Irish University Invites International Stakeholders to Green Economy Summit

Industry and academia join forces to tackle sustainability challenges on the ?emerald isle?.

DUBLIN, Ireland, Sep. 21 /CSRwire/ - Dublin City University will host the #Free SustaiNEXT|EU, Universal Sustainability:? Engaging Business & Education towards a Sustainable Future from October 11^th to 12^th.? This unique two-day conference is open to the public and free to attend due to major sponsorship by BD, SIMS, Best Foot Forward, Dublin City University and will showcase best practice for the green economy, bringing together academia, industry and policymakers to explore local responses to global sustainability challenges in the areas of:

• Agriculture/Food (food security, local ecosystems; emerging food technologies)
• Transportation (urban public transport; aviation, travel and tourism; global supply chains; individual transport choices and behaviour)
• Transformative Education (key education challenges of sustainability and sustainable innovations; how education can support and engender sustainability)
• Global Health (from cure to prevention; making healthcare products more efficient; ensuring accessibility to medicines)
• Global Society (re-organising living conditions; restructuring economic sectors; redefining capitalism; addressing workforce issues, poverty and development, business and work practices; understanding and valuing global and societal diversity; engaging science to develop new technologies)

International speakers at the conference among many others will include:

• Robert L. Lattimer, Senior Fellow in Diversity Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, an authority on Universal Sustainability and Chief Strategist of the Sustainability Collaborative
• Fergus O?Dowd, Minister for State for NewEra Project and Member of Irish Parliament.
• Martin Charter, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Design, University College for the Creative Arts and founding editor of the Journal of Sustainable Product Design, The Green Management Letter and Greener Management International
• David Wathey, Head of Sustainable Procurement, Department of Health, U.K., a leading figure in sustainable procurement in the public sector since 2006.

Places are limited, to find out more and to register for free for this not-to-be-missed opportunity to engage with the green economy, visit the SustaiNEXT|EU registration page.

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