February 10: Releasing Japanese edition of World on the Edge, Tokyo

February 10: 1-5 pm Keynote speaker, World on the Edge Launch Symposium, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. Click on link (Japanese only) for details.

February 12: Receiving Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto award, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan

February 13: Keynote speaker at symposium on alternative automotive fuels, Beihang University, Beijing

February 14: 7:30 pm presentation, "World on the Edge," at Bookworm Bookstore, No.4 Courtyard, Sanlitun South St, Chao Yang District, Beijing, China

February 15: 10:30 am presentation "Why Food Prices May Keep Rising," Foreign Correspondents Club of China, Embassy of the Netherlands, Liangmahe Nanlu 4. Beijing

March 1: 11:30 am speaker at Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet, The Rasmuson Theater, National Museum of the American Indian, 4th Street and Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC. Open to the public. Capacity is Limited. RSVP to consortia@si.edu

March 28: Morning speaker at Affordable World Security: Choice Points for America conference, Newseum, Washington, DC. This conference is free and open to the public. They just ask you to register. In addition, it will be live-streamed.

April 11: Panelist, New York Times' conference, Energy for Tomorrow, New York City, NY

April 12: Luncheon information discussion with Harvard's environmental sustainability students, Cambridge, MA

April 12: 4pm - 5:30pm. Receiving Harvard University's Alumni Environmental Award, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

May 20: Dinner speaker, American Farmland Trust, Washington, DC.

June 4: Morning keynote, The Seminar, sponsored by Fortune 500, San Diego, CA

August 18-19: ARE Day speaker, Aspen, CO.

October 4: Morning plenary speaker and afternoon forum, EcoSummit 2012, Columbus, OH

October 9: Addressing V International Environmental Congress via Skype. Congress being held in Bogota, Colombia.


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January 7: Book party for World on the Edge, Washington, DC

January 12: 11 am Press teleconference for World on the Edge (W.W. Norton & Co.), Washington, DC

January 18: 12:30 - 2 pm, Presentation at the World Bank, "World on the Edge: When Will the Food Bubble Burst?"Washington, DC. Open to the public: must RSVP. Contact Irene Leino ileino (at) worldbank.com.

January 26: Meetings in London for UK edition of World on the Edge (Earthscan publisher)

January 27: 5:30 pm public lecture, "World on the Edge: When Will the Bubble Burst?" Oxford University, Sir Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Rd, Oxford, UK

February 3: 2 pm webinar sponsored by Green Builder Media

February 9: 4 pm presentation at Center for the Environment, Harvard

February 9: 7 pm presentation, "World on the Edge," at Cambridge Forum, First Parish (Unitarian Universalist) Church, 3 Church Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA

February 17: 2:30-4:30 pm Matt Roney presenting at Villanova's Climate Talks, PA

March 3: Meetings in New York City.

March 10: 12 noon to 1 pm presentation at USDA, Foreign Agricultural Service, Room 107-A, Whitten Building, Washington, DC. Open to the public. Contact: Francisco Del Pozo francisco.delpozo@fas.usda.gov, (202) 720-9493

March 15: Afternoon keynote speaker at Forum for the Future of Agriculture, Brussels, Belgium

March 16: 6:45 pm speaking at European Parliament, Rue Wiertz 60, Batiment Antall, 4th Floor, Room JAN 4Q1, Brussels, Belgium. Contact: Frank Schwalba-Hoth fschwalbahoth@yahoo.de

March 27: 3 pm screening of Plan B, the film, DC Environmental Film Festival, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

March 29: Evening keynote speaker, Annual Convention of Reform Rabbis, New Orleans, LA

April 15: Speaker at Rivers of Hope: Himalayan/Tibetan Plateau Watersheds event, Stimson Center, Washington DC. Morning seminar organized by Global Systems Initiatives

April 29: Afternoon keynote speaker, Stanback Interns Program, Duke University, Durham, NC

May 7: 1 pm nationwide conference call, Citizens Climate Lobby.

May 9: Keynote speaker, 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Columbia University, New York City

June 15-16: Keynote speaker, Consumer Good's Global Summit, Barcelona, Spain

June 20: Morning keynote speaker, 21st World Conference on Disaster Management, Toronto, Canada

July 7: Presenter at Asahi Glass Foundation anniversary Symposium of the Blue Planet Prize, Tokyo, Japan

August 18-20: Participating in ARE Day Summit, Aspen, Colorado.
  August 18: Morning keynote: World on the Edge
        Luncheon keynote on the new geopolitics of food
        Panelist: Natural systems at risk

August 30: Lunchtime presentation at the InterAmerican Development Bank in Washington, DC on World on the Edge. Not open to the public.

September 15: 2 pm, Distinguished Lecture Series, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

September 23: Speaking at workshop "Breaking the Investment Barriers for Plan B," Rotterdam, The Netherlands

September 27: Keynote speaker at the annual SAM Forum 2011, Zurich, Switzerland

September 28-30: Speaking events in France (details forthcoming)
  Wednesday, September 28: Lyon
        2:30-5 pm: Regional council meeting, recorded interview
        7 pm Presentation to the Rhone Alps regional council
  Thursday, September 29: Lille
        12 noon - 3 pm Presentation on World on the Edge
                Atrium, 165 avenue de Bretagne
        5:30 pm: discussion with ISTOM & Alternative Planetaire
        6:30 pm: conference organized by ISTOM
  Friday, September 30: Paris
        9:00 am: press conference with Michael Meunier
        afternoon conference organized by ISTOM
        3-5 pm: Press conference at l'ENSI, Les Ateliers, 48 rue Saint Sabin. RSVP Layla Mathieu mathieu@oree.org

October 10-13: South Korea
    Tuesday, October 11: Seoul
          2:40-3:40 pm keynote for climate change symposium, EWHA 100th Memorial Hall
         7-7:50 pm LB presentation, Climate Change Leadership Program
   Thursday, October 13: Gwangju
        9-9:25 am Keynote @ Gwangju Summit
       11:10-noon keynote @ NGO Global Forum, Chonnam Nat’l University

October 19: Luncheon speaker, Cosmos Club, Washington, DC

November 3: 3-5 pm. World Bank Book Event. This event is open to the public. RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org. The room number is J building, J1-050, 701 18th Street NW, Washington DC 20433

November 17: Keynote speaker, 2011 WWF Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Symposium, National Geographic Society's Grosvenor Auditorium, 1145 17th Street N.W., Washington, DC.
  
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