Global Change II: A Midwest Perspective will be held at the University of Iowa on April 7 and 8. This event is an outgrowth of CGRER's very successful global change symposium held in 1989, which attracted over 200 attendees to the university's campus to hear about global change issues and their impact on the Midwest. This year, the nation's top experts will present new results of the 1993 floods and also will discuss greenhouse gas trends, stratopheric ozone depletion, biodiversity, and sustainable development.
Speakers include:
Timothy Wirth, U.S. Senator from Colorado;
Daniel Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council;
Don Fisher, E.I. DuPont de Nemours;
Jack Fishman, NASA Langley;
Eugene Takle, Atmospheric Science Program, Iowa State University;
Konstantine Georgakakos, Scripps Institution of Oceanography;
Frank Weirich, Department of Geography, UI;
Sharad Adhakiry, Director, Department of Hydrology, Nepal, India;
Steve Pyne, Arizona State University;
Steve Hubbell,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University;
David Gates, Department of Botany, University of Michigan;
Tom Webb, Geology Department, Brown University;
David Campbell, Department of Biology, Grinnell College;
Katy Hansen, Iowa Earth Charter;
Andrew Steer, World Bank;
Stanley Changnon, Illinois State Water Survey;
James Fouts, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences;
Ruth Harkin, Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
For registration information or a brochure describing the symposium in greater detail, please contact: The Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, Ph. 319-335-3333 or FAX 319-335- 3337.