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Sustainable Decision-Making in a Time of Crisis: Public and Private Perspectives
15 July, 2010
Asia Pacific Academy of Business In Society (APABIS) Annual Conference
Date: November 4-5, 2010
Location: U Thant Hall, UNU Headquarters
This important international conference reflects lessons learnt and being learned from the global financial crisis, from the climate change prognosis and from rethinking global governance. 2010 is also the 10th anniversary of the UN Global Compact and the International Year of Biodiversity. The conference also immediately precedes the Asia Pacific Economic Community (APEC) 2010 Summit (10 - 11 November in Yokohama, Japan). Given the birth of the G20 group of nations, the inexorable diffusion of economic power to the Asia Pacific region, and the rise of new organisational forms and business models, this conference is particularly timely and relevant. On the conference programme are sessions which discuss: "how and to what extent does decision making differ between the public and private arenas?", and "given the imperative for new global governance how can private and public decision-making work together for the common good?"
The conference facilitates open dialogue and learning between academics, experts on business planning and public sector policy, civil society and the media. It considers external and internal factors involved in decision-making, exploring the balance between long and short term goals and pressing needs in times of crisis. Topics of particular focus will include the immediacy of climate change, sustainability, emerging low carbon sustainable enterprise economy agenda, and peacebuilding as a sustainability approach to peace.
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