Presentations and Publications

• Pierre Valette, Acting Director, Directorate I, DG Research, EC - Welcome Statement

Plenary sessions

FIRST PLENARY: Sustainable Economics and “Zero emissions” concept

Part 1 – Global challenge - perspectives of implementation

• Joachim H. Spangenberg - Economics and sustainability or the need for more complexity
• Gunter Pauli - Creativity and Innovation in Science: Preconditions for Long Term Competitivity in a Sustainable Society
• Morihiro Kurushima - Challenges on New Technologies For Sustainable Energy System
• Mickael Planasch - From Cleaner Production to Zero Emissions

Part 2 – Development in Baltic Region - Policy, implementation technologies and technologies for Sustainable development

• Andis Zīlāns, Arnolds Ūbelis, Andris Andrušaitis - Participation of Baltic States Researchers inEU FP5 and FP6 Research Projects on Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: Outcomes and Capacity
• Per G Berg - Factor 5 Flow City; Future Images of Sustainable Urban Development in the Baltic Sea Region
• Sergio Ulgiati, Catia Cialani - ENVIRONMENTAL AND THERMODYNAMIC INDICATORS IN SUPPORT OF FAIR AND SUSTAINABLE POLICY MAKING: INVESTIGATING EQUITABLE TRADE AMONG LATVIA, DENMARK AND ITALY
• Walter Leal Filho - Coastman: Coastal Zone Management in the Baltic Sea Region

SECOND PLENARY: Sustainable agriculture, agroforestry, linked resources and developments

• Charlotte Lagerberg Fogelberg, Fredrik Fogelberg - The Use of Environmental Information in Decision Making
• Jānis Grāvītis - Green Biobased Chemistry Platform for Sustainability
• Georgiy Geletukha - Bioenergy Development in Ukraine: State of the Art and Perspectives

THIRD PLENARY: Education for Sustainable Development in the Context of University Municipality Partnership

• Lars Rydén - Local sustainability strategies – a case study in the Baltic Sea region
• Arnolds Ūbelis - Teaching for Sustainable Development and University- Municipality Partnerships. Project “Inversed Brain Drain”
• Bjarne Rasmussen - The Local Agenda 21 Change Agent - why, what, who, how?
• Bernd Delakowitz, Anke Hoffmann - University Responsibility and Sustainability in Social-Economic Regional Development
• Krzysztof Nawratek - LEARNING CITY, TEACHING CITY, CITY AS A SPACE OF EDUCATION

FOURTH PLENARY: Education for Sustainable Development in the Context of University Municipality Partnership

• Luigi Bistagnino - industrial design towards next level of performance
• Ivica Radović, Vladimir Stevanović, Slobodan Regner, Sreten Mandić, Aleksandar Joksimovic, Zlatko Bulić - ADRIATIC SEA AND COASTAL ZONE OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: CHARACTERISTICs OF BIODIVERSITY AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THEIR SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION
• Andris Andrushaitis - BONUS for the Baltic Sea Science – A Network of Funding Agencies
• Hans-Peter Winkelmann - The European Virtual Seminar on Sustainable Development
• Matteo Vittuari - Towards a Virtual University for the Adriatic – Ionian Basin
• Mihaela Serban - A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LOWER DANUBE-BLACK SEA BASIN. CASE-STUDIES

EU TARGETED PLENARY: Research for Sustainable Development - EU Strategy and Policy

• Uno Svedin
• Nikolaos Christoforides - Building the Europe of Knowledge

Parallel sessions

A: Economic + Political Framework

• Hajnalka Petrics - Sustainable Development Concepts and Tools - The World Bank’s approach towards sustainable development: Mainstreaming environmental issues in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
• Raimonds Ernsteins - LOCAL AGENDA 21 PROCESS FACILITATION: COMMUNICATION AND SELF-EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA
• Dina Bērziņa - Climate change mitigation Initiatives: Energy policy in compliance with UNFCC and Kyoto targets
• Edgars Smalins - Projections of the greenhouse gas emissions from road transport sector in Latvia for the years 2010, 2015 and 2020

B: Science for Sustainable Development

• Fredrik Fogelberg - Baltic Sea algae as resource for renewable plant nutrition and bio-fuel
• Oskars Bikovens, Andris Vēveris, Jānis Grabis, Jānis Grāvītis - European Rice Husks Studies With Focus on Utilization Opportunities
• Andrejs Lūsis - Collective Research Project – GreenRoSE “Removal of Hazardous Substances in Electronics: Processes and Techniques for SMEs”
• Galia Shulga, O. Nestore, V. Shakels, B. Neiberte, A. Verovkins, T. Betkers, O. Belous, A. Žukauskaite, D. Ambrazaitene, M. Lukošius - Collaboration research on a modified biopolymer as a soil stabiliser and amendment
• Juris Zoldners, T.Kiseleva, I Kaiminsh - Chitosan in food products
• Sergio Ulgiati, Silvia Bargigli, Marco Raugei - Emergy Life Cycle Assessment within a Zero-Emission Framework

C: Social Corporate Responsibility and Environment

• Remigijus Ciegis, Dalia Gineitiene - Sustainable community development and the role of social capital
• Agnes Haraszti - Corporate Responsibility on an International Level – Stakeholder Management in Multinational Firms as an Integrative Approach towards Sustainability
• Andris A. Spricis - SYSTEM FOR EDUCATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT THE FACULTY OF CHEMISTRY OF UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA
• Jānis Puķīte, Arnolds Ūbelis - Research and Monitoring of Air Pollution from Satellites The Aspects of Latvia

D: Indicators for Monitoring Sustainability Strategies

E: Virtual Seminar on Sustainable Development

• Sabina Schüffner, Tanja Eggerichs, Karola Fendl, Marjan Muytjens, Ole Hildebrandt - European Virtual Seminar for Sustainable Development (EVS) as a distance learning approach in Europe – The student’s perspective