Free conference: Transition to zero emissions, June 25-26

As part of the Wales component of this year's Smithsonian Folklife Festival on The Mall, there will be a free public conference on making the transition to zero carbon emissions. Here are the details:

The Transition to Zero Emissions
25-26 June 2009
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Rhodri Morgan, First Minister for Wales, will open the conference by discussing his nation's plan to cut fossil fuel use by 90% over coming years.

According to the Web site, the conference is about implementing solutions.

"The Convergence on Zero is a conference that brings together the leading environmental thinkers and doers from Wales, the United Kingdom, to share their work with the United States. For two days at the end of June, this team of scientists, engineers, architects, researchers and business innovators will open an honest and frank debate on climate change, energy security and sustainable economics. They will frame the discussion with the latest climate science and focus on the practical solutions in technology, design and human behaviour that we have at our disposal in this time of great change."

Will you attend?