Slightly off-topic, but may of interest to members.
Posted for Tony Weir [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

The Natural History Museum will host an international conference, Nature's
Treasurehouses?, from 4-7 April 2000 in London. It will explore natural
history's place in society, especially at the present and in the future. The
first of its kind, this conference is the core of a series of events at The
Natural History Museum to celebrate the Millennium.

Presentations and debates involving high-level speakers will tackle broad
issues that include science, economics, media and communication, culture and
education. This conference is for policy-makers, museum professionals,
curators, scientists, information specialists, media and communication
professionals, industrialists and educationalists; all those with a stake in
the future of biological and geological diversity and sustainable
development.

Speakers include; Claude Allègre (French Government), Mary Alexander (Leslie
College, USA), Jack Cohen (University of Warwick, UK), Richard Dawkins
(University of Oxford, UK), John Durrant (The Science Museum, UK), Paul
Henderson (The Natural History Museum, UK), Brian Huntley (Kirstenbosch
Botanic Gardens, South Africa), Harry Kroto (University of Sussex, UK),
Robert May (Office of Science and Technology, UK), Jeff McNeeley (IUCN,
Switzerland), Alan Peacock (The David Hume Institute, UK), Tim Radford (The
Guardian, UK) and Keith Scholey (BBC, UK).

See the conference website (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/conference) for further
information.
Or contact.
Nature's Treasurehouses,
Science Directorate,
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London
SW5 7BD
UNITED KINGDOM
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5816 / Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5841
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