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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6,  2001
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Constitution Avenue at 10th Street, NW 
 

8:00 a.m.	REGISTRATION Atrium Cafe will open early at 8:00 a.m. for conference participants.
9:00 a.m.	WELCOME Opening Statements by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the National Council for Science and the Environment Robert Sullivan, Associate Director for Public Programs, National Museum of Natural History Stephen Hubbell, Chair, National Council for Science and the Environment
9:15 a.m.	KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Introduction by Ambassador Richard Benedick, President, National Council for Science and the Environment Sustainability: Problems, Science and Solutions Donald Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief, Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, former President of Stanford University
10:30 a.m.	PLENARY I: WHAT ARE SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES? Case Study: Curitiba, Brazil Governor Jaime Lerner, State of Parana and former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil PANEL DISCUSSION Chair, Tom Lovejoy, World Bank Deborah Bleviss, Inter-American Development Bank David Crockett, former City Council Member, Chattanooga, TN Karen Peabody O'Brien, W. Alton Jones Foundation AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS More Information
12:00 p.m.	LUNCH
1:30 p.m.	PLENARY LECTURE: From Rio to Johannesburg: Implementing Sustainable Development on the Global and Local Scale John Dernbach, Associate Professor of Law, Widener University Law School
2:15 p.m.	PLENARY II: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Case Study: Working for Water, South Africa Brian van Wilgen, Manager, Catchment Management Services, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Stellenbosch, SA PANEL DISCUSSION Chair, Twig Johnson, National Academy of Sciences Ahmed Khan, Working for Water Programme, South Africa Jamie K. Reaser, National Invasive Species Council Ann Bartuska, The Nature Conservancy Peter McCornick, Water Team, United States Agency for International Development Gunars Platais, World Bank AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS More Information
3:45 p.m.	BREAK
4:15 p.m.	PLENARY III: WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY SCIENCE & POLICY LINKS FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES? Case Study: Portland, Oregon Commissioner Dan Saltzman, City of Portland Greg Wolf, Office of the Governor of Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) PANEL DISCUSSION Chair, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR) Dan Mazmanian, University of Southern California Bonnie Prochaska, Sustainable Racine Shari Wilson, Office of Smart Growth, State of Maryland AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS More Information
5:45 p.m.	ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Sustainable Communities: Science, Solutions and Environmental Decisionmaking Chair, Sarah Moten, United States Agency for International Development David Crockett, former City Council Member, Chattanooga, TN Dianne Dumanoski, Journalist, Newton, MA Dan Mazmanian, University of Southern California
6:30 p.m.	NCSE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (NY), Chair, Science Committee
7:00 p.m.	RECEPTION IN MUSEUM ROTUNDA
8:00 p.m.	JOHN H. CHAFEE MEMORIAL LECTURE ON SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT "THE FUTURE OF LIFE" Welcome by Ambassador Richard Benedick, President, National Council for Science and the Environment Remarks by Georgia Chafee Nassikas Introduction by Stephen Hubbell, Chair, National Council for Science and the Environment Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor, Harvard University Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

  

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7,  2001
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
999 Ninth Street, NW 
 

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• The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future, Boston University             
• The RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition       
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• Natural Resources Defense Council

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