ESE-faculty-list FW: Registration Open for NCSE's Food-Energy-Water Nexus Conference

[Lee, Linda S]

FYI – Purdue as a membership so we can get some registrations free. Please cc Cindy Fate-Taylor (the C4E Administrative Asst) if you have interest in presenting or attending the conference. Usually we don’t have more than 5 people going, but if so, priority is usually given to those presenting.

From: NCSE Conference [mailto:conference at ncseonline.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 8:35 AM
To: Lee, Linda S <lslee at purdue.edu>
Subject: Registration Open for NCSE's Food-Energy-Water Nexus Conference

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VENUE:
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at Reagan National Airport
near Washington, D.C.

Early Bird Registration
(20% Discount)
Closes October 30, 2015

Additional discounts available for federal employees, non-profits, and students.
Members of Affiliate institutions are eligible for complimentary and discounted registration.


During the conference, connect with:

  *   An emerging Community of Practice
  *   New collaborators and partners
  *   New funding opportunities
  *   New tools
  *   New projects and initiatives
  *   New discoveries
  *   New solutions

Register today<http://foodenergywaternexus.org/registration/> and find out what makes this annual conference so unique, exciting and productive!



"I found the conference to be a major learning experience. The NCSE conference is a must-attend event."
-2015 Conference attendee



ANNOUNCEMENT:
Online Registration Now Open!

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Join over 1,200 scientists, engineers, policy experts, program managers and leaders in government, business and civil society as part of an emerging Community of Practice, supported by new funding and partnerships.

Create new tools, new understanding and new integrated solutions to providing food, energy and water to a projected 9 to 11 billion people worldwide. Find solutions that go beyond trading-off unintended damages in one area for benefits in another.


Featured Speakers*
(*Invited and subject to change)

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[Vilsack2]

[Cousins]

 [DanB_2]

 [Foley2]

 France
Cordova

Tom
Vilsack

Ertharin
Cousin

Daniel
Barber

Jonathan
Foley

 Director, National Science Foundation

 Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Executive Director, UN World Food Programme

Executive Chef, Blue Hill Farm

President, California Academy of Sciences

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 [Merrigan]

[jeffrey_d_sachs]

 [Ram]

 [Rita]

 Catherine
Novelli

Kathleen
Merrigan

Jeffrey
Sachs

Veerabhadran
Ramanathan

Rita
Colwell

 Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, U.S. Department of State

 Executive Director, Sustainability Institute, George Washington University

Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland


Additional Featured Speakers*:
(*Invited and subject to change)


• Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute
•  Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
• Naoko Ishii, Global Environment Facility
• Calestous Juma, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, Harvard University
• Daniel Kammen, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
• Nebojsa Nakicenovic, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• Ed Pinero, Veolia

• Ken Powell, General Mills
• Johan Rockström, Stockholm Resilience Center
• Kathryn Sullivan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Catherine Woteki, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Sivan Ya'ari, Innovation: Africa
• Kandeh Yumkella, UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative





Click here for the draft conference agenda.<http://foodenergywaternexus.org/draft-agenda/>

 Session Topics:

• Opportunities for Science at the Nexus
• Feeding 9, 10, 11 Billion Sustainably
• Nexus Solutions for Sustainable Development
• Cities at the Nexus
• Innovations in Modeling and Big Data
• Innovations in Managing Water
• Innovations in Framing Decisions
• Integrating Nexus Policies at the State Level
• Metrics for Food-Energy-Water Projects
• Community Resilience and Sustainability at the Nexus
• Agricultural Science at the Nexus
• Managing Landscapes
• The Water-Energy Nexus
• Saving Water and Energy by Reducing Food Waste
• Lessons from California and the West
• Education at the Nexus
• Bioenergy and the Bioeconomy
• Measuring Natural Capital for Policy and Management
• Engineering Solutions for Food-Energy-Water Systems
• Innovative State and Regional Solutions

• Innovative Partnerships at the Nexus
• Agriculture-Water Challenges and Solutions
• Solutions to Energy-Water Conflicts
• Integrating Food, Energy and Water Systems to Eliminate Waste
• Managing Nutrients, Water, and Energy for More Food
• Urban Food Systems
• Innovative Tools and Uses of Big Data
• Economics and Social Sciences at the Nexus
• Soil: The Invisible Link
• Food, Energy and Water in the Corn Belt
• Aquaponic and Hydroponic Systems
• Saving Water and Energy by Reducing Food Waste
• Human Security at the Nexus
• Public Opinion and Nexus Policy
• Ecosystem Services for Nexus Solutions
• Confluence of Government, Industry, and Academia
• Market-Based Strategies at the Nexus
• Fish, the Forgotten Food Source, in Food-Water-Energy Nexus






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