Marine management experts will gather at the Pardee Center this week for the Marine Management Area Science (MMAS) Scientific Workshop. The Workshop is co-organized by the Boston University Marine Program and Conservation International and will run through the week of 7 December 2009, Monday to 11 December 2009, Friday. The purpose of the workshop is […]
The Boston University Energy Club hosted a panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, on Tuesday, December 1 2009, to discuss the prospects of what might come out of the Copenhagen negotiations, and what is likely to follow. The discussion featured Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the […]
On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a seminar on ‘Is The Future Renewable?’ Part of the ‘Pardee House Seminars’ series, the event featured Prof. Michael Caramanis, Prof. William Moomaw and Dr. Miquel Munoz, and was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director of the […]
Dr Daniel Guhr, Managing Director of Illuminate Consulting Group, dicussed ‘Internationalization of Higher Education’ at a Pardee House Seminar on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Prof. Ben DeWinter, Boston University’s Associate Provost for International Programs and Dean Jay Halfond of the Boston University Metropolitan College gave opening remarks at the Seminar. Dr. Guhr serves as Illuminate Consulting […]
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, the Office of the Dean of the BU College of Arts and Sciences and BU Latin America Studies Program co-organized a conference on US-Cuba policy on November 6, Friday. The conference, titled, Whither US Cuba Policy? is supported by a grant from the Christopher […]
Scholars from multiple disciplines and practitioners from around the world met at Boston University on October 27 – 28, 2009, to discuss how we can define success and sustainability of a higher education system in the context of a developing world. This workshop was supported by a grant from The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative and was […]
Prof. Saleem H. Ali, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, discussed his new book, Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and A Sustainable Future, at the Pardee House Seminar on 23 October, 2009. The talk was moderated by Professor Adil Najam, Director of the […]
On Friday, October 9, 2009, The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future held a lunch seminar on ‘Future Challenges: Global Development Beyond the Financial Crisis.’ The seminar featured Shahrukh Rafi Khan, William Grimes and Michael Walton, and was moderated by Prof. Adil Najam, Director, Pardee Center. Prof. Shahrukh Rafi Khan […]
Experts from a variety of disciplines and from around the world met at Pardee House on Friday, September 25, 2009, to present at a conference on How Migrants Impact their Homelands. The authors’ conference was part of a research project of the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, being […]
At the Pardee House Seminar on July 23 titled “Future Challenges: Science, Diplomacy and Development,” a panel of experts said that the key to creating international scientific cooperation amongst developing countries with conflictual relationships will be the creation of well-developed and lasting personal relationships among international groups of dedicated professionals working on common and pressing […]