The Northwestern Center for Water Research and the Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies present:

 

Fourth Annual Symposium on

Water in Israel and the Middle East: 

Drought, Insecurity, and Conflict

Monday, May 6, 2019

Breakfast 8:30 am – 9:30 am

Symposium 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Wildcat Room, Norris University Center, 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston Campus

Reception 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Panel Discussion 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Ford Engineering Design Studio, 2133 Sheridan Road, Evanston Campus

Speakers

Yaakov Garb, Senior Lecturer, Ben-Gurion of the Negev, Bona Terra Department of Man in the Desert

Yochanan Kushnir, Columbia University Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Ocean and Climate Physics

Giora Shaham, Director General and Chairman of the Board of the Governmental Authority for Water and Sewage of Israel

Jim Yoon, Water Security and Resilience Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Co-Chairs

Aaron I. Packman, Director, Northwestern Center for Water Research Water Lead, Manufacturing Science and Engineering Initiative, Argonne National Laboratory

Elie Rekhess, Associate Director for Israel Studies, Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies

 

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