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Microsoft’s chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, is due at ΢����Ƶ next week to deliver a public address and participate in a two-day forum:

• “The Role of Technology in Addressing Environmental and Energy Issues” — This talk is scheduled for Monday (Nov. 7) in the Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom, with admission free and open to the public. A reception starts the program at 5:30 p.m., and Bernard's talk is set for 6:30. Sponsored by the and the .

The venue is the ballroom in the Activities and Recreation Center. Because seating is limited, , by today (Nov. 4).

• Energy Efficiency Forum: Retrofitting Corporate Campuses —  The program lists Bernard as the keynote speaker at the forum's opening session. The invitation-only forum is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov. 8 and 9) at the Conference Center.

The organizers said the forum will explore how corporate campuses can cut their energy use, while improving facilities, and how ΢����Ƶ can assist in this transformation.

Other forum speakers include representativs from such companies as Genentech, Adobe and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

First in a series of forums planned by the , the , the and the .