NCSE Update – October 2, 2001

The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
invites you to the:

2nd National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment
Sustainable Communities: Science and Solutions

DECEMBER 6-7, 2001 · WASHINGTON, DC
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
& Renaissance Washington DC Hotel

Agenda appears below.

JOIN leading scientists and policymakers from around the world to discuss how science can contribute to solutions for achieving sustainable communities, locally and globally.

LEARN ABOUT success stories in Curitiba, Brazil; the Working for Water Programme, South Africa; Portland, Oregon and other communities around the world.

HELP PRODUCE a set of recommendations for the upcoming World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002 ("the Rio+10 conference") on how to advance and apply science for sustainable development.

LISTEN to speakers such as Donald Kennedy, past-President of Stanford University, and Editor of Science, the leading scientific journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Honorable Maurice Strong, Senior Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, who will receive the NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award.

HEAR Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Research Professor at Harvard University, present the 2nd Annual John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment.

DISCUSS Sustainable Urban and Rural Communities, Sustainable Designs and Industries, Societal and Behavioral Aspects, and crosscutting topics such as indicators of sustainability during plenary lectures and panels, breakout sessions and workshops.

VIEW the Sustainability Exhibition, "Sustainability Science: Products and Projects," with displays on technologies and resources for sustainable communities.

MEET scientists, engineers, resource managers, international, federal, state, tribal and local government officials, environmental and community activists, business people, workers, teachers and journalists.

ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE in breakout sessions to examine successful examples of the use of science in achieving sustainable communities and to develop a set of science and policy recommendations for presentation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, via the US National Position Paper and UN Preparatory Meetings leading to WSSD.

This year's Conference will build upon the success of the NCSE's 1st National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment in December 2000, which brought forth an agenda aimed at connecting science with environmental decisionmaking. The product of the conference was a report entitled Recommendations for Improving Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking, a compilation of recommendations made by over 450 scientists and decisionmakers for the new Administration and Congress.

Look in the mail this week for more information!

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE 2001 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE, POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, PLEASE GO TO THE NCSE WEBSITE: www.NCSEonline.org
Or e-mail conference@NCSEonline.org   
Or call 202.530.5810

The Agenda appears below: [Also in pdf.]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium,
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW

8:00 a.m. Registration

9:00 a.m. Welcome

Opening Statements by the National Council for Science and the Environment and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

9:15 a.m. Keynote Address:

Dr. Donald Kennedy, Editor-In-Chief,
Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science;
former President of Stanford University

10:30 a.m. Plenary Session I:

What are Sustainable Communities?
Case Study: Curitiba, Brazil

Governor Jaime Lerner, State of Parana and former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil (invited)

Dr.Thomas Lovejoy, Chief Biodiversity Advisor,World Bank

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions and Comments

1:30p.m. Plenary Lecture:

John Dernbach, Associate Professor of Law, Widener University Law School

2:15 p.m. Plenary Session II: Science and Technology Developing Solutions to Support Sustainable Communities
Case Study:Working For Water, South Africa

Dr. Guy Preston, Programme Leader, Working for Water, Cape Town, SA

Dr. Brian van Wilgen, Manager, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,
Stellenbosch, SA

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions and Comments

4:15 p.m. Plenary Session III: What are the Necessary Science and Policy Links for Achieving Sustainable Communities?
Case Study: City of Portland, Oregon

Dr. Paul D. Risser, President of Oregon State University

Commissioner Dan Saltzman, City of Portland, Oregon

Panel Discussion

Audience Questions and Comments

5:45 p.m. Round Table Discussion

6:30 p.m. Reception In Museum Rotunda

8:00 p.m. John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment

Dr. Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University
Research Professor, Harvard University

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2001

Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, NW

9:00–4:00 p.m. Conference Exhibition

Sustainability Science: Products & Projects

9:00–12:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions and Workshops

12:00 p.m. Buffet lunch served in Exhibition Hall

2:00 p.m. NCSE Congressional Leadership Award

Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (NY)

2:30 p.m. NCSE Lifetime Achievement Award

Honorable Maurice Strong, Senior Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General

3:00-5:30 p.m. Closing Plenary:

From Washington, DC to Johannesburg: Science, Stakeholder Needs and Solutions

Reports from Breakout Sessions and Response From US Government and United Nations Officials

December 6-7, 2001—Washington, DC

Help generate recommendations for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio + 10)

2nd national conference on science, policy and the Environment sustainable communities: science & Solutions

REGISTER NOW! SAVE 30% when you register before October 12, 2001.

RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM BY NOVEMBER 6th to take advantage of special low rates for NCSE Conference attendees.

Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, NW

To register, call 1-800-468-3571 and mention “NCSE Conference.”
To register online, go to www.renaissancehotels.com/reservations
and use Group Code: NCS.