Student International Discussion Group (SIDG)
2008 Annual Conference
Fueling, Feeding, and Financing Sustainable Change
 Saturday,
February 23rd
Duke University,
Sanford Institute of Public
Policy
Pre-registration is recommended!
SIDG is proud to bring you this year's spring conference,
designed to stimulate understanding and discussion of broad-based
sustainability for today's world. This day-long event will
feature panel discussions and breakout sessions with experts
in the fields of sustainable energy, agriculture, and innovative
approaches to financing sustainable change.
To view the conference
agenda, click here >
Speakers include:
- Gloria
Aquino, Associate Program Country Director for Environment
with Peace Corps/Paraguay
- Jim Barborak, Protected Areas
Specialist with Conservation International's Mexico and
Central America Program
- Marie-Ange Binagwaho, Executive
Director of Solar Household Energy, Inc.
- Nancy Creamer, Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems
- Elaine Delio, Senior Associate with the New Ventures
project of World Resources Institute
- Amadou Diop, International
Programs Director at The Rodale Institute
- John O'Sullivan, Small Farm Unit Coordinator at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems
- Simon Rich, Farmer
and Investor with Edenton Peanut Mill; Board Member of
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association and Center
for Environmental Farming Systems
- Kathleen Robbins, Director
of Bioenergy Projects with Green Microfinance
- Kate Watters,
Executive Director of Crude Accountability
Facilitators include:
- Norman L. Christensen, Professor
of Ecology and Founding Dean of the Nicholas School of
the Environment and Earth Sciences
Opening Remarks
- Natalia S. Mirovitskaya, Senior
Research Scholar and Lecturing Fellow in Public Policy
Studies, Duke Center for International Development, Sanford
Institute of Public Policy
Moderator, Sustainable
Energy Panel
- Aaron Nelson,
Executive Director, Foundation for a Sustainable Community
Closing Remarks
- Daniel deB. Richter, Professor of
Soils and Forest Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment
and Earth Sciences
Moderator, Sustainable Agriculture
Panel
- Jeffrey R. Vincent, Clarence F.
Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management,
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Moderator,
Funding Sustainable Efforts Panel
We are grateful
to the following sponsors and partners:
- Lazar
Foundation
- Office of the Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment
and Earth Sciences
- Office of the Vice Provost for International
Affairs and Development
- Institute for Sustainable Development
-
 Sustainable Duke, Office of the Executive Vice President
- Office of the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary
Studies
- Working Group for Environment in Latin America
- Office
of the Vice Provost for Research
- Sanford Institute for
Public Policy
- Shade Tree Coffee
- Duke Center for International Development/Graduate Program
for International Development Policy
- Duke Microfinance Club
Don't forget to pre-register --
pre-registered attendees are welcome to join us for eco-friendly
breakfast, lunch, and reception.
Breakfast and check-in begin at 8:00 am, and the conference itself begins at 9:00 am with opening comments followed by panel discussions. After lunch and the afternoon breakout discussions, concluding remarks will finish at 4:30, followed by a light reception.
For a map and directions,
click
here >
To download the conference flyer, click
here >
Please check back frequently for additional conference
details!
Contact Heidi.Hausman@duke.edu or Kelli.Mineard@duke.edu with
any questions or comments.
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