On Friday, April 22, the John Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its eighth and last meeting. The session entitled Geographies of Energy featured Peter O’Connor and Rania Ghosn, and was moderated by Cutler Cleveland, Professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University. Peter A. O’Connor is a doctoral candidate in the […]
“Diplomacy for the Facebook Era” was the topic of discussion at a seminar sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 20. The seminar was organized and moderated on behalf of the Pardee Center by Amb. Paul Webster Hare, former British ambassador to Cuba who currently teaches […]
The Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future hosted a meeting of diplomacy experts on April 20 called “Diplomacy for the Facebook Era” organized and chaired by Amb. Paul Webster Hare, the former British ambassador to Cuba who currently is a Lecturer in Diplomacy at Boston University’s International Relations Department. The […]
Dr. Mehmood Khan, the Chief Scientific Officer and CEO of the Global Nutrition Group for PepsiCo, delivered the 2011 Pardee Distinguished Lecture on Friday, April 15, 2011 on “Health and Nutrition: The Role of a Global Food and Beverage Company.” Dr Khan spoke to a rapt of audience of BU faculty, students and guests from around […]
On Thursday, April 8, 2011, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Managing Disasters: Turning Knowledge into Action’. Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Dr. Hani O. Mowafi (BU School of Medicine), Prof. Enrique R. Silva (BU City Planning and Urban Affairs) and Dr. Pablo […]
More than 100 people participated in the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future’s annual conference on Thursday, March 31, called Development That Works. The conference was held at the Boston University School of Management Conference Center. The all-day conference was organized by the Pardee Center in collaboration with the Boston […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University hosted a reception in honor of the participants of the Development That Works conference on the evening of March 30, 2011. Held at the Pardee House, the reception was attended by faculty and researchers from Boston University, Pardee Center Graduate Assistants, and […]
On Friday, March 25, 2011, the John Sawyer Seminars on Energy Transitions and Society convened for its seventh meeting. The session entitled Energy, Security, and Conflict featured Amy Myers Jaffe and Michael Klare, and was moderated by Dana Bauer, Professor of Geography at Boston University. Amy Myers Jaffe is the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in […]
The Pardee Center hosted an experts workshop on Thursday, March 10 to review the Center’s ongoing work on the “Searchlight: Visualization and Analysis of Trend Data” project for the Rockefeller Foundation. Ten experts (see list below) from various disciplines met with the Pardee Center’s project team members and Claudia Juech, Managing Director of the Rockefeller […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University co-hosted a special high-level brainstorming session on “Accountability and Implementation: The Keys to Sustainable Development” at the United Nations in New York on March 8, 2011, as a side-event at the second PrepCom meeting for the forthcoming 2012 Rio+20 conference […]