Each session brings together speakers from different disciplinary backgrounds, and culminates in a Q&A panel discussion. Speakers include:Will Steffen – Australian National University, Climate Change Sylvester James Gates Jr. – University of Maryland, Physicist and US President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology Jan Zalasiewicz – University of Leicester, Paleobiologist Klaus Bosselmann – University of Auckland, Environmental Law David Christian – Macquarie University, Historian David Grinspoon – Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute Peter Brown – McGill University, Environmental Economist David Karoly – University Melbourne, Atmospheric Scientist Jon Erickson – University of Vermont, Ecological EconomistJoin some of the finest Australian and international academics from a diverse range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences to discuss how we shape the future of our world.I encourage you to attend the conference and to share this invitation with interested colleagues and students.