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Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future: Conference Will Go Forward as Scheduled
Onsite Registration Opens at 8:00 a.m. on January 29
The 4th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment will go forward as scheduled on January 29-30. The National Weather Service is not forecasting severe weather in Washington, D.C. during the conference. Over 700 scientists, policymakers, business people and journalists have already pre-registered for the conference on Water for a Sustainable and Secure Future. Do not miss the opportunity to be a part of this unique meeting, where participants will generate specific strategies for achieving sustainable relationships among water, people, and the environment. Onsite registration opens at 8:00 a.m. on January 29 in the Amphitheater Foyer of the Ronald Reagan Building at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in Washington D.C.
The complete conference program has just been released. The program provides a list of more than 80 the distinguished experts who will be speaking on plenary panels, symposia and breakout sessions. It is available online at: http://www.ncseonline.org/NCSEconference/2004conference/. \
The intended outcome of the National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment is a report with science-based strategies for achieving water sustainability. All conferees will take part in one of 17 interactive breakout sessions, where they will design science-based recommendations that will be published and publicized in briefings to national, state and local policy makers.
William K. Reilly will deliver the opening keynote address, which will integrate his perspectives as President and CEO of Aqua International Partners, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Wildlife Fund, and Former Administrator of the U.S. EPA. Jared Diamond, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Medal of Science, will speak on Lessons from Environmental Collapses of Past Societies. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the U.N. Environment Programme, will provide an international perspective on water sustainability in his plenary address.
Ambassador Richard Benedick, President of the National Council for Science and the Environment, will moderate a panel discussion on Sustainable Water Use: Overcoming Barriers to Change. The panel will feature Bruce Babbitt, former Governor of Arizona and former Secretary of the Interior, Mohamed El-Ashry, CEO and Chairman Emeritus of the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility, and Barbara Sheen Todd, elected member of the Board of Commissioners, Pinellas County, Florida, and Past President of the National Association of Counties.
Other featured speakers include Gen. Gerald Galloway, Vice President of Titan Corp and Chair of the National Water Policy Dialog; Peter Gleick, President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security; Robert Glennon, Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Arizona and author of Water Follies; Benjamin Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water at EPA; Robert Hirsch, Associate Director for Water of the U.S. Geological Survey; Jeremy Pelczer, President of American Water and Deputy CEO of Thames Water; and Jane Valentine, President of the American Water Resources Association.
Please visit www.NCSEonline.org to view pre-conference materials and view links to travel and lodging options.
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