Teresa Heinz, the Heinz Awards and the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University invite you to:
Heinz Talks: Climate Change and Energy Policy -
Advice to our Next President
5:00 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2008
Mellon Institute Auditorium
4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
(please use the S. Bellefield Avenue entrance)
Reception to follow
To RSVP please contact Kristin Niceswanger at (412) 268-6066 or kristinn@andrew.cmu.edu no later than Tuesday, October 14.
What direction will our energy policy take in the next four years?
Four leaders will give their perspectives on climate change and energy policy and the resulting impact on economic growth and technological innovation. The discussion will focus on bold and critical recommendations for our next president.
Welcome and Introduction by Teresa Heinz
Chairman of The Heinz Endowments and the Heinz Family Philanthropies, Mrs. Heinz is recognized as a premier environmental leader and advocate on behalf of women’s health and economic security. With her husband, Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, she is co-author of This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future. Mrs. Heinz established the Heinz Awards in 1993 to honor and sustain the legacy of her late husband, U.S. Senator John Heinz.
Moderated by Moira Gunn, host, NPR’s Tech Nation
Host of Tech Nation and BioTech Nation, which air on National Public Radio and internationally to 133 countries and is produced at the studios of KQED in San Francisco. Dr. Gunn is also Program Director of Information Systems at the College of Professional Studies, University of San Francisco.
Speakers
John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, as well as President and Director of the independent, non-profit Woods Hole Research Center. He is also the recipient of the 7th annual Heinz Award for Public Policy.
Lee Branstetter, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Heinz School and Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.
Granger Morgan, Lord Chair Professor in Engineering; Professor and Department Head, Engineering and Public Policy; Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University.
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