Upcoming Lectures, Conferences and Seminars
(by date)

October 9, 2008     7:30 am - 3:00 pm
Massachusetts Energy Summit 2008: Choices and Solutions for Businesses
DCU Center, Worcester, MA
www.wbjournal.com
October 14, 2008     5:30 pm
Clean Energy Forum: Creating a Clean Transportation Future
Foley Hoag Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
October 14, 2008     7:30 pm
Unlearning Consumerism: Toward a Mindful Society
Second Floor, Dana Commons, Clark University, Worcester, MA
October 15, 2008     4:00-5:00 pm
Voluntary Corporate Environmental Initiatives and Shareholder Wealth - Karen Fisher-Vanden and Karin Thorburn
Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
October 16, 2008     4:00 pm
Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks, and State of the Science - Jo Anne Shatkin
Lurie Conference Room, Clark University, Worcester, MA
October 16, 2008     6:00 pm
Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity - Eric Chivian, E.O. Wilson
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
October 24, 2008     9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Seizing the Moment: Breakthrough Measures to Build a New East West Consensus on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disarmament - with Ban Ki-moon, Henry Kissinger, Sergey Kislyak, Hans Blix, and others. Sponsored by the East West Institute
U.N. Headquarters, New York, NY
www.ewi.info
October 25-29, 2008
Public Health Without Borders: 136th American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition
San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California
www.apha.org/meetings
October 27-28, 2008
Genomics and Society: Reinventing Life?
Savoy Place, London, UK
www.genomicsandsociety.org
November 13-14, 2008
Mosakowski Inaugural Conference: How research can be used to address critical public challenges
Clark University, Worcester, MA
November 17-19, 2008
Presenting Data and Information - Edward Tufte (this is a one-day seminar offered on three separate dates)
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, MA
www.tufte.com
November 19, 2008     5:00 pm
Future of Energy Series - James Woolsey, Venture Partner with VantagePoint Venture Partners
Science Center Lecture Hall D, Cambridge, MA
December 3, 2008     5:00 pm
Future of Energy Series - Amory Lovins, Founder and Director, Rocky Mountain Institute
Science Center Lecture Hall B, Cambridge, MA
December 8-10, 2008
Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World: 9th Annual National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
http://ncseonline.org/conference/biodiversity
February 2-5, 2009
Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments
Hyatt Regency Riverfront Hotel, Jacksonville, FL
February 9-13, 2009
International Erosion Control Association Annual Conference and Expo: Connect to Solutions, the World's Largest Soil and Water Event
Reno, NV
www.ieca.org/2009info
July 19-23, 2009
Coastal Zone 09 - Revolutionary Times: Catching the Wave of Change
Boston Park Plaza, Boston, MA
www.csc.noaa.gov/cz/
August 24-28, 2009
Water in a Changing Climate: Progress in Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Energy/Water Cycle Research
6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, http://www.gewex.org
2nd Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study Science Conference, http://www.ileaps.org
Melbourne, Australia