Invited Plenary Session: Perspective of Industrial Sustainability Outcomes
International Congress on Sustainability Science Engineering ICOSSE
2009
The 1st International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering
The 1st International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering
Oral
Kingsgate Marriott Hotel
Monday, August 10, 2009 - 8:30am to 12:10pm
Chair(s)
Siirola, J. J., Eastman Chemical Company
The opening plenary session will set the stage for the Congress, providing a common platform to practitioners of various physical and ecological sciences, engineering, economics, and social sciences for exchanging emerging ideas about strategies for protecting the environment and addressing resource depletion. The session will discuss ways to achieve sustained economic growth and societal benefits on a long-term basis. The speakers will provide insights into what the sustainability challenges are to corporations and what they are currently doing and planning to do to meet those challenges.