Inaugural Policy Conference Spotlights Geoscience for Economy, Public Safety, National Security

To promote exchange among scientists, policy makers and others, the world’s largest organization of Earth and space scientists, the American Geophysical Union, invites you to this gathering of scientists, government representatives, NGOs, and other stakeholders.

WHAT: AGU Science Policy Conference
WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
WHEN: 1-2 May 2012

The conference will feature dozens of eminent speakers from top levels of government, the military, scientific institutions and societies, universities, environmental organizations, industry, and agriculture, in four tracks, covering:

• Natural Hazards: public safety, economic tolls, national policy, severe weather mitigation, regional and local prospects, space weather

• Natural Resources: hydraulic fracturing, food security, critical minerals, coastal and water management, energy and renewables

• Oceans: national policy, acidification, research for sustainability

• Arctic Forum: ecosystem change, transportation and energy development, Arctic security

View conference agenda and speakers
*DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION AND HOUSING: 30 March*

About AGU
The American Geophysical Union is a not-for-profit society of Earth and space scientists with more than 61,000 members in 146 countries. Established in 1919 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., AGU advances the Earth and space sciences through its scholarly publications, meetings, and outreach programs. For more information, visit www.agu.org.