Friday, June 15 – Friday, June 22, 2012
Program times will vary
URL for all events: http://www.ustream.tv/conx (Short URL: http://goo.gl/pA6rq )
What is your vision for a sustainable future? Join our live interactive webcasts of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), which will take place on Friday, June 15-22, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The U.S. Center will bring this conference to you live through 11 featured events. Get a front-row seat and learn about Creating the Future We Want!
Rio+ 20 is an international conference where world leaders, along with thousands of participants from governments, the private sector and NGO community will come together to discuss important youth, technology, and sustainable development initiatives. Their goal is to shape how we can work together to reduce poverty, advance social issues, and ensure environmental protection in an ever more crowded planet.
Format: These will be interactive video webcasts in English. Please click on the URL above to watch and participate. Follow the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #USRio20
To participate in the live events:
- Go to http://www.ustream.tv/conx
- Click on the ‘Social Stream’ tab on the right side of the page next to the video player.
- Click on the “Check-in & Chat” button and sign in with Facebook or Twitter to share your comments and questions.
- To submit a question via Twitter, use the hashtag #USRio20 and mention @CONX in your tweet.
See below for full details and descriptions of our 11 featured events:
 Capturing the Sun!
Friday, June 15, 2012
10:00-11:30 EDT (11:00-12:30 Rio / 14:00-15:30 UTC)
Description: Join the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory and several of its partners to discuss the ways international science and technology cooperation can enhance solar energy research and development. Their goal is to unite the creativity and innovation strengths of the world’s R&D community to accelerate clean solar electricity, solar fuel production, and solar thermal energy for the world market. |
 High Stakes on the High Seas: Protecting Tuna with Technology
Saturday, June 16, 2012
14:30-16:00 EDT (15:30-17:00 Rio / 18:30-20:00 UTC)
Description: There are plenty of fish in the sea. Or are there? Global tuna fisheries and associated ecosystems around the world are in danger. This event will focus on the global tuna fishery situation; declining tuna stocks effect on developing countries and food security; and what international organizations are doing to address these issues. |
 Global Forest Watch: The Real-Time Deforestation Alert System
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
10:00-11:30 EDT (11:00-12:30 Rio / 14:00-15:30 UTC)
Description: WRI, Imazon, Google and many other partners are developing a new forest monitoring system that will unite technology, transparency, and human networks to mobilize faster, more credible and effective forest conservation and sustainable forest management. Learn how this tool will allow everyone to identify forest clearing quickly and determine if commercial supply chains are truly “deforestation free.” |
 Empowering Youth to Use Geospatial Technologies
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
11:30-13:00 EDT (12:30-14:00 Rio / 15:30-17:00 UTC)
Description: Advances in geospatial and space-based technologies (GIS, remote sensing, and GPS) have advanced geographic concepts, thinking, and visualization. Together with web-based knowledge platforms and social media, these technologies have democratized access to information and empowered diverse stakeholders—including youth—to imagine sustainable futures. This program will showcase partnerships and technologies invented by the U.S. and shared with the world to better enable youth to use technology to change their communities. |
 Greening the Supply Chain: A Public-Private Partnership to Reduce Deforestation
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
13:00-14:30 EDT (14:00-15:30 Rio / 17:00-18:30 UTC)
Description: Deforestation causes significant environmental and economic harm globally. Governments, the private sector, and civil society share the twin goals of sustainable economic development and reducing deforestation. This event will focus attention on the critical issue of how to reduce deforestation through sustainable supply chains, and include senior USG representatives from USAID and the Department of State, as well as from the private sector, to discuss creative ways to better meet this challenge through new and strengthened partnerships between governments, the private sector, and the NGO community. |
 City Life: Living Clean, Living Green
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
16:00-17:30 EDT (17:00-18:30 Rio / 20:00-21:30 UTC)
Description: Join Nancy Sutley, Chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and former Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment in Los Angeles, and Mayors from the United States to talk about sustainability where it matters most — in the city. With over half the world’s population living in cities, mayors are confronting the issues surrounding sustainability on a practical level every day, making decisions that have a real impact on the environment and their citizens. The panelists will discuss how their cities are confronting these challenges and how they can come together to share successes and learn from each other. |
 Re-Investing in Our Communities: the U.S.-Brazil Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
11:30-13:00 EDT (12:30-14:00 Rio / 15:30-17:00 UTC)
Description: Join the U.S. and Brazil for the Joint Initiative on Urban Sustainability (JIUS) featuring Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment. This event will highlight this innovative bilateral initiative and launch the JIUS platform, which will link cities around the world to large-scale investors and catalyze new public-private partnerships to invest in sustainable infrastructure, especially for underserved communities. It is an opportunity for interested parties, whether local and national government, NGOs, or business, to participate and further sustainable development in their communities. |
 The Heath Sector Goes Green
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
13:00-14:30 EDT (14:00-15:30 Rio / 17:00-18:30 UTC)
Description: Hospitals and health systems are beginning to substantively contribute to a green economy both in developed and developing countries. This trend points to a major contribution that the health sector can make to sustainable development. Learn how health systems in the U.S., UK, and Brazil have come together to reduce energy consumption, waste generation, and chemical pollution while saving money. |
 Creating the Future We Want
Thursday, June 21, 2012
10:00-11:30 EDT (11:00-12:30 Rio / 14:00-15:30 UTC)
Description: Join youth from around the world in a dynamic discussion about how young people can think globally and act locally to solve sustainability challenges. Sponsored by the White House, this program will showcase efforts by young people in the U.S. to promote sustainability and “create the future they want”, and it will feature winning videos produced for the White House’s Youth Sustainability Challenge. The event will also feature an active discussion on engaging youth throughout the world on sustainability and cultivating the sustainability leaders of the future. |
 There’s an App for That?
Thursday, June 21, 2012
11:30-13:00 EDT (12:30-14:00 Rio / 15:30-17:00 UTC)
Description: Information and communications technology (ICT) will play an essential role in achieving sustainable development goals. The ICT industry welcomes the opportunity to build upon the partnerships, excitement, and dialogues which were on display at US Rio+2.0 at Stanford University in February 2012. The panel will explore activities that are already occurring, and engage the audience on additional ideas for how governments, civil society, and the private sector can best leverage the participatory and transformational powers of ICT. |
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Women and Natural Resources
Thursday, June 21, 2012
16:00-17:30 EDT (17:00-18:30 Rio / 20:00-21:30 UTC)
Description: It is critical to good governance to understand women‘s distinct roles in natural resource management, but very often a heavy burden of domestic and economic responsibilities as well as socio-cultural factors limit their participation in community activities. This limitation has kept women politically and culturally marginalized from decision making structures that affect their access to the very resources upon which they depend. Join USAID in a discussion to identify gender-based constraints and opportunities as well as strategies for addressing them at community, national, and international policy levels. |
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