Upcoming programmes

Creating Breakthroughs: Green growth, Eco-innovation, Entrepreneurship and Jobs
Part of the 'Towards Sustainable Product Design' series of conferences

Sustainable Innovation 2010 will provide a platform to discuss the future opportunities and challenges related to the design, development and commercialisation of sustainable products, services, technologies and new business models. Sustainable Innovation 2010 will include invited and refereed papers from academics, consultants, entrepreneurs, investors, technology providers, designers, sustainability, environment and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) managers as well as other business functions. The event will be a unique learning experience, networking space and an opportunity to think! Delegates will come globally from large companies, entrepreneurs, as well as academia, government and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The conference is supported by an international Advisory Board.

Sustainable Innovation 2010 welcomes conceptual and research-based papers covering sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design and development. Papers particularly focused on the relationship between sustainable innovation, products, technology, entrepreneurship and job creation related to the following topics are particularly welcomed:

* Radical change
* Sustainable technologies
* Disruptive Innovation
* Innovation processes
* Market transformation
* Organisational dimensions
* Sustainable Consumption & Production
* Green public procurement
* Regional approaches
* Supply chain management
* Product policy
* Management systems
* Eco-innovation
* Sustainable product design and development
* New business models
* Education, training and skills
* Product-service-systems (PSS)
* Collaborations and partnerships
* Green venturing
* Methodologies
* Sustainable entrepreneurship
* Case Studies

Sustainable Innovation 2010 will provide a range of benefits to speakers and delegates:

* Unique: Forum for new ideas and concepts
* Leading-edge: Presentations from leading researchers, practitioners and policy-makers
* Content: New research, results and thinking
* Networking: Opportunities to meet business, government and academia
* Track-record: Over 1600 delegates from over 40 countries have attended previous conferences
* Established: 15th international conference

For more information and contact details please visit the hosts website at The Centre for Sustainable Design