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26-28 May 2009, Brussels
Charlemagne building

This conference was organised in cooperation with the Czech Presidency of the EU to celebrate the multiple ways through which European research contributes to global sustainable development: improved understanding of the environment, technological solutions, changing mindsets and behaviours, bearing in mind that it is also at the roots of unsustainable trends.
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The conference in detail

Programme - sessions and presentations
Consult the programme overview and get access to all information related to the many parallel sessions, including presentations, papers, session reports, audio recordings and speakers' biographies.

Scientific Committee Manifesto
Read the complete version of the manifesto elaborated by the Scientific Committee of the conference "Research for sustainability and the European Union: from wish to will – a manifesto."

Winning papers
The Scientific Committee has revealed the names of the winning authors who have each won a 1000 EUR cash prize awarded by the European Climate Forum

Photo gallery
We invite you to discover the major actors and the atmosphere of this event throughout our picture gallery.

List of exhibitors
The conference building hosted an exhibition providing space for some 40 stands from organisations with activities related to the theme of the conference.

Scientific Committee - short biographies
The short biographies of all members of the Scientific Committee involved in developing the conference programme.

List of speakers
Browse through the list of more than 100 speakers and consult their biography as well as their presentations, papers and audio recordings.

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