Dear ECOresearcher,

The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 confronts universities throughout the world with challenges and opportunities, as they bear a responsibility for the professional and moral quality of future leaders in society and economy. The conference "Committing Universities to Sustainable Development" held in Graz, Austria from April 20-23, 2005 aims to start the scientific discourse about the role of universities in the quest to transform societies towards sustainability.

Graz will also be the venue for the 20th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection (EnviroInfo-2006), hosted by the Austrian Competence Center for Knowledge Management (Know-Center) from September 6-8, 2006. The call for papers will be announced in one of our upcoming newsletters; information on this year’s conference is available at www.enviroinfo2005.org.

Kind regards, Arno Scharl

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Event Date: Apr 20, 2005
Conference - Universities & Sustainable Development:
(Apr 20-23): The conference offers a unique opportunity for discussing the role of institutions of higher education in an overall societal transition towards sustainable development as well as strategies for the necessary opening of universities to society. During the discussions at the conference a set of guidelines prepared by a preparatory committee will be discussed and refined which will serve as a reference document for universities during the UN Decade.
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Event Date: Apr 27, 2005
Conference - Sustainable Energy 2005:
(Apr 27-29): Sustainable Energy 2005 is five conferences in one and is set to be the most important industry event for the sector. It is a “must attend” for those involved in the sustainable energy industry, including renewable technologies like wind, solar and biomass as well as gas-fired generation, cogeneration, distributed generation and energy efficiency.
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Event Date: May 02, 2005
Conference - OECD Forum 2005:
(May 2-3): The OECD Forum is a “multi-stakeholder summit” which brings together business and labour leaders, civil society personalities, government ministers and leaders of international organisations to discuss the key issues of the 21st century. A number of OECD and non-OECD ministers will be participating in both Forum 2005 and the ministerial summit.
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Event Date: May 03, 2005
Conference - Ecosystems & Sustainable Development:
(May 3-5): ECOSUD 2005 is the Fifth International Conference in the well-established series on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development. The meetings provide a unique forum for the presentation and discussion of recent work on aspects of ecosystems and sustainable development, including physical aspects and modelling.
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Event Date: May 19, 2005
Conference - e-Participation / Env Decision Making:
(May 19-22): Workshop on e-Participation in Environmental Decision Making -- The Internet provides new possibilities for interaction, communication and decision support which are particularly interesting for environmental decision making where visualization, value trade-offs and distributed geographic locations are typical. The workshop will review the needs, possibilities, experiences and applicability of decision and communication models in Internet-supported participation methods.
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Event Date: Jun 24, 2005 - Jun 24, 2005
Conference - Comm & Environment (COCE-05):
(June 24-27): The 8th Biennial Conference on Communication and the Environment focuses on "Wilderness, Advocacy, and the Media". The very idea of wilderness is mediated through various technologies (photograph, television, film, computers). This conference will explore questions around the relation of environmental activism to the media and how human-nature relations are formed and transformed through media.
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Event Date: Jun 29, 2005 - Jun 29, 2005
Conference - Knowledge Management (I-KNOW 05):
(29/06-01/07): The 5th International Conference on Knowledge Management (I-KNOW 2005) serves as an international communication platform to present, discuss, and share scientific results and best practices. I-KNOW covers individual, organizational and technology-oriented aspects of knowledge management.
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