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- Rajendra K. Pachauri (Lecture) (Q&A)
- Peter H. Gleick (Lecture) (Q&A)
- William Graf (Lecture)
- Nancy N. Rabalais (Lecture) (Q&A)
- David L. Sedlak (Lecture)
- Asit K. Biswas (Lecture) (Q&A)
- Larry L. Rasmussen (Lecture) (Q&A)
- Shawn Otto (Lecture)
- Lucinda B. Johnson (Lecture)
- Ed Swain (Lecture)
2009 Nobel Conference
Nobel Conference XLV
October 6–7, 2009
Water is essential to all life, yet the supply of water is both vulnerable and finite.
Nobel Conference 45 at Gustavus Adolphus College will examine the current state of world water resources. Immediate threats to the health of rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters, oceans, and all forms of aquatic environments will be confronted by leading scientists. Environmental ethics and potable water as a basic human right will be examined alongside human tragedy resulting from contaminated resources. Water is critical and precious. It is key to the well-being and survival of planet Earth.
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Rajendra K. Pachauri
Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, India
Peter H. Gleick
Co-founder and President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California
William Graf
Department Chair and USC Educational Foundation Endowed Professor, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina
Nancy N. Rabalais
Executive Director and Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Chauvin, Louisiana
David L. Sedlak
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
Asit K. Biswas
Professor and President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Larry L. Rasmussen
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary
Shawn Otto (Schedule change)
Co-founder and CEO of Science Debate 2008
Lucinda B. Johnson
Natural Resources Research Institute University of Minnesota Duluth
Ed Swain
Environmental Information & Reporting Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Derek Walcott (Canceled)
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, University of Alberta, Emeritus Professor, Department of English, Boston University
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