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INAUGURATION

Program for the Inauguration of the
Unité Mixte Internationale /
Joint International Unit (UMI 3157)
On Water, Environment and Public Policy

At the
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
803 East First Street
Tucson, Arizona

October 10, 2008

Inauguration Ceremony
4:15 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.

Speakers

Dr. Robert Shelton, President, The University of Arizona

Hon. David Martinon, Consul General of France in Los Angeles

Dr. Bruno Laurioux, Acting Director, CNRS Department of Human and Social Sciences – representing Dr. Arnold Migus, CNRS Director General

Dr. Marc Magaud, Attaché for Science and Technology for Environment and Sustainable Development, Embassy of France, Washington, DC

Dr. Robert Varady, Director, Unité Mixte Internationale /
Joint International Unit (UMI 3157)

Dr. Sharon Megdal, Member, UA Scientific Committee for UMI

Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, Member, UA Scientific Committee for UMI

Dr. Lisa Graumlich, Member, UA Scientific Committee for UMI

Dr. Charles Hutchinson, Member, UA Scientific Committee for UMI

Dr. Graciela Schneier-Madanes, Deputy Director, UMI

Reception
5:15 p.m. — 7:00 p.m.

University of Arizona Scientific Committee

Mamadou Baro, Assoc. Prof., Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Karl Flessa, Head and Prof., Geosciences
Lisa Graumlich, Dir. and Prof., School of Natural Resources
Charles Hutchinson, Dir. and Prof., Office of Arid Lands Studies
Katharine Jacobs, Dir., Arizona Water Institute
Thomas Maddock III, Head and Prof., Hydrology & Water Resources
Sharon Megdal, Dir., WRRC, and Prof., Agricultural & Resource Economics
Marc Miller, Prof., Law
Jonathan Overpeck, Dir., Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, and Prof., Geosciences
Glenn Schrader, Head and Prof., Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Juan Valdés, Dir., SAHRA, and Prof., Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics

UMI Staff

Robert G. Varady (University of Arizona), Director
Graciela Schneier-Madanes (CNRS), Deputy Director and Visiting Professor
William Mourey (CNRS), Administrator
Agathe Euzen (CNRS), Visiting Scientist
Julie Fabre (Agro ParisTech), Intern

The University of Arizona

Robert Shelton, President
Meredith Hay, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Leslie Tolbert, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Stephen Cornell, Director, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy

With Special Thanks

Embassy of France in the United States
Consulate General of France, Los Angeles
Office of the Secretary-General of CNRS