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- Welcome Address - Prof. Malcolm Grant
- Keynote - HE Ernest Rwamucyo
- Keynote - Ms Sara Parkin OBE
- Keynote - Prof. Maria Lee
- Questions & Discussion: Prof. Anthony Costello
- Session 1 - Footprints: Environment, Population and Consumption
- Session 2 - Population Impact: Regional Perspectives
- Session 3 - Population Growth – Problem or Hype?
- Recap - Day 1
- Session 4 - Moving Further, Living Longer
- Session 5 - Public Health Impacts and Interventions
- Session 6 - Economic Planning Challenges: Beyond 2015
- Keynote - Dr Babatunde Osotimehin
- Session 7 - Policy and Research Directions
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Recorded versions of all the conference videos will be posted below as they become available.
Welcome Address - Prof Malcolm Grant
President and Provost of University College London previously Pro-Vice Chancellor of Cambridge. He has researched and published extensively in environmental planning and local government law. View now »
Keynote - HE Ernest Rwamucyo
High Commissioner, Rwanda High Commission, London. Rwamucyo has extensive experience working on development and poverty reduction policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York as Policy Advisor on the Millennium Development Goals. View now »
Keynote - Ms Sara Parkin OBE
Founder Director, Forum for the Future. In 2001 Ms Parkin was awarded an OBE for services to education and sustainability. View now »
Keynote - Prof Maria Lee
Maria Lee is professor of Law at UCL, where her research and teaching focuses on environmental governance. She was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution until March 2011. View now »
Questions & Discussion: Prof Anthony Costello
Co-Director, UCL Institute for Global Health. He also directs project grants funded by the UK Dept for International Development, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, the Wellcome Trust, Saving Newborn Lives Initiative, UBS Foundation, Big Lottery Fund and the Health Foundation. View now »
Footprints: Environment, Population and Consumption
Setting the framework for the conference, the speakers will address three of the main global issues affecting carrying capacity: Environment, Population and Consumption. View now »
Population Impact: Regional Perspectives
Speakers will bring their own regional view of key population dynamics and challenges – in particular for the 2 largest population countries, India and China - setting them in a global context. View now »
Population Growth – Problem or Hype
A panel discussion, welcoming contributions from delegates both in the hall and at the satellite symposia, to air the huge spectrum of views and to open up dialogue on the 'problem or hype' conundrum. View now »
Recap: Day 1
A recap of day one of the symposium, presented by Prof Mark Maslin, UCL Geography. View now »
Moving Further, Living Longer
An overview of social inequalities, migration and ageing – all related to global carrying capacity – looking at the question of human adaptation to changing social circumstances. View now »
Public Health Impacts and Interventions
A review of the impact of population growth and demographic change on human health, the environment and global endurance, from a scientific and medical point of view. View now »
Economic Planning Challenges: Beyond 2015
Bringing an economic perspective to the challenges raised so far, highlighting potential solutions, regional perspectives and the planning issues that will face global leaders. View now »
Keynote: Dr Babtunde Osotimehin
Newly appointed Executive Director of the UNFPA, having previously served as Nigeria’s Minister for Health. Dr. Osotimehin was also Director General of the National Agency of Nigeria for the Control of HIV and AIDS, which coordinates all HIV/AIDS activities in the country. View now »
Policy and Research Directions
This concluding session will attempt to summarise and present conclusions from the 2 day event from an environment, population and climate change perspective, and to point the way to valuable future research questions. View now »
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