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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. <br><br>
The final lecture is Wednesday, April 20, from 1 - 2:30 in room
9-151. Details include:<br><br>
Title: <b>Information Technology for Sustainable Development</b>
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Speaker: <b>Prof. Nazli Choucri</b>, <i>Professor of Political
Science, MIT <br><br>
</i><b>Abstract: </b>The convergence of three distinct but
interconnected trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide
electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic
activity - is transforming traditional knowledge practices, creating new
research models and accelerating 'new knowledge'. While this convergence
is creating powerful new opportunities for global politics and for
transitions toward sustainable development, serious barriers remain and
obstruct knowledge access provision, application and
implementation. These barriers call for new modes of harnessing the
potentials of advances in information technology in order to help
facilitate transitions toward sustainable development.<br><br>
The key questions are: Why focus on information technology? What is the
knowledge-connection? What are key barriers to e-Knowledge access? What
are specific 'solutions'? How can these be implemented? We
address each of these questions, highlight select features
of a solution-strategy implemented via the Global System for
Sustainable Development - a distributed e-knowledge networking strategy
and operating system devoted to the complex domain of 'sustainable
development'. <br><br>
Time: Wednesday, <b>April 20, 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>
</b>-Gayle </body>
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