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Making the Great Transformation (Conference)

Making the Great Transformation (Conference)

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Updated: July 7, 2008, 9:20 pm
Topics: Sustainable Development
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Adil Najam

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
  • Participants’ Biographies and Contact Information

Citation

Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range (Lead Author);Adil Najam (Topic Editor) "Making the Great Transformation (Conference)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth July 7, 2008; Last revised Date July 7, 2008; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Making_the_Great_Transformation_(Conference)>

The Author

Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-RangeThe mission of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future is to serve as a forum for representatives and experts from a broad range of disciplines to take an informed, rigorous, and thoughtful look at the multiple forces that will shape our global community in the next 35 to 200 years, and determine what specific impact they may have on our lives. The overarching mission of the Center is to serve as a leading academic nucleus for the study of the future and to prod ... (Full Bio)

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