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World Resources Institute President Jonathan Lash to Keynote
3rd National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED
Save 35% when you register by December 2.
Jonathan Lash, President of the World Resources Institute will present the keynote lecture at the 3rd National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment. The theme of the conference is Education for a Sustainable and Secure Future. The meeting will take place January 30-31, 2003 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. Mr. Lash will discuss the dependence of security upon sustainability, as presented in his often cited editorial in Science "Dealing with the Tinder as Well as the Flint" (November 30, 2001).
Lash was co-chair of the President's Council on Sustainable Development from 1993-1999 and also co-chaired the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's High-Level Advisory Group on Environment. Before joining WRI, Mr. Lash served as Vermont's Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, headed the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, and directed the environmental law and policy program of the Vermont Law School.
At the conference, join leading scientists, educators and policymakers from around the world to discuss how education can contribute to a sustainable and secure future for all. Participants in 21 breakout sessions will develop a set of recommendations for the United States and for the upcoming UN Decade of Education for Sustainability (2005-2015) that will be transmitted in an action-oriented report
produced by the National Council on Science and the Environment following the conference.
Other speakers include Dr. Rita Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation, who will present the 3rd Annual John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment; former Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day and a global leader in environmental and sustainability education who will receive the NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award; and Congressman Vernon Ehlers (MI), Chair of the House of Representatives Science Committee's environment subcommittee who will receive NCSE's Congressional Leadership Award.
Panelists include Congressman Rush Holt (NJ), environmental studies leader Dr. David Orr, USGS Director Dr. Chip Groat, EPA Assistant Administrator for Research Dr. Paul Gilman, Denis Hayes organizer of the first Earth Day, Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles and moderator Ray Suarez from the NewsHour.
Visit the Conference website at www.NCSEonline.org now to register online, read pre-conference background papers, get the latest program updates, participate in on-line discussions, and find useful links to education resources. A limited number of complimentary registrations are available to members of the NCSE University Affiliate Program. See www.NCSEonline.org/Affiliates for details.
Discounted registration for the conference has been extended until December 2
For additional information and to REGISTER ONLINE, please go to www.NCSEonline.org
E-mail: conference@NCSEonline.org
Telephone: 202-207-0007
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