Science and Society: Grand Challenges Discussion Series
Date: 05 November 2007 - 27 November 2007 Location: The events were held every Monday night in November from 6pm to 7:30pm in the AAAS Auditorium at 1200 New York Avenue. 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.
November 5th discussion was about "Climate Change". The guests were: 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. Video from the event is available online.
November 12th's discussion was about "Meeting the Global Energy Demand". The guests were: 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. Video from the event is available online.
November 19th's discussion was about "Managing a Pandemic". The guests were: Rajeev Venkayya, former Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense, and Julie Fischer, a Senior Associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center. Video from the event is available online.
November 26th's discussion was about "Containing the Spread of WMDs". The guests were: Ambassador Linton Brooks, former Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, and Joseph Cirincione, Senior Fellow and Director for Nuclear Policy at the Center for American Progress. Video from the event is available online.
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