Sustainability Forum
SUSTAINABILITY FORUM to mark WORLD HABITAT DAY
Wed 5th October
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: RON GARAN, US ASTRONAUT Colonel Ron Garan (USAF Ret’d) is a decorated fighter pilot, astronaut, aquanaut, and entrepreneur. He has logged 178 days in space and 71 million miles in orbit. Ron is the founder of the non-profit social enterprise incubator Manna Energy Foundation and has worked with the US Agency for International Development. He is also the founder of ‘Fragile Oasis’, an effort to use the orbital perspective to inspire positive social and environmental action. Having seen the fragile beauty of earth from space, a stunningly rare vista only a handful of humans have ever seen, Ron’s perspective of life on earth changed entirely. His views of earth as a tiny marble 240 miles below led him to see a way forward without divisions of race, nations or religions. Combining a thrilling narrative of a huge 177 days spent in space with a powerful message of the need for optimism, trust and global collaboration to sustain our way of life, his powerful book, The Orbital Perspective is an utterly unique call to action.
Renowned speakers/panellists in three sessions: SESSION 1: THE ORBITAL PERSPECTIVE – THE BLUE MARBLE’S SUSTAINABLE FUTURES Anthony Wicht, Facilitator, Graduate Student in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Professor Russell Boyce, Chair, National Committee for Space and Radio Science (Australian Academy of Science); Dr Peter Woodgate, CEO of the Australia and New Zealand Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information; SESSION 2: SUSTAINABLE CITIES – THE GLOBAL COMPACT Marlon Kobacker, Facilitator, Director of Sustainable Future Group; Christopher Woodthorpe, Director, United Nations Information Centre; Michael Nolan, Chair of UN Global Compact – Cities Programme; Professor Simon Molesworth AO QC, Professorial Fellow Monash University and Immediate Past Executive Chairman of International National Trusts Organisation (INTO); SESSION 3: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES – THE HUMAN HABITAT AND THE EXISTENTIAL IMPERATIVE Dr Kate Sinclair, Facilitator, Founder of Global Citizen Leaders (GCL); Martin Thomas, CEO of Habitat for Humanity; Gareth Collins, NSW President of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects; and Michael Mobbs, Sustainability Coach.
9.00am-5.00pm, Wednesday, 5 October 2016, The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney
$180 FOR THE FULL DAY FORUM ONLY. No concessions and partial bookings are available.
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