2009 Presenters
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![Rajendra K. Pachauri](images/pachauri-photo.jpg)
Rajendra K. Pachauri
Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,* Geneva, Switzerland
Focus: How climate change may further stress water resources, especially exacerbating problems of clean water access and food security for the world’s poor
* The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
![Asit K. Biswas](images/biswas-photo.jpg)
Asit K. Biswas
President, Third World Centre for Water Management, Atizapan, Mexico
Focus: Importance of water resources in alleviating poverty in developing countries and water as a basic human right
![Peter H. Gleick](images/gleick-photo.jpg)
Peter H. Gleick
President, Pacific Institute, Oakland, California
Focus: Current state of world water resources and what the future might hold
![William L. Graf](images/graf-photo.jpg)
William L. Graf
University Foundation Distinguished Professor, Professor and Chair of Geography, University of South Carolina
Focus: State of rivers in the United States, highlighting current management issues such as river restoration, channel change, damming and dam removal
![Nancy N. Rabalais](images/rabalais-photo.jpg)
Nancy N. Rabalais
Executive Director, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin
Focus: Health of estuaries and coastal waters as a critical ecological and food security issue and indicator of unsustainable management of land and freshwater resources
![Larry L. Rasmussen](images/rasmussen-photo.jpg)
Larry L. Rasmussen
Emeritus Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
Focus: Ethical issues involved in water resource management and its connections to the well-being of the planet
![David L. Sedlak](images/sedlak-photo.jpg)
David L. Sedlak
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Focus: Connection between chemicals, like hormones and other pharmaceuticals, in the waste stream and the quality of the aquatic environment
![Derek Walcott](images/walcott-photo.jpg)
Derek Walcott (Canceled)
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, University of Alberta, Emeritus Professor, Department of English, Boston University