Date

Panel and Reception for NSF's new publication, "Complex Environmental
Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life and Society in the 21st Century"
NSF Headquarters, Arlington, Virginia
8 January 2003

If you plan to attend please email Mary Mosley at mmosley [at] nsf.gov


Dear Colleagues,

The National Science Foundation's Advisory Committee on Environmental
Research and Education (ACERE) is pleased to invite you to a panel and
reception to unveil its publication "Complex Environmental Systems:
Synthesis for Earth, Life and Society in the 21st Century."

The event will be held at the National Science Foundation headquarters
at 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia on January 8th, 2003 from
9:30 am to noon in Room 1235.

Program:
9:30 - 10:30 am are presentations by Rita Colwell, Warren Washington,
Margaret Leinen, Stephanie Pfirman (ACERE past chair), and David Skole
(ACERE chair).

10:30 - 11:00 is a panel, featuring remarks by ACERE members James
Allen, Jean Futrell, James Kay, Mary Jane Perry, and Chuck Leonard, and
discussion with attendees.

11:00 - 12:00 is a reception.

For more information or if you plan to attend this event at NSF, please
email Mary Mosley at mmosley [at] nsf.gov. It is necessary to arrange for a
visitor's badge in advance.

Copies of both long and short versions of the report will be available
at the meeting. To reserve a copy of the report, please email
ere-info [at] nsf.gov or use the form that will be posted on the
Environmental Research and Education web site at:
http://www.nsf.gov/ere