John Hopkins Begins “Year of Water” Theme for Academic Year (SchoolOfAdvancedInternationalStudies)

Mar.08, 2009 in Science, Water Industry

(March, 2009, SAIS)

“Year of Water” at SAIS

SAIS is examining the critical role of water throughout the world as a special substantive theme for the 2008–09 academic year. The “Year of Water” brings the SAIS community together to explore global water issues as they relate to economics and commerce, agriculture, the environment, new technologies, development and poverty, security, public health, and conflict and cooperation. Read more here about planned initiatives and events.

In addition to the events listed below, SAIS will host a conference on “Water and Agriculture: Implications for Development and Growth,” on March 30. Click here for more information.

HEADLINES:

SAIS Hosted Water Experts Aaron Salzberg and Geoff Dabelko on February 20
Aaron Salzberg, lead for water and head of the Interagency Working Group on Water at the U.S. Department of State; Geoff Dabelko, director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and Cinnamon Dornsife (moderator), associate director of the SAIS International Development Program, discussed “Water and International Development” on Friday, February 20.

2008 Issue of SAISPHERE Is Now Available
SAIS recently published the 2008 issue of its annual magazine, SAISPHERE. In this issue we asked several members of the faculty, scholar, student and alumni community to explore the theme, “Water: The New Reality” to coincide with our “Year of Water.” Click here for the online version or send an email to saispubaffairs@jhu.edu to request a printed copy.

PepsiCo International CEO Michael White Spoke at SAIS on November 20
Michael White, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo International and a SAIS graduate, delivered the W.P. Carey Global Leader Lecture on “Sustainability and Responsibility: 21st Century Leadership Imperatives” on Thursday, November 20.

Water Resources Expert Jerome Delli Priscoli Spoke at SAIS on November 18
Jerome Delli Priscoli, senior adviser for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources, spoke on “Water and Security” on Tuesday, November 18.

Water Policy Expert Erik Peterson Spoke at SAIS on October 31
As part of the “Year of Water” initiative at SAIS, Erik Peterson, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a SAIS graduate, discussed “Staying Above the Surface: Global Water Futures,” on Friday, October 31.

EVENTS:

Wednesday, April 8
“Johns Hopkins University Water Expert Panel”
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Kellogg Schwab, director of the Center for Water and Health at the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, and other university water specialists, will discuss their areas of expertise. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5636 or saisevents@jhu.edu.

Tuesday, March 31
“Safe Drinking Water: How One Company Makes a Difference in the Developing World”
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Greg Allgood, director of Procter & Gamble’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact saisevents@jhu.edu.

Monday, March 30
“Water and Agriculture: Implications for Development and Growth”
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Health in the Harvard University School of Public Health (SPH) and professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering in the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), will provide the conference keynote address on “Availability, Distribution and Control of Water for Agriculture,” from 9:15 to 10 a.m. Click here for a full conference agenda. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.775.3296 or water@jhu.edu.

Tuesday, March 24
“Year of Water Event”
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Rohini Nilekani, founder of the India-based NGO Arghyam, will speak at this forum. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5626 or saisevents@jhu.edu.

Friday, February 20
“Water and International Development”
12:30 to 1:45 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Aaron Salzberg, lead for water and head of the Interagency Working Group on Water at the U.S. Department of State, Geoff Dabelko, director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Cinnamon Dornsife, associate director of the SAIS International Development Program, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5943 or developmentroundtable@jhu.edu.

Wednesday, February 4
“China’s Environmental Crisis and Prospects for the Future”
5:15 to 7 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Kenneth Lieberthal, professor of political science at the University of Michigan, will discuss this topic. For more information, contact 202.663.5816 or zji@jhu.edu.

Wednesday, February 4
“The World’s Water”
3 to 5 p.m. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Peter H. Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.691.4292 or gib.clarke@wilsoncenter.org.

Wednesday, January 28
“River Rivalry: Disputed Waters of South Asia”
12:30 to 2 p.m. – Room 206, Rome Building
Kashif Hasnie, co-author of Nuke Waters, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5722 or southasia@jhu.edu.

Tuesday, December 9
“Art, Water, War, Child Artists, Child Soldiers No More”
6 to 8 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Andrew Briggs, founder of Freedom in Creation, and Mark Winter, board member for Living Water International, will give remarks at the “Art, Water, War, Child Artists, Child Soliders No More” exhibit opening, featuring artwork by former child soldiers from Uganda. Musician Andy Zipf will also perform during the event. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.775.3296 or rposner@csis.org.

Thursday, November 20
“Sustainability and Responsibility: 21st Century Leadership Imperatives”
12:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building (A reception will precede the forum at noon.)
Michael White, chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo International and a SAIS graduate, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5636 or saisevents@jhu.edu.

Tuesday, November 18
“Water and Security”
6 to 7 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Jerome Delli Priscoli, senior adviser for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Institute for Water Resources, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5636 or saisevents@jhu.edu.

Friday, October 31
“Staying Above the Surface: Global Water Futures”
12:30 p.m. – Kenney Auditorium, Nitze Building
Erik Peterson, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a SAIS graduate, will discuss this topic. For more information and to RSVP, contact 202.663.5636 or saisevents@jhu.edu.

Tuesday, October 21
“Development Effects of Electricity: Evidence From the Geologic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil”
Noon to 1:30 p.m. – 1776 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Third Floor
A. Mushfiq Mobarek, assistant professor of economics at Yale University’s School of Management; Vijaya Ramachandran, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, and Karen Macours (moderator), assistant professor of international economics at SAIS, will discuss this topic. This event is open to the SAIS community and invited guests only. To RSVP, click here. For more information, contact events@cgdev.org.

Monday, September 22
“Aquaporin Water Channels: From Atomic Structure to Malaria”
5:15 p.m. (local Italian time) – Bologna Center Auditorium
Peter Agre, the 2003 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, will speak about his current research on the possibility of treating or preventing malaria through the use of aquaporins, a family of water channel proteins found throughout nature and responsible for numerous physiological processes in humans. Click here for more information.

Wednesday, September 17
“Wars Over Water: Is Benefit-Sharing a Necessary Condition for Cooperation?”
12:30 to 2 p.m. – Room 200, Rome Building
Winston Yu, water resource specialist in the South Asia region for the Sustainable Development Section of the World Bank, will discuss this topic. Members of the public should RSVP to 202.663.5786 or anorris@jhu.edu.

Monday, September 8
“Life as a Judge on the Law of the Sea Tribunal”
4:30 p.m. – Room 812, Rome Building
Helmut Tuerk, judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and former Austrian ambassador to the United States, will discuss the “waning freedom” of navigation of the seas, combating terrorism at sea, the problems of land-locked states, and the role of the tribunal. Members of the public should RSVP to itlong@jhu.edu or 202.663.5745.

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