6/12 Workshop: Dutch Approach to Climate Change
Yeh, Daniel
Dear EWB and EGB members,
The Patel Center for Global Solutions at USF, in partnership with the Netherlands Water Partnership and the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission, is presenting a workshop on Friday June 12, 2009 from 10am-3pm.
This is the first workshop of its kind held in our region, that I am aware of, which focuses on adapting our cities to potential impacts of climate change. A Dutch delegation of city planners and water managers are in Florida this week, and we were able to assemble this workshop on short notice. We will be examining techniques and policies that the Dutch have applied to cities like Rotterdam for climate change adaptation. The program is shaping up very nicely but we need to get the word out to the community. We are very interested in having EWB and EGB members join the discussion. The invitation is also going out to engineers, planners, municipal managers and the like.
Please help to spread the word to others who may be interested in participating. The event is free but registration (by emailing Bessie Skoures of the Patel Center) is required due to limited seating.
Thank you, and I hope you can join us for this very important dialogue.
Daniel Yeh
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Daniel H. Yeh, Ph.D.,
P.E., LEED AP
Assistant Professor
and Patel Research Fellow
Dept. of Civil
& Environmental Engineering
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENB 118
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
E-mail: dh...@eng.usf.edu
Office: ENC3213
(813) 974-4746 (office)
(813) 317-3315 (cellular)
(813) 974-2957
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Engineers Without Borders at USF http://www.ctr.usf.edu/ewb/
Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions http://www.patelcenter.org
Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management http://www.hinkleycenter.com/index.htm
Environmental Research Interdisciplinary Colloquium (ERIC) Series visit http://netcast.usf.edu/eric for video archives of presentations
From: Skoures, Bessie
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009
10:25 AM
To: Skoures, Bessie
Cc: Yeh,
Daniel; Amen, Mark
Subject: 6/12 Workshop: Dutch
Approach to Climate Change
Dear Friends,
Please find attached an invitation for a special workshop focusing on the Dutch approach to climate change and its relevance for Florida. It will take place at the Alumni Center on USF’s Tampa campus (map below) this coming Friday, June 12 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. The workshop is free and will include lunch.
Kindly reply to this message if you can attend as seating is limited.
Best regards,
Bessie Skoures
Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue - SOC102
Tampa, FL 33620-8100
813-974-2522 (fax)
USF’s main entrance is on Fowler Avenue. Upon entry, make a right on Alumni Drive until you reach an intersection where you will make another right on USF Sago Drive to find the Alumni Center.
Shannon Bassett
Hi Daniel,
Patrick Michaelan
Patrick Michaelan
'10 M.A. International Relations and Environmental Policy Candidate at Boston University
V.P. (BU Energy Club)
Treasurer (Graduate International Relations Council)
Officer (Compost-ability)
Please Compost & Recycle.
Yeh, Daniel
Hi Patrick and Shannon,
Thanks for your note. We will look into a way to tape the event….but no promises.
As a FYI to eveyrone…the setting on the google group is strange in that when you reply to the sender’s email, it actually goes out to the entire EGB group. If you want to reply to the sender, you will need to manually specify the sender’s address.
I know the list owner was Chris…not sure who manages it now (Caryssa? Kyle?) Can someone check the setting on the listserve so that replies don’t go back out to the whole list?
Btw, I am still working on the agenda link. It should be active by this afternoon.
Thanks
Daniel