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Greetings: <br>
The Cambridge University M.Phil Programme in Environmental Engineering
and Sustainable Development is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Distinguished
Lecture Series on Sustainable Development. Under the auspices of CMI, the
lectures are being broadcast simultaneously to MIT on selected Wednesday
afternoons from 1:00 -2:30. The first lecture is Wednesday,
February 2; the Spring 2005 Lecture Series schedule is at
<a href="http://ceemeng.mit.edu/Distinguished%20Lecture%20%20leaflet%202005.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://ceemeng.mit.edu/Distinguished%20Lecture%20%20leaflet%202005.pdf</a><br><br>
Details include:<br><br>
Title: <b>Engineers as Honest Brokers for Sustainable
Development<br><br>
Abstract: </b>Amongst their other implications, the ethical principles
embodied in the concept of sustainable development imply a different
approach to decision-making. Public acceptance of decisions made in the
face of scientific uncertainty is a particular concern. Exploring the
concept of an extended peer community in public decisions leads to a new
model for the role of the technical expert. This new role has
implications both for the education and the social role of
engineers.<br><br>
Speaker: <b>Professor Roland Clift </b>OBE FREng FIChemE HonFCIWEM FRSA:
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Technology and founding Director
of the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey;
previously Head of the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at
the University of Surrey. Professor Clift is Visiting Professor in
Environmental System Analysis at Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden.
He is a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, of the
International Expert Group on application of Life Cycle Assessment to
waste management and of the Rolls-Royce Environmental Advisory Board, a
past member of the UK Ecolabelling Board and currently an Expert Adviser
to a House of Lords enquiry into energy efficiency. In 2003 Professor
Clift was awarded the Sir Frank Whittle Medal of the Royal Academy of
Engineering "for outstanding and sustained engineering achievement
contributing to the well-being of the nation".<br><br>
Time: Wednesday, <b>February 2, 1:00-2:30</b> <br><br>
Location: <b>MIT</b> <b>Room 9-151 <br><br>
</b>Refreshments: <b>cookies and juice provided<br><br>
<br>
</b>-Gayle <br>
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