WIT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

24th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT: GLOBAL PARTNERS FOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS

4-26-86 (Chornobyl): What has Changed?

Organized by World Information Transfer (WIT)

Co-sponsored by the GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE, UN Mission of Belarus and UN Mission of the Czech Republic

Supported by UNDESA

Welcome & Opening Remarks:

Dr. Christine K. Durbak, Conference Chair and Founder, WIT

H.E. Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN

Moderator: Dr. Christine K. Durbak, Conference Chair and Founder, WIT

SPEAKERS:

H.E. Edita HRDA, Permanent Representative Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations

Sustainable Disaster Risk Reduction, Bureau Vice-chairmanship of the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai 2015

H.E. Andrei DAPKIUNAS, Permanent Representative Mission of Belarus to the United Nations

Sustainable Hazard Management, Technological Hazard. Chernobyl in Sendai: UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Dr. Alena NIKALAYENKA, Scientific Secretary of the National Commission on Radiation Protection, Republic of Belarus

The Health Consequences for Belorussian Population after Chernobyl Accident

Mr. Aleks MEHRLE, Executive Advisor Ener-Core, Inc.

Energy Security in Ukraine Need and Opportunity

Dr. Ihor SOLOVIY, Fulbright Scholar, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics/RSENR visiting scholar, University of Vermont

Ukrainian Economy: Challenges, Reforms, and Sustainability

Mr. Richard WHITEFORD, Leader Climate Reality Project

Carbon, the Critical Issue

Discussion and Questions

Closing Remarks:H.E. Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of the Ukraine to the UNDr. Christine Durbak, Chair and Founder, WIT

Conference Room 5, May 1, 2015

3:00 – 6:00 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

NEW YORK

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