Science and Society: Grand Challenges Climate Change
Date: 05 November 2007 Location: AAAS Auditorium
1200 New York Ave, NW
Washington. DC Sponsored by:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Georgetown University Program on Science in the Public Interest and the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation are co-sponsoring a discussion series "Science & Society: Grand Challenges".
No powerpoint. No notes. Just candid conversations with leading scientists, economists, and politicians hosted by award-winning NPR reporters Joe Palca and Richard Harris.
The events will be held every Monday night in November from 6pm to 7:30pm in the AAAS Auditorium at 1200 New York Avenue. A reception will start at 5pm.
The series opens on Monday, November 5th, with a conversation on climate change. The guests will be: Representative Ed Markey, Chair of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming; Joseph Aldy, an economist with Resources for the Future; and Bill Hooke, a geophysicist and Director of Policy Programs with the American Meteorological Society.
