EVENTS Events calendar 2015 A selection of conferences, exhibitions, and seminars of interest to sustainable development professionals. For more detailed information about featured events, please visit the event website via the URL provided. WWW.SHUTTERSTOCK.COM ICTTB 2015 International Conference <strong>Sustainable</strong> in Tourism Technology Logistic & Innovation Business Paris April 12th to 15th April, 2015 / Paris, France ‘The first objective of this program is to give academics an opportunity to present their academic works, concepts and new discoveries; moreover, participants will have a chance to exchange their ideas and develop their works; also, they will meet academics from universities around the world and create alliances to improve their works.’ Website: http://www.icbtstoronto. com/14850598/paris-call-for-paper The Third Conference on <strong>Sustainable</strong> Tourism and Hospitality in Asia (COSTA 2015) Conference April 26th to April 28th 2015 / Hiroshima, Japan ‘The aim of the conference is to foster greater communication and collaboration between scientists, practitioners, and policy makers, in seeking innovative and pragmatic approaches to sustainable tourism and hospitality.’ http://presdafoundation.org/sustainabletourism-hospitality-conference Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact 12th May–14th May 2015 / Cambridge, United States ‘Technically-focused international conference designed to explore emerging technologies that further enable global humanitarian assistance.’ http://www.humanitariantechnology.org 80 7th International Conference on <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Development</strong> and Planning May 19th-May 21th 2015 / Istanbul, Turkey ‘The Conference addresses subjects of regional development in an integrated way as well as in accordance with the principles of sustainability.’ http://www.wessex.ac.uk/15- conferences/sustainable-development-andplanning-2015.html Joint International Conference Managing <strong>Sustainable</strong> Growth (MIC 2015) May 28th to May 30th, 2015 / Portorož, Slovenia ‘The aim of the conference Managing <strong>Sustainable</strong> Growth is to analyse various aspects of sustainable economic growth and development, and to offer researchers and professionals the opportunity to discuss the most demanding other issues of sustainability.’ Website: http://www.mic15.fm-kp.si Modelling Innovation Sustainability and Technologies Conference June 8th-June 9th, 2015 / Lisbon, Portugal ‘The rise of the middle class in China, Brazil, and India, among other countries, the challenges on the employment and the future of work in the context of automation, poverty reduction, water and climate change, represent just a shortlist of very good reasons to investigate and to discover innovative solutions to answer the world global questions, and to design from the scratch new business models that address environmental impacts.’ http://misteike.org Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB-15 Conference 1st July-3rd July, 2015 / Lisbon, Portugal ‘Aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and government and industry professionals to discuss the future of energy in buildings, neighbourhoods and cities from a theoretical, practical, implementation, and simulation perspective. The conference will be an exciting chance to present, interact, and learn, about the latest research in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings.’ http://seb-15.sustainedenergy.org <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Development</strong> Conference July 5th-July 7th 2015 / Bangkok, Thailand ‘A forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students, and others.’ http://www.sdconference.org Humanitarian Innovation Conference 2015: Facilitating Innovation July 17th-July 18th, 2015 / Oxford, United Kingdom ‘A key focus of the conference will explore how we enable innovation, by and for affected communities. It will also seek to examine what facilitation means across the wider humanitarian ecosystem, and how we can better convene the collective talents of people within and across traditional and non-traditional humanitarian actors.’ http://www.ox.ac.uk/event/humanitarianinnovation-conference-2015-facilitatinginnovation International Conference on Education for <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Development</strong> (ICESD 2015) October 6th-October 7th, 2015 / Ebonyi State, Nigeria. ‘The conference aims to provide a forum to researchers, practitioners, educators, entrepreneurs, representatives of industries, educational research institutes across developing nations, and scholars in the education sector, for sharing their research findings and experiences on various aspects of education, including recent trends, issues, and challenges.’ http://icesd2015.org SSD_Events.indd 80 04/03/2015 14:07
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