#ISSS2016 USA-INDIA
International Society for the
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ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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The ISSS 60th Annual Meeting and First Policy Summit - an East-West Systems Dialogue - is going to be an exciting experience with two Conference locations (USA and India), an impressive line-up of speakers, public evening presentations, and a graduate course -- and we would like to see you there either presenting your research, conducting a workshop, sharing ideas and participating in "Realizing Sustainable Futures".
Early-bird Registration is now open and prices go up on 2nd June! |
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS : Submit by 20 June 2016
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We're looking forward to reading your abstracts addressing the Conference Themes or any of the ISSS or Partner Group Calls.
For all details, including how to submit your abstract, download the 'Call for Papers' booklet.
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 University of Colorado, Boulder, USA |
Boulder (USA)
Frameworks for Systemic Sustainability
• The Challenge of System(s) Sustainability
• Towards Holistic System(s) Theory
Global Science and Ecosystem Assessments
• Coupling Human and Natural System(s) Research
• From Crisis to Synergy (Anticipatory, Exploratory and Participatory Methods)
Cultural, Ethical, and Economic Wisdom
• Making Sense in Economics, Ethics, and Policy
• Multi-Cultural Wisdom
Engineering and Systemic Synthesis
• Engineering Sustainable Systems and Technology
• Prospects for Scientific Systemic Synthesis
Education, Communication, and Capacity
• Human Capacity & Student Research
• Systems Literacy Education and Outreach |
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 University of Vignan, Vadlamudi, India |
Vadlamudi (INDIA)
Food, Energy and Water Systems
- Renewable and sustainable energy
- Sustainable and healthy food systems
- Engineering and Sustainability
Economics, Business and Green Technologies
- Circular economic models for business, societies, entrepreneurs and communities
- Green technologies - agriculture and livestock/use of sensors for sustainability
Habitats and Ecosystem Sustainability
- Habitat resilience (rural, urban, forest and natural ecosystems)
- Valedictory session
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An exciting line-up of speakers at both Boulder and Vadlamudi has been developed to inform, inspire, educate and create discussion!
Featured Public Program USA (July 25):
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 Gunter Pauli
(Blue Economy)
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 Willaim Becker
(Global Change)
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 John Fullerton
(Regeneration) |
 Illarion Merculief
(Earth and Spirit)
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 Marc Bekoff
(Ecology and Mind)
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 Joshua Tewksbury
(Future Earth) |
Conference Plenaries USA (July 25-29):
Conference Plenaries India (July 23-25)
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Ockie Bosch
(ISSS President Elect)
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Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr
(Biocomplexity)
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Leonie Solomons
(Crisis and Governance)
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Garry Jacobs
(New Economy) |
Janet McIntyre
(Community Dev.) |
Nam Nguyen
(Decision Support)
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The Organizing Committee:
Affiliated and Participating organizations:
Center for Process Studies, Future Earth, EcoHealth, UNESCO Project Anticipation, USDOI Strategic Sciences Group, WILD Foundation, Stellenbosch Center for Studies in Complexity, World Academy of Art and Science, and long-term partners such as INCOSE, IFSR, ASC, BS Labs, Academy of Management, Participating universities, and many more (see ISSS.org).
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Keep up to date and help us spread the word! |
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Keep up to date and connect with us via our social media channels and the conference website www.isss2016usa-india.com which will be delivering videos, images and links to presenters before and during the conference.
We're grateful to you for helping us spread the word so that this year's conference can be the best one yet by sharing and inviting others to this event on your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Google+, or by forwarding this email.
We look forward to seeing you in Boulder or Vadlamudi! |
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Peter Tuddenham
David Rousseau
Judith Rosen
James Syvitski
