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start date and time: Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 2:35 PM

end date and time: Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 4:15 PM

categories:   science   interactive discussion   technology

event description:

video webcast - Pamela Ronald's presentation archived at the archive link -

view Rufus Cappadocia's performance at:
http://tinyurl.com/akk3d2

This session from the Pop!Tech Conference in Camden, ME focuses on Sustainable Visions. This session includes three speakers, fellow Brian McCarthy, and a performance by cellist Rufus Cappadocia.

The Pop!Tech Conference is a one-of-a-kind community of remarkable people discussing science, technology, and the future of ideas.

Submit a question to the speakers using the following:
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Speakers in this session are:

Dickson Despommier -
Dickson is a microbiologist, ecologist, and argicultural architect. Dickson works with graduate students at Columbia University's Environmental Health Sciences lab. In 2003, he was named Teacher of the Year by the American Medical Students Association. He was also named Teacher of the Year 6 times at Columbia. The buildings that Dickson envisions use greehouse techniques and recycled resources to provide food for residents, minimize land use, water waste, and the possibility of crop failure. These vertical "farmscrapers" could be a sustainable solution for the world's growing population. They could also help repair ecosystems damaged by traditional farming methods. Dickson will be part of a major exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry that will feature 10 great innovators.

Pamela Ronald -
Pamela is a professor of plant pathology at the University of California, Davis. She has been working on genetically engineered flood and disease resistant rice. Rice is a staple food for half of the world's population. She is also co-author of the book Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food. Pamela believes that genetically engineered foods can be "a tool that can help the ecological farming revolution grow into a lasting movement with global impact.” She believes that genetic engineering and organic farming can be used together to reduce farming's environmental impact, make farming safer for workers, and make food more plentiful and nutritious.

John Priscu -
John is a professor of ecology at Montana State University, with a focus on polar science. He is also principal investigator in the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project. He searches for life thousands of meters below Antarctica and in 2003, he was awarded the Goldthwait Medal for outstanding contributions to polar research by the Byrd Polar Research Center. John's work has been featured on BBC, CNN, in scientific journals, and in Time, Newsweek, Discover, and National Geographic.

John is also a guitar player and Harley Davidson rider.

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