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8th Annual International Bioethics Forum: Sustainability

Date: April 23-24, 2009
Time: 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM
Location: BioPharmaceutical Technology Center
Email: karin.borgh@BTCI.ORG
Web Address: http://www.btci.org/bioethics/schedule09.html
Contact: Karin Borgh
Sponsor: See event description for sponsor information.

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The Bioethics Forum sessions were recorded by WisconsinEye.
Part 1 - Opening Session: Watch or Listen
Part 2 - "Perspectives from the Faith Community: Abrahamic Religions and Sustainability": Watch or Listen
Part 3 - "The Natural Step: An International Model that Works": Watch or Listen
Part 4 - "Cellulosic Biofuels as a Potential Sustainable Energy Source": Watch or Listen
Part 5 - "Sustainable Design and Biomimicry," "Sustainable Education": Watch or Listen
Part 6 - "Biomimicry - How Nature Can Shape Business," and "The Evidence Is In - Why Don't We Change": Watch or Listen

OVERVIEW: Join us for a lively two days of information-sharing and discussion regarding this important - and often challenging (and sometimes controversial) - topic! This year's program is designed to allow participants to explore these questions:

How do we define “sustainability” and what are the causes of “unsustainability?”
What are the most relevant technologies for us to understand?
How are various sectors and organizations responding to these issues, e.g. governmental units, research/educational institutions, businesses and faith communities?
What is the role of the individual decision-maker? Does what one person does - or does not do - matter?

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Jaimie P. Cloud, M.A. (President, The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education)
Calvin B. DeWitt, Ph.D. (Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison)
Lewis S. Gilbert, Ph. D. (Associate Director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison)
Regina Hauser, J.D. (Executive Director, Oregon Natural Step Network)
Mary Ann Lazarus (Senior Vice President, Sustainable Design Director, HOK)
Robert Streiffer, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Medical History and Department of Philosophy, UW-Madison)
Paul B. Thompson, Ph.D. (Professor, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food and Community Ethics, Michigan State University)

More information, including a schedule and speaker list, is available here.
Download the brochure, including registration form, or register online. (If the brochure takes too long to download, try the low resolution version.)

Sponsors:
Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute, Promega Corporation, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison Area Technical College, WTN Media, BioForward, FOTODYNE Inc., Gateway Technical College, UW Madison MS in Biotechnology Program, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Arbor House: An Environmental Inn, City of Fitchburg, Craig Cristianson, Fitchburg Center, Madison Children’s Museum, The Madison Gas and Electric Foundation, Inc., Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Restaino & Associates Relocation Division, Strang, Inc., Sustain Dane, THRIVE, UW-Madison Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Division of International Studies, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Gathering Waters Conservancy, UW-Madison Small Business Development Center, Wisconsin Council of Churches, Wisconsin Green Building Alliance

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