<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>AGS Annual Meeting 2008</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3px;">28 - 31 January | Cambridge, MA USA</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </P><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#B40000">Designing Pathways for a Sustainable World:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#B40000">at Scale, in Time, and for All</FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><P align="justify" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </P><DIV style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><I>Hosted by MIT</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="text-align: auto;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">We invite you to register online at </SPAN></FONT></B><A href="http://web.mit.edu/agsam08"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#002EFF"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://web.mit.edu/agsam08</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT></A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#EA0000"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#A30000">PLEASE NOTE:</FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#A30000"> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#A30000">the poster abstract submission deadline is 26 October 2007.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Registration is open for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Alliance for Global Sustainability at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. </SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The need for substantive action on climate, energy, food, and water challenges is urgent. To respond, we must design pathways toward sustainability that take into consideration the scale, timing, and social equity of proposed technologies and policies. Will redesigned systems be of a scale to have significant impact for target regions, and can they be adapted for other regions? Can systems be implemented in time to make a difference? Do the pathways foster equitable distribution of resources and opportunities?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001781"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The 2008 AGS Annual Meeting builds upon progress in 2007 to develop the “pathways” concept as a framework for advancing near-term transitions to sustainability and is designed to move us from the academic concept of sustainability as “something we study” to “something we study </SPAN></FONT><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">and do</SPAN></FONT></I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">.” The basis of the pathways concept is how we transition from our present systems, based on today’s technologies, infrastructures, and markets, toward more sustainable systems. Pathways can be thought of as alternative bridging technologies and strategies that move us from the present to a sustainable future. The question is what are the pathways and how do we flexibly choose among them?</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001781"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Keynote speaker</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001781"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">:</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#001781"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Dr. R.K. Pachauri</SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Chairman of the IPCC, Director-General of TERI and,</SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>through his leadership of IPCC, recent Nobel Peace Prize winner</SPAN></FONT></B></DIV><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Panel discussions and breakout sessions will focus on:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>• The question, "Is it too late?"</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>• Challenges to research universities from industry, government, & civil society</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>• More effective interactions between societal sectors and research universities</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>• Agents of change and innovative approaches</SPAN></FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"></SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>• Implications of new pathways for the developing world<P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">All participants are invited to submit poster abstracts</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> relevant to the topics of the meeting and the AGS Flagship Programs. Poster abstracts will be reviewed and selected based on their relevance, significance, and quality. See the conference website for details.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Key dates for the conference:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#EA0000"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Conference dates:</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">28 - 31 January 2008 </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#EA0000"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Submission deadline for Poster abstracts:</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> 26 October 2007</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#EA0000"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Registration deadline:</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> online - 14 January 2008</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#EA0000"><B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">The 2008 AGS Annual Meeting Web Site</SPAN></FONT></B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://web.mit.edu/agsam08"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">http://web.mit.edu/agsam08</SPAN></FONT></A></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">We hope you will join us!</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">If you have any questions, please email: </SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:kgibson@mit.edu"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#002EFF"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">kgibson@mit.edu</SPAN></FONT></FONT></A></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">___________________________________________________</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11.3px;"><I>The Alliance for Global Sustainability (AGS) is a network of international science and technology-based universities - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA, USA), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich, Switzerland), The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan), and Chalmers University of Technology (Göteborg, Sweden) - committed to joint research, education, and outreach to address the issues around global sustainability. The AGS was created a decade ago to help understand the complex issues that lie at the intersection of environmental, economic, and social goals.</I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://globalsustainability.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11.3px;"><I>http://globalsustainability.org</I></SPAN></FONT></A></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>