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WASD Annual International Conference

Managing Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future

27th - 29th August 2008 University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

Presentation

The World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) acts as a meeting platform where participants from all over the world meet each other annually to experience new ideas and cultures, travel and see new places and learn about all of the aspects of world sustainable development together with their future colleagues. The objective is to create a fresh knowledge base and provide direction to all participants to effectively deal with future challenges of world sustainable development. Every year, WASD organises the Annual International Conference, which consists of sessions of Keynote Speakers, General Assembly, Plenary Sessions, Papers Presentation and Excursions (visits and tour) in the organizing country.

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Objective of the conference

The objective of this conference is to explore global viewpoints on different issues relating to Science, Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development (SD) and why they are important, and to provoke forward thinking on the role of science and technology in solving global problems related to sustainability.

The aim is to address growing concerns for the future of our interlocked ecological, political and economic systems in a highly populated world that is characterised by major social and economic disparities.

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Call for papers and important dates

Deadline for Abstract: 15 December 2007

Deadline for Full Paper Submission: 15 January 2008

Deadline for Revised Full Paper Submission: 15 February 2008

Submissions of papers are invited in any of the conference different tracks, but need not limit their options to these themes/tracks. More details about each track can be found at WASD Research Tracks.

The different themes (or tracks), each with a listing of topics, have been formulated to aid the organisers of, and participants in, this conference in paper solicitations, review, and in assigning time slots for presentations.

The topics in each listing are typical examples and are not in any way exhaustive or even mutually exclusive. The aim is to include in this conference a wide variety of ideas and issues and not to exclude any scholarly input that is related to the major themes of this conference.

Authors who are uncertain of the appropriate track for their papers should consult Dr Allam Ahmed (at Allam.Ahmed@sussex.ac.uk)

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Conference team

Dr. Allam Ahmed, University of Sussex, UK
Prof. Beverlee B. Anderson, California State University San Marcos, USA
Prof. Pranav N. Desai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Prof. Feride Doganer Gonel, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
Dr. Hend A. Jolo, Qatar University, Qatar
Prof. Jung-Wan Lee, Kazakh-British Technical University, Kazakhstan
Prof. Lynette Louw, Rhodes University, South Africa
Prof. Carlo Pietrobelli, CREI, Università Roma Tre, Italy
Dr. Qaiyum Parvez, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Prof. Mahendra Reddy, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Prof. Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

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Conference Official web site

Please check the conference official web site for updates and further details.

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