International Symposium on a Sustainable Future, January 11-13, 2010

International Symposium on a Sustainable Future, January 11-13, 2010 ISSF-2010: An Event on Innovative Research and Action in Energy and Environment Sectors Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai-400065, INDIA, January 11-13, 2010 The issues of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development are of critical importance, particularly, in developing economies. Energy needs of development, throughout the world, are facing an unprecedented challenge. It is estimated that the global energy demand will grow by more than sixty percent in the year 2030, from its level at the beginning of this century, and almost eighty percent of this demand will be in non-OECD countries. Rising socio-economic and environmental concerns of energy use have resulted in search for the new and renewable energy forms such as biomass energy, solar energy, wind energy, etc.  Similarly, the burgeoning environmental problems, both local and global, are posing a serious threat to the mankind and urgent measures are needed to tackle them. The emphasis for ISSF-2010 on Life Cycle Thinking provides the opportunity to address these issues with a holistic scientific approach.

International Advisory Committee Chairman ·        Yoginder K Alagh, Former Minister of Power, Planning and Science and Technology of India and presently, Chairman, IRMA, Anand,  India Members (in alphabetical order) ·        Akira Hibiki, Head of Environmental Economics and Policy, SESD, NIES, Japan ·        Alain Dubreuil, Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada ·        Ana Quiros Lara, President, ECOGLOBAL and ALCALA, Costa Rica ·        Anil K. Gupta, Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, India ·        Atsushi Inaba, Professor, Kogakuin University, Japan ·        Atul Sarma, Member, Thirteenth Finance Commission, India ·        B. K. Sahu, Emeritus Professor, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India ·        Bas de Leeuw, Executive Director, Sustainability Institute, USA ·        Claudia A. Pena, Director of Industrial Sustainability, Research Center of Mining and Metallurgy, Chile ·        Charles Mbohwa,  Professor, University of Johannesburg,  South Africa ·        D.M. Nachane, Director, IGIDR, Mumbai, India ·        Guido Sonnemann, United Nations Environment Programme, France ·        Hongtao Wang, Associate Professor, Sichuan University, China ·        Jane Bare, USEPA, Cincinnati, USA ·        Jenik Radon, Adj. Asst. Professor, Columbia University, USA and Distinguished University Professor, Monterrey Tech, Queretaro, Mexico ·        Man Mohan Sharma, Emeritus Professor of Eminence, ICT, Mumbai, India ·        Mark Goedkoop, Chairman, Pre, The Netherlands ·        Masayuki Sagisaka, Deputy Director, RISS, AIST, Japan ·        M.N.Chaini, Chairman, MEDC and Chairman, Energy Group,  IMC, Mumbai, India ·        R. Radhakrishna, Honorary Professor, CESS, Hyderabad, India ·        Sanjay Kumar, Indian Revenue Service, CIT Kolkata, India ·        Sau Soon, Chen, Senior General Manager, SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia   ·        Subhas K. Sikdar, Associate Director,  USEPA, Cincinnati, USA ·        Sunaina Singh, President, Shastri Indo Canadian Institute, New Delhi ·        Suresh Prabhu, Former Minister of Environment and Forests, India ·        Tim Grant, Chairman, Life Cycle Strategies Pty Ltd, Australia ·        Usha Iyer-Raniga, Asst. Director, CD and Sr. Lecturer, SPCPM, RMIT University, Australia ·        Vinod  K. Sharma, Professor, IGIDR, Mumbai, India Organizing Committee ·       Vinod K. Sharma, Professor, IGIDR, (Convener, ISSF-2010) ·       Pushpa Trivedi, Professor, HSS, IIT Bombay ·       Vijay Laxmi Pandey, Associate Professor,  IGIDR  ·       Pankaj Kumar, Research Scholar, IGIDR ·       Vikas Gautam, Research Scholar, IGIDR ·       Jayshree Borkar, Secretary,  IGIDR