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| Conference Agenda |
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Monday,
May 13, 2002
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 Webcast
produced by the Columbia
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning. |
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8:00am: Registration
Continental Breakfast
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8:30: Welcoming
Remarks
Dr. William
Baker, [
Bio ] President and Chief
Executive Officer, WNET
Dr.
George Rupp,
[
Bio ] President,
Columbia University
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9:00: Keynote Speakers
Dr.
Jane Lubchenco,
[
Bio ]
Wayne and Gladys
Valley Professor of Marine Biology, Oregon State University
Dr. José
Goldemberg,
[ Bio
] Secretary of the Environment, São Paolo
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10:30: Break |
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10:45-1:00: Session One: Global Food
Security
Session Chair:
Dr. Roberto Lenton,
[ Bio
]
Executive Director, Secretariat for International Affairs
and Development, International Research Institute for Climate
Prediction, Columbia University
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan,
[
Bio ]
Chairman,
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
Dr. Uma Lele,
[
Bio ] Senior Advisor,
Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank
Dr. Pedro Sanchez,
[
Bio ] Visiting
Professor, Department of Environmental Science Policy and
Management, University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Michael
Lipton,
[ Bio
] Research Professor of Economics, Poverty Research
Unit, Sussex University
Panel Discussion
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1:00-2:15: LUNCH |
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2:15-4:30: Session Two: Conservation
of Biological Resources
Session Chair:
Dr. Stuart Pimm,
[ Bio
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Professor of Conservation
Biology, and Senior Research Scientist, Center for Environmental
Research and Conservation, Columbia University
Dr. Cristián
Samper,
[ Bio ]
Deputy Director and Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
Dr. Geoffrey
Heal,
[
Bio ]
Paul
Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business Responsibility,
Columbia Business School, Columbia University
Dr. Callum
Roberts,
[ Bio
]Professor,
Environment
Department, University of York
Dr. Calestous
Juma, [ Bio ]
Director, Science, Technology, and Innovation Program, Center
for International Development, Harvard University
Panel Discussion
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5:00-6:00: Reception at Lerner Hall
(Sponsored by Swiss Re)
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| Tuesday,
May 14, 2002 |
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8:00am: Registration
Continental Breakfast
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8:30: Welcoming Remarks
Dr.
John Mutter, [
Bio ]
Associate
Vice Provost, Columbia Earth Institute
Mr.
Lee Bollinger,
[ Bio
]
President-elect,
Colmbia University
Dr.
Michael M. Crow,
[
Bio ] Executive
Vice Provost, Columbia University
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9:00: Keynote Speakers
Dr. Hans-Joachim
(John) Schellnhuber,
[ Bio
] Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Dr. Saleemul
Huq, [
Bio ] Director,
Climate Change Programme, International Institute for Environment
and Development
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10:30: Break |
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10:45-1:00: Session Three: Urban Sustainability
Chair: Dr.
Brian J. L. Berry,
[ Bio
] Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, and Professor
of Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas
Dr. Jo Beall,
[
Bio ] Reader,
Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics
and Political Science
Dr. George
Bugliarello,
[ Bio
] Chancellor, Polytechnic University of New York
Dr. Cynthia
Rosenzweig,
[ Bio
] Senior Research Scientist, Goddard Institute for
Space Studies at Columbia University
Dr. Gordon
McGranahan,
[ Bio
] Director, Human Settlements Programme, International
Institute for Environment and Development
Panel Discussion
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1:00-2:15: LUNCH |
Tuesday,
May 14, 2002, 2:30pm
Public Forum: Food, Life and Earth's Future |
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- How will we
feed the world's anticipated population of 9 billion?
- Can humankind
ever become nature's protector?
- Can urban centers,
such as New York City, be viable habitats for the future?
Moderator:
Robert Krulwich,
ABC News Correspondent
Panelists:
Dr. Jo Beall,
[
Bio ] Reader,
Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics
and Political Science
Mr. David Dickson,
[ Bio
] Director, SciDev.net
Dr. Calestous Juma, [ Bio ]
Director, Science, Technology, and Innovation Program, Center
for International Development, Harvard University
Dr. Roberto Lenton,
[ Bio
]
Executive Director, Secretariat for International Affairs
and Development, International Research Institute for Climate
Prediction, Columbia University
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, [
Bio ]
Chairman,
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
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| Special
Video Presentations: |
| Prof.
Anthony Giddens, Director, London School of Economics and
Political Science
Dr. Jeffrey
D. Sachs,
[ Bio
]
Director, Center
for International Development, and Galen L. Stone Professor
of Interntational Trade, Harvard University
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