Cities Addressing their Urban Sustainability Challenges: A Roundtable Discussion

"Cities Addressing their Urban Sustainability Challenges:
A Roundtable Discussion"

*when
March 25, 2008 - Tuesday
2pm to 4pm

*where
Room 150 in the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) building

Located at the corner of Hearst Ave and LeRoy Ave on the campus in Berkeley:
http://gspp.berkeley.edu/about/docs/map_general.PDF

Parking is available on the surrounding streets (some metered, some 2
hour free parking) or at the Lower Hearst Garage:
Hearst Avenue @ Scenic Avenue, Entrance on Scenic Avenue - Hourly Pay
Parking at all times only in Gold Zone on Level 2.

Despite this being a spring break parking may be difficult…so be sure to
leave yourself sufficient time.

To find BART’s closest stop and “Maps & Directions” plus “Campus Maps”:
http://gspp.berkeley.edu/about/directions.html
AC Transit buses make numerous stops close to the intersection.

*host
University of California/Berkeley Dept of Civil Engineering

*sponsors
Urban Age Institute
Economic Competitiveness Group
University of California/Berkeley - Dept of Civil Engineering

*who
co-moderated by Prof. Slav Hermanowicz (UC Berkeley)
and Gordon Feller (Urban Age Institute)

*agenda
2 special guest presenters (each w/ 15 minute presentations)
remaining time for open discussion

two special guest presenters
*Paul James
Director of the UN Global Compact Cities Programme
http://www.citiesprogramme.org
joins us from Melbourne, Australia

* Anita Palepu, MD MPH FRCPC
Organizing Chair of 7th International Conference on Urban Health
http://www.icuh2008.com
joins us from Vancouver, Canada
the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Scholar;
Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Internal
Medicine at
University of British Columbia. She is the Co-editor of "Open
Medicine"