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2007 News and Events (continued)

August 14-15, 2007 The Environmental Reporting Program convenes a subcommittee to identify ecological metrics for examining the influence of air quality on ecosystems.  This is the first of three subcommittees to be convened for a project to develop indicators of Ecological Effects of Air Quality, focused primarily on nitrogen, sulfate, ozone and mercury. The work is funded through a cooperative agreement with EPA-CAMD.
August 1-2, 2007 Environmental Reporting Program hosts the second Working Group meeting on Performance Measures for Wildlife Conservation Activities
July 16-29, 2007 Dennis Ojima visits Mongolia to conduct research and measure glacier decline
July 11-12, 2007 Heinz Center Board Meets in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 10, 2007 Heinz Center hosts a Climos briefing with Dr. Margaret Leinen
July 4-7, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy participates and presents at the Aspen Ideas Festival
July 3-9, 2007 Dennis Ojima travels to São Paulo, Brazil to research the production and impacts of ethanol
July 2-3, 2007 Bob Corell attends an International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Conference in Vienna, Austria
June 26, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans at a hearing to discuss pollinators
June 22, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy is a featured speaker at the MIT Forum on Global Change with the Academy Achievement Summit
June 18-22, 2007 Dennis Ojima is in Fiji at an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Workshop
June 18, 2007 The Heinz Center welcomes David Bernard, Research Associate at our St. Paul, MN office
June 12-13, 2007 Environmental Reporting Program holds Working Group meetings for the Doris Duke funded project on developing performance measures for wildlife conservation activities
June 8, 2007 Environmental Reporting Program holds the Key Indicators Initiative Steering Committee meeting.
June 6, 2007 Robert Corell speaks at the 5th International Symposium on Digital Earth in Berkeley, California
June 5, 2007 Heinz Center Business Council and the British American Business Association (BABA) host a briefing and reception on “Energy: Security, Costs and Climate.  How does business cope?” 
June 5, 2007 Bob Corell is a panelist at World Environment Day, a conference hosted by the Norwegian Embassy and the National Geographic Society
June 1, 2007 The New York Institute of Technology features Thomas Lovejoy and his “Climate Change: Prospects for Nature” Presentation
May 23, 2007 The Heinz Center welcomes Dior Seck, Senior Accountant
May 14-22, 2007 Jonathan Mawdsley conducts field surveys for rare tiger beetles at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island
May 9, 2007 Heinz Center hosts the National Center for Environmental Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) briefing for NGO’s.
May 4, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy addresses the Wildlife Trust
April 29 - May 1, 2007 Robin O’Malley, Christophe Tulou and Anne Hummer attend the annual Council of Foundations meeting in Seattle, Washington
April 25, 2007 Christophe Tulou is a panel participant at the Ceres 2007 Conference, “From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively and Profitably Manage Climate Change – and what that means for our broader economy.”
April 20, 2007 Heinz Center hosts a workshop with foundations: “Measuring Environmental Progress: How on Earth Are We Doing?”
April 11, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy and Bob Corell participate in Newsweek’s Global Environmental Leadership Conference at Georgetown University
April 9, 2007 The Heinz Center welcomes Dennis Ojima, Senior Scholar for the Global Climate Change Program; Karen Boler, Receptionist and Office Manager; and Margaret Ward, Communications and Development Assistant
April 3-4, 2007 Bob Corell participates in the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) in San Francisco, CA
March 28-29, 2007 Environmental Reporting Program hosts Strategic Marketing Committee meeting for the State of the Nation’s Ecosystems project
March 20, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy presents at the University of Oxford’s conference “Climate change and the fate of the Amazon
March 8, 2007 Heinz Center Board Meeting
March 1, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy presents at Drexel University’s “Great Works Symposium” on global warming
February 7-8, 2007 Environmental Reporting Program hosts Strategic Marketing Committee meeting for the State of the Nation’s Ecosystems project
February 7, 2007 Thomas Lovejoy testifies before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at the Hearing on Climate Change and Wildlife

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