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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The event is free and open to the public. All are welcome but space is limited. Please RSVP to
<a href="mailto:Consortia@si.edu">Consortia@si.edu</a> to receive a ticket. Event details are available at
<a href="http://www.si.edu/consortia">www.si.edu/consortia</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-variant:small-caps">Living in the Anthropocene:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">P<span style="font-variant:small-caps">rospects for Climate, Economics, Health, and Security<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A one-day symposium sponsored by the Smithsonian’s Grand Challenges Consortia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">9 October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">9:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. with a reception to follow<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">10<sup>th</sup> St. & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Humans are transforming the climate and environments of the Earth at an accelerating rate through agriculture, urbanization, transportation, the use of fossil
fuels, and many other activities. Our global imprint, and the certainty that more than seven billion people will profoundly change the environment and biota of the planet for many generations to come, have led many scientists to recognize a new period of geological
time called the <i>Anthropocene</i>, or Age of Humans. Restoring Anthropocene environments to pre-industrial conditions may be impossible, but the future need not be apocalyptic if we act soon. To make a livable Anthropocene, we must use our scientific knowledge
to forecast environmental change and develop more resilient societies and cultural institutions that can adapt to the changes we can no longer avoid. This symposium features the views of leaders in the fields of climate, health, economics, and security who
will consider the problems we face and offer possible solutions. Following each talk, a panel of Smithsonian scholars and thinkers will discuss the issues raised by the presentation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The four Smithsonian Grand Challenges, which bridge the Institution’s scientific and scholarly pursuits, are ideally suited to host a discussion of this breadth.
The global changes now taking place cross-cut all of the themes of the Grand Challenges from
<i>Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe</i>, with a broad perspective on alterations in the atmosphere and landscapes of the Earth, to
<i>Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet</i>, which investigates the past, present, and future of climate change effects on the natural world, to
<i>Valuing World Cultures</i> and <i>Understanding the American Experience</i>, in which transformations in human history, culture, and art are spotlighted across civilizations. Each of these Grand Challenges can learn from and inform the others with respect
to the massive alterations that our civilization is experiencing today and will continue to experience into the foreseeable future. Only through such discourse and debate will we be able to understand the scope of the challenges and determine the solutions
demanded by the Anthropocene.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Speakers include:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">James J. Hack
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">–<b> </b>Director, National Center for Computational Science at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; provides high performance computing resources for tackling scientific grand challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rachel Kyte
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">– Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, The World Bank<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">George Luber</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – Epidemiologist, Associate Director for Climate Change in the Division
of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects at the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Admiral Thad Allen
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">–<b> </b>Executive Vice President, Booz | Allen | Hamilton; formerly 23<sup>rd</sup> Commandant of the United States Coast Guard and National Incident Coordinator for the federal response to the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thomas L. Friedman</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – Award winning author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
for <i>The New York Times</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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