Agenda
AGCI Festive Inauguration
- Start date06/16/2011
- Timefrom 10.00 until 12.45 hrs
- LocationVU University, Aula, De Boelelaan 1105 Amsterdam
- TitleFestive inauguration of Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AGCI)
- Contact information
- UnitInterdisciplinary
- Academic fieldEarth and Life Sciences
- Event typeConference / Symposium
If you will be attending, please register HERE.
For further information, please contact ms. dr. N.M. van der Grijp, tel. 020 5989501, email: nicolien.van.der.grijp@ivm.vu.nl.
Programme AGCI inauguration on Thursday 16 June 2011
Integrating knowledge for sustainable societal choices
09.30-10.00 Arrival and coffee
10.00-10.10 Welcome by Lex Bouter, Rector Magnificus VU University Amsterdam
10.10-10.30 Opening presentation by Frans Berkhout, Director AGCI (including first showing of AGCI film)
10.30-10.45 Inaugural address and ceremony by Eberhard van der Laan, Mayor of the City of Amsterdam
10.45-11.15 Lecture by Robbert Dijkgraaf, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW): ‘Excellence in multidisciplinary science’
11.15-11.45 Break with coffee and music
11.45-12.15 Stage presentations of AGCI research leaders
12.15-12.45 Lecture by Diana Liverman, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona:
`Myths and misunderstandings about environmental social science’
12.45 Closing
Festive organic lunch
