Speaker: David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley  Abstract: Zilberman’s research analyzes water, innovation, sustainability, agriculture, energy, and the environment. He has researched the economics and political economy of agricultural biotechnology and the potential of the bioeconomy. More information here. 

Speaker: Georgiy Stenchikov, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology  More information here. 

Speaker: Michael E. Mann, University of Pennsylvania  Abstract: For the vast majority of its 4.54 billion years, Earth has proven it can manage just fine without human beings. Then came the first proto-humans, who emerged just a little more than 2 million years ago—a fleeting moment in geological time. What is it that made this benevolent moment of ours possible? Ironically, ...

Speaker: Stephen Tomasetti, University of Maryland  More information here.