17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference

The 17^th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference will be hosted by The Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York City, in partnership with the International Sustainable Development Research Society and which will take place from May 8 to 10, 2011.  

The conference will serve as a forum for open and diverse intellectual discourse on the theme of Moving Toward a Sustainable Future: Opportunities and Challenges, with special focus on identifying steps towards sustainability that are ready for implementation on the local, regional and global scale. At the same time ISDRC17 will explore how progress in the field of sustainable development can be translated into political action in preparation for the Rio+20 conference in 2012.

We invite you to submit abstracts of your recent work and join the exchange of experiences.

Abstracts must be submitted online for peer review by January 17, 2010 at 11:00 p.m. EST. Papers for the conference will also be considered for publication in special issues of international scientific peer-reviewed journals organized by the theme leaders and session chairs.

Full details on the conference themes, abstract submission, fees and more can be found by visiting the conference website.