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The Politics of Food, Agricultural Research and the Loss of Genetic Diversity - Pat Mooney
12:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Pat Mooney is executive director of the Rural Advancemet Foundation International in Ottawa, and founder of the Canadian Coucil for International cooperation and action in Brussels. For 30 years he has worked closely with non-governmental organization activists in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and Australia to address the impact of new technologies on the biodiversity conservation practices of rural and indigenous communities. He is the author of Shattering: Food, Politics, and the Loss of Genetic Diversity. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Biodiversity Prospecting for New Medicines - Barbara Timmermann
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Barbara Timmermann is Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona. She leads a multidisciplinary team of scientists working in Chile, Argentina and Mexico on a 5-year program funded jointly by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundationi in an effort to research integrating biodiversity conservation and drug discovery from natural products with economic development. Part of the World Affairs Series

A Debate: Who Owns Nature? - Jan Narveson and Ned Hettinger
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jan Narveson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and his books include Morality and Utility, The Libertarian Idea, and Moral Matters. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and sits on it's Joint Committee on Health and Safety. Ned Hettinger is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the College of Charleston and his published papers include "Patenting Life: Biotechnology, Intellectual Property, and Environmental Ethics" and "Justifying Intellectual Property." His current research focuses on the theory of wildness value. Part of the World Affairs Series.

A Global Resources Dividend - Thomas Pogge
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Thomas Pogge is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University where his areas of teaching and research include international justice, social and political philosophy, ethics and moral philosophy. He is the author of Human Rights as Moral Claims on Global Institutions and Realizing Rawls. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Major in Success - Patrick Combs
All Day – Memorial Union - Combs is author of Major in Success: Make College Easier, Beat the System and Get a Very Cool Job,He has appeared on shows including Donahue, Good Morning America and Montel Williams.

The Economics and Ethics of Bioprospecting - Anthony Artuso
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Anthony Artuso is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Charleston. He has developed models of the pharmaceutical research and development process and methods for incorporating the biochemical values of species-rich ecosystems into conservation and development planning. He is the author of the forthcoming Prospecting on the Biomedicinal Frontier. Part of the World Affairs Series.

Who Owns the World? Biodiversity, Bioethics and World Trade - Institute on World Affairs
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Walter Reid is the Vice President for Program at World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. He is also the co-author of several reports and books, including "Biodiversity Prospecting: Using Genetic Resources for Sustainable Development," and Global Biodiversity Strategy. He has a doctorate in zoology from the University of Washington and was a Gilbert White Fellow with Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C. Part of the World Affairs Series

Life and Afterlife in the Hebrew Bible - Jay Holstein
All Day – Memorial Union - Holstein is the J. J. Mallon Professor of Jewish Studies in the School of Religion at the University of Iowa.

Resource Conservation and Population - Werner Fornos
All Day – Memorial Union - Fornos is president of The Population Institute and the author of Gaining People, Losing Ground.

Being Real: Young Women and Men Tell the Truth and Change the Face of Feminism - Rebecca Walker
All Day – Memorial Union - Walker is the author of To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, and the founder of the Third Wave Direct Action Corporation.