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The 4th World Sustainability Forum

Name: The 4th World Sustainability Forum
Start: 2014-11-01T00:00:00
End: 2014-11-30T00:00:00

01 - 30 November 2014

Online

Welcome from
the chairs

Welcome from the Chair of the Forum

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 4th World Sustainability Forum. The Forum covers research in many areas relating to sustainability and sustainable development, and includes sessions in many important areas:

Sustainable Use of the Environment and Resources
Social Aspects of Sustainability
Economic, Business and Management Aspects of Sustainability
Sustainable Engineering and Science
Energy Sustainability
Sustainable Urban and Rural Development
Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Wildlife
Sustainability Education and Approaches
Sustainability of Culture and Heritage
Posters (not mandatory to submit a proceedings paper)

Participants in this multidisciplinary conference will have the opportunity to examine, explore and critically engage with issues and advances in these and related areas. We hope to facilitate debates on theoretical and practical investigations, and to allow participants to "make a difference".

A special feature of the Forum is that it is an electronic conference. This type of conference is particularly appropriate and useful for the 4th World Sustainability Forum because research concerned with sustainability and sustainable development is progressing rapidly, while activities in industry, government and academia are simultaneously becoming increasingly globalized. Successful research therefore requires interaction with individuals and groups around the world, demonstrating the need for new types of communication within our community. An electronic conference provides a platform for rapid and direct exchanges about the latest research findings, as well as a possibility for global meetings with no limitations related to traveling. To further remove barriers to "attendance", participation in the Forum as an author or other participant is free of charge.

The 4th World Sustainability Forum will be held at www.sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4, on a platform developed by MDPI to organize electronic conferences and sponsored by MDPI and the scientific open access journal Sustainability. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the Forum, and selected papers will be published in Sustainability.

I offer my sincere thanks to all attendees, and especially to authors, keynote presenters, members of the Scientific Advisory Committee, session chairs and organizers.

I hope that your participation in the 4th World Sustainability Forum will prove to be interesting, productive and enjoyable.

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen
Chair of the 4th World Sustainability Forum
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Sustainability
Past President, Engineering Institute of Canada

and Professor Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Marc A. Rosen is a Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada. He served as founding dean from of the Faculty from 2002-08. Dr. Rosen was President of the Engineering Institute of Canada for 2008-10. He served as President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering from 2002 to 2004, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario. With over 50 research grants and contracts and 400 technical publications, Dr. Rosen is an active teacher and researcher in thermodynamics, sustainable energy, and the environmental impact of energy systems. Much of his research has been carried out for industry. He has also worked for such organizations as Imatra Power Company in Finland, Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, and the Institute for Hydrogen Systems near Toronto. Dr. Rosen has received numerous awards and honours, including an Award of Excellence in Research and Technology Development from the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Engineering Institute of Canada’s Smith Medal for achievement in the development of Canada, and the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering’s Angus Medal for outstanding contributions to the management and practice of mechanical engineering. He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the International Energy Foundation.

Organizing Committee
Mr. Matthias Burkhalter, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Ms. Samanta La Russa, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: wsf@mdpi.com
Tel. +41 61 683 77 35

Meet the Event Chairs

Samanta La Russa

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadlineSep 30, 2014
Full file submission deadlineOct 01, 2014

Sessions

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List of Keynotes & Videos

Presentation of the Poster "Gross National Happiness, Limits to Growth, and Challenges to Bhutan's Development Approach"

Dr. Jeremy Brooks, Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, USA Title of the poster"Gross National Happiness, Limits to Growth, and Challenges to Bhutan's Development Approach", available as a download at https://sciforum.net/conference/wsf-4/paper/2464.

Comments

CONGRATULATIONS

Posted by Andres Caballero

5 November 2014 23:45

Dear Dr. Brooks:

This video help to make aware of particular vision of development in Bhutan, its potential strengths
and drawbacks.

Kind regards,

Andres Caballero
Barranquilla, Colombia

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen - Energy Sustainability: Needs and Challenges

Keynote Presentation of the Chair of the 4th World Sustainability Forum, 2014

Comments

Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen - Energy Sustainability: Needs and Challenges

Posted by Askoldas Podviezko

5 November 2014 18:44

A comprehensive structured and detailed introduction, thank you so much. Induces interest in technical details, numbers, and factors. Increases curiosity on proprietary remedy models.

Posted by Marc Rosen

7 November 2014 17:07

Thank you for the comments. I hope that the curiosity you suggest my presentation spawns will lead to much interesting dialogue and debate, as that is necessary - I believe - to move us towards energy sustainability in particular, and sustainability in general.

CONGRATULATIONS

Posted by Andres Caballero

6 November 2014 00:06

Dear Prof. Dr. Rosen:

A well organized, set-on-earth explanation of a key issue.

Kind regards,

Andres Caballero
Barranquilla, Colombia

Posted by Marc Rosen

7 November 2014 17:09

I appreciate the comment very much and I hope the material I included helps move us forward on the road to sustainability, and leads to fruitful conversations.

Life-cycle methodology and sustainability assessment

Posted by Diego Iribarren

17 November 2014 18:19

Thank you for this. As done in this keynote presentation, I find very convenient the inclusion of life-cycle methodologies in the discussion about sustainability. The role of this type of methodologies in sustainability assessment is very signficant, but still with many efforts to be undertaken. In this respect, conference participants interested in novel life-cycle approaches for sustainability assessment are encouraged to see the contribution C0005 on this subject.

Posted by Andres Caballero

17 November 2014 22:51

Thanks, Mr. Iribarren. Greetings from Colombia.