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Suggested Citation:"Program." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. The Role of Science in Solving the Earth's Emerging Water Problems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11452.
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THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN SOLVING THE EARTHS EMERGING WATER PROBLEMS

October 8-10, 2004

Beckman Center of the National Academies

100 Academy Drive, Auditorium

Irvine, California


Organized by William Jury and Henry Vaux

PROGRAM

Friday, October 8

6:00-8:00 pm

Registration and Welcome Reception (Hyatt Newporter – Plaza Arbor)

Saturday, October 9

7:45 am and

8:00 am

Buses Depart Hyatt Newporter to Beckman Center

8:00 am

Breakfast

Introductory Remarks

9:00 am

Henry Vaux and William Jury

Session I: Water Problems from a Global Perspective

9:15 am

Malin Falkenmark (Stockholm International Water Institute), Global Problems of Water Scarcity and Conflict

10:00 am

Michael Dettinger (U.S. Geological Survey and Climate Research Division/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography), The Implications of Global Change for the World’s Water Resources

10:45 am

Break

11:00 am

Pat Brezonik (University of Minnesota), Global Water Quality: Implications for Supply and Health

11:45 am

Alexander Zehnder (Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology), Feeding a More Populous World

12:30 pm

Lunch

Suggested Citation:"Program." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. The Role of Science in Solving the Earth's Emerging Water Problems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11452.
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Session II: Water and the Environment

2:00 pm

William Lewis (University of Colorado), Evaluating the Importance of Aquatic Ecosystems

2:45 pm

Barbara Bedford (Cornell University), Recent and Prospective Scientific Advances in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology

3:30 pm

Break

3:45 pm

Will Graf (University of South Carolina), Science for Water Development and Wildlife Preservation

4:30 pm

Elías Fereres (University of Cordoba, Spanish Academy of Engineering), The Increasing Importance of the Agricultural/Environmental Tradeoff in Managing Water Resources

5:30 pm

Poster Session and Reception

7:00 pm

Dinner

8:45 pm and

9:00 pm

Buses Depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter

Sunday, October 10

7:45 am and

8:00 am

Buses Depart Hyatt Newporter to Beckman Center

8:00 am

Breakfast

Session III: New Perspectives in Water Management

9:00 am

Alessandro Palmieri (World Bank), The Prospects and Problems of Storage

9:45 am

Rhodes Trussell (Trussell Technologies), The Prospects for Emerging Water Technology

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Frank Rijsberman (International Water Management Institute), Soft Path Technologies for the Developing World

11:30 am

Richard Evans (Sinclair-Knight-Mertz), Groundwater Resource Management Challenges in North China

12:15 pm

Lunch

Session IV: The Importance of Water Institutions

2:00 pm

Helen Ingram (University of California, Irvine), The Importance of Institutions and Policy in Resolving Global and Regional Water Scarcity

Suggested Citation:"Program." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. The Role of Science in Solving the Earth's Emerging Water Problems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11452.
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2:45 pm

Steve McCaffrey (University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law), The Role of International Law

3:15 pm

General Discussion and Questions

4:00 pm and

4:15 pm

Buses Depart Beckman Center for Hyatt Newporter and Orange County Airport

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Earth is about 70% water, the human body is about 53% water, plants use water's unique properties to transport food, and aquatic organisms can survive during the winter due to water's thermal properties. However, as life continues to evolve on Earth, new problems with water emerge. The Sackler NAS Colloquium The Role of Science in Solving the Earth Emerging Water Problems provides a look into these problems ranging from water's agricultural use and importance in society to its scarcity and use in technology.

(Sackler NAS Colloquium) The Role of Science in Solving the Earth Emerging Water Problems includes the colloquium, held October 8-14, 2004, program and abstracts of its presentations and posters. Also available in this book is the participant roster.

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