Florida Tech Sustainability Efforts:
Florida Tech Sustainability Efforts:
Florida Tech has several areas where sustainability efforts are underway.
Florida Tech will host the "Sustainability 2009: The Next Horizon", Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA to be held March 3 & 4, 2009.
Here's info from the "Save This Date" notice":
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Florida Institute of Technology’s College of Business and College of Science are jointly hosting an international, interdisciplinary sustainability conference entitled, “Sustainability 2009 – The Next Horizon” 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, Sustainable 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 seventh in a series of transatlantic sustainability forums hosted by BME and Florida Tech, alternating between Budapest and Melbourne, Florida.
Online Registration begins on Monday, January 12, 2009 at [weblink coming soon!]. A conference registration fee of $85 entitles registrants to attend both daily sessions as well as luncheons; the cost for students is $25. For those wishing to attend for a single day, a daily fee of $50 is available which includes lunch that day; the cost for students for one day is $15. A separate charge of $50 covers a keynote dinner on Tuesday evening, March 3rd. For more information, contact Linda Ward at (321) 674-7573 or via email at lward@fit.edu.
We hope you’ll join us for this exciting event!
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Below is information from the 2007 forum for an early estimate of what might be in the 2009 Forum. Last year's efforts resulted in the book,
Nelson, Gordon, and Imre Hronszky, eds. An International Forum on Sustainability. Budapest: Arisztitelesz Publishing Co., 2008, ISBN 978-963-87721-1-4. This fourth volume in the series results from the International Forum on Sustainable Technologies Development.
Florida Tech will host the "Sustainable Pathways: New Research & Practices: An International, Interdisciplinary Forum", Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA to be held March 5-7, 2007.
Currently planned topics (as of Dec. 12, 2006) are "Developments in Ecotourism", "Biological Diversity", "Corporate Social Responsibility", and "Ecotourism Practitioner's Forum" on the first day. The second day will discuss "Smart Growth & Regional Planning", "Sustainability, Technology, & Innovation", and "Renewable Energy".
There will be two banquet lunches with speakers and a banquet dinner with a keynote speaker.
This is an international forum with attendees expected from United Kingdom, Hungary, and the European Union. For more information, contact Ms. Linda Ward, lward@fit.edu, 321-674-7573.
Official announcement is below:
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"Sustainable Pathways: New Research and Practices
A Forum on Sustainability
March 6-7, 2007, all day
Florida Tech campus
150 University Blvd., Melbourne, Fla. 32901
Cost: $85; $25 for students, covers lunches
$45 for March 6 Keynote Dinner
Contact: Linda Ward (321) 674-7573
Online registration begins mid-January at:
http://research.fit.edu/sustainability/.
Public Service Announcement:
Florida Tech will host “Sustainable Pathways: New Research and Practices” on March 6 and 7. The forum is designed to appeal to a varied audience and will feature dozens of international speakers and panelists with business, scientific and socio-political viewpoints. Topics include ecotourism, biodiversity, corporate social responsibility and renewable energy. For more information, contact Linda Ward at (321) 674-7543.
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Colleges
Science:
Sponsoring the 2007 Sustainability Forum.
Engineering
and Computers
University College
Schools
Business
Departments
DMES: The Renewable Energy class, ENS4300/5300 is taught here in the Spring
semester only.
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