Florida Institute of Technology’s College of Business and College of Science cordially invite you to “Sustainability 2009 – The Next Horizon”, an international, interdisciplinary sustainability conference, on Tuesday, March 3rd and Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. The forum will focus on practical solutions to emerging sustainability issues from business, science, and socio-political viewpoints. Moreover, the conference is designed to appeal to a varied audience, and will offer details on the latest academic research and perspectives for practitioners and public policy makers.
Scheduled over two days, conference sessions include such timely topics as: Sustainable Tourism, Coastal Economics, Climate Change & Adaptation, Climate Risks: Hurricanes & Lightning, Sustainable & Resilient Communities, Renewable Energy, Recycling and Reclamation, and Managing Emerging Technologies. Conference presenters include faculty from Florida Institute of Technology as well as other leading academic institutions, representatives from NGOs and research centers, regional planners and political figures.
Beyond its interdisciplinary format, the forum embeds an international focus with its inclusion of a transatlantic perspective, specifically, researchers from the Budapest University of Technology & Economics (BME), the oldest technological university in Europe. This is the sixth in a series of transatlantic sustainability forums hosted by BME and Florida Tech, alternating between Budapest and Melbourne, Florida.
Online Registration begins on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at http://411.fit.edu/sustainability. A conference registration fee of $85 ($25 for students) entitles registrants to attend both daily sessions as well as luncheons. For those wishing to attend for a single day, the daily fee is $50 ($15 for students), which includes lunch. For more information, contact Linda Ward at (321) 674-7573 or via email at lward@fit.edu. Florida Institute of Technology is located at 150 West University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901 USA.
We hope you’ll join us for this exciting event!