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Indonesia Meeting Develops Strong Outcomes
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The 5th CMAS international research meeting concluded in Jakarta, Indonesia, with a range of important outcomes. Attended by researchers from 12 universities from across the Pacific Rim, it seemed to be the consensus that CMAS was poised for its next stage of development. The two day team meeting was followed by a further two day workshop focussing on Indonesia and Climate Change. Opened by the Vice-President of Indonesia, Professor Boediono in his palace, the meeting closed with the announcement by the Vice-Rector of the University of Indonesia that it would establish a Research Centre on Climate Change within three months. For more about these meetings click here. More press coverage can be found here. |
Dr Drobnick, Managing Director, AWI shaking hands with Mr Bodiono, Vice-President, Indonesia at the Opening of the Climate Change Workshop. |
Pacific Cities Sustainability Initiative
Initiated by AWI, the Pacific Cities Sustainability developed an Initiative to address environmental concerns and improve urban sustainability.
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AWI presented on Climate Change Issues at PECC Conference
AWI’s Managing Director, Dr Richard Drobnick, shared AWI’s CMAS project at a plenary session on “An APEC Climate Change and Sustainable Environment” in the “Economic Crisis and Recovery” PECC Conference in Singapore on 9 – 10 October 2009. The conference was a prelude to the major issues that the leaders of the Asia-Pacific region will address when they convene in Singapore a month later for the APEC Summit.
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Plenary Session 5 : An APEC Climate Change and Sustainable Environment Agenda
L-R: Prof Tommy Koh (Singapore’s Ambassador-At-Large, and Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies and the National Heritage Board), Dr Richard Drobnick (AWI MD), Dr Emil Salim (Member, Advisory Council to the President of the Republic of Indonesia), Prof Stephen Howes (Australian National University), Dr Hu Tao (Co-ordinator, United Nations Development Programme, Beijing)
New Member of the AWI Governing Board Dr. Ronald J. Daniels
Ronald J. Daniels, 14th President of the Johns Hopkins University joins as a new member of the AWI Governing Board, succeeding William R. Brody who stepped down after nearly 12 years as leader of America's first largest research-intensive university.
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AWI Managing Director Dr Richard Drobnick's meetings with AWI partners, August, 2009
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Dr. Drobnick met up with Associate Professor Lim Meng Kin, AWI Public Health Director and Professor Azizan Samah, Director, Malaysian Antarctic Research Centre and a participant in the AWI Climate Change Research Program. This meeting brought together key players of the two research themes to discuss comparative models and how the projects could move forward by co-opting other experts from countries like India and Bangladesh. Dr Drobnick also shared about the support he had received from the APEC BusinessAdvisory Council |
Exploring synergies between Climate Change and Public Health, 12 August 2009
L – R: Richard Drobnick (AWI MD), David Chan (AWI Secretariat), Meng-Kin Lim (NUS & AWI Public Health Director), Azizan (U of Malaya & AWI Climate Change project member) |
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Exchanging updates on “green
buildings” and AWI Climate
Change project with Mr Liu Thai
Ker, Director, RSP Architects
Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd,
12 Aug 2009
L – R: David Chan (AWI
Secretariat), Wynn Cam (RSP
Architects), Liu Thai Ker (RSP
Architects), Richard Drobnick (AWI
MD), Davina Tham (AWI
Secretariat) |
(ABAC) on the
collaboration of AWI and ABAC on
business issues related to climate
change and public health.
Dr Drobnick’s meeting also included a
visit to Mr Liu Thai Ker, Director of
RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte)
Ltd. The discussions included the
Building & Construction Authority (BCA)
Green Mark Scheme, sustainable cities
and their potential application to the
AWI Climate Change Project. The BCA
Green Mark Scheme was launched in
January 2005 as an initiative to drive
Singapore's construction industry
towards more environment-friendly
buildings. Overall, both meetings
brought about positive outcomes and it
was proposed that the next AWI CMAS
program be part of the Singapore
International Water Week (SIWW) in 2010.
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AWI activities report presented at the 13th APRU President’s Meeting
A report on AWI activities was presented at the 13th APRU President’s Meeting held at the California Institute of Technology on 28 – 30 June 2009.
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Keynote speech by Lincoln Chen, President of the China Medical Board
Lincoln Chen, President of the China Medical Board, was one of two keynote speakers at the 2009 AWI Public Health Workshop hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Mr Chen's keynote speech was on "Health and Economic Crisis: Tightening Belts, Expanding Minds".
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2009 AWI Public Health Workshop at Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hosted the 2009 AWI Public Health Workshop on June 24-26, 2009, with the theme “Forging Public Health Partnerships in Response to the Global Economic Crisis”.
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AWI participant featured by world renowned economist Dr. Saul Hymans, March 2009
RSQE is an economic modeling and forecasting unit which has been in operation at the University of Michigan since 1952. RSQE provides forecasts of the U.S. national economy
on a four-times-per-year basis and forecasts of the Michigan economy on a four-times-
per-year basis.
In November 2008, Dr. Lisa Shaffer, Executive Director, UC San Diego Environment and Sustainability Initiative presented on ‘Coastal Cities: Climate Change Impacts and Response Strategies at the 56th Annual Economic Outlook Conference put on by RSQE. This was subsequently published in Mach 2009 by world renowned economist Dr. Saul Hymans.
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