Date: November 04, 2009 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building

Speaker: Jennifer A. Jay, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles

Date: November 04, 2009 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015

Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Associate, Evening Certificate Program in Conservation Biology, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)

Date: November 04, 2009 from 12:10 pm to 1:10 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seminar Room, 2nd Floor

Speaker: Tobias Diehl, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Date: November 04, 2009 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium

Speakers: Larry Burns, Former Vice President of Research & Development, General Motors; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Date: November 05, 2009 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Faculty House, Garden Room 1, First Floor

Speakers: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development; Columbia University; Klaus Lackner, Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Date: November 06, 2009 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, Seminar Room, First Floor

Speaker: Arnold Gordon, Physical Oceanographer; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Associate Director, Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Date: November 06, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 833 Seeley W. Mudd Building

Speaker: Praveen Kumar, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date: November 06, 2009 from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm EST

Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium

Speaker: Claudia Dreifus, The New York Times