January 23-24: Sundance Film Festival (panel on solutions, panel on climate refugees, and a press conference), Park City, Utah

February 12: Keynote speaker at Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Ottawa, Canada

March 23: Keynote at EPA 4th Annual Resource Conservation and Recovery Workshop, Arlington, VA

March 27: Speaking after viewing of work-in-progress film Plan B, Environmental Film Festival, Carnegie Institution for Science, Elihu Root Auditorium, 1530 P St NW, Washington, DC

April 14: Receiving alumni award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland

April 20: 6:30-9:30 pm Earth day speaker at Georgetown University, Hariri Lohr Auditorium, Washington, DC

April 22: 8:00-9:30 pm Earth Day speaker at American University, Ward Building, Room 1, Washington, DC

May 3-4: Launching the German edition of Plan B 4.0 in Berlin
            Monday, May 3: 6 pm press conference, GTZ Haus, Reichspietschufer 20
                        7-10 pm Evening public lecture at GTZ Haus followed by reception
            Tuesday, May 4: 8:30 – 10 am Breakfast w/German politicians 
                         12:30 pm lunch with Jochen Flasbarth, Prez, German Fed Envir Agency (UBA)

May 5: 6:30 pm Presentation on Plan B 4.0 at the European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium,
           co-hosted by Indrek Tarand, Estonian MEP

May 6: launching the Norwegian edition of Plan B 4.0 in Oslo
           1 pm mtg with Secretariat for Sustainable Development, Dept of Economy
           2 pm press conference on Plan B 4.0 followed by media interviews

May 7-8: launching the Swedish edition of Plan B 4.0 in Stockholm
          Friday, May 7:  11 am – noon: press conference, Nordic Sea Hotel
                 2-4 pm conference, Citykonferensen, Malmskillnadsgatan 46, Stockholm
          Saturday, May 8: 10 am – 2 pm seminar, Nordic Sea Hotel
                 3 pm Public lecture, Nordic Sea Hotel
                 4:15 pm Open Space workshop, Globala gymnasiet, Hornsgatan 93

May 11: 6 pm Opening event for “Breaking the Investment Barriers for Plan B” conference, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

May 12: Key presenter at “Breaking the Investment Barriers for Plan B” conference, Rotterdam 

May 13-15: Launching Italian edition of Plan B 4.0 in Italy—Milan and Torino
Thursday, May 13
     8:45 pm Keynote address, Tridentine Museum of Natural Science presentation
                 Via Calepina 14, Trento (organized by WWF Italia)
Friday, May 14
     television interview with Beppe Grillo, Milan
     Keynote speaker at late afternoon conference at HQ of Cultural Fndt Compagnia di San Paolo 
Saturday, May 15
     1:30 pm Presentation at international book fair, Torino

May 16-18: Launching Romanian edition of Plan B 4.0
Monday, May 17
     11:00 am Conference @ Romanian Academy and investiture into the Romanian Academy
         presentation: Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
     taping television program with former president Ion Iliescu
Tuesday, May 18
     11:00 am Investiture of Doctor Honoris Causa, Romanian Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
     Symposium speaker “New Threats to World Food Security”

May 20: 5:30 - 10 pm Recipient of “Hero of Sustainability” award from Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Denver, Colorado

May 25-29: Launching Japanese edition of Plan B 4.0
Wednesday, May 26
     Noon - 1:30 pm  presentation at Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
     4:35-5:50 pm Asahi Hall, presentation on “Food Security in the Era of Global Warming”
Thursday, May 27
     10-11:30 am  Visit to the Epidemiological Institute, Narashino
     2-5 pm   Symposium at Memorial Hall of Constitutional Politics: “Aiming for a Low Carbon Society”
Friday, May 28
     2-5 pm   Symposium at Tokyo University: “The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity”
Saturday, May 29
     2-5 pm  Symposium at Nagoya University

May 31: 9-11 am Presentation at conference hosted by World Wildlife Fund, Shanghai, China

June 1-3: Launching Chinese edition of Plan B 4.0 in Beijing, China
Tuesday, June 1
     4 pm speaking at Foreign Correspondents Club of China, Dutch Embassy
     7:30 pm: speaking at Bookworm Bookstore, Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road, Chou Yang District
 Wednesday, June 2
      9 am mtg with Wang Tao at National Academy of Science and grad students
     10 am public presentation at the National Academy of Sciences
     2 pm  Seminar with professors, researchers and graduate students at the Academy
 Thursday, June 3
     10 am discussion with the Chinese Strategic and Management Research Association

June 4: 2:30-4:30 pm Janet Larsen will be speaking at Beijing Normal University on the topic “Plan B for Stabilizing Climate and Sustaining Civilization.”

June 5: Induction into University of Maryland’s Hall of Fame, College Park, Maryland

June 13: 7:30 pm speaker at the Network of Spiritual Progressives Conference, Church of the Reformation, 212 E. Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC

June 21: 10:15 am - noon speaker at  First Annual Citizens Climate Lobby International conference, cosponsored with RESULTS, Washington, DC

August 19-21: Luncheon keynote speaker on Thursday, August 19, ARE Day, Aspen, Colorado

September 14 & 15: World Energy Congress, Montreal, Canada
    Sept 14 afternoon: Speaker, Energy Future Leaders session
                evening: CNBC taping of Energy Opportunities, “Capturing Opportunity?”
    Sept 15 morning: Champion for “Energy Solutions for a Living Planet”

September 16: Speaker at Swiss Management’s 47th Annual Forum, Zurich, Switzerland

October 4-6: Giving the Miguel Aleman Foundation environmental lecture and speaking at the National University, Mexico City

October 7-8: Speaking in Bogota, Colombia and launching Spanish edition of Plan B 4.0.
    Third International Conference on Climate Change Environment

November 11: Evening public presentation at Warren-Wilson College, Asheville, NC

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Lester launching the German edition of Plan B 4.0 at GTZ Haus, discussing the environmental threats to food security.




Lester with Olav Randen, publisher of Plan B 4.0 in Norway.









Lester speaking in Shanghai, launching the Chinese edition of Plan B 4.0

Lester with Soki Oda, Janet Larsen, and Yuriko in Tokyo where Lester launched the Japanese edition of Plan B 4.0.






Lester in Beijing with Fiona Liu, Seth Cook, and Janet Larsen.

Lester Brown receiving the Hero Award from John Powers, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado.






Lester Brown was inducted into the University of Maryland Hall of Fame.

Lester speaking at AREDAY
Photo Credit: Vance Howard





Lester with son Brian and Alison Dance at AREDAY in Aspen, Colorado (August)





Lester behind the wheel of the GEM E4, an all-electric car, provided by Aspen Electric Cars, at AREDAY, Aspen, Colorado.

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: Afternoon keynote presentation at National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools for Math, Science and Technology, Crystal City, 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, "A Conversation with Lester Brown," interviewed by Marc Pachter. Museum of American History, Washington, DC. Watch the webcast.

August 4-5: Keynote at State of the World Forum, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

August 21: Keynote at AREDAY event, Aspen, Colorado.

September 9: Speaking at luncheon benefit for D&R Greenway and Nature Conservancy, Princeton, NJ.

October 2: Book party for Plan B 4.0. 5:30-7 pm at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW.

October 10: 12 noon, Main Stage Speaker, Green Festival, Washington, DC. Subject is Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. Book signing after presentation. Open to the public.

October 27-28: Speaking at 4th Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

October 29: 7:30 pm, Savoy Place, London. Giving Compassion in World Farming’s 2009 Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture, "How Can We Feed the World and Protect the Environment." Tickets £25.00 are available by booking online or by phone at +44 (0)1483 521 953.

October 30: Luncheon address for HSBC, London.

November 2: 7 pm presentation on  Plan B 4.0 at Barnes & Noble, 4801 Bethesda Avenue, Bethesda, MD. Book signing to follow presentation.

November 2: 8 pm, Janet Larsen will speak to the DC Women and Money discussion group in Washington, DC.

November 5: Janet Larsen will be speaking at the Climate Change and National/Global Security conference being held from 9 am to 2 pm at the Pegasus Ballroom, University of Central Florida. For more information.

November 9: 6 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at World Affairs Council, San Francisco.

November 10: 12 noon presentation on Plan B 4.0 at Commonwealth Club of San Francisco, 595 Market Street, San Francisco (2nd floor). For more information and tickets.

November 11: 8-9 am Breakfast roundtable, Mercy Corps, Portland, Oregon. Register online.

November 11: 12 noon lunch briefing, David Evans and Associates, Portland, Oregon. Not open to the public.

November 12: 7 PM, presentation on Plan B 4.0 at the University of Washington, Seattle. Open to the public.

November 16: 9:30 am, presentation on Plan B 4.0 at University of Minnesota, Cowles Auditorium. Open to the public.

November 17: Luncheon presentation on Plan B 4.0, Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

November 17: 6-7:30 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at the Assembly Hall, International House, Chicago, IL. Sponsored by the University of Chicago. Open to the public.

November 18: 6 pm presentation on Plan B 4.0 at University of Colorado, Boulder. For more information. Open to the public.

November 19: 7 pm, evening public presentation on Plan B 4.0, Lory Student Center, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. Open to the public. For more information.

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

December 4: 1 pm, Janet Larsen will speak at the Energy, Climate Change and Global Food Security symposium being held in conjunction with the Copenhagen Climate Conference, COP15.
at the H.C. Ørsted Institute, University of Copenhagen. Contact: John Scales Avery  .. Draft agenda. 

December 7: 3 pm, Janet Larsen will speak at the COP15, Bella Center, Bellona Room (located in the delegation area between the World Bank and Brazil) on "Plan B for Stabilizing Climate: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2020."

December 13: Janet Larsen will give the plenary lecture at the EcoCity World Summit, Cevahir Convention Center, Istanbul, Turkey. Details at EcoCity Builders. 

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