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IUBS 2007

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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM

EDUCATION SESSION

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Biological Sciences for the 21st Century:
Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Development
In an Era of Global Change

 

Symposium Program

 

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The symposium explored exciting developments in biological sciences research and how these developments could be harnessed to address world-wide challenges of promoting sustainable development in an era of global change.

Request a CD containing speaker presentations and audio/video tracks.

CDs of the symposium materials will be produced. If you would like to request one, kindly send your name, mailing address, and contact information to BISO@nas.edu. Please include the heading “May 2007 IUBS CD Request” in the subject line of your message.

Please note: production of the CDs is still being finalized and they will be mailed as soon as they are available.

 

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Steering Committee

William Clark (Chair)
Harvard University

Bruce Alberts
University of California, San Francisco

Rita Colwell
University of Maryland

Claire Fraser-Liggett
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Mohamed Hassan
Academy of Science for the Developing World (TWAS)

Jane Lubchenco
Oregon State University

Julia Marton-Lefèvre
World Conservation Union

Tony McMichael
The Australian National University

M.S. Swaminathan
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

John C. Wooley
University of California, San Diego

Ex Officio

Kamal Bawa
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Joel Cracraft
American Museum of Natural History

Marvalee Wake
University of California, Berkeley

Support for This Meeting Was Generously Provided By:

   
  • The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • American Institute of Biological Sciences
  • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  • Ford Foundation (New Delhi)
  • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
  • Monsanto Company
  • The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • National Science Foundation
  • The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • United States Department of Energy
  • United States Geological Survey

   

The United States participates in the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) through the U.S. National Committee to IUBS, housed in the Board on International Scientific Organizations at The National Academies.

 

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