Water constraints on future food production symposium
Four expert speakers, including IIASA's Director and CEO Pavel Kabat, will discuss the future challenges in global water and food supply.
Hester Biemans, Pavel Kabat's PhD student, will defend her PhD thesis on the same day.
All are welcome to attend the symposium. If you would like to join for lunch please contact Fulco Ludwig by 30 September.
Symposium schedule:
10.00 – 10.30: Dieter Gerten - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research — Closing the Global Water-for-Food Gap
10.30 – 11.00: Pavel Kabat – IIASA and Wageningen University - Water Futures: A Cross-sectoral System Perspective
11.00 – 11.30: Arjen Hoekstra – University of Twente - The water footprint of humanity: is it sustainable?
11.30 – 12.00: Charles Vörösmarty – City University of New York - Ah-Ha Moments from the Analysis of Global Water Systems
12.00 – 12.30: Lunch
Contact:
Fulco Ludwig
Earth System Science and Climate Change group
Wageningen University and Research Centre
PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
E-mail:
Phone: + 31 317 486443
Fax: + 31 317 419000
Mobile: + 31 6 36 277 868
Web: www.ess.wur.nl