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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

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

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

2:15-4:30: Session Two: Conservation of Biological Resources
Session Chair: Dr. Stuart Pimm, [ Bio ] 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

8:30: Welcoming Remarks
Dr. John Mutter, [ Bio ] Associate Vice Provost, Columbia Earth Institute

Mr. Lee Bollinger, [ Bio ] President-elect, Columbia University

Dr. Michael M. Crow, [ Bio ] Executive Vice Provost, Columbia University

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

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

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