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Conference "Sustainable Development of Hot Deserts"
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall, Columbia University
1st day: October 31, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Keynote speeches
"IBM's Energy & Environment"
Ms. Florence D. Hudson
Energy & Environment Executive, IBM Corporate Strategy
IBM Corporation
"Soil and carbon climate change"
Dr. Daniel Hillel
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Center for Climate Systems Research
Columbia University
12:00 p.m. – 01:00 p.m.
Lunch break
01:00 p.m. – 03:15 p.m.
Scientific section
"Space technology life support systems"
Dr. Sergey V. Polyakov
USPolyResearch
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"Controlled environment agriculture"
Dr. Arend-Jan Both
Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University
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"Biorefinery"
Dr. Devinder Mahajan
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences & Technology Department
03:15 p.m. – 03:45 p.m.
Short break
03:45 p.m. – 04:45 p.m.
Scientific panel "Feasibility of sustainable settlements in hot deserts"
Dr. Arend-Jan Both
Department of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University
Dr. Devinder Mahajan
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Energy Sciences & Technology Department
Dr. Sergey V. Polyakov
USPolyResearch
Dr. Yuriy S. Polyakov
USPolyResearch
2nd day: November 1, 2009
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Keynote speeches
"Deserts, water and sustainable livelihoods: The role of the United Nations"
Dr. Nikhil Chandavarkar
Secretary, UN-Water
Chief of Communication and Outreach for the Division of Sustainable Development
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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"Inter-dependent sustainability and the development of Africa’s drylands"
Dr. Eric Patrick
United Nations Development Programme
"Role of entrepreneurs in large-scale innovative projects"
Mr. Arthur T. Dong
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
12:00 p.m. – 01:00 p.m.
Lunch break
01:00 p.m. – 03:15 p.m.
Scientific section
"Solar energy"
Dr. Charles M. Fortmann
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook
"Duckweed as a biofuel feedstock"
Dr. Randall A. Kerstetter
Department of Plant Biology & Pathology
The Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Rutgers University
"Sustainable settlements in hot deserts"
Dr. Yuriy S. Polyakov
USPolyResearch
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03:15 p.m. – 03:45 p.m.
Short break
03:45 p.m. – 04:45 p.m.
Scientific panel "Next steps"
Dr. Charles M. Fortmann
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Dr. Randall A. Kerstetter
Department of Plant Biology & Pathology
The Waksman Institute of Microbiology
Rutgers University
Dr. Sergey V. Polyakov
USPolyResearch
Dr. Yuriy S. Polyakov
USPolyResearch
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