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2 Dec |
"Urban futures for an extended life - the sustainability and technology implications of centenarians" - a mini seminar
Deadline for registration: 30 November 2009
This workshop is to explore research needs and opportunities with an emphasis on sustainability and innovation. The mini-seminar will include primer presentations to outline the issues and demographics, a discussion panel to lift research questions and needs and a workshop to develop clear recommendations to the AGS.
Contact person: Greg Morrison
Registration HERE
Preliminary programme (pdf)
More informations: invitation flyer (pdf)
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30 April |
Invitation to
Intensive Program for Sustainability 2009 (IPoS)
"Food, Energy and Water"
Deadline for scholarship application:
25 May 2009
Session 1: 31 July - 12 August
Session 2: December (dates tba)
Scholarship for
Chalmers students:
Two full funding scholarships are available for Chalmers students.
Download application instructions and form here (pdf)
Fill in online application here
Link to more information about IPoS, click here
Who
can apply?
Chalmers students who are enrolled in their last year of a ´civilingenjör'
or 'arkitekt' programme, international master students who
are enrolled in the academic year 2009/2010 and has passed
at least 75% of their course and 'doktorander' who are enrolled
in the first year of their 'forskarutbildning'.
Contact person: Alexandra
Priatna
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12 March |
Information from AGS Annual Meeting 2009
webcasts and presentations available here
Posters from the conference can be found at this link: Poster pdf.
The conference organisers made a sustainability pledge, to set targets to minimize the environmental footprint of the event in the areas of transport, food, materials, and energy and water use. An important aspect of this pledge is the impact and perception of the conference participants - for this we need your help!
Please complete the Participants survey
A report on the results will soon be available at this link
Participants survey Report
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18 March |
A day for a sustainable future, Chalmers student for Sustainability (CSS)
Time: March 18th, 12.00-18.00
Location: RunAn, the student union building, Chalmers, Göteborg
More information here
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23-24 Feb
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AGS Urban Future global seminar, Denpasar, Bali
"Sustainable City Region"
Seminar information is found here
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26-29 Jan |
AGS Annual Meeting 2009, ETHZ, Switzerland, organised jointly with the ETH Competence Centre for Environment and Sustainability (CCES)
Meeting theme : "Urban Futures - the challenge of sustainability"
This year, the AGS is sponsoring the participation costs of 10 participants from developing countries at its Annual Meeting 2009. The sponsorship will cover travel and accomodation from Sunday 25 Jan to Thursday 29 Jan - to a maximum of Swiss Franc 2000:- (roughly USD 1800 or Euro 1250). The conference fee will be waived. Accepted participants will be asked to present a poster. More information is available below as pdf.
Deadline for submission of poster abstracts: 1 December 2008
Deadline for registration: 15 December 2008
Deadline forscholarship application for participants from developing countries: 18 October 2008
Conference website: AM2009 at ETHZ
Contact person: Prof. Peter Edwards and Ms. Evelyn Underwood
Download announcement here:
AM2009 flyer (pdf)
AM2009 call for poster (pdf)
AM2009 grants for developing countries (pdf)
Dear AGS Annual Meeting 2009 attendee,
Thank you for attending and participating in the AGS Annual Meeting 2009. It was our pleasure to have so many engaged and interesting participants
1. AGS Annual Meeting 2009 website - webcasts and presentations available
We are very glad to announce that our webcasts of the AGS Annual Meeting 2009 are complete and available to you at the following link.
Webcasts of the AGS Annual Meeting 2009.
In addition, we are currently working on a report of the meeting. As part of this report, we hope to include the diverse perspectives of attendees. If you found a particular presenter interesting or were impressed by a unifying theme, we would like to hear from you.
We also thank those poster authors who have provided their poster pdf to publish on the conference website at this link:
Poster pdf.
Please send us your poster pdf if you are willing to have it published online.
2. participants survey and sustainability pledge
The conference organisers made a sustainability pledge, in which we pledged to set targets to minimize the environmental footprint of the event in the areas of transport, food, materials, and energy and water use. An important aspect of this pledge is the impact and perception of the conference participants - for this we need your help!
Please complete the participants survey at this link:
Participants survey
Many thanks to all the S3 students who have already completed it. We will produce a report on the results, which you will find at this link soon.
Participants survey Report
3. AGS mailing list
The Alliance for Global Sustainability will send out quarterly email newsletters reporting on the activities of the Alliance. We would like to add your email to the mailing list and will send you an invitation soon. If you do not wish to receive any more emails from the AGS, please send us a short email and we will remove your name.
Once again, thank you for attending the AGS Annual Meeting 2009. We hope that you enjoyed yourself and we look forward to your feedback.
PS we are looking for copies of the programme and abstract books of the conference. If anyone does not wish to keep them we would appreciate receiving them back!
AGS AM 2009
Organizing Committee
ETH Zurich
HG F 52.1
Raemistrasse 101
CH-8092 Zurich
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2008 |
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21 November
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AGS Urban Future global seminar, MIT Boston - "Green Island" |
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17 November |
AGS Urban Future Initiative Seminar, Cape Town, South Africa
organised jointly with Cape Peninsula University of Technology
"Integrating sustainability into African urban growth"
The aim of this seminar is to provide an African perspective on Urban Futures. The Keynote Address will be given by Dr. Mamphela Ramphele. Dr. Ramphele is an important South African personality since her involvement in the anti-apartheid movement.
As for the other Urban Futures Seminars, the Cape Town seminar will be filmed and available online.
Contact person: Dr. Sebastien Rauch
Symposium flyer (pdf)
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14 November |
Seminar on "Urban Futures Research: tackling complex reality" at ETH Zürich
This seminar will seek to understand the dimensions of research that tackles the complex reality of urban systems, and achieve a better understanding of how interdisciplinary research for more sustainable urban futures must be designed and carried out, using examples from the ETH, EPFL, and research institutes. It will also report on the results of the AGS workshop "Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Urban Futures".
More information: AGS at ETH Download workshop flyer (pdf)
Download seminar flyer (pdf)
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9-11 June |
9 Highway and Urban Environment Symposium, UPM - Madrid
Deadline for abstract submission: 29 February 2008
Deadline for presenter's registration: 9 April 2008
Deadline for delegate's registration: 9 May 2008
Symposium website: 9HUES
Contact person for participation: Dr. Sebastien Rauch
Download first announcement flyer here (.pdf)
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7 February |
Invitation to
Youth Encounter on Sustainability, YES 2008
Deadline for scholarship application: 2 April 2008
04 - 21
July 2008 in Braunwald, Switzerland - Session 1
08 - 25 Aug 2008 in Braunwald, Switzerland - Session 2
These two week courses aim to sensitize participants to the complex issues of sustainable development in a global context, while also exploring issues pertinent to different region, through course work, field trips, guided artistic sessions, workshops, group work, discussions and practical learning experience, combined with social and cultural activities.
Scholarship for
Chalmers students:
Full funding scholarships are available for Chalmers students
and doctoral students through TheAGS.
Download application instruction and registration form here.
Download YES brochure as pdf here
Who
can apply?
Chalmers students who are enrolled in their last year of a ´civilingenjör'
or 'arkitekt' programme, international master students who
are enrolled in the academic year 2007/2008 and has passed
at least 75% of their course and 'doktorander' who are enrolled
in the first year of their 'forskarutbildning'.
Contact person: Jonna Bjuhr Männer
More information on YES2008, click here
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28 - 31 January |
AGS Annual Meeting 2008, MIT - Boston, USA.
Deadline for poster submission: 15 October 2007
Meeting theme: "Designing Pathways for a Sustainable World: at Scale, in Time and for All"
Conference website: AM2008 at MIT
Contact person for participation: Karen Gibson
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Events 2007 |
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27 November |
One day seminar on "Nordic and European perspectives on Pathways to Sustainable Energy", Chalmers
Deadline for application: 26 October 2007
Contact person for participation: Prof. Filip Johnsson
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9 November |
Presentation on "Under ytan – Vrak som möjliga miljöhot", Sjöfartmuseet, Göteborg
Deadline for application: 5 November 2007
Contact for participation: info.sjofartsmuseum@kultur.goteborg.se
Download full report here
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9-11 March |
AGS Annual Meeting, UPC Barcelona
Conference website: www.agsevent.org
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23 March |
Invitation to
Intensive Program for Sustainability 2007 (IPoS)
"Forest, regional development and global sustainability"
Deadline for scholarship application:
28 June 2007
9-22 September 2007 in Hokkaido, Japan
Scholarship for
Chalmers students:
One full funding scholarship is available for Chalmers students.
Download application instructions and form here.
Link to more information about IPoS, click here Who
can apply?
Chalmers students who are enrolled in their last year of a ´civilingenjör'
or 'arkitekt' programme, international master students who
are enrolled in the academic year 2006/2007 and has passed
at least 75% of their course and 'doktorander' who are enrolled
in the first year of their 'forskarutbildning'.
Contact person: Alexandra
Priatna
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20 February |
Invitation to
Youth Encounter on Sustainability, YES 2007
Deadline for scholarship application:
23 March 2007
04 Aug - 20
Aug 2007 in Braunwald, Switzerland
24 Aug - 10 Sep 2007 in Bratislava, SlovakiaTwo courses are held under the
theme "The Challenge of a Sustainable World – Living
for 10 Billion People". The
courses will be held in English.
Link to YES2007 brochure (click
here) .
Scholarship for
Chalmers students:
Full funding schoarships are available for Chalmers students
and doctoral students.
Download application instrutions and form here. Who
can apply?
Chalmers students who are enrolled in their last year of a ´civilingenjör'
or 'arkitekt' programme, international master students who
are enrolled in the academic year 2006/2007 and has passed
at least 75% of their course and 'doktorander who are enrolled
in the first year of their 'forskarutbildning'.
Contact person: Alexandra
Priatna
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