The Philosophy Department at Boston University invites you to attend its annual symposium exploring issues in environmental philosophy. Sessions will take place on Thursday, March 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. Each speaker's session will include a 45-minute presentation, followed by a 5-minute commentary and audience questions and discussion. All sessions will be held in the Metcalf Trustee Center at Boston University, One Sherborn Street, ninth floor, Boston, Massachusetts.
Program
4
p.m.
Stella Papasavva — "Addressing Environmental
Issues for the Automotive Industry"
Dr.
Stella Papasavva (GRS'92) has been a senior researcher at the research
and development center of General Motors Corporation since 1997. She is
working in the sustainable automotive futures program conducting life
cycle analysis assessments of automotive materials and processes. She
received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in physical chemistry and international
environmental policy from Tufts University in 1997, an M.A. in the energy
and environmental studies from Boston University in 1992, and an M.A.
in physics from Northeastern University in 1988.
5:30 p.m.
Biruté Galdikas — "Orangutans
and Humans"
Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas was chosen by Dr. Louis Leakey to study the orangutan and has now spent 35 years in the field studying and saving the only Asian Great Ape—the longest ongoing continuous study of any mammal in the world. Dr. Galdikas has twice been featured on the cover of National Geographic and is the author of scores of scientific articles and reviews, as well as two books, including her autobiography, Reflections of Eden. She has won several prestigious awards, including being named Indonesia's Hero for the Earth, and is presently Professor Extraordinaire at the Universitas Nasional in Jakarta and Full Professor at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
Directions
The
Trustee Center is on the ninth floor of the building that houses the BU
School of Management, which is located just west of Kenmore Square at
the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Sherborn Street. Enter the
building at the Sherborn Street entrance and take the closest elevators
up to the ninth floor.Get
more detailed directions.
Please note: There are many metered parking
spaces and parking lots on the BU campus, but public transportation, via
the Green Line "B train" o the MBTA, is always recommended.
For
further information about the conference, please contact
Professor Simon Keller at stk@bu.edu.