive medicine. She taught scores of physicians and other health professionals at the University of Colorado and then at CDC. Over the course of her medical career\, she published 214 scientific papers and discovered new diseases such as "popcorn lung" from inhaling butter flavorings. She achieved many national awards for lifetime science achievement\, service\, partnership\, and public health leadership. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nWeekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food\, dynamic speakers\, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.
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\nExecutive Lunch
\nUpgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.
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\nExecutive Lunch Sponsor
\nTBD
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\nMenu
\nPicnic Chicken\, Creamy Slaw\, Buttermilk Biscuits
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\nSpeaker
\nKay Kreiss - \;Citizens Climate Lobby
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\nTopic
\nCitizens Climate Lobby is creating political will to significantly reduce fossil fuel emissions that result in weather extremes\, rising sea level\, and ocean acidification ? all of which are Alaska issues. CCL?s solution is to impose a rising fee on fossil fuels at their point of extraction. Learn the details of this promising proposal and hear the latest on growing Congressional bipartisan support.
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\nBiography
\nBefore her retirement to Sitka a year ago\, Kay Kreiss was an occupational lung disease physician who had worked at the Centers for Disease Control?s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health for 20 years. She had her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard and trained in internal medicine and preventive medicine. She taught scores of physicians and other health professionals at the University of Colorado and then at CDC. Over the course of her medical career\, she published 214 scientific papers and discovered new diseases such as "popcorn lung" from inhaling butter flavorings. She achieved many national awards for lifetime science achievement\, service\, partnership\, and public health leadership. \;
\n \; LOCATION:The Westmark Sitka Banquet Room 330 Seward Street Sitka\, AK 99835 UID:e.1598.3823 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260408T030658Z URL:https://business.sitkachamber.com/events/details/dr-kay-kreiss-citizens-climate-lobby-to-speak-at-chamber-luncheon-hal-spackman-brief-update-on-alaska-day-brew-fest-3823 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR