Conferences & Symposia

US Business Council for Sustainable Development

COLLABORATE TODAY, CHANGE TOMORROW

Join the US BCSD for biannual meetings. Collaborate, share, and build strategies with US BCSD members and other sustainability experts to tackle sustainable development challenges impacting your business.  Dive deep into our four project focus areas: Materials, Water, Energy, and Ecosystems. Learn what is happening around the US and how your organization can get involved.

Co-sponsored by the UT Environmental Science Institute.

Sustainability on the UT Campus: Fusing Research & Practice

September 10, 2010

Co-sponsors of the symposium, including ESI, brought together representatives from across UT, including representatives from facilities, research, and administration, to help members of the UT community get up to speed on innovations taking place in sustainability across the UT campus. Presentations included a discussion of the new EVS Program, administered by ESI, as well discussions of the new sustainability portal under development at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center.

After Copenhagen: Collaborative Responses to Climate Change

April 6-9, 2010

Conference co-sponsors, including ESI, worked together to initiate a biennial international conference of climate scientists, climate policy scholars and political leaders with the goal of identifying and evaluating public policy options for effective and timely action on climate related threats and opportunities. The conference was designed to bridge science, public understanding and political action on climate change adaptation and mitigation with the goal of identifying and evaluating public policy options for effective and timely action on climate related threats and opportunities. For more information, a full copy of the conference program is available here.

Climate Change Studies at UT-Austin

February 2, 2010

Designed to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and research at The University of Texas at Austin , the symposium brought together over 150 faculty, guests and graduates students to discuss active research at UT on topics including: climate modeling, impacts on ecological systems, implications for law and policy, and upcoming interdisciplinary funding opportunities in climate change research. Through its scope, the symposium presented attendees with a unique opportunity to meet other researchers and initiate interdisciplinary projects. It also provided an opportunity to demonstrate the depth of climate-related research at UT-Austin for local, state and federal agencies and prospective students. By all measures, the symposium was a success – one that ESI looks forward to building upon again in the near future.