"The nonprofit Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters connects people and ideas from all areas of knowledge and all walks of life to celebrate thought, culture and nature in our state and help solve our common problems."
In 2006, The Academy sponsored a state-wide public policy program on "The Future of Farming and Rural Life in Wisconsin."
Selected upcoming events:
September 29, 2009
"Green Jobs: Growing Wisconsin Employment"
Discovery World Museum, Milwaukee, WI
October 13, 2009
"The Future of Farming and Rural Life: Reconnecting with Wisconsin Values and the Lost Art of Citizenship"
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
November 15, 2009
"Heat Waves and High Water: Climate Change, Public Health, and the 2050 Wisconsin Landscape"
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
March 16, 2010
"What's Driving My Car? 2050 Biofuels and Other Sustainable Energy Sources"
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
May 11, 2010
"Why Third World Migrants Will Disappear from the United States by 2050"
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
