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| Setting
the Agenda |
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If
we are to move towards creating societies based on principles
of sustainable development, then business, government, and
civil society are going to have to play roles in that process.
However, acting alone they are likely to achieve considerably
less than working in cooperation, providing collaborative
leadership. Collaboration and partnerships between businesses
and other actors are going to be crucial in promoting economic,
environmental, and social improvements that contribute to
sustainable development. Much of this change calls for new
thinking on the part of business and other actors. It requires
all sectors of our societies to pay greater attention to sustainable
development in a world of globalisation even though some governments
often ignore their own responsibilities. In many ways we should
expect business to take the lead and help to facilitate productive
partnerships. How is this best achieved?
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| Conference
Themes |
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The
2004 Greening of Industry Network conference welcomes all
contributions on building partnerships for sustainable
development. Particularly encouraged are presentations
and workshops dealing with the following themes:
- Research
into successful partnerships between businesses and their
stakeholders contributing to sustainable development.
- Designing
and implementing new institutions, public policies, civil
regulation strategies, technologies, and business practices
to promote sustainable development.
- The
dynamics and potentials for public-private partnerships.
- The
potential for business-to-business cooperation.
- Partnerships
for emerging economies.
- Creating
new business models for sustainable development.
- Partnerships
in a world of globalisation and competition.
- Engagement
with civil society.
- Developing
and delivering campaigns and education for sustainable
development.
- Examples
of successful (and not so successful) partnerships.
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| Presentation
Categories |
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The
conference program committee invites representatives of academia,
business, government, NGOs and civil society organizations
to submit proposals for participation in any of the following
categories as they relate to the conference themes:
- Plenary
addresses and debates
- Structured
dialogues
- Workshops,
breakout sessions, or panels
- Case
studies
- Research
papers
- Poster
presentations
Research
paper and case study breakout sessions will feature speakers
from the private sector, civil society, government, education,
and research communities who will demonstrate the role that
these emerging issues play in the development of specific
innovations. We encourage submissions that combine papers
and proposals into complete workshops, breakout sessions,
or panels. (For these complete sessions, a separate pathway
is provided in the Web link for abstract submission.) Conference
documentation will include proceedings published electronically,
a special issue of the journal Business Strategy and the Environment
(ERP Environment & John Wiley & Sons), and one or
more edited books. Full papers (for research papers, case
studies, position papers) will be peer reviewed prior to the
conference for Best Paper awards and as part of the design
of the books and the journal special issue. Note that full
papers will be optional for those participating only in panels,
debates, discussions and dialogues.
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| Conference
Programme |
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The
Greening of Industry Network provides a platform for people
from diverse backgrounds to share ideas and experiences and
to strengthen relationships, visions and practices for sustainable
development. Features of the Network conference include keynote
speeches, plenary debates, breakout sessions, research paper
workshops, and poster presentations. There will be preliminary
sessions on Sunday 7th November and a Postgraduate Research
Workshop. The conference will open officially on Monday, November
8th and close Wednesday afternoon, November 10th.
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