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Connecting the Dots 2012

The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus

Event Details:

Monday, April 16, 2012

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 DonĂ•t: The Challenges of Dam Removal"
  • "What's your role Mr. CEO? Water stewardship in the private sector"

5:15 - 6:30 Reception

Speakers

Stacey Bent

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

Noah Diffenbaugh

Environmental Earth System Science, Woods Institute for the Environment

David Lobell

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

Craig Criddle

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Andrew Fahlund

Executive Director, Program on Water in the West

David Freyberg

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

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