Science and Society: Grand Challenges
Meeting Global Energy Demand
Date: 12 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 reporter 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.
November 12th's discussion will be about "Meeting the Global Energy Demand" and will feature John Holdren, Director of the Science, Technology & Public Policy Program at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government and Lori Ryerkerk, General Manager of Government Relations at the ExxonMobil Corporation.
The first discussion was on "Climate Change", and future discussions will be on "Managing a Pandemic" and "Containing the Spread of WMDs" and will feature experts from the White House, and the Center for American Progress.
 Video from the event is available online.
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