26-29 March 2012 • London, UK

NEW SESSIONS AND PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
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New sessions and speakers announced for this major international science conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge

Call for Papers

Abstracts for presentations and posters are invited by 16 September 2011 to be submitted against the session topics described on the conference website. Please note: Additional sessions, including several on urbanisation and sustainability and the role of urban governance, have been added to this list since the first call. A third and final batch of sessions will be added before the abstract deadline.

The preliminary conference programme has also been added to the website and includes details on some of the plenary speakers who will present at the conference.

Conference outline:

• Day 1: State of the planet: the latest knowledge about the pressures on the planet
  
• Day 2: Options and opportunities: exchanging knowledge about ways of reducing the pressures on the planet, promoting transformative changes for a sustainable future and adapting to changes in the global system
• Day 3: Challenges to progress: clarifying what is preventing or slowing humanity from implementing potential solutions
  
• Day 4: Ways ahead: a vision for 2050 and beyond, and exploring new partnerships and pathways towards global sustainability
  

Each day will include relevant aspects of the conference themes:

• A. Meeting global needs: food, energy, water and other ecosystem services
  
• B. Transforming our way of living: development pathways under global environmental change
  
• C. Governing across scales: innovative stewardship of the Earth system
  

Developing World Involvement

A mentoring scheme is available for those who would like guidance in preparing abstracts and developing presentations for the conference. The conference organisers are also aiming to offer financial assistance to participants from the developing world.

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Why you should attend

The conference will provide a comprehensive update of the pressure planet Earth is now under. The conference will discuss solutions at all scales to move societies on to a sustainable pathway and will provide scientific leadership towards the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20.

The programme is designed to attract senior policymakers, industry leaders, NGOs, young scientists, the media, health specialists, and academics from many disciplines.

Find out who you will meet and what you will gain from this event...

Exhibition

An exhibition will run alongside the conference and a range of commercial sponsorship opportunities are available. Companies interested in having a presence at this important event are invited to contact Tom Faulkner for further information.

For further information on submitting an abstract, conference themes and sessions, mentoring and funding visit: www.planetunderpressure2012.net