INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FORUM
12th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
EBBF/IEF Annual Conference 2008
dePoort Conference Centre, The Netherlands
18-21 September 2008
A joint conference with the European Baha'i Business Forum (EBBF) on the theme
Growth or Sustainability?
Defining, Measuring and Achieving Prosperity
REPORTS ON CONFERENCE SESSIONS: http://ebbf.net/conference/
VIDEOS OF MAIN PRESENTATIONS: http://www.youtube.com/EBBFvideo
PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
20:00 Interviewing the presenters & getting to know who is here
FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? GETTING THE FACTS RIGHT
09:00 Devotional and Opening of the Conference
Victoria Thoresen and Wendi Momen
09:15 THE GROUNDING KEYNOTE
Sylvia Karlsson
10:00 THREE ANGLES TO SUSTAINABILITY
Moderator: Shoghi Emerson
Rebecca Mesbah - the social challenge - local and global sustainability through gender balance
Shervin Setareh - achieving sustainability through cross-sector consultation and collaboration
Yves Garenne - measuring un-sustainability reporting and the risks of un-sustainability
11:20 - 11:45 Break
11:45 THE SUSTAINABILITY ISLANDS
A World Café dynamic where working groups will address in more intimate conversations, sitting with the conference presenters, some of the issues connected with the conference theme.
12:45 Introducing THE PROJECTS ROOM
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 TWO POINTS OF VIEW
Two presenters followed by lively questions and answers offering new perspectives in the broader concept of true prosperity:
Stephen Karnik - The human perspective: defining true prosperity, spiritual development
John Patterson - The business perspective: what are the necessary principles or strategies for "favouring the future" in society offering new ideas of how we should shape the current and future world economic order.
16:30 - 16:45 Break
16:45 WALK THE TALK
An outdoor activity to allow you to enjoy the forest and the people around you: walking, talking, learning in a more "natural" environment
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner
20:00 EVENING ENTERTAINMENT
20:45 EVENING GALA CONCERT
A musical programme to delight both the ears and the spirits: Concert by renowned pianist Nancy Lee Harper and a unique opportunity to hear the music and sounds from Finland to the Altai mountains offered by Janne Lemettinen and Aram Aflatuni
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
OFFERING SOLUTIONS, NEW APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS
09:00 Devotional period
09:10 INTRODUCING SOLUTIONS KEYNOTE
Arthur Dahl (powerpoint presentation 2.5 mb)
Reflecting the current status, browsing through the new perspectives and then offering ways forward to reach true prosperity
10:00 THREE PATHS TO THE SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Moderator: Mahmud Samandari
Three talks that bring out the diversity of views and opinions of how to make the world a more sustainable place. Short presentations focusing on getting practical coming from three different backgrounds:
Tannaz Grant - The individual perspective: detachment, what is enough and what does it mean
Doug Henck - The business perspective: selling less or creating a sustainable growth model, introducing the principle of trustworthiness
Gordon Naylor - The community perspective: the oneness of humankind, for the love of the future humankind
11:10 - 11:30 Break
11:30 1st set of Workshops and breakout sessions
Arthur Dahl - Introducing EBBF/IEF Indicators of Sustainability for companies
Steve Hall - Introducing "Green Projects" in the construction industry
Gordon Naylor - Implementing a Moral and Ethical Framework in your business
Rebecca Mesbah - Gender balance at work
Diana Cartwright - Growth and profits in a world of extremes: what's a company to do?
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 2nd set of Workshops and breakout sessions
Alain Gauthier - Developing generative change leaders across sectors: an exploration of integral approaches
Lawrence Staudt - Renewable energy and energy sustainability
Jean Pierre Méan - Sharing experiences, case studies and suggesting approaches to bring about sustainability by using new approaches fighting corruption
Aram Aflatuni - Spreading values making the best possible use of the media: a powerful means to influence
Mirjami Malleus & Janne Lemettinen - What do we really want? - a workshop where the participants have an opportunity to stop for a moment to check their lives and careers.
Victoria Thoresen - Sustainable consumption
17:00 - 17:15 Break
17:15 - 18:30 EBBF Annual General Meeting
18:45 - 20:00 IEF Annual General Assembly
18:15 - 20:00 Dinner
20:00 THE "WORLD TALK" ROUNDTABLE
Live debate hosted by Wendi Momen with the participation of: Augusto Lopez-Claros, Victoria Thoresen, John Patterson, Steve Karnik, Rebecca Mesbah, Emanuel Gavert
21:00 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH AUGUSTO LOPEZ-CLAROS
The former Chief Economist of the World Economic Forum offers his keynote titled:
The Future World Economy; The Shape of Things to Come
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, IMPLEMENTING THOSE SOLUTIONS
9:00 Devotional period
09:10 LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
Looking at the future from an AIESEC perspective - Lucy Symons and Emanuel Gavert, AIESEC
09:40 FINDING OUR WAY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
The future scenarios of Sustainability from the CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative, Ernst Ligteringen
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 COMMITMENTS THAT LEAD TO CHANGE
Keynote by Victoria Thoresen
How the initiatives of individuals, businesses and governments link together to help us have more responsible, sustainable lifestyles
12:00 VISIONARY CLOSE
Reflecting the journey of these last three days, highlighting its key messages by Arthur Dahl
12:30 Lunch and goodbyes
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