ONE annual lecture

ONE annual lecture 

Scientific urgency or social emergency? 30 years of lessons from international science of biodiversity and climate 

Keynote Speaker: Sir Bob Watson (Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)) 

Date: 18 November, 15:00 - 18:15

Location: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW 

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Staff and research students across Oxford University are invited to a showcase of Oxford University's environmental and energy research. 
The afternoon event, to be held in the Oxford Museum of Natural History, will feature: keynote lectures from Professor Sir Bob Watson, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES); a panel discussion; and news from the ONE network. 

We encourage anyone who works in the fields of Biodiversity, Climate, Energy, Food and Water, across Oxford University to attend.

Programme

15:00 | Welcome from the Vice Chancellor

Professor Louise Richardson

15:15 | Keynote Lecture

Scientific Urgency or Social Emergency? 30 years of lessons from international science of biodiversity and climate.

Sir Bob Watson, Chair of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

16:00 | Panel Discussion

Chair: Professor Sir Charles Godfray (Director, Oxford Martin School) 

Panel:

• Professor E.J. Milner-Gulland (Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity; Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science; Fellow of Merton College)
• Professor Kathy Willis (Principle of St Edmund Hall)
• Professor Gideon Henderson (Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
• Dr Tom Clements Senior Director, Wildlife Conservation Society)