Join this immersive symposium to learn and share multi-sector solutions that can equip grassroots producers to lead the vanguard toward sustainable development goals for:
The four-day symposium and congress will bring together about 300 junior and senior scientists from around the world to share and discuss the latest advances in research and development for Moringa, the multi-purpose tree, and to promote the sustainability of its production, processing, utilization, marketing and trade as well as consumption for health and vitality, industry profitability and global competitiveness. The program includes invited speakers, poster sessions, student/fellow presentations, interactive discussion sessions, and free time for informal interaction with colleagues.
Join IAFOR in Brighton, UK, from July 9-12, for the European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 2015. Explore the conference theme of "Power and Sustainability" in an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary setting.
To submit your abstract, please create an account with our online submission system. Once you have done so you will be able to login and submit your abstract.
Sustainability remains as a powerful ideal that acts as a driving force in relation to the pressing concerns of energy and the environment. Its proponents often protest their lack of power to effect change because of the control systems already in place in the form of tax-evading multinational corporations, banks that support them, and governments that turn a blind eye to malpractice. Is the claim to lack of power as serious as is alleged, or are there other approaches that have not been tried? Advocates of sustainable growth surely have the responsibility to search for alternative avenues and corridors of power? The abolition of slavery in the British Empire, for example, was the work of one man who resisted and confounded the argument that no economy could survive without it. This conference will take the concepts and lenses of power and sustainability as we seek multidisciplinary solutions and work together towards the creation of a sustainable world. We look forward to seeing you (again) in Brighton in 2015.
Streams: Environmental Sustainability and Human Consumption: Food and Water, Hunger and Thirst Environmental Sustainability and Human Consumption: Waste Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Management: Freshwater, Oceans and Seas Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Management: Land Use and Misuse Environmental Sustainability and Environmental Management: Atmosphere and Air Cultural Sustainability: Protecting, Preserving and Conserving Economic Sustainability: Environmental Challenges and Economic Growth Economic Sustainability: Sustainable Businesses and CSR Social Sustainability and Social Justice Social Sustainability, War and Peace Social Sustainability and Sustainable Living Energy: Environmental Degradation Energy: Renewable Energy and Environmental Solutions Energy: Energy Economics and Ecological Economics
Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters or colloquia are invited for the Fourth International Conference on Food Studies being held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA from 18-19 September 2015.
SPECIAL CONFERENCE FOCUS:
"A Cross Roads in Food Studies: Alternative vs Traditional Food Systems and Movements"
The world faces a series of challenges that engage the food studies community. On the one hand, some regions of the world are increasingly plagued by food insecurity, hunger, and famine. On the other, questions about the environmental and economic sustainability of traditional input-heavy agriculture continue to encourage scholars and practitioners to think in terms of a return to local or community-based agriculture. Linked to this discussion is the controversy over the development and cultivation of genetically modified foods, the role of organic agriculture in modern food systems, and concerns about our ability to feed an ever-growing human population.
The 2015 meeting will focus on the cross roads between alternative food systems and traditional systems of agricultural production. We welcome debate, discourse, and research from scholars and practitioners who engage these issues as well as other subjects related to the food studies discourse.
CONFERENCE THEMES:
Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, focused discussions or colloquia are invited that address the broader themes listed below. In addition to the special focus, paper presentations will be grouped into one of the following categories for presentation at the conference:
Theme 1: Food Production and Sustainability Theme 2: Food, Nutrition and Health Theme 3: Food Politics, Policies, and Cultures
Presenters may also choose to submit written papers for publication to the fully refereed Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, you may still join the community by becoming a member and submit your article for peer review and possible publication, upload an online presentation, and enjoy subscriber access to the journal.
Proposals for in-person presentations should be submitted by 4 AUGUST 2015 (title and short abstract). Proposals submitted after this day will be accommodated in non-themed sessions at the conference or are eligible for community membership registrations (no attendance at conference required with community membership presentations).
For more information on submitting your proposal and registering for the conference visit:
Dear Scholars, Students, NGO and governmental representatives:
We are happy to announce Rural Development Conference 2015, hosted by Tomorrow People Organization. This highly exciting and challenging international Conference is intended to be a forum, discussion and networking place for academics, researchers, professionals, administrators, educational leaders, policy makers, industry representatives, advanced students, and others interested in rural development and agriculture.
More specifically, it targets:
Scholars: Share your research, learn some new approaches, hear about others' experiences and pass on your knowledge and experience.
Government officials and policy makers: Learn about the best practices, rural and agricultural development strategies and systems around the world; network with other policy makers and NGOs working in the field of supporting rural development.
NGOs: Network with other international NGOs, possible donors and colleagues from around the world and share your achievements and strategies with others.
Graduate students: Meet your colleagues from around the world, make new friends, and improve your knowledge and communication skills.
Company representatives: This is a chance to improve your leadership skills, learn more about the importance of critical issues in achieving the high performances of your organization, meet your colleagues, exchange ideas and establish new connections and partnerships.
Others: Anyone who is interested in making some positive changes around them and gaining new knowledge, skills and friends and becoming more useful to their own communities.
Rural Development Conference 2015 will provide unlimited resources and opportunities to interact with prominent leaders in the fields rural development and agriculture and greatly expand on your global network of scholars and professionals.
We welcome: ORAL, POSTER and VIRTUAL presentations. Early submissions are strongly encouraged due to limited space in the venue, as applications are reviewed on a rolling admission basis - as long as space is available.
The conference topics include, but are not limited to: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Research, Agricultural Risk Management, Agricultural Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Community Based Rural Development, Economic and Social aspect of Rural Development, Economic Development, Employment in Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Food Production, Food Safety, Forests and Forestry, Gender and Rural Development, Irrigation and Drainage, Land Policy and Administration, Land and Food Security, Land Resources Management, Livestock and Animal Resources, Micro-finance for Rural Development, Organic Food Production, Poverty, Rural Education, Rural Finance, Rural Healthcare, Rural Livelihoods, Rural Policy, Rural Private Sector Development, Rural Transport, Rural Water Supply, Technology and Innovation, Sanitation and Hygiene, Sustainable Rural Development, Water Resources Management, Other topics related to rural and agricultural development.
Papers presented at the conference will be published in a dedicated ISBN publication of RDC 2015 Conference Proceedings.
We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok in November 2015, as one of our participants, coming from over 60 countries worldwide!
ADB's Young Professionals Program (YPP) recruits highly qualified and motivated individuals to ADB. YPP provides the foundation for a challenging and rewarding professional career in an international development environment. YPP offers a range of opportunities to develop professional skills and understanding of ADB's operations, policies and procedures.
The fundamental objective of the program is to recruit a limited number of entry level professionals with relatively less experience, but with the potential to grow into full fledged staff contributing to ADB's Strategy 2020.