Rice University Webcasts: Global Forum on Water, April 2-3, 2004

Global Forum on Water
Webcasts April 2-3, 2004

As part of the FotoFest 2004 Global Forum on Water, Rice University and FotoFest presented two days of live webcasts. The Forum was co-sponsored by FotoFest and three interdisciplinary scientific and public policy institutes at Rice University: the Environmental and Energy Systems Institute, the Center for Study of the Environment and Society, and the Shell Center for Sustainability.

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		Neal Lane, University Professor and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University Introduction and Welcome
		Session 1: The State of Water in the World
		Sandra Postel, Director of Global Water Policy Project and Pew Foundation Fellow in Conservation and the Environment State of Water in the World
		David Auerbach, Prof. of Fluid Dynamics, University of Graz, Austria, and leader of European Water Group The Hydrological Cycle
		Ambassador E. Djerejian, Director, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Water and International Conflict, the Middle East
		Jerome Delli Priscoli, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources Global Overview of Water Policy-making
		Discussion: The State of Water
		Session 2: Texas as Microcosm: The State and Houston
		Mark Rose, General Manager and CEO, Bluebonnet Electric Co-op Texas Water Wars: An Overview of Management in Texas
		Mary Kelly, Senior Attorney and Program Director for U.S./Mexico Border Initiatives, Environmental Defense, Austin, TX Texas Water and the Border
		James Blackburn, Environmental Attorney, Blackburn & Carter, PC Water and Houston
		Discussion: Texas as Microcosm
		Session 3: Lessons from Global Change
		Rob Dunbar, Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University Climate Change and Our Hydrologic Future: Perspectives from the Past and Models
		Robert Jackson, Dept. of Biology and Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University How Climate Change Will Affect Water Issues
		Soroosh Sorooshian, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California-Irvine Role of Advanced Observational and Information Technologies for Addressing Global-Change Water Issues
		Discussion: Lessons from Global Climate Change
Saturday, April 3, 2004: Re-Visioning Water
		Session 4: The Future
		Maude Barlow, co-author of Blue Gold and Volunteer Chairperson, The Council of Canadians Global Water, A New Politics
		Carla Valentine-Pryne, Episcopal Minister and Founder, Earth Ministry, Seattle, WA Approaching a New Ethics
		Discussion: The Future of Water
		Herbert Dreiseitl, Director, Atelier Dreiseitl, Germany Designing Cities for Water
		David Nicolas Lamothe, Project Manager, Office International de l'Eau, France New Perspectives on the Use of Economics in Water Management
		Session 5: Technology
		Mark Wiesner, Director, EESI, and Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Rice University Technology, A Look at the Future
		Maureen Stapleton, San Diego County Water Authority Conservation and Innovative Alternatives
		Joe Hughes, Professor, Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech Environmental Bio-Technology and Micro-organisms
		Session 6: Re-Visioning Water - Summary Panel
		Neal Lane, Herbert Dreiseitl, David Auerbach, Maureen Stapleton, and Jim Lester, Director, Environmental Group, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) Summary Panel

For complete program details see the Global Forum on Water site.

Event sponsors

FotoFest, Inc.
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Rice University
www.rice.edu

Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that mobilizes the tools of science, policy and technology to improve people's lives and protect the environment. HARC's five core areas of expertise include clean energy, the environment, life sciences and health, social and policy analysis, and sustainable technology.
www.harc.edu

Stewart Information Services Corporation
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Apache Corporation
Apache Corporation is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and development company with core operations in the United States, Canada, Egypt, the United Kingdom North Sea and Western Australia.
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Turner Collie & Braden Inc.
Turner Collie & Braden is a Texas-based engineering firm with major practice areas in public works infrastructure, transportation planning and design, land development, and water resources and environmental planning. Established in 1946, TCB employs 600 staff members and maintains offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, Pharr, San Antonio, and Denver. TCB is a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation.
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Houston Endowment, Inc.
Nan Tucker McEvoy Foundation
George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation
George and May Josephine Hamman Foundation

Global Forum on WaterWebcasts April 2-3, 2004

Event sponsors

Global Forum on Water
Webcasts April 2-3, 2004