Har­vard’s Brazilian Northeast Debates presents:

Drought Policy Conference

The con­fer­ence will promote dia­logue among lead­ing aca­d­e­mics, prac­ti­tion­ers, pol­icy mak­ers and stu­dents con­cerned with evaluating, monitoring and managing one of the world’s greatest natural hazards. 

Speakers:

Eduardo Martins (Ceará’s Foundation for Meteorological and Hydrological Resources)
Peter Rogers (Harvard Engineering)
Elfatih Eltahir (MIT Engineering)
Ken Strzepek (MIT Global Science)
Rick Hornbeck (Harvard Economics)
Jesse Antilla- Hughes (USF Economics)
Erwin De Nys (World Bank)
James Wescoat (MIT Architecture)
Carlos Nunes (Brazil’s National Water Agency)
Donald Nelson (UGA Antropology)
Eric Werker (Harvard Business)
Frances Hagopian (Harvard Government)

Friday, September 27th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Littauer Center (Economics Department)
1805 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor Lounge

Lunch will be served from 12 p.m. to 1p.m.

Please RSVP: http://pt.surveymonkey.com/s/P37FKZR

The Con­fer­ence is, sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies - Brazil Studies Program and by The World Bank.