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Past Green Science and Sustainability Events
Apr 1, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Speakers: Jeffrey Perlman, Bright Power Inc; Gordon Holness, Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.; Moderator: Beth Heider, Skanska Sponsored by: Green Buildings, a PS&E program Mar 26, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Myles W. Jackson; Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Senior Fellow of the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn Sponsored by: History & Philosophy of Science Section
Please note this event is not being held at the New York Academy of Sciences. It is taking place at the CUNY Graduate Center. For directions, please click here. Mar 19, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Speakers: Rick Duke, NRDC; Marco Castaldi, Columbia University; Vasilis Fthenakis, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University; Moderator: Drew Shindell, NASA Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program This meeting will focus on the recent McKinsey report "Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost." Sponsored by: Environmental Sciences Section & Green Science and Environmental Systems Feb 27, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Speaker: Thomas B. Settle (Polytechnic University and Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy) Sponsored by: History & Philosophy of Science Section
Please note this event is not being held at the New York Academy of Sciences. It is taking place at the CUNY Graduate Center. For directions, please click here. Feb 20, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Speakers: Klaus Lackner, Columbia University; Alex Fassbender, ThermoEnergy Corporation Moderator/Respondent: Michael Bobker, City College of New York, CUNY Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program This meeting will present a panel of experts who will describe current approaches to capturing CO2, including Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System (TIPS) technologies. Jan 31, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Speakers: David Hewitt, New Buildings Institute; Vivian Loftness, Carnegie-Mellon University; Moderator: Noel Morrin, Skanska Sponsored by: Green Buildings, a PS&E program This meeting will specifically continue the discourse started during the innaugural meeting held this past fall on how best to measure that progress is being made in green buildings. The talks will include a strong focus on energy efficiency.
Jan 29, 2008 • 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM Speakers: Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University; Paul Falkowski, Rutgers University; William Schlesinger, IES; William Solecki, Hunter College, CUNY; Stephen Leatherman, Florida International University; George Hendrey, Queens College and CUNY; Robert Paaswell, CCNY; Michael Bobker, CCNY; Robert Bell, Brooklyn College, CUNY;
Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program As climate change related issues continue to gain importance and visibilty, it is important to understand the current state of science as well as the opportunies for mitigation and adaptation. Jan 23, 2008 • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Speaker: Jonathan Weiner (Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Sponsored by: History & Philosophy of Science Section
Dec 6, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Speaker: Arthur Donovan (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy) Sponsored by: History & Philosophy of Science Section
Nov 14, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Speaker: Catherine Wilson, The Graduate Center, CUNY Sponsored by: History & Philosophy of Science Section
Nov 6, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Joseph H. Sayer, NYSERDA; Matt Lazarewicz, Beacon Power; Edvina Uzunovic, NYPA Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program Nov 5, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Speaker: Paul Tonko, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program Oct 30, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Speakers: Jens Lausten, International Energy Association; Adam Hinge, Sustainable Energy Partnerships; Noel Morrin, Skanska Sponsored by: Green Buildings, a PS&E program Exercising its unique position as a neutral third party, the Academy has gathered key players in in the area of green buildings and sustainable design to address energy and measurement issues with respect to sustainable design, including a survey of best practices nationally and internationally. Jul 30, 2007 - Jul 31, 2007 Sponsored by: Hot Topics in PS&E This event offers a unique chance to share industry trends, threats, and opportunities as they relate to emerging energy technologies. Highlights include a full day Hydrogen Expo and the opportunity to meet with executives from the academia, government, and industry sectors with an interest in the future of US energy. Jul 18, 2007 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Sponsored by: Hot Topics in PS&E The World's Tallest Building series discusses the scientific and engineering challenges confronted by the construction of the world's tallest building, The Burj Dubai. Jun 13, 2007 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Speakers: Ahmad Abdelrazaq,Samsung Corporation; KJ Kim, Samsung Engineering and Construction Sponsored by: Hot Topics in PS&E The Worlds Tallest Building series discusses the scientific and engineering challenges confronted by the construction of the world's tallest building, The Burj Dubai. Jun 5, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Speakers: Laurie Kerr, Office of the Mayor; Ariella Rosenberg, Office of the Mayor; Jack T. Linn, Department of Parks and Recreation Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program The Office of the Mayor's plaNYC sets ten key goals for 2030 focusing on land, air, water, energy, and transportation including a 30% decrease in global warming emissions. The presentations will discuss Open Space; Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Change Mitigation; and Adaptation to Climate Change. May 30, 2007 • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Speaker: Charles Gillispie, Princeton University (emeritus) Sponsored by: History & Philosophy of Science Section
During the half century from the 1770s to the 1820s French science predominated in the world to an extent that the work of no other national establishment had done or would do prior to that of American science in the half century following 1945. May 23, 2007 • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Speaker: William F. Baker, Skidmore Owings & Merrill Sponsored by: Hot Topics in PS&E The first event in the World's Tallest Building series, a collaboration between the Skyscraper Museum and the New York Academy of Sciences, will focus on the scientific and engineering challenges confronted by the construction of the world's tallest building, The Burj Dubai. May 22, 2007 • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Speakers: Ronald T. Raines, University of Wisconsin-Madison; K. Dane Wittrup, MIT;
Stephen L. Mayo, Caltech; Virginia Cornish, Columbia University; Michael Hecht, Princeton University; Richard Gross, Polytechnic University; Vito G. DelVecchio, Vital Probes, Inc. Sponsored by: Hot Topics in PS&E Cosponsored by NYAS and Polytechnic University. This event will be held at Polytechnic University. This event is free to all.  |
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