EVENTS ARCHIVE
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Open House
Open House
Harvard students, staff, faculty - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
September 15, 2008
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Learn more about the Belfer Center’s Programs and Projects. Representatives from the following programs/projects/initiatives will be presenting and on hand to answer any questions: International Security Program; Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program; Environment and Natural Resources Program; Intrastate Conflict Program; Dubai Initiative; Broadmoor Project; and Initiative on Religion in International Affairs.
Clandestine Struggle Against Israel and the West—A Discussion with Author Ronen Bergman
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
September 15, 2008
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ronen Bergman
Related Projects: International Security, Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Please join Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman for a discussion of his new book, The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Managing the Atom Project: Its Rationale, History, and Future; Presented by John P. Holdren
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
September 16, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: John P. Holdren
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
John P. Holdren will present a seminar entitled "Managing the Atom Project: Its Rationale, History, and Future."
Inclusivist Growth and Economic Reforms: the Challenges of India's Pluralist Democracy
Session
Open to the Public - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
September 17, 2008
4:00 p.m.-
Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry, Government of India
Acting in Time on Energy Policy
Conference
Invitation Only - Harvard Kennedy School Campus
September 18, 2008 - September 19, 2008
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, together with the Consortium for Energy Policy Research at Harvard, will host a two-day major policy conference — Acting in Time on Energy Policy.
Governance vs. Laissez-Faire in Rebuilding New Orleans
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
September 19, 2008
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Related Project: Broadmoor Project: New Orleans
Join us for a discussion with Jed Horne, author of Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
The End of African Republics: Lessons from Kenya
Seminar
Open to the Public - Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
September 22, 2008
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Related Projects: Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Science, Technology, and Globalization
The recent post-election violence in Kenya was characterized by the Western press as a result of unresolved ethnic tensions. But beneath this superficial view lie more profound constitutional tensions arising from interactions between democratic politics and economy.
Please join us! Light luncheon provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
His Excellency Anote Tong, President of Kiribati
Lecture
Open to the Public - Science Center, 1 Oxford Street
September 22, 2008
5:00 p.m.-
The nation of Kiribati comprises 32 atolls and one high island (Banaba Island) scattered across almost 4,000 km of the Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator. With the majority of atolls little more than six meters above sea level, Kiribati is uniquely vulnerable to the effects of global warming-induced sea level rise. Under President Tong’s leadership, Kiribati recently created the world’s largest marine reserve, the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, which is 410,500 square km in size.
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Technological Learning, Spillovers, and Returns to Scale for Carbon Capture and Storage
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
September 23, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Jeffrey Bielicki, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group
Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Environment and Natural Resources
In order to make a contribution to avoiding carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions and mitigating climate change, climate-friendly technologies must be deployed at considerable scale. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one such technology. In this talk, Jeff will discuss the returns to scale for CCS as the spatial coupling of an integrated system of technologies. He will also discuss technological learning and innovation in managing CO2 injection projects, and how such technological change has occurred over time.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Paul Miller
Deciding Not to Kill: Local-level Processes of Ethnic Cleansing in World War II Bosnia
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Nye B, Fifth Floor Taubman Building
September 25, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Emily Greble Balic, Fellow, Remarque Institute, New York University; Former Research Fellow, International Security/Intrastate Conflict Programs
Related Project: International Security
When is it disadvantageous for members of a local elite to participate in a state-sponsored genocide?
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
