Unless otherwise indicated, Lester Brown will be speaking at the following events.


2009
January 5: Dinner lecture on Plan B 3.0 at White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia, PA.

February 10: Keynote presentation at CLSA Asia Investors' Forum, Las Vegas, NV

February 23: 9 am speaking at National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, DC

March 12: 1 pm keynote presentation at National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools for Math, Science and Technology, Mariott Hotel Crystal Gateway, Arlington, VA.

April 1: Speaker at The Arctic Imperative: Protecting the World's Vulnerable Communities seminar, Washington, DC.

April 16: Morning keynote presentation at Ceres conference, San Francisco, CA.

April 17: Evening keynote at Humane Society of United States event, Washington, DC.

April 21: Presentation to staff at U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC.

April 23: 1 pm Keynote for 3rd Annual GWU Climate Action Conference at George Washington University, Jack Morton Auditorium, Washington, DC.

April 26: Speaking at "Does Population Matter?" seminar sponsored by the International Forum on Globalization, Washington, DC.

April 28: 7:30 pm Houston Progressive Forum, Wortham Theater, Houston, TX.

May 2: Speaking at Population Connection's Capitol Hill Days, Washington, DC.

May 16: Receiving Charles Lindberg Award, Oshkosh, WI.

June 18: 7:30-9 PM, Living History with Lester Brown, interviewed by Marc Pachter. At the Museum of American History, Washington, DC

November 12-14: Featured presenter, 2009 State of the World Forum: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC.

November 25: Janet Larsen will speak at the GreenAccord Association's conference in Viterbo, Italy.

2008
January 16: 11 am press teleconference to release Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.

January 24: Janet Larsen. Evening keynote on Plan B 3.0, Conference of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.

January 27: 5 pm - Book lecture and signing for Plan B 3.0 at Politics and Prose, 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (phone: 202-364-1919)

January 29: 11 am. Young Presidents Association (YPO) teleconference on Plan B 3.0. Click here to listen.

January 29:3 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at George Mason University, Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center, Fairfax Campus. Open to the public.

January 31: 5 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Georgetown University, New Research Building Auditorium, Washington, DC. Open to the public.

February 4: 6:30 pm - evening seminar and dinner sponsored by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council

February 5: 7:30 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church, Riverside, CA (located at the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Lemon Street). Doors open at 6:45 pm. Open to the public.

February 6: 6 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at World Affairs Council of Northern California, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco (415-293-4670).

February 7: 7:30 pm - lecture on Plan B 3.0 at First Congregational Church at Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way. Open to the public.

February 17: 6 pm - presentation on Plan B 3.0, Middleburg Forum, VA, at Buccanan Hall. 5:15 pm reception. (Contact Jack Gibbons

February 22: 3 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Harvard University Center for the Environment, Maxwell Dworkin Lessin Room, G-115, Cambridge.

February 22: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street (First Parish). Open to the public.

February 24: 7:30 pm - presentation at Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA. Sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition. Open to the public. Contact GWAC or see their website for more information.

February 28: 11:30 am, Janet Larsen will give a public lecture, "Time for Plan B–Mobilizing to Save Civilization," at Lasell College, de Witt Hall, Newton, MA..

March 3-6: Presentation to the European Parliament, Brussels; presentations to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Home House in London.

March 25: 7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue bookstore, 2526 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO. Phone: 303-322-7727

March 26-28: 2008 Aspen Environment Forum, Aspen, CO.

April 9: 6:30 pm Keynote presentation at Wellington West Capital Markets conference, Toronto, Canada.

April 16: 7:30 pm Evening lecture, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church (details forthcoming).

April 22: 6-7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 3.0 at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

April 25: Janet Larsen, speaker at EcoCity World Summit in San Francisco. For details.

April 28: 5:30 pm "Energy: A Conversation About Our National Addiction," Crystal City, VA, sponsored by the Energy Conversation. View presentation.

April 30: presentation for Rutgers Alumni and donors, Washington, DC.

May 3: presentation at Council of Scientific Society Presidents, Washington, DC.

May 7: Janet Larsen. Luncheon presentation, "Growing Food Insecurity: Food-to-Fuel and Other Challenges," for Washington Interreligious Staff Council, Energy and Environmental Working Group. Washington, DC.

May 12: Presentation to Interfaith Power and Light, national conference, Washington, DC.

May 28: keynote address, The Nature Conservancy's Eastern Region conference, Norfolk, VA.

June 6: Janet Larsen, keynote presentation at New York Institute of Technology conference, "Energy Shock and Climate Change" Details on conference.

June 1-20: Launching Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Italian, and Turkish editions of Plan B 3.0.

August 22: Keynote speaker at American Renewable Energy Day, Aspen, CO.

September 1-5: launching German edition of Plan B 3.0 in Berlin (September 1 & 2) and speaking at Global Economic Symposium in Hamburg (September 3-5).

September 8-9: Stockholm, launching the Swedish edition of Plan B 3.0.

September 8: Janet Larsen will be speaking at the 31st Annual National Food Policy Conference, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the Consumer Federation of America. For details.

September 10-11: Olso, launching the Norwegian edition of Plan B 3.0.

September 13: 1:30 pm keynote address at Piedmont Environmental Council annual meeting, Flint Hill, VA.

September 16: participant in Forum on Global Food Systems and Their Impact on Nutrition and Health for All, Columbia University, NY.

September 19: Speaking to members of the Executive Boards of the World Bank Group.

September 20: Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada

September 23: Janet Larsen will speak 6:30 pm about EPI’s World Climate Action Plan for a Climate Ride 2008 event being held at the Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center, Leakin Park, 1900 Eagle Drive, Baltimore, MD.

September 23-35: Panelist for the Energy and Climate Change working session "Renewables Revolution" of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City.

September 26: Meeting with International Board of Directors, Stanford Group, New York City.

September 26: Afternoon keynote, Harvard University, Center for Health and the Global Environment retreat.

October 7: Closing keynote for CIES Future Leaders Congress, Tysons Corner, VA.

October 16: Kickoff speaker, World Food Day seminar, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.

October 20: Keynote speaker (12:30 pm), The Power of Green conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

October 27: Janet Larsen will discuss food for fuel at a board meeting of the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, New York City.

October 29: 7 pm Presentation in Santa Fe, NM, for the Lannan Foundation reading series at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. Open to the public. Tickets required.

November 1: Keynote speaker at Noble Group conference, Palm Springs, CA.

November 8: 1 pm Mainstage speaker at the Green Festival, Washington, DC. Open to the public. (Entrance fee required for the Festival.)

November 9: 7:30 pm Evening keynote at AASHE conference, Raleigh, NC.

November 10: 7 pm public lecture on Plan B 3.0 at Catawba College, NC, College Chapel. To register, contact Amanda Lanier at alhooker (at) catawba.edu or call 704-637-4295.

November 17-18: Launching Spanish edition of Plan B 2.0 in Bogota, Colombia.

November 20: Keynote presentation at EcoPower Conference, Florianopolis, Brazil



Presentations Given: 2007

January 10-11: Austin, TX, Tipping Point Network

January 19-31:
   Berlin (launching German edition of Plan B 2.0)
    22: 4 pm Presentation at the Bundestag
    22: 7 pm Dinner Discussion sponsored by Ecologic
    23: 11 am press conference
  24-28: World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
  Brussels (meetings and presentations)
   30: 1-3 pm luncheon discussion at the European
      Parliament
   30: 8 pm Soiree Internationale

February 4: 4:00 pm "Implementing Solutions to Climate Crises" conference, George Washington University. Conference schedule at http:/www.climateactionconference.org

February 7: Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, China Forum speaker

February 28: Morning keynote lecture, The Nature Conservancy, Key Bridge Marriott, Rosslyn, VA

March 1: Climate change conference, sponsored by American Public Media. Minneapolis, MN

March 14: 11 am Briefing on Capitol Hill sponsored by Security for a New Century, Senate Dirksen G-11

April 9: Lecture for staff of World Bank, Washington, DC.

April 16: Keynote speaker, Bioenergy Business 2007, sponsored by Environmental Finance. Chicago, IL www.environmental-finance.com

April 17: 10:30 am Keynote speaker, Freeman Forum, at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Open to the public. Contact: Camille Gage (612) 625-5309

April 18: 6:30 pm Earth Day Lecture at UC Berkeley. Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Room 2050. Open to the public. Contact Joanne Birdsall

April 20: Afternoon lecture for staff of Google, Mountain View, CA.

April 21: Janet Larsen. Presentation on water resources and population for One Voice Summit Conference, organized by Sierra Club, Population Connection, Advocates for Youth, & Siecus, Washington, DC.

May 10: Women’s National Democratic Club luncheon address, Washington, DC
         
May 19-31: Japan and France
  May 20-25: Lectures in Tokyo and Kyoto
  May 29-31: Meetings and lectures in Paris and Grenoble

June 13: 10 am Briefing to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on biofuels. 406 Senate Dirksen Bldg, Washington, DC

June 18-21: Keynote at the 51st World Food Business Summit, Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, Shanghai, China. Theme: Mapping the New Silk Road. The annual gathering of food business leaders who understand the future is the key to success. For more information www.ciessummit.com

October 18: 8:30 am Talk to Washington-area members of the Young Presidents Organization at National Press Club.

November 6-8: Launching French edition of Plan B 2.0 in Paris. Main launching event: lecture at UNESCO on Wednesday, November 7 from 6-8 pm. Contact: Calmann-Levy Publishing tel: 011-33-1-49-54-36-00

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