Programme

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Day One – Thursday 4th June 2009
08.30 – 09.00Arrival and Registration; coffee will be available
09.00 – 09.15Welcome and opening address from Professor Jan Rotmans
09.15 – 10.00Sustainability transitions: the governance challenge
Keynote address from James Meadowcroft, Chair in Governance for Sustainable Development at Carleton University (30 minutes plus 15 minutes discussion)
10.00 - 10.30Coffee
10.30 – 12.30Paper presentations in parallel sessions: I
12.30 – 14.00Lunch (1.5 hours)
14.00 – 16.00Paper presentations in parallel sessions: II
16.00 – 16.30Coffee
16.30 – 17.15What can we learn from evolutionary simulation models of technological transitions?
Keynote address from Koen Frenken, Professor in Economics of Innovation and Technological Change, ECIS, Eindhoven University of Technology (30 minutes plus 15 minutes discussion)
17.15 – 21.00Drinks reception and buffet at Felix Meritis
At 18.00 John Grin will present a new book series on sustainability transitions
Day Two – Friday 5th June 2009
09.00 – 09.45Sustainability and the potential of the ICT paradigm
Keynote address from Carlota Perez, Senior Research Fellow at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University (30 minutes plus 15 minutes discussion)
09.45 – 10.30Coffee
10.30 – 12.30Paper presentations in parallel sessions: III
12.30 – 13.30Lunch (1.0 hour)
13.30 - 15.30Paper presentations in parallel sessions: IV
15.30 – 16.00Coffee
16.00 – 17.00Four papers from researchers in the KSI network
(20 minutes each plus 10 minutes discussion)
17.00 – 17.15Refreshment break
17.15 – 18.00'New thinking' on sustainability transitions and 'actually existing' policies on innovation and climate change
Keynote address from Fred Steward, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Brunel University (30 minutes plus 15 minutes discussion)
19.30 – 23.30“Self-organizing” dinner and entertainment in the centre of Amsterdam
Day Three – Saturday 6th June 2009
09.00 – 09.30Coffee available at the Felix Meritis
09.30 – 11.30Paper presentations in parallel sessions: V
11.30 – 12.30Final plenary session with a debate around: Can Sustainability Transitions be governed?
12.30Close of the conference