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AGU Policy Conference spotlights geoscience for economy, public safety, national security

March 8th, 2012

As natural disasters surge, natural resource issues increase, oceans rise and grow more degraded, and the Arctic undergoes rapid change, policy makers can utilize scientific knowledge to surmount challenges to our economy, public safety, and national security. To promote exchange among scientists, policy makers and others, the world's largest organization of Earth and space scientists, the American Geophysical Union, invites you to this gathering of scientists, government representatives, NGOs, and other stakeholders.

WHAT: AGU Science Policy Conference

WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.

WHEN: 1-2 May 2012

The conference will feature dozens of eminent speakers from top levels of government, the military, scientific institutions and societies, universities, environmental organizations, industry, and agriculture, in four tracks, covering:

More information:
www.agu.org/

Provided by American Geophysical Union

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