Our Freshwater Future How to Build Water Security in a Changing WorldOctober 29, 2020, via Zoom webinar
Session III Keynote Address of the three-session conference, "Water: Access, Supply, and Sustainability"
Water: Access, Supply, Sustainability is an online, multidisciplinary conference exploring complex water related topics and connecting water management issues of vital importance to Kansas City, the Heartland, and, indeed, the world. Through online resources and live sessions, participants will examine how diverse communities are working to provide access to clean water for their members, explore the engineering and economics behind management of our water ways, and learn innovative yet practical approaches for sustaining our fresh water resources.
Moderated by world-renowned oceanographer, Dr. David Gallo, a diverse lineup of speakers including community leaders, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs will discover connections and provide an interdisciplinary lens through which the future of water can be examined.
The speaker:
A leading authority and prolific author on international water issues, Sandra Postel has been hailed for her “inspiring, innovative and practical approach” to promoting the preservation and sustainable use of freshwater. From 2009-2015 she served as Freshwater Fellow of the National Geographic Society. She is also co-creator of Change the Course, a national water stewardship initiative awarded the 2017 US Water Prize for restoring billions of gallons of water to depleted rivers and wetlands. She is the author of Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity; Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last?; and Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, which appears in eight languages and was the basis for a PBS documentary. She has served as a commentator on CNN’s Futurewatch, and has also appeared on CBS’s Sunday Morning, ABC’s Nightline, NPR’s Science Friday, BBC’s Planet Earth, Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary, The 11th Hour, and National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough series.
Economics and Engineering: Water Systems that Sustain the HeartlandOctober 28, 2020, via Zoom webinar
Session II of the three-session conference, "Water: Access, Supply, and Sustainability"
Water: Access, Supply, Sustainability is an online, multidisciplinary conference exploring complex water related topics and connecting water management issues of vital importance to Kansas City, the Heartland, and, indeed, the world. Through online resources and live sessions, participants will examine how diverse communities are working to provide access to clean water for their members, explore the engineering and economics behind management of our water ways, and learn innovative yet practical approaches for sustaining our fresh water resources.
Moderated by world-renowned oceanographer, Dr. David Gallo, a diverse lineup of speakers including community leaders, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs will discover connections and provide an interdisciplinary lens through which the future of water can be examined.
Session II participants:
Terry Leeds, Director of KC Water, is a civil engineer with 28 years of experience in the water industry. Terry started his engineering career with Black & Veatch where he worked on water/wastewater projects as a design engineer and project engineer. He has held several different positions in the City, having worked in the Facilities Engineering Division, the Stormwater Engineering Division, and the Capital Improvements Management Office, and as Manager of Kansas City’s Overflow Control Program. Mr. Leeds earned a BS in civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Jon Stephens is President and CEO of Port KC, an organization that exists to grow the economy of Kansas City through advancing transportation, logistics, and revitalization. Jon is an economic development professional who has spent his career focused on utilizing thoughtful development concepts to improve the community. Previous leadership roles include serving as president of one of the largest urban redevelopment districts in America, director of economic development for Kansas City, Kansas, and CEO of VisitKC. As an entrepreneur, he has guided boards and corporations to innovative success.
Amahia Mallea, Associate Professor of History at Drake University, is an environmental historian interested in the relationship between American societies and their lands and resources. She is the author of, A River in the City of Fountains: An Environmental History of Kansas City and the Missouri River (University of Kansas Press, 2018), which examines the city’s decades-long management of the river for often conflicting purposes of commerce (flood control and navigation) and public health (drinking water and sewage). She earned her doctorate in 2006 from the University of Missouri.
Chance Bitner is currently serving as the lead engineer for over $500M of improvements to levees in the Kansas City metropolitan area being conducted by the Kansas City District of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in partnership with the Kaw Valley Drainage District, Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Over the last 17 years, he has held positions with USACE including Chief of the Hydrology and Hydraulics Section, Missouri River Recovery Implementation Program Manager, and as a Hydraulic Engineer. Mr. Bitner earned a BS and MS in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University.
Equity and Access: Diverse Communities and the Challenges of InfrastructureOctober 27, 2020
Session I of the conference, "Water: Access, Supply, and Sustainability"
Water: Access, Supply, Sustainability is an online, multidisciplinary conference exploring complex water related topics and connecting water management issues of vital importance to Kansas City, the Heartland, and, indeed, the world. Through online resources and live sessions, participants will examine how diverse communities are working to provide access to clean water for their members, explore the engineering and economics behind management of our water ways, and learn innovative yet practical approaches for sustaining our fresh water resources.
Moderated by world-renowned oceanographer, Dr. David Gallo, a diverse lineup of speakers including community leaders, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs will discover connections and provide an interdisciplinary lens through which the future of water can be examined.
Participants:
Conference moderator: Dr. David Gallo, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives and Programs at RMS Titanic Inc. Previously, he was Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Climate and Life of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Prior to that he was Director of Special Projects for 28 years at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a preeminent, globally recognized scientific laboratory.
Siddhartha “Sid” Roy served as a student leader and communications director of Virginia Tech’s 45-member Flint water research team, leading part of a scientific and humanitarian battle alongside Flint residents to uncover environmental injustice and a public health crisis. Dr. Roy earned his bachelor’s of technology in chemical engineering from Nirma University in India and master’s and doctoral degrees in environmental engineering and civil engineering respectively from Virginia Tech.
Gary White is co-founder and CEO of Water.org and WaterEquity, where he leads the organizations to create and execute market-driven solutions to the global water crisis. Gary’s entrepreneurial vision drives innovations in the way water and sanitation projects are delivered and financed, innovations that now serve as a model in the water and sanitation sector.
Emma Robbins is director of the Navajo Water Project, which provides infrastructure for Navajo families to access running water in New Mexico, Utah and Arizona. According to the project, Native American households face barriers to accessing running water, including about 30 percent of families on the Navajo reservation that do not have running water. Robbins joined the project after growing up in an area with a high concentration of water poverty. She is a Diné artist and uses her work to raise awareness about the need for clean water across all Native American nations. She is also an Aspen Institute Health Communities Fellow.
Tracy Streeter joined Burns & McDonnell in 2018 in a new role where he provides consulting and project development support for water resource agencies and municipalities with public water utilities. Streeter served 33 years in positions related to Kansas water resource management, including 14 years as director of the Kansas Water Office (KWO), where he was responsible for water resource management and planning, drought declarations, and other state-wide management issues. During his tenure at KWO, Streeter served as chairman of the Governor’s Drought Response Team, and in 2013 was appointed to co-lead the development of a 50-Year Water Vision for Kansas.
Longevity Weiner
A Realistic Look at Stem Cells and Their Potential** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall **
The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium
October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
About the presentation: Stem cells offer an intriguing mix of controversy, discovery, and hope. Dr. Evan Snyder believes the study of stem cell biology will provide insights into many areas: developmental biology, homeostasis in the normal adult, and recovery from injury. Indeed, past and current research has already produced data in these areas that would have been difficult or impossible via any other vehicle.
The speaker: Dr. Evan Snyder is regarded as one of the fathers of the stem cell field, having identified over two decades ago that cells that came to be called stem cells were a source of neural plasticity. He is Professor and Program Director of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, California. Dr. Snyder earned his M.D. and Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. He completed residencies in pediatrics and neurology at Children’s Hospital-Boston, Harvard Medical School and postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School. In 1992, Dr. Snyder was appointed as an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School and was promoted to assistant professor in 1996. In 2003, after 23 years at Harvard, Dr. Snyder was recruited to SBMRI as professor and director of the Stem Cells and Regenerative Biology program.
Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
The Longevity Dividend** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall **
The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium
October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
About the presentation: Genescient is the first biomedical company founded to exploit artificial selection of animal models for longevity. Their extremely long-lived animal models (Drosophila melanogaster) have been developed over 700 generations, creating an ideal system for the study of aging and age-related disease because Drosophila metabolic genetic pathways are highly conserved in humans. To date they have discovered over 100 genomic targets, all related to the primary diseases of aging.
The speaker: Gregory Benford is the founder of Genescient in Fountain Valley, California, a biomedical company that’s mission is to extend healthy human lifespan by using advanced genomics to develop therapeutic substances that attack the diseases of aging. He is also Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Benford earned his PhD from the University of California, San Diego.
Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
Panel Discussion and Q&A - The Science of Longevity Colloquium** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall **
The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium
October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
Panelists include:
Jonathan Weiner (moderator), Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality, and Maxwell M. Geffen Professor of Medical and Scientific Journalism at Columbia University, New York City
Martha Montello, Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center
S. Jay Olshansky, Professor, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, and Research Associate, Center on Aging, University of Chicago and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Stephen Badylak, Professor, Department of Surgery, and Deputy Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Gregory Benford, Co-found, Genescient Corporation, and Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California, Irvine
Evan Snyder, Professor and Program Director of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Burnham Institute for Medical Research
Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
Regenerative Medicine Strategies for Tissue and Organ Replacement** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall **
The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium
October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
About the lecture: Dr. Stephen Badylak’s laboratory is a highly interdisciplinary environment, focusing on the development of regenerative medicine strategies for tissue and organ replacement. The central and most important objective of all projects is clinical translation and improved patient care. Most projects involve the combined efforts of life scientists, biomedical engineers, physicians, veterinarians, and a strong technical support staff. Active research projects include whole organ engineering with emphasis upon liver and lung.
The speaker: Dr. Stephen Badylak is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Pittsburg, PA, Director of the Center for Preclinical Testing, and directs a laboratory focused upon the use of biologic scaffolds composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) to facilitate functional tissue regeneration. Dr. Badylak is the immediate President-past of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, the author of more than 275 peer reviewed publications, and holds more than 50 issued U.S. patents and 300 patents worldwide.
Video produced by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
The Longevity Dividend** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall **
The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium
October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
About the presentation: Complicating the portrait of health and longevity today is the current medical model that approaches chronic degenerative diseases in much the same way communicable diseases were addressed more than a century ago—one at a time, as they arise. The underlying premise is that all diseases are treated as if they are independent of each other—with their own origin and etiology. The Longevity Dividend is an approach to public health based on a broader strategy of fostering health for all generations by developing a new horizontal model to health promotion and disease prevention.
The speaker: S. Jay Olshansky is a professor in the School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His work focuses on estimating the upper limits to human longevity and pursuing the scientific means to slow aging in people. Dr. Olshansky is the author, with Bruce Carnes, of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging. He received a Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Chicago.
Video produces by The VideoWorks of Roeland Park, Kansas.
Voices from Literature: The Ethics of Extending Life** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at new.livestream.com/lindahall **
The Science of Longevity, a Linda Hall Library Foundation Colloquium
October 2-3, 2015, in the Linda Hall Library Main Reading Room
About the lecture: Although the science and technology of extending life are new, the moral issues are eternal. Literary narratives and poetry have long expressed our common struggles to find an ethical way of coming to terms with the human wish to live forever.
The speaker: Martha Montello is an associate professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Her scholarly research examines the relationship between literary studies and the moral aspects of illness and clinical medicine, examining the many ways that narrative methods of analysis and interpretation are transforming the work of medicine and ethics.
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Climate Change Symposium Welcome and Introductions** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at http://new.livestream.com/lindahall **<br />
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On October 16, 2009, leading experts from around the country participated in a public symposium at the Linda Hall Library to explore the fundamental, and often ambiguous, issues of climate change. From basic climate science to the assessment of global warming evidence, our world-renowned faculty presented research from the viewpoint of their particular scientific disciplines to make clear the complex and rapidly evolving study of climate change.<br />
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This video shows the opening of the symposium.<br />
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Welcome to Linda Hall Library - <br />
Marilyn B. Hebenstreit, Chair, Linda Hall Library Board of Trustees<br />
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Introduction - <br />
Lisa Browar, President, Linda Hall Library<br />
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Overview of the Morning Sessions - <br />
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Hayden Planetarium, New York, New York
Keynote Address: An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at http://new.livestream.com/lindahall **<br />
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Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy, Heinz Center for Science, Economics & the Environment, Washington, D.C<br />
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The planet as a biophysical system, the interactions between the natural world and climate change, and how nature can contribute to addressing the climate challenge.
Deconstructing Global Warming** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at http://new.livestream.com/lindahall **<br />
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About this lecture: <br />
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October 16, 2009, in the Main Reading Room of the Linda Hall Library. <br />
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Dr. Richard S. Lindzen is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests include the broad topics of climate, planetary waves, monsoon meteorology, planetary atmospheres, and hydrodynamic instability.<br />
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Dr. Lindzen is currently studying the determinants of pole to equator temperature difference, the nonlinear equilibrium of baroclinic instability and the contribution of such instabilities to global heat transport.
Human and Natural Drivers of Climate Change** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at http://new.livestream.com/lindahall **<br />
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Human and Natural Drivers of Climate Change - <br />
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Johannes Feddema, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas <br />
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A summary of the various causes of climate change from human activities to natural forces.<br />
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JOHANNES FEDDEMA is professor of climatology in the Department of Geography at the University of Kansas. His primary interest is understanding the human impact on the Earths surface, including the anthropogenic impacts on climate, and how climate change affects the environment and society. Dr. Feddema's current research primarily aims to simulate human impacts on the Earth's surface in large-scale climate models.
A History of Climate Change** watch future Linda Hall Library lectures live at http://new.livestream.com/lindahall **<br />
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A History of Climate Change - <br />
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James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, Maine<br />
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An examination of the historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry from the Enlightenment to the early twenty-first century, and what a study of the past has to offer the interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems.<br />
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JAMES RODGER FLEMING is professor of science, technology, and society at Colby College. His research involves the history of meteorology, climate change, global change, and the relevance of this history to public policy. Dr. Fleming is the founder of the International Commission on History of Meteorology and author or editor of over a dozen books, including his latest, Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control.
