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The Role of Science in Solving the Earth’s Emerging Water Problems
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN SOLVING THE EARTH’S EMERGING WATER PROBLEMS
October 8-10, 2004
Beckman Center of the National Academies
100 Academy Drive, Auditorium
Irvine, California
Organized by William Jury and Henry Vaux
PROGRAM
Friday, October 8
6:00-8:00 pm
Registration and Welcome Reception (Hyatt Newporter – Plaza Arbor)
Saturday, October 9
7:45 am and
8:00 am
Buses Depart Hyatt Newporter to Beckman Center
8:00 am
Breakfast
Introductory Remarks
9:00 am
Henry Vaux and William Jury
Session I: Water Problems from a Global Perspective
9:15 am
Malin Falkenmark (Stockholm International Water Institute), Global Problems of Water Scarcity and Conflict
10:00 am
Michael Dettinger (U.S. Geological Survey and Climate Research Division/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography), The Implications of Global Change for the World’s Water Resources
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am
Pat Brezonik (University of Minnesota), Global Water Quality: Implications for Supply and Health
11:45 am
Alexander Zehnder (Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology), Feeding a More Populous World
12:30 pm
Lunch
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The Role of Science in Solving the Earth’s Emerging Water Problems
Session II: Water and the Environment
2:00 pm
William Lewis (University of Colorado), Evaluating the Importance of Aquatic Ecosystems
2:45 pm
Barbara Bedford (Cornell University), Recent and Prospective Scientific Advances in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology
3:30 pm
Break
3:45 pm
Will Graf (University of South Carolina), Science for Water Development and Wildlife Preservation
4:30 pm
Elías Fereres (University of Cordoba, Spanish Academy of Engineering), The Increasing Importance of the Agricultural/Environmental Tradeoff in Managing Water Resources
5:30 pm
Poster Session and Reception
7:00 pm
Dinner
8:45 pm and
9:00 pm
Buses Depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter
Sunday, October 10
7:45 am and
8:00 am
Buses Depart Hyatt Newporter to Beckman Center
8:00 am
Breakfast
Session III: New Perspectives in Water Management
9:00 am
Alessandro Palmieri (World Bank), The Prospects and Problems of Storage
9:45 am
Rhodes Trussell (Trussell Technologies), The Prospects for Emerging Water Technology
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Frank Rijsberman (International Water Management Institute), Soft Path Technologies for the Developing World
11:30 am
Richard Evans (Sinclair-Knight-Mertz), Groundwater Resource Management Challenges in North China
12:15 pm
Lunch
Session IV: The Importance of Water Institutions
2:00 pm
Helen Ingram (University of California, Irvine), The Importance of Institutions and Policy in Resolving Global and Regional Water Scarcity
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The Role of Science in Solving the Earth’s Emerging Water Problems
2:45 pm
Steve McCaffrey (University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law), The Role of International Law
3:15 pm
General Discussion and Questions
4:00 pm and
4:15 pm
Buses Depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter and Orange County Airport
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