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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This National Academy of Sciences
Symposium (with free admission) was forwarded to me, and I thought there might
be plenty of people in DC (and outside of DC) on this listserve who would find
this interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please send all questions and comments
about this symposium to the person listed at the bottom of this announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Gary</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>Gary Krupnick, Ph.D.<br>
Head of the Plant Conservation Unit<br>
Department of Botany<br>
Smithsonian Institution<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 37012</st1:address><br>
NMNH, MRC-166<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20013-7012</st1:PostalCode>
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
Tel: 202-633-0940<br>
Fax: 202-786-2563<br>
E-mail: </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><a
href="mailto:KrupnickG@si.edu"><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>KrupnickG@si.edu</span></font></a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>SAVE THE DATE!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Announcing
a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Sciences Symposium <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>in
honor of <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>The 200<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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text-align:center'><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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text-align:center'><b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:-9.0pt'><font
size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Twenty-first
Century Ecosystems: Systemic Risk and the Public Good<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>An NAS
Symposium on the Science and Policy for Managing the Living World Two Centuries
after <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Darwin</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday February 11-Thursday February 12, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Opening Reception: Tuesday evening, Feb. 10 at
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">NAS</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Koshland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The Symposium will be held in the AAAS
Auditorium at <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>1200 New York Avenue, NW</span></font></b></st1:Street><b><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></span></font></b></st1:address><b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=default align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 color=red
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>ADMISSION
IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The National Academy of Sciences and its </span></font>US
National Committee for DIVERSITAS<font color=black><span style='color:black'>
are pleased to request your participation in a symposium in honor of the 200<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. The goal of the symposium is
to focus attention on both the opportunities for designing policies that
strengthen and make use of biodiversity and ecosystem services – and the
dangers of pursuing policies that put ecosystems at risk.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Speakers will discuss the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems to
the public good, and examine the intersection of biodiversity and ecosystem
services with key policy issues including climate change and energy; trade,
pests and pathogens; and food security. The presentations and discussions
at the symposium will be summarized and published in a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
workshop report. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Speakers will include <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sir <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Peter Crane</st1:PersonName></span></b> (University of Chicago), <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Cristián Samper</span></b> (Director, National Museum
of Natural History), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Steve Schneider</span></b>
(Stanford University), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Michael Donoghue</span></b>
(VP, Yale University) <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Achim Steiner</span></b>
(Director, UNEP), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Yadvinder Mahli</span></b>
(Oxford University), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bruce Babbitt</span></b>
(former Secretary of the Interior), and scientists and policy makers from
around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=default><a name=sponsor><u><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Conference
Sponsorship </span></font></u></a><u><font color=black><span style='color:black'>–
</span></font></u><font color=black><span style='color:black'> Show
your commitment to ecosystem health and biodiversity by sponsoring the <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Twenty-first Century Ecosystems:
Systemic Risk and the Public Good</span></i></b>. Please contact </span></font><font
color="#202020"><span style='color:#202020'>Maggie Goud Collins for more
information (mcollins@nas.edu).</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Conference
registration opens in late December. For additional details, visit the
USNC/DIVERSITAS website (<a
href="http://www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-diversitas/index.html">http://www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-diversitas/index.html</a>,
or contact Avihai Ostchega via email at <a href="mailto:aostchega@nas.edu">aostchega@nas.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Registration is now open for the Darwin Symposium on February 11-12,
2009, at the following Website: <a
href="http://nrc58.nas.edu/pgasurvey/Quask/HTML/twenty-first_century_ecosystems.htm">http://nrc58.nas.edu/pgasurvey/Quask/HTML/twenty-first_century_ecosystems.htm</a>.
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