Making the Great Transformation (Conference)

Series: Pardee Center Conference Series
Organized by: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
Primary Speakers: Robert Kaufmann, Adil Najam, Cutler Cleveland, and Peter Saundry
Dates: November 13, 14, and 15, 2003
Location: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, Boston, MA
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  • Foreword by Cutler Cleveland
  • Conference Participants
  • Introduction and Welcome from Adil Najam
  • Keynote Address
    • “Human Development Report 2003, Millennium Development Goals: A Compact Among Nations to End Human Poverty”
      Sakiko Fukuda-Parr
  • Presentations
    • SESSION ONE
      • "What Are Great Transformations?"
        Robert Kaufmann, Discussion Leader
      • "On the Well-being of Nations”
        Robert Prescott-Allen, presenter
      • “Contours of the Possible: Global Scenarios and Great Transitions”
        Paul Raskin, presenter
    • SESSION TWO
      • "How do transformations happen?"
        Adil Najam, Discussion Leader
      • “Public Health in the Time of Great Transition”
        David Ozonoff, presenter
      • “The Demographic Transition: Instinct, By-product, or Design?”
        John Haaga, presenter
      • “Energy Transitions Past, Present, and Future”
        Cutler Cleveland, presenter
    • SESSION THREE
      • "What Drives Transformations? "
        Cutler Cleveland, Discussion Leader
      • “Shifting Public-Private Involvement: A Public Good Perspective”
        Pedro Conceição, presenter
      • “The World Is a Third-World Country”
        Tariq Banuri, presenter
    • SESSION FOUR
      • "Transformations in the Making"
        Peter Saundry, Discussion Leader
      • “Defining and Pursuing a Multidimensional Sustainability Transformation”
        Barry Hughes, presenter
      • “Connecting Bangladeshi Villages”
        Iqbal Z. Quadir, presenter
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