Event Details

Water - Is it the New Oil?

Cutting Edge Look at the Global Water Situation

 2009-11-19 17:30:00
Date/Time   Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 5:30pm
Place   Holiday Inn Boxboro  (Directions)
242 Adams Place (I-495 exit 28)
Boxboro, MA
Phone: 978-263-8701
Price   $20 - Members & Students
$25 - Non-members
$35 - AIChE Boston Annual Membership and Meeting
Topic Info  
Note: This meeting is a new lower cost / “go home earlier” format – (see below)
 
Handout table – As a service to attendees,there will be several tables for consultants, companies, job seekers, educators and other attendees with brochures, line cards or business cards etc. to leave handouts / cards for members to pick-up. 
 
Water – Is it really “The New Oil?“
Water is one of our scarcest and most valuable resource.  Only about 3% of the earth's surface water is fresh, with most of this locked up in ice caps or glaciers.  The availability of drinking water has a major effect on the quality of life, and securing a supply of fresh water is predicted to increasingly become a source of conflict in coming years. 
On Thursday, November 19th, Tufts University Professor Shafiqul Islam will provide a cutting edge look at the global water situation from both a technological as well as a political perspective. Some of the key questions he will be addressing are:
  • Is water really “The New Oil?”
  • What is the difference between “water information” and “water wisdom” ?
  • Is there a worldwide water shortage, or is the problem a local one? 
  • How does diplomacy figure in? Can technology alone solve the problems?
  • How can each of us get more involved helping to solve worldwide water issues?

New meeting format
 
Reduced cost
Meeting cost is reduced to $20 for members & students - $25 non-members  (sign up as a member for $15 and save $5 per meeting)
 
Go home early
Meeting will be over by 8 PM 
(You can go home early -  or stay and network after meeting until 9:30PM)
 
Round table Format – meals replaced with hors’deurves
Plenty of food – but more time for networking and conversation.  
 
There will be a cash bar!

Time:    5:30 - 6:30 PM   Registration & Networking
             6:30 - 7:00 PM   Focused networking at tables
             7:00 - 8:00 PM   Presentation and Q&A
             8:00 PM  – Meeting is over – room open until 9:30 PM

Registration: 12 noon, Tuesday, November 17 - $10 fee for late registrations.

 Pre-registration is required. Online prepay prefered - refunds provided if cancelled by 5 pm Monday, November 16th. Need help?  contact emarcil@irwinengineers.com
Speaker   Dr. Shafiqul Islam

Professor Shafiqul Islam,

Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering
Water and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow in Engineering

Professor Islam’s teaching and research interests are to understand characterize, measure, and model water issues ranging from climate to cholera to conflicts with a focus on scale issues and remote sensing.

His research group WE REASoN (Water and Environmental Research, Education, and Actionable Solutions Network) emphasizes interdisciplinary collaborative partnership to address water problems by synthesizing scientific information and contextual wisdom and creating actionable knowledge. 

Professor Islam holds a Sc.D from MIT and is a Fulbright Scholar.  go to http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/reason/ for more information.

For complete bio - click here http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/reason/contact_info/contact.htm
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