WRF 2011: World Resources Forum - Shaping the Future of Natural Resources - Towards a Green Economy
During the first public event of the WRF in Davos (Sept. 15-16, 2009), over 500 scientists, entrepreneurs and policy makers shared their ideas and thoughts which resulted in a common declaration.
The next World Resources Forum is scheduled to take place from Sept. 19-21, 2011 in Davos/Switzerland. The Davos plenary in 2011 will be the second event in a series of bi-annual high-profile public events. See our first announcement (PDF).
I'd like to invite you to participate in our CALL FOR PAPERS for the World Resources Forum 2011. The deadline is Jan. 31, 2011. |
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There are several other ways how you can contribute to the World Resources Forum in 2011. See here to learn more. |
Topics of Interest
The Steering and Expert Committee of the WRF have decided to focus the discussions around the following five clusters, based on the WRF 2009 Declaration:
- Security of Supply
Peak minerals, Scarcity of metals and minerals, Environmental and social burden of resource extraction, Resource extraction and socio-political conflicts, Recycling of important material flows, Secondary resources - Growth, Innovation, Decoupling, Efficiency and Sufficiency
Supply chain management, Regional and global material flows, Efficiency of processes and manufacturing, Dematerialization, Low Carbon Society, Green economy, Circular economy, Resources and greenhouse gas emissions, Best practice examples and case studies - Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets
Life cycle analysis, Ecological footprint, Grey energy, Carbon footprint, other Greenhouse-gas-related indicators, Water footprint, Soil-related indicators, Material flow indicators and (per-capita) targets, Standards - The Social Dimension of Resources
Welfare of countries, New economic approaches beyond growth, Values and lifestyles, Consumer behavior, Social LCA, Sustainability assessment, Sustainable consumption, North/South context, Industrializing countries - Communication and Education
Information systems, Product information, Youth involvement, Awareness for resource limits and sustainable resource management, Workplace training, Outreach
Important Dates (subject to change)
• Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2011
• Notification of acceptance: March 14, 2011
• Announcement of preliminary program: March 2011
• Full manuscript submission deadline: May 9, 2011
• Registration deadline for authors: May 9, 2011
• Announcement of final program: August 2011
• WRF 2011 Congress: September 19–21, 2011
Contact information |
Dr. Martin Birtel, Project Manager World Resources Forum; Head of WRF Secretariat - Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology and Society Lab, Lerchenfeldstr. 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
(email: martin.birtel@empa.ch) Phone: +41 71 274 74 74 |
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Event type | Conference |
File link |
http://www.worldresourcesforum.org/ |
Source | The World Resources Forum (WRF) |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.worldresourcesforum.org/files/Call_for_Papers_WRF2011_final_2.pdf |
Geographical coverage | Switzerland, |
Address | Davos |
Organizer | The World Resources Forum (WRF), Organised as a joint teleconference with the EcoTopia Science Institute in Nagoya (Japan) and the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Berlin (Germany) |
Target audience | International |
Period | [19/09/2011 - 21/09/2011] |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |