Highlights:
September 15: Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Australian National University, suggests practices for
funding climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing countries in the Frontiers
in Sustainable Development and Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements Speaker
Series.
September 20: Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, presents
"Europe’s View on International Climate Policy” at the Energy Policy Distinguished
Speaker Lunch.
September 21: The Future of Energy is here! Dr. Steven Koonin, the Under Secretary for
Science, US Department of Energy, discusses “Energy Innovation at Scale.”
Calendar Listings:
September 9, 2010
6:00pm MSI Thursday Seminar
Center for the Environment Seminar Room (Rm 310) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Tanja Bosak, MIT. “Life between the Snowballs”
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
September 13, 2010
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm - 2:30pm CCS: A transitional solution for the climate and energy challenge?
Cambridge Innovation Center, One Broadway, 5th Floor Cambridge, MA
Large-scale, clean energy solutions must be deployed to meet increasing energy demand and
reduce pollution. Carbon capture and storage, a transitional solution for the climate and
energy challenge, is the key to a secure energy future.Remarks by Chris Henderson, Deputy
Consul-General, British Consulate-General Boston
RSVP to: Bridget Gildea Bridget.Gildea(a)fco.gov.uk
12:15pm - 2:00pm Science, Technology, and Society Circle
124 Mt. Auburn St Suite 100, Room 106 Cambridge, MA
I. Glenn Cohen, Harvard Law School. "Well, What about the Children?: Best Interests
Reasoning, the New Eugenics, and the Regulation of Reproduction."
RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
4:00pm - 5:30pm EPS 2010 First-Year Symposium
Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Presentations by Second-Year Graduate Students.
http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do
September 14, 2010
12:00pm Harvard University Herbaria Seminar
HUH Seminar Room 22 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Dr. Sabine Zachgo, University of Osnabrück. "Shaping the beauty: the making of
Petals"
http://www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
Contact Name: Elena M. Kramer ekramer(a)oeb.harvard.edu
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the ClimaTea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00pm - 5:30pm EPS 2010 First-Year Symposium
Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Presentations by Second-Year Graduate Students.
http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do
September 15, 2010
11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar
Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Gunter Wagner, Yale University. "Transcription factor protein evolution and the
origin of evolutionary novelties."
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
12:00pm - 1:30pm Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series and Harvard Project
on International Climate Agreements Speaker Series
Center for International Development Perkins Room (Rubenstein-415) Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Lecturer, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian
National University. "How to spend $100 billion sensibly: Principles and pathways for
the Copenhagen Green Climate Fund."
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci
Contact Name: Mary Anne Baumgartner maryanne_baumgartner(a)harvard.edu
4:00pm - 5:00pm Origins of Life Forum
Geo Museum, Haller Hall (Room 102) 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Lisa Kaltenegger (Harvard University/CfA/Origins of Life). "Super-Earth & Life:
a fascinating puzzle.”
September 16, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
September 17, 2010
9:00am - 12:30pm New England Restructuring Roundtable: "Renewable Energy's
Future in New England"
Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02210
The first Fall Roundtable of 2010 focuses on renewable energy's future in New
England.
http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp
raab(a)raabassociates.org 617-350-5544
September 20, 2010
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Policy Distinguished Speaker Lunch
Nye ABC, 5th Floor, Taubman Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
"Europe’s View on International Climate Policy." Connie Hedegaard, European
Commissioner for Climate Action.
Trudi_Bostian(a)hks.harvard.edu
September 21, 2010
12:30pm - 2:00pm U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
Bowie-Vernon Room (K262) CGIS Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA
Charles K. Ebinger. Director, Energy Security Initiative, and the Stephen and Barbara
Friedman Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution. Title TBA (Topic: energy security in
Asia).
Contact Name: Shinju Fujihira, Ph.D. sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 617-495-1890
2:30pm - 4:00pm ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
John Lassiter, Harvard Business School. “Building Green Businesses: Issues in
Entrepreneurial Finance.”
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu
5:30pm The Future of Energy
Harvard University Science Center D One Oxford St, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Steven Koonin, Under Secretary for Science, US Department of Energy. "Energy
Innovation at Scale.”
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
September 22, 2010
11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar
BioLabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Kenneth Catania, Vanderbilt University. Title TBD.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
September 23, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
Pierce Hall, Room 100F 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
Emily Fischer, University of Washington. "Importing ozone precursors and aerosols to
the North American free troposphere: An analysis of peroxyacetyl nitrate(PAN) and aerosol
observations from Mount Bachelor"
http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
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