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    "Prof. Walter Leal Filho" wrote:

    > Dear Colleagues,
    >
    > The "Symposium on Regional and Urban Logistics for Sustainable
    > Production and Consumption"
    > will be held on October 29th to 30th 2001, at Schloss Seggau,
    > Austria. It is organised by
    > ENSURE (European Network for Sustainable Regional
    > Development Research),
    > ÖVAF (Austrian association for Agricultural Research) and
    > SUSTAIN
    > (Association for Co-ordination for the Research on
    > Sustainability ).
    >
    > The meeting is based on the premises that regional sustainable
    > development necessitates
    > a substantial increase in the economic as well as social
    > interactions within regions. Innovative
    > approaches are needed to exploit human and natural capital
    > within regions and to reduce economic,
    > environmental and social inefficiencies that result from
    > “over-globalisation” of markets.
    >
    > The symposium will provide a forum for the exchange of
    > experiences of innovative approaches
    > to link production and consumption in a sustainable way within
    > regions as well as between cities
    > and their “hinterland”. It will also provide room for discussion
    > about new strategies for:
    >
    > * New forms of co-operation between producers/service
    > providers and consumers
    > * New forms of marketing for regional products and services
    > * New and unconventional alliances between actors on the
    > regional and interregional level.
    >
    > The goal of the symposium is to provide an opportunity to learn
    > from experiences with different approaches,
    > to link production and consumption on the regional and
    > interregional level, including the co-operation with
    > less developed regions. On top of the exchange of ideas, the
    > symposium will provide a “critical mass”
    > to discuss innovative strategies for new logistical systems that
    > will form the backbone of a sustainable
    > economy on the regional scale. The deadlines are:
    >
    > a) Presentations: Title of presentation and registration of
    > author(s) Sept. 7th 2001
    > b) Short written presentation (max. 5 pages DIN A 4) Sept.
    > 28th 2001
    > (The contributions should be sent in electronically, preferably in
    > MS Word
    > to: mailto:braunegg@glvt.tu-graz.ac.at )
    > c) Registration: Registration of participants October 5th 2001
    >
    > Symposium language
    > The symposium language will be English. Limited consecutive
    > translation (German-English) may be provided for short
    > presentations.
    >
    > For further information, please contact:
    >
    > Sibylle Braunegg
    > SUSTAIN
    > Inffeldgasse 25
    > A 8010 Graz
    > Tel: +43-316-873-7465, Fax: +43-316-873-7469
    > e-mail: mailto:braunegg@glvt.tu-graz.ac.at
    > Please also visit the organisers´ webpages:
    > ENSURE: http://www.european.association.org
    > SUSTAIN:http://www.SUSTAIN.at
    > ÖVAF: http://www.oevaf.at

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