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Forecasting Environmental Changes
February 3-4, 2005 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC |
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5th National Conference on Science, Policy
and the Environment
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The National Council for Science and the Environment sponsored the 5th National conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Forecasting Environmental Change on February 3-4, 2005 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
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2005 Conference Report 2005 Chafee Memorial Lecture
Forecasting Environmental Change "Choosing Our Common Future: Democracy's True Test"
William D. Ruckelshaus, First and Fifth Administrator,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Chairman,
World Resources Institute; Chairman, Meridian Institute
 
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Selected Speakers
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Ray Anderson
Founder and Chairman, Interface Inc.
D. James Baker
President and CEO, Academy of Natural Sciences
Ann Bartuska
Deputy Chief for Research & Development, U.S. Forest Service
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Director, National Science Foundation
Rita Colwell
Former Director, National Science Foundation
Jack Dangermond
Founder and President, ESRI
Charles “Chip” Groat
Director, U.S. Geological Survey
Bruce Hayden
Lead Investigator, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Design Consortium
Charles Kennel
Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Jack Kelly
Deputy Undersecretary of Comerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Thomas E. Lovejoy
President, Heinz Center for Science
Walter Reid
Director, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
William D. Ruckelshaus
First and Fifth EPA Administrator
James Gustave Speth
Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
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The Conference
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The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) convened the 5th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Forecasting Environmental Changes on February 3-4, 2005 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
The conference served as a forum for more than 850 leading scientists, engineers, policy makers, government officials, business executives, and educators to assess our ability to understand and forecast environmental changes and to identify opportunities for improving these capabilities. More...
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Addresses:
Opening Keynote Address by James Gustave Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; former Administrator, UN Development Programme; Founder and Former President, World Resources Institute
Plenary Lecture Presentation by Jack Dangermond, Founder and President, ESRI (PPT show: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) (31 MB total)
Plenary Lecture by Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation
Roundtable Presentations:
Plenary Roundtable Presentation by General Jack Kelly, Deputy Undersecretary of Comerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Plenary Roundtable Presentation by Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman, Interface Inc.
Plenary Roundtable Presentation by Walter Reid, Executive Director, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Memorandum of Understanding between NOAA and USGS
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5th Annual John H. Chafee Memorial Lecturer on Science and the Environment
"Choosing Our Common Future: Democracy's True Test"
William D. Ruckelshaus
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The 2005 Chafee Lecture was delivered by the Honorable William D. Ruckelshaus, who drew upon his distinguished career in both the public and private sector as a tireless advocate for balanced, durable and broadly-supported solutions to environmental and conservation issues. William Ruckelshaus was selected as the first Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency when the EPA was formed in 1970, and then named EPA’s fifth Administrator in 1983. Currently, he is a Strategic Director in the Madrona Venture Fund, Chairman of the Meridian Institute, Chairman of the World Resources Institute, and a member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
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Featured Plenary Speakers
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Arden Bement, recently appointed Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), gave a plenary address expressing his vision of NSF’s role in environmental science and forecasting.
Jack Dangermond, Founder and President of ESRI, gave a keynote address on the use of geospatial data to improve environmental forecasting and decisionmakaing. ESRI, the world’s fourth largest privately held software company, is widely known as the technical and market leader in geographic information system (GIS) software.
James Gustave Speth , dean and professor in the practice of environmental policy and sustainable development at Yale  University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, delivered the opening plenary address. Speth’s critically acclaimed Red Sky at Morning has enlivened the international environmental community, providing an in depth, insightful analysis of the status the Earth’s ecological systems and ways that major issues can be addressed on all levels - international, national, local, and individual.
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Highlights
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Presentations by prominent scientists and policymakers
Symposia on critical issues
Breakout Sessions to develop strategies for advancing environmental forecasting
Exhibition on innovative programs, products and technologies
Posters on topics at the interface between science and policy
Participatory Sessions with opportunities for discussion and networking
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