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Call for Conference Presentations and Proposals

Hosted by CSU, Chico, The Associated Students of CSU, Chico, Butte College and The Associated Students of Butte College ~ at California State University, Chico Campus.

Proposal Submission DEADLINE: Monday, June 2, 2008
To submit a presentation proposal please click here.

Purpose: The conference provides a forum to discuss issues that are relevant to our region, our community, and our faculty, staff, and students. We seek to develop common ground to help build a sustainable society; one that balances economic, environmental and social needs. We have an exciting list of keynote speakers and plenary sessions. We seek your ideas and proposals for workshops, seminars, posters, and facilitated discussions on these major themes:

• Taking Action: Policy actions by municipalities, counties, as well as community and campus-based groups.
• Food and Agriculture: Nutrition, organic agriculture, maintaining the viability of the family farm, protecting farmland.
• The Green Economy: Preparing yourself and retooling for the green economy, investing in the green economy, certifying your business as green, and managing for sustainability.
• Cutting Edge Technologies: Future technologies in building, transportation, and energy production.
• Cultural, Ethical, and Spiritual Issues: Stewardship and religion, cultural differences, nature as a refuge.
• Teaching Sustainability: K-12, college, fostering sustainable behavior, changing behavior on campus and in the community.
• Images of the Natural World: Art, music, poetry.
• Sustainability 101: Basics for beginners in all areas of sustainability.

Audience: The target audience is broad but aimed at the growing number of faculty, staff, students, administrators, public officials and citizens who embrace the concept of sustainable development, who wish to work together to build sustainable communities, who believe that we can learn from one another, and who realize there are many voices and perspectives that must be heard. Sessions will be designed for beginners, as well as those with advanced knowledge.

All proposals must:

• Identify the theme for which you are submitting a proposal.
• Provide the title of the session you propose to organize, the paper you wish to present, or the title of the poster you wish to display.
• Include a description of your presentation.
• Specify the audience, e.g., business owners, builders, designers, architects, farmers, consumers, students, public administration (may be multiple), and whether or not it is for beginners or those with advanced knowledge.
• Include type of participation: individual presentation, workshop, panel presentation, video presentation, open discussion, or paper or poster session.
• Identify all individuals included in the presentation.

Deadline for submission: All proposals should be received by Monday, June 2, 2008 and should be submitted electronically using the proposal form to Teri Randolph at The Institute for Sustainable Development, California State University, Chico.

Notification of acceptance or rejection of your proposal will be sent to you via e-mail no later than July 1, 2008.

NOTE: Because this is a non-profit event speaker fees generally will not be paid. All speaker fees must be pre-approved by the director of the Institute for Sustainable Development. Please click here to complete a Special Circumstances Request for Speaker Fees. Request responses will be returned to you no later than July 1, 2008.