Poles Apart, Melting Together
Science and the Humanities Confront the Anthropocene
June 27, 2015
Boston University
College of General Studies
871 Commonwealth Avenue
A conference exploring the convergence of science and the humanities to better understand the impact of ecological and technological trends on the planet and on humanity
Keynote Speaker: Paul Robbins, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, delivering an address on the topic, “No Going Back: The Environmental Ethics of the Anthropocene”
Summary Panel: “Understanding the Shape of Things to Come”
- Anthony Janetos, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future,
Boston University - Nicolas Miailhe, The Future Society, Harvard Kennedy School
- Seth Baum, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
- Richard Mallah, Future of Life Institute