State of the Planet 2002: A Conference Exploring Science and
Sustainability
Responding to the global call for greater clarity about the sustainable
future of planet Earth, Columbia University, in collaboration with
London School of Economics and Political Science, Harvard University,
and UNESCO, will convene the State of the Planet 2002 Conference on May
13 and 14, 2002.
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/sop2002/aboutsop.html
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Monday, May 13, 2002
8:00am
Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. George Rupp, President, Columbia University
Dr. William Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, WNET
9:00
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology,
Oregon State University
TBD - other speaker
10:00
Break
10:15-12:45
Session One: Global Food Security
Session Chair: Dr. Roberto Lenton, Executive Director, Secretariat for
International Affairs and Development, International Research Institute
for Climate Prediction, Columbia University
Speaker on Policy Challenges: Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M. S.
Swaminathan Research Foundation
Speakers on Scientific Advances:
Dr. Uma Lele, Senior Advisor, Operations Evaluation Department, World
Bank
Dr. Pedro Sanchez, Director-General, International Center for Research
in Agroforestry
Prof. Michael Lipton, Research Professor of Economics, Poverty Research
Unit, Sussex University
Panel Discussion
12:45-2:00
LUNCH
2:00-4:30
Session Two: Conservation of Biological Resources
Session Chair: Dr. Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Biology, and
Senior Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Research and
Conservation, Columbia University
Speaker on Policy Challenges: Dr. Calestous Juma, Director, Science,
Technology, and Innovation Program, Center for International
Development, Harvard University
Speakers on Scientific Advances:
Dr. Geoffrey Heal, Paul Garrett Professor of Public Policy and Business
Responsibility, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
Dr. Callum Roberts, Environment Department, University of York
Dr. Cristián Samper Kutschbach, Deputy Director and Staff Scientist,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Panel Discussion
5:00-6:00
Reception at Lerner Hall
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
8:00am
Registration
Continental Breakfast
8:30
Introductory Remarks
Dr. Michael M. Crow, Executive Vice Provost, Columbia University
9:00
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Hans-Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam-Institute for
Climate Impact Research
Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, International
Institute for Environment and Development
10:00
Break
10:15-12:45
Session Three: Urban Sustainability
Chair: Dr. Brian J. L. Berry, Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor, and
Professor of Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas
Speaker on Policy Challenges: Dr. Jo Beall, Development Studies
Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
Speakers on Scientific Advances:
Dr. George Bugliarello, Chancellor, Polytechnic University of New York
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist, Goddard Institute for
Space Studies at Columbia University
Dr. David Satterthwaite, Director, Human Settlements Programme,
International Institute for Environment and Development
Panel Discussion
12:45-2:00
LUNCH
2:00-4:30
Session Four: Public Forum
4:30-5:00
Concluding Remarks
Dr. John Mutter, Associate Vice Provost, Columbia Earth Institute
Special Video Presentations:
Prof. Anthony Giddens, Director, London School of Economics and
Political Science
Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, Center for International Development,
and Galen L. Stone Professor of Interntational Trade, Harvard University
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