Connecting the Dots 2012
The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus
Event Details:
Stanford experts from a range of disciplines discussed the interconnections and interactions among humanity's use of water, food, energy and the environment. Drawing on their own research, speakers illustrated and evaluated some of the ways in which decisions in one resource area can lead to trade-offs or co-benefits in others. They examined sustainable freshwater resources and uses in Africa, Asia, and the U.S. West. Symposium attendees participated in breakout sessions led by Stanford graduate students and a postdoctoral scholar, on a range of challenges associated with sustainable freshwater.
1:00 - 4:00 Welcome by Stacey Bent
Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Development
The Global Freshwater Challenge:
Jeff Koseff and Buzz Thompson
Africa: Water, Nutrition, Health, and Poverty
Moderator: Jenna Davis
Panelists: Eran Bendavid, Rosamond Naylor, and Amy Pickering
China: Water, Food, Climate, and Policy
Moderator: James Leckie
Panelists: Noah Diffenbaugh, David Lobell, and Jie Wang
Water in the West: Groundwater, Energy, Ecosystems, and Infrastructure
Moderator: Richard Luthy
Panelists: Craig Criddle, Andrew Fahlund, David Freyberg, and Buzz Thompson
4:15 - 5:15 Breakout Sessions - led by graduate students will include
- "Implications and Opportunities for China's Mass Urbanization"
- "Global Access to Safe Water: Where Do We Go From Here?"
- "To Pump or Not to Pump: The Groundwater Question"
- "Dammed If You Do, Dammed If You DonÕt: The Challenges of Dam Removal"
- "What's your role Mr. CEO? Water stewardship in the private sector"
5:15 - 6:30 Reception
Speakers
TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy, Chemical Engineering
Jeff Koseff
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment
Buzz Thompson
Natural Resources Law, Director, Woods Institute for the Environment
James Leckie
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Earth System Science, Woods Institute for the Environment
Center on Food Security and the Environment, Earth System Science
Jie Wang
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Richard Luthy
Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of ReNUWit
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrew Fahlund
Executive Director, Program on Water in the West
Civil and Environmental Engineerin
Break-out Sessions
Stephen Camello
Graduate Student, CEE, MS&E
Sara Marks
Graduate Student, CEE
Melissa Rhodes
Graduate Student, CEE
Nicola Ulibarri
Graduate Student, E-IPER
Heather West
Program Associate, Bill Lane Center for the American West