14:00 – 14:45          Opening Addresses

14:45 – 16:45          Climate and Technology

                              Ch. Kottmeier, KIT
                              Climate change and adaption: why technology is highly needed

                              Th. Leisner, KIT
                              Engineering the future climate?

                              Reception

09:30 – 12:30        Ecology

                            K. F. Ziegahn, KIT
                            New, ecologically compatible schemes

                            A . Grunwald, KIT
                            Technological future and the environment – our models of the environmental future and
                            what they tell us

                            M . Berenbaum, NAS
                            Building a better bee - - can it ‘bee’ done?

14:00 – 16:30       Water and Water Supply

                            Th. Weisse, Leopoldina
                            Water supply today and in the future

                            F. H. Frimmel, KIT
                            Human stress on water – quality of the water cycle

                            P . Gleick, NAS
                            A sustainable vision for water: moving to the soft path

17:00 – 18:30       Public Evening Lecture

                           D . Helbing, Leopoldina
                           Bio- und sozio-inspirierte Technologie: Perspektiven eines Dialogs zwischen den Ingenieur-, Natur-
                           und Sozialwissenschaften

09:30 – 12:30       Energy, Energy Supply

                           H . J. Schellnhuber, Leopoldina
                           Energy supply and environmental effects

                           M . Savitz, NAE
                           Real prospects for energy efficiency

                           L. Papay, NAE
                           Renewable energy: a US perspective

14:00 – 16:00       Energy, Energy Supply

                           F. Kolb, KIT
                           Energy for another 50 years

                           E . Dinjus, KIT
                           Bio-mass energy for the future climate changes?

16:30                  Conference Dinner

15 October 2009

09:30 – 11:30       Mobility, Urban Issues

                           S . Wittig, Leopoldina
                           Mobility

                          G . Bugliarello, NAE
                          Urban sustainability

11:30 – 12:30      Medicine and Technology

                          A . Haverich, Leopoldina
                          Clinical applications of scientific and/or technological innovations

14:00 – 18:00      Medicine and Technology

                          M . J. Lohse, Leopoldina
                          Genetics and drug development

                          E . Zerhouni, IOM
                          Major trends in health and biomedical research

                          J. Rowe, IOM
                          Economic aspects of health insurance in the future

                         D . Janzen, NAS
                         DNA barcoding the world: real bioliteracy for seven billion people

18:00 – 18:30    Conference Summary and Closing Remarks