Speakers will discuss potential solutions to the energy crisis, including conservation, base-load capable renewables, politically palatable nuclear energy, and carbon capture and storage, as well as price differentials between renewable and fossil fuels, nuclear energy storage and proliferation, the need for new biofuels, and the potential increase in hydro power in the developed and developing world. “Creating a durable relationship between ourselves and nature has to be based in science, and that’s why we’re looking forward to discussing topics of the moment such as sustainable energy with the audience at the Academy,” says Peter Kareiva, chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy.