UMaine’s Climate Change Institute Hosts Upcoming Symposium
Contact: David Munson (207) 581-3777; Gordon Hamilton (207) 581-3446
ORONO, Maine – The 14th J. Louis Agassiz Symposium of the Climate Change Institute will take place on May 11 and 12, 2006. The event will be held in the conference room facility in the Sawyer Environmental Center.
Dozens of UMaine’s top researchers and their collaborators will present their research findings regarding a broad range of topics related to climate change during the two-day event, which will feature more than 40 presentations. The keynote speaker for this year’s symposium is Dr. Paul Epstein, Associate Director of the Health and Global Environment; Harvard Medical School. Epstein will discuss the health, economic, and ecological implications of climate instability at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 12.
The complete program for the event can be found at http://climatechange.umaine.edu/grad/Seminar/agassiz06program.html.