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World Resources Forum 2014Shaping the Future of Natural Resources
KEY TOPICS
• Connecting brilliant ideas to people with power – Policies & Stakeholders Participation
• Doing business with less – Cleaner Production, Products and Services, Recycling
• Consuming for more – Lifestyles and Education
www.worldresourcesforum.org
CALL FOR PAPERS
OCTOBER 19 – 22, 2014 • AREQUIPA, PERU
ABOUT
The next WRF conference will be held in Peru, which is animportant emerging economy committed to sustainable development. Peru belongs to the 17 megadiverse countriesidentified by Conservation International.
Peru will host the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC(COP 20) in December, 2014. COP 20 has been officially declared of national interest. The WRF 2014 will provide inputs for COP 20 discussions.
TOPICS
(1) DECOUPLING ECONOMIC GROWTH & NATURAL RESOURCE USE (2) INNOVATION FOR RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
(3) POLICIES AND STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION
(4) RECYCLING INDUSTRIES AND CITIES
(5) MEASURING PROGRESS – TARGETS AND INDICATORS
(6) LIFESTYLES AND EDUCATION
(7) FORESTRY, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION & ADAPTATION
PROGRAM
PLENARY SESSIONSPresentations and statements from high-levelpoliticians, economic leaders and academic experts
WORKSHOPS
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS AND POSTERS
SPECIAL EVENTS
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Paper abstracts (max 300 words) can be submitted online onthe WRF website, starting in March 2014.
TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS• Papers for oral presentations (ca. 15 min. in total)• Posters (A0, 90x120 cm)• Proposals for side events (companies and NGOs) – please contact us for more information
Contributions should address one of the topics listed aboveand should not have been previously presented at internatio-nal conferences or published in international journals. Finalacceptance of any contribution requires registration of theauthor to attend the congress. The Scientific Expert Commit-tee determines whether the author of an accepted paper willbe invited for an oral or poster presentation.
Selected papers will be published in a scientific journal. Allcontributions will be made available to all participants on theWRF website.
IMPORTANT DATES • Start of Abstract submission: Mar 2014• Abstract submission deadline: April 2014• Notification of acceptance: May 2014• Announcement of preliminary program: June 2014• Full manuscript submission deadline: Sep 2014• Registration deadline for authors: Aug 2014• WRF 2014 Congress: Oct 19–22 2014
VENUE
WRF 2014 will take place at the Cerro Juli Convention Centre in Arequipa, Peru.
LANGUAGE
The conference language is English. Plenaries and specificsessions will be translated to Spanish.
Cerro Juli Convention Centre
Team Switzerland
Xaver Edelmann , President WRF [email protected]
Bas de Leeuw , Managing Director [email protected]
Christian Ludwig, Scientific Chair [email protected]
Martin Lehmann, Conference [email protected]
Phone: +41 71 554 09 02Fax: +41 71 554 09 99 www.worldresourcesforum.org
Team Peru
Rafael Núñez, Destination Management [email protected]
Alfonso Eguiluz, Destination Management [email protected]
Marcos Alegre, National Cleaner Production [email protected]
Phone: +511 467-1802 / 467-1975Fax: +511 467-1958 www.cer.org.pe
ORGANISERS
World Resources ForumLerchenfeldstrasse 5CH-9014 St. GallenSwitzerland
… together we can shape the future
BACKGROUND
The World Resources Forum (WRF) is the global science-based platform for sharing knowledge about the economic,political, social and environmental implications of global re-source use. WRF promotes innovation for resource producti-vity by building bridges among researchers, policymakers,business, SMEs, NGOs and the public. Flagship activity is theannual WRF Conference.
PARTNERS
NATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE
PARTNERS
Federal Office for the Environment FOENState Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO