Biofuels & the Promise of Sustainable Energy Conference
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
August 16 -19, 2007

The "Biofuels and the Promise of Sustainable Energy" conference will offer leaders in the fields of government, business, law and academia the opportunity to discuss and critically examine the promise and pitfalls of this exciting technology. The conference is particularly well-timed and opportune in light of the recent agreement on biofuels signed by Presidents Bush and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. 

As both political and industry leaders are beginning to act on climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions this issue is sure to remain in the forefront of our policy and environmental dialogue for years to come. As a conference participant, you will be able to discuss with experts and policymakers recent developments in the regulatory and business sectors in Brazil and the United States , as well as the World Trade Organization.

The conference is sponsored by Pace University School of Law, the Pontific Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), the National Energy-Environment Law and Policy Institute of the University of Tulsa College of Law (NELPI) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Committee on Environmental Law.

More information on the conference, including the draft agenda, is available on Pace’s website at: http://www.law.pace.edu/environment. Additional information will be posted on: http://www.pacelawbrazil.org and http://www.puc-rio.br/direito/congresso.

For more information on the conference and sponsorship opportunities please contact:

• Prof. David Cassuto: dcassuto@law.pace.edu
• Prof. Marla Wieder: mwieder@law.pace.edu
• Romulo S.R. Sampaio: rsampaio@law.pace.edu

For more information on the sponsoring institutions, see:

• Pace University School of Law: http://www.law.pace.edu/environment
• PUC-Rio: http://www.puc-rio.br
• NELPI: http://www.law.utulsa.edu/nelpi
• IUCN—CEL: http://iucn.org/en/about/commissions.htm

Founded in 1976, Pace University School of Law has nearly 6,500 alumni/ae throughout the country. It offers full- and part-time day and evening JD programs on its White Plains, NY campus. The School also offers the Master of Laws in Environmental Law and in Comparative Legal Studies. The School, which has one of the nation's top-rated environmental law programs, also offers the SJD program in that field. The School of Law is part of a comprehensive, independent, and diversified University with campuses in New York City and Westchester County. www.law.pace.edu. 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, N.Y., and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu