Leaders in Science and Technology Seminar
Series - Water: A Global Security Issue for the 21st Century
Tuesday, April 2nd
2-4pm
Major General Richard Engel, director, Environment and
Natural Resources Program Strategic Futures Group, National Intelligence
Council, will discuss how the scarcity, control, and quality of water will
shape global security issues in the next year, especially as it relates to
public policy approaches.
Following Engel's presentation, a panel of three
experts will lead a discussion based on his remarks. They are: Major General
(Ret.) Bruce Lawlor, Enterprise Director, National Security Decision
Informatics, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech; Stephen
Schoenholtz, director, Virginia
Water Resources
Research Center
and professor, Forest Hydrology and Soils, Virginia Tech; and J. Alan Roberson,
director, Federal Relations, American Water Works Association.
A reception will follow the event. The Leaders in Science and Technology Seminar
Series is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Virginia
Tech, and the Office of the Vice President, National Capital Region.
Location: 900
N. Glebe Road, 2nd Floor, Arlington,
VA 22203
Free but limited seating. Please register by March 26.
Download the flyer at http://www.ncr.vt.edu/docs/VT-NCR-Leaders-Seminar-April-02-2013.pdf
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