IPPF World Finals and More - Live from NY - April 13

LIVE From New York... The IPPF Finals    It is time to name the next "IPPF World Champion"... and we need your help!   On Saturday, April 13, you can watch as the "Elite Eight" teams in the 12th Annual Bickel & Brewer/New York University International Public Policy Forum (IPPF) compete in oral debates in New York City.    During the Final Debate, you can cast an online vote! Your vote WILL help decide which team takes home the $10,000 grand prize! To watch the events LIVE, visit www.bickelbrewer.com/ippf at the following times. IPPF Finals LIVE Viewing Schedule: Saturday, April 13 Semifinal #1 - 10:15 a.m. ET Semifinal #2 - 11:45 p.m. ET Final Debate - 3:30 p.m. ET Awards Ceremony - 8 p.m. ET The 2012-13 IPPF "Elite Eight"  Bellaire High School Bellaire, Texas The Dalton School New York, New York Debate Development Initiative Singapore East Mountain High School Sandia Park, New Mexico Hamilton High School Chandler, Arizona Hathaway Brown School Shaker Heights, Ohio Notre Dame High School Sherman Oaks, California Shanley High School Fargo, North Dakota Scientific American Executive Editor to Serve as IPPF Keynote Speaker  Scientific American Executive Editor Fred Guterl will deliver the keynote address Saturday during the IPPF Banquet & Awards Ceremony, which will be broadcast live beginning at 8 p.m. ET at www.bickelbrewer.com/ippf. Prior to joining Scientific American, Mr. Guterl was a deputy editor of Newsweek International. He was also Newsweek International's first science and technology editor, writing and editing dozens of cover packages and special issues on climate change, global health, energy, and other subjects.    Mr. Guterl is author of the book The Fate of the Species, which explores, in part, the impact of global warming on the human population, offering specifics on rising sea levels, melting ice caps, vanishing fresh water and increasingly unstable weather.