17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Call for Papers (industrial symbiosis, eco-industrial networking / development)

What does it take to master the challenge of sustainable development?

We invite you to contribute your research on the nature of the sustainable development challenge and its potential solutions to the 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, to be hosted by The Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York City, in partnership with the International Sustainable Development Research Society and which will take place from May 8 to 10, 2011.

The conference will serve as a forum for open and diverse intellectual discourse on the theme of Moving Toward a Sustainable Future: Opportunities and Challenges, with special focus on identifying steps towards sustainability that are ready for implementation on the local, regional and global scale. At the same time ISDRC17 will explore how progress in the field of sustainable development can be translated into political action in preparation for the Rio+20 conference in 2012.

Event details:
17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
Moving Toward a Sustainable Future: Opportunities and Challenges
May 8-10, 2011
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Website: isdrc17.ei.columbia.edu; Email: ISDRC17@ei.columbia.edu

We invite you to submit abstracts of your recent work and join the exchange of experiences.

Abstracts must be submitted online for peer review by January 17, 2011 at 11:00 p.m. EST. Papers for the conference will also be considered for publication in special issues of international scientific peer-reviewed journals organized by the theme leaders and session chairs. If your abstract relates to the areas of industrial symbiosis and eco-industrial networking / development, please choose track 5D - Bridging Organisations for high quality and lively discussion. Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Industrial Ecology - An international journal has also invited us to compile a special issue of the journal from the papers arising from this track. Please email abhishek.agarwal@rgu.ac.uk for any track related information.

Full details on the conference themes, abstract submission, fees and more can be found by visiting the conference website at isdrc17.ei.columbia.edu. Please email ISDRC17@ei.columbia.edu with any questions.

We hope you will consider joining us in May!