>Important Dates > >* Deadline for abstract submission: December 31, 2004 >* Notification of Acceptance: January 21, 2005 >* Deadline for submission of full papers to be published in the >conference proceedings book and considered for publication in conference >journals: May 25, 2005 > >Organiser > >Conference organised by Finland Futures Research Centre > and Finland Futures Academy > from the Turku School of >Economics and Business Administration provides an international forum for >researchers and industry practitioners to meet and share their new ideas >in the area of Foresight management. > >Topics of Interest > >Contributions are solicited in (but not limited to) the following topical >areas: > >* Foresight management * Visionary management >* Strategic management >* Long-run business visions >* Barriers in putting visions into action >* Foresight methodologies >* Integrated chain management >* Strategic intelligence of foresight >* Impact of foresight and strategic intelligence on decision making >on innovation >* International cooperation in foresight studies >* Specific case studies of foresight >* Sustainability strategy issues in corporations >* Environmental management systems and standards >* SMEs and environmental management >* Environmental auditing and assessment >* Sustainability performance indicators and measurement systems >* Corporate accountability and social responsibility >* Comparative country and firm level benchmarking systems >* Decision-making analysis and the environment > >Key Journal Audiences > >* Corporate Planners >* Governmental Advisors >* Market Development Managers >* Public Affairs Executives >* Public Agencies >* Regulatory Executives >* Research and Development Managers >* Strategic Planners >* Academics and researchers interested in future studies, social, >economic and political sciences, management and business studies, public >policy, planning and cultural studies. > >Review Process > >Papers will be reviewed by their abstracts (max 200 words). Abstracts >should contain paper title and the body of the paper, with author names, >affiliations and contact information. Scientific board that will evaluate >the abstracts include Professor Markku Wilenius, Professor Jouni Korhonen, >PhD Jyrki Luukkanen, PhD Mika Aaltonen, PhD Jari Kaivo-oja and PhD Jarmo >Vehmas. > >Final papers should be original, unpublished and not more than ten >single-spaced pages with a minimum font size of 12 pt. Papers should be >submitted in pdf format, and should only contain the paper title and the >body of the paper, with author names and affiliations. Final papers should >be sent to the conference secretariat one week before the conference. > >Best conference papers will be published in following journals: Foresight, >Progress in Industrial Ecology - An International Journal (PIE) or Futura. > >Special Offer > >The conference is organised in cooperation with the 11th Annual >International Sustainable Development Research conference > held in June 7-8, 2005 in Helsinki, >Finland. There is a special discount fee for those who attend both of >these conferences held June 7-10, 2005. For details of the 11th Annual >International Sustainable Development Research conference, please contact >marjaana.lampinen@xxxxxx or see the web >site. > > >Prices (in euros) > >For one conference > >Registration until April 29 > >Registration until May 31 > >Full Seminar Fee > >420 > >490 > >Post-Graduates > >290 > >330 > >Students > >180 > >200 > > > > > > > >For both conferences > >Registration until April 29 > >Registration until May 31 > >Full Seminar Fee > >650 > >730 > >Reduced Fee* > >470 > >550 > > * Graduate and post-graduate students > >The Conference Fee includes the admission to: > >* Sessions >* Workshops >* Conference Materials >* Coffee and lunch on both conference days >* Evening event >* VAT 0% > >Contact Information > >For further information, please send e-mail to conference2005@xxxxxxxx > >or visit the website http://www.tukkk.fi/tutu/conference2005 > > > >Paula Hakola >Researcher >Finland Futures Research Centre >Turku School of Economics and Business Administration >Hämeenkatu 7 D >33100 Tampere >Finland >e-mail: paula.hakola@xxxxxxxx >Phone: +358-3-223 8367 > >Telefax: +358-02-4814 630 > >"Minds are like parachutes >-they only function when open" > >Thomas Dewar _______________________________________________ syc-sustainable_campuses mailing list syc-sustainable_campuses@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sierraclub.ca/mailman/listinfo/syc-sustainable_campuses --------------------------------- Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals