Plenary Speakers

Harry Collins is director of the Gravitational Wave Project at Cardiff University.

Pasky Pascual is an environmental scientist and lawyer who works for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He currently serves as Director for the EPA's Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling. His primary interest is in the area of regulatory decision-making, and he has published papers on the judicial review of regulatory science. Pasky began his work at EPA with the Climate Change Division, during which he worked with non-governmental organizations to help measure the greenhouse gases avoided through projects funded by the EPA. He followed this up with work on an initiative spearheaded by the Clinton Administration, leading stakeholders from industry, government, and the NGO sector to develop approaches to facility management that combined environmental performance, regulatory flexibility, and economic efficiency. He led efforts within EPA's Research and Development Office to look at the emerging risks and opportunities associated with bio- and nano-technology.

Pascual, P. (2005). Wresting Environmental Decisions From an Uncertain World. Environmental Law Reporter

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