Water and International Development Discussion: Feb. 20, 2009

Please join the SAIS International Development Program, CSIS, and the Environmental Change and Security Program for

Water and International Development: A Dialogue

featuring

Geoff Dabelko, Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

Aaron Salzberg, Lead for Water and Head of Interagency Working Group on Water, US Department of State

Friday, February 20, 2009
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Kenney Auditorium
Nitze Building, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW

NOTE: This event is not at the Woodrow Wilson Center

Please RSVP to developmentroundtable@jhu.edu with your name and affiliation.

An interview style discussion will focus on the role of water in international development and developing and implementing policies to advance U.S. efforts on water and sanitation. Geoff Dabelko is the Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a non-partisan, non-advocacy forum for research and debate. Dabelko manages the Center's Navigating Peace and Water Initiative, which examines the future of water conflict and cooperation. Dabelko also leads the Center's efforts to bring together key policymakers and stakeholders to debate policy approaches to advancing U.S engagement on international water and sanitation issues. Aaron Salzberg is the Special Coordinator for Water Resources at the U.S. Department of State. He is the first person to hold this position. Salzberg leads the development and implementation of U.S. foreign policy on drinking water and sanitation, water resources management, and transboundary waters. He also leads the U.S. Administrations' response to the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act. This discussion will be moderated by Professor Cinnamon Dornsife, Associate Director, SAIS International Development Program.