Embassy of Italy: A Sustainable & Healthy Lifestyle: from Challenges to Innovations
When:
April 27th, 2015
5:30PM
Where:
Georgetown University
Intercultural Center Auditorium
37th & O Streets, NW
Washington DC

To coincide with the 2015 Milano EXPO, "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life," the Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C., is sponsoring a symposium addressing critical global and human issues from climate changes, population growth, health, and food production.

The speakers will discuss from historical, bio-medical, and socio-political perspectives the challenges inherent in sustaining a healthy lifestyle. Topics include climate changes, agricultural systems, energy resources, population growth, policies and innovative strategies that will require international and local support.

Speakers include:

  • Dr. Joel J. Cohen, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations and Head of the Laboratory of Populations at the Rockefeller University and Columbia University
  • Professor Roberto Reali, Director of the National Research Council (CNR), University of Rome, La Sapienza
  • Dr. Camillo Ricordi, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Diabetes Research Institute and the Cell Transplant Program, University of Miami

LOCATION

Georgetown University
Intercultural Center Auditorium
37th & O Streets, NW - Washington DC 

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