“Futuropolis 2058: Creating Sustainable Urban Environments through Innovation” is the title of the first international Fulbright alumni conference in Asia, which will be held in Singapore on October 21-22, 2008 (Tuesday-Wednesday). The Fulbright Academy will also be hosting special programs on Sunday evening and Monday for participants from other countries.
Hosted by FAST and Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), this 2-day conference aims to bring together many of respected technical experts and visionaries to shape the thinking and practice of urban leaders. The conference will be a catalyst to influence how the urban environments of the future are studied, planned and managed through areas such as urban infrastructure, city management, renewable energy, social networking technologies and future transportation systems.
The program will be filled with senior leaders who have expert business or technological knowledge in creating and maintaining sustainable urban environments. Invited speakers include Christopher Flavin (CEO, Worldwatch Institute), Mike Douglass (Director of the Globalization Research Center, University of Hawaii), Ana Maria Majano (former Minister of Environment, El Salvador), Jeff Kenworthy (Professor in Sustainable Cities, Murdoch University, Australia), Patrick Chanezon (Senior executive for social networking, Google); T.John Kim (professor of urban & regional systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); and Ellen Brennan-Galvin (former Chief of the Population Policy Section, United Nations Population Division). We also will have about 30 Fulbright scholars in the Poster Session/Exhibit area.
We look forward to your participation.
(PDF Version of the Conference flier)
(Click here to submit an abstract for the poster session)
We anticipate having 30-40 posters from a multinational assortment of Fulbright scholars and alumni, and we welcome your participation in this part of the program.
The official conference website is www.FutureofCities.com. Please visit that website for registration information.
Please contact us via email (ehoward@FulbrightAcademy.org) if your ground-breaking research should be included in the poster session or if you or your colleagues match the speaker profile and have valuable experience to share with our delegates.
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