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The Boston Pledge (TBP) Annual Conference
Registration: 1:30 to 1:50 PM
Opening session: The Boston Pledge Mission 2:00 to 2:20 PM
Principal Theme: Meeting the Arsenic in Water Challenge 2:20 to 4:00 PM
The Boston Pledge Activities on Urban Renewal, Entrepreneurship and Education 4:00 to 4:40 PM
Panel discussion on The Steps forward 4:40 to 5:00 PM
Voices from the Grass roots: Songs by We the Few 5:00 to 5:30 PM
Pledging and Volunteering 5:30 to 6:00 PM
Refreshments will be served
Water is the most essential element of human life, the most abundant of all resources on earth, yet a third of the globe does not have access to clean drinking water. Millions around the world today drink from wells which they know are contaminated with poisonous substances like arsenic and other to)xins. These individuals die a slow death or live with the terrible deformities from arsenic poisoning and cancer. A number of research initiatives in prominent organizations, including here at MIT, continue to focus on the sources of the problem and possible remedies, but an economic, mass-scale solution is yet to unfold.
The Boston Pledge,(TBP) a non-profit humanitarian organization head quartered in Boston, is following a collaborative approach, by bringing together resources from the academia, the industry, NGOs, government bodies, students and the common people to find a sustainable solution to the rising arsenic crisis. In order to build awareness to such issues and support individuals and agencies committed to such missions, TBP is organizing a Conference on Saturday, December 20th, 2003 at the Wong Auditorium in Building E51 (70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1:30 to 5:30 pm. The Conference will focus on Meeting the Challenge of Arsenic in Water. A number of renowned scientists, technologists, economists and industry leaders will discuss the problem and describe currently available technologies for battling this problem.
Date: 12/20/2003
Location: Wong Auditorium, MIT
Time: 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Email: basus@rcn.com
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