October 21, 2022

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   A Pale Blue Dot un…

   
   

   Oct 21, 2022 02:15 PM      10:00 PM

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   Climate change is one of the, if not the, most significant threats facing our planet today. It affects life on Earth in countless known, and many still unknown, ways—from atmospheric health to wellness; natural ecosystems to small businesses; global security to neighborhood food insecurity; and international policy to individual decision-making—while exacerbating underlying patterns of inequality. 
   The Mike and Nina Patterson Science Symposium will explore these interconnected issues through sessions investigating global climate systems and climate disasters, public policy, health, climate justice and activism, and methods of adaptation and remediation.
   Free and open to the public.
   Harvard Radcliffe Institute gratefully acknowledges the Mike and Nina Patterson Catalyst Fund for Climate, which is supporting this event.
   Join Us in Person
   To attend in person, each individual will need to register.
   Join Us Online
   To view this event online, individuals will need to register via Zoom. For instructions on how to join online, see the How to Attend a Radcliffe Event on Zoom webpage.
   After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing a link and password for this meeting.
   
   Live closed captioning will be available for the webinar.
   Program
   9:15AM    
   Welcome       
   Edo Berger, codirector of the science program at Harvard Radcliffe Institute; professor of astronomy, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
   9:30 AM             
   Framing Remarks: Climate Change and Impacts    
   Somini Sengupta, international climate reporter, the New York Times
   Discussant: Dustin Tingley, professor of government, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; deputy vice provost for advances in learning, Harvard University 
   10:15 AM       
   Global Perspective and Climate Systems
   Debra Roberts, cochair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and head, Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives Unit in eThekwini Municipality (Durban, South Africa)
   James Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences and director of the atmospheric sciences program, University of Georgia
   Moderator: Hong Yang, 2022–2023 William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Fellow, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; Charles J. Smiley Chair Professor of Science and Technology, Bryant University
   11:15 AM           
   Break
   11:30 AM       
   Climate Justice and Activism
   Juan Declet-Barreto, senior social scientist for climate vulnerability, Union of Concerned Scientists
   Autumn Peltier, global Indigenous rights and water activist; chief water commissioner, Anishinabek Nation (Canada)
   Heather McTeer Toney, vice president, community engagement, Environmental Defense Fund
   Moderator: Tamarra James-Todd, Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
   12:45 PM          
   Lunch Break and Student Poster Session
   2 PM
   Welcome Back and Remarks
   James H. Stock, vice provost for climate and sustainability, Harvard University; Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and member of the faculty, Harvard Kennedy School
   2:10 PM
   Health
   Theresa Crimmins, research professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona; director, USA National Phenology Network
   Amruta Nori-Sarma, assistant professor, Environmental Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health
   Nick Watts, chief sustainability officer, National Health Service (United Kingdom)
   Moderator: Aaron Bernstein, interim director, Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; assistant professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
   3:25 PM             
   Break
   3:40 PM             
   Adaptation and Remediation
   Klaus Lackner, director, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions and professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University
   Lis Mullin Bernhardt, deputy head, Freshwater, UN Environment Programme
   Sanjay Seth, former climate resilience program manager, City of Boston
   Moderator: Somini Sengupta
   4:55 PM          
   Close of Program
   Immaculata De Vivo, codirector of the science program, Harvard Radcliffe Institute; professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; and professor of epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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   Harvard Radcliffe Institute
   

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   AI for Social Impa…

   
   

   Oct 21, 2022 05:00 PM      05:45 PM

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   CID Speaker Series presents Milind Tambe, Principal Scientist and Director of AI for Social Good; Professor of Computer Science; and Director of Center for Research in Computation and Society at Harvard University. He will discuss using artificial intelligence for social impact.
   
   With the maturing of artificial intelligence and multiagent systems research, we have a tremendous opportunity to direct these advances towards addressing complex societal problems. In this talk, Professor Tambe will focus on the domains of public health and conservation, and address one key cross-cutting challenge: how to effectively deploy our limited intervention resources in these problem domains? He will present results from work around the globe in using AI for challenges in public health, such as maternal and child-care interventions; for HIV prevention; and in conservation efforts such as endangered wildlife protection. Achieving social impact in these domains often requires methodological advances. To that end, he will highlight key research advances in multiagent reasoning and learning, particularly related to restless multiarmed bandits, influence maximization in social networks, computational game theory, and decision-focused learning. In pushing this research agenda, the ultimate goal is to facilitate local communities and non-profits to directly benefit from advances in AI tools and techniques.
   This is a hybrid event open virtually to the public and in-person at the Harvard Kennedy School for members of the Harvard Community. Lunch will be served.
   Speakers and Presenters
   Milind Tambe, Principal Scientist and Director of AI for Social Good; Professor of Computer Science; and Director of Center for Research in Computation and Society at Harvard University
   Organizer
   Center for International Development
   

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