Sandra Postel and the Global Water Policy Project

Speaking Engagements (Partial List)

2008-2009

University of Montana School of Law, Jestrab Lecture, Missoula, Montana, March 25, 2009.
Michigan Technological University, Evening Lecture, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Houghton, MI, March 23, 2009.
Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Keynote Address, Conference on Environmental Flows in the Southeast, Athens, GA, October 27, 2008.
Instream Flow Council, Keynote Speaker, FLOW 2008, San Antonio, TX, October 5, 2008.
York Distinguished Lecture, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Geological Society of America and others, Houston, TX, October 5, 2008.
River Management Society, Evening Keynote, Biannual Symposium, Portland, ME, May 15, 2008.
U.S. Forest Service, Speaker, Water Management for Line Officers, Sedona, Arizona, February 26, 2008.

2006-2007

Kohjimachi Hall, Special Lecture on Rivers for Life, Tokyo, Japan, September 19, 2007.
Ecology and Civil Engineering Society, Annual Conference Special Lecture, Nagoya University, Japan, September 18, 2007.
Auburn University, Water Resources Conference, Keynote, Auburn, Alabama, June 14, 2007.
Dartmouth University and The Nature Conservancy, Evening Presentation, Hanover, NH, May 11, 2007.
Green Building Council of Canada, Alberta Chapter, Keynote Talks, Calgary and Edmonton, May 2 and 3, 2007.
World Water Day Lecture, Speak St. Pete, St. Petersburg, FL, March 22, 2007.
Xeriscape Council of New Mexico, Keynote Address, Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, March 8, 2007.
University of Wisconsin, Engineering Executive’s Forum 2006, Speaker, Madison, WI, Nov 30-Dec 1, 2006.
The Nature Conservancy, Freshwater Ecosystem Sustainability Roundtable, Speaker, Detroit, MI, October 4-6, 2006.
Sandia National Laboratory, Keynote Speaker, Albuquerque, NM, July 26, 2006.
The Nature Conservancy, International Leadership Council, Keynote Speaker, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2006.
Switzer Foundation, Keynote Speaker, 20th Anniversary Celebration, Boston, MA, May 5, 2006.
U. S. Forest Service, Opening Presentation, Water Management for Line Officers, Daytona Beach, FL, May 2, 2006.
3M Corporation, Scary Futures Lecture Series, St. Paul, MN, April 5, 2006.
Worldwatch Institute, State of the World 2006 Panel Speaker, Washington, D.C., January 25, 2006.

2004-2005

TIME Global Health Summit, Panel Speaker, New York City, November 1-3, 2005.
University of Massachusetts, Keynote Speaker, Water Center Conference, Amherst, MA October 21, 2005.
Duke University, Panel Speaker, Environmental Summit, Durham, NC, September 20-22, 2005.
Soil and Water Conservation Society, Pritchard Lecture, Rochester, New York, August 1, 2005.
Santa Fe Design Week, Keynote Speaker, Santa Fe, NM, June 25, 2005.
Massachusetts Riverways Programs, Instream Flow Conference, Keynote Speaker, Worcester, MA, April 29, 2005.
Debate with T. Boone Pickens, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, March 22, 2005.
Mount Holyoke College, Evening Public Lecture, South Hadley, MA, February 10, 2005.
Center for Strategic and International Studies-Sandia National Laboratories, Panel Speaker, Conference on Global Water Futures, Washington, D.C., February 8-9, 2005.
McGill School of Environment, Evening Public Lecture, Montreal, January 24, 2005.
University of Notre Dame, plenary speaker, conference on Faith, Ethics, and Environment, Notre Dame, IN, November 9, 2004.
Southeast Watershed Forum, Keynote Address, Nashville, TN, October 28, 2004.
U.S. Forest Service, Keynote Address, Conference on Advancing the Fundamental Sciences, San Diego, CA, October 18, 2004.
Chautauqua Institute, Water Week opening speaker, Chautauqua, NY, August 2, 2004.
University of Lethbridge, conference keynote, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, July 14, 2004.
Pacific Lutheran University, Earth Day Speaker (evening), Tacoma, WA, April 22, 2004.
Yale University, Forestry and Environmental Studies, Luncheon Seminar, April 8, 2004.
Global Forum on Water, FotoFest International, Rice University, Houston, TX, April 2-3, 2004.
Keene State College, Ewing Lecture (evening), Keene, NH, March 24, 2004.
University of Nebraska College of Law, conference keynote, Lincoln, NE, March 4, 2004.
New York Academy of Sciences, Evening Lecture, New York, January 20, 2004.

Selected Pre-2004 Speeches and Presentations

World Food Prize Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa
River Symposium, Brisbane, Australia
Joan M. Stroud Memorial Lecture, Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, PA
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC
Stockholm Water Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden
Waters of Wisconsin Conference, Madison, WI
Sopris Foundation, State of the World Conference, Aspen, Colorado
Environmental Grantmakers Association, Asheville, NC and Asilomar, CA
Simon Fraser University, Water and the Future of Life on Earth, Vancouver, Canada
University of New Mexico Water Symposium, Albuquerque, NM
Elon University, Watershed Conference, Elon, NC
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
International Workshop on Water Conservation, Hermanus, South Africa
The George Gund Environmental Lecture, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH
Schwab Capital Markets, Washington Research Group, Washington, DC
Council on Foreign Relations, New York City
Yale University, Corporate Environmental Leadership Seminar
North American Benthological Society, Plenary address, Keystone, Colorado
Ecological Society of America, Plenary address, St. Louis, Missouri
Society for Environmental Toxicology and Contaminants, Keynote address, Austin, TX
American Institute of Biological Sciences, Plenary address, Arlington, VA