Symposium on the Human Right to Water in November 2017 at McGeorge School of Law, a keynote “The Beacon of Science in a Fact-Free Fog” at the 2019 SkeptiCal Conference, and a 2019 presentation at the World Bank’s Water Week on “Water, Climate, and Security: Building Resilience in a Fragile World.” Heartland Institute incident On February 20, 2012, Gleick announced he was responsible for the unauthorized distribution of documents from The Heartland Institute in mid-February. Gleick reported he had received "an anonymous document in the mail describing what appeared to be details of the Heartland Institute's climate program strategy", and in trying to verify the authenticity of the document, had "solicited and received additional materials directly from the Heartland Institute under someone else's name". Responding to the leak, The Heartland Institute said one of the documents released, a two-page 'Strategy Memo', had been forged. Gleick denied forging the document. Gleick described his actions as "a serious lapse of my own and professional judgment and ethics" and said that he "deeply regret[ted his] own actions in this case" and "offer[ed his] personal apologies to all those affected". He stated that "My judgment was blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts – often anonymous, well-funded, and coordinated – to attack climate science and scientists and prevent this debate, and by the lack of transparency of the organizations involved." On February 24 he wrote to the board of the Pacific Institute requesting a "temporary short-term leave of absence" from the Institute. The Board of Directors stated it was "deeply concerned regarding recent events" involving Gleick and the Heartland documents, and appointed a new Acting Executive Director on February 27. Gleick was reinstated following an investigation, in which the institute found no evidence to support charges of forgery and "supported what Dr. Gleick has stated publicly regarding his interaction with the Heartland Institute." Honors 1999 Elected Academician of the International Water Academy, Oslo, Norway 2001 Named by the BBC as a "Visionary on the Environment" in its Essential Guide to the 21st Century 2001 Appointed to Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 2003 MacArthur Fellow "Genius Award" 2005 Elected Fellow of the International Water Resources Association 2006 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2006 Elected Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences 2008 Selected to Present the Abel Wolman