Crowne Plaza Hotel Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Weekend workshop
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20th Anniversary Workshop and Conference
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Reading, Berkshire, UK
Weekend of Saturday June 15th & Sunday June 16th 2024
| Programme | ROOM 1 | ROOM 2 | ||
| Sessions | Saturday 10-18.00 | |||
| 1 | 10.00 | Welcome: Introduction and Ice Breaker | ||
| 10.30 | Presentation of where we are now and the previous 20 years lightening summary- 10 key points of green economics- an audit and update-security, health, water, climate, biodiversity, resilience | Miriam Kennet | ||
| 2 | 11.00 | Todays Challenges- Group Roundup and report from their country of the current situation | All participants | |
| 11.30 | Our United Nations Delegations- 10 years of activities presentation and discussion with all participants | Miriam Kennet www.geiclimate.org ( Uk), and Thomas Duncanson (USA) | ||
| 3 | 12.00 | Geo political and financial challenges and Solutions | Professor Shann Turnbull (Australia) | |
| 12.30 | Overview and summary of what has been achieved and what is still to achieve potential Campaigns over the 1st 20 years Presentation | Miriam Kennet | ||
| 13.00 | Communal Lunch and group photo Possible boat trip down the Thames | |||
| 4 | 14.00 | Climate Crisis, and Energy Transition, the Basics for Africa | Dr Chidi Magnus (Nigeria) | |
| 5 | 14.30- | Challenges & Innovations in sustainable alternatives to wood-based materials. | Dr Norfaryanti Kamaruddin (Malaysia Institute of Forestry) | |
| 6 | 15.00- | Action Aid and Women and Girls Empowerment-Aid perspectives and The role of Green Economics in Africa in the last 20 years | Anjikwi Mshalbwala (Nigeria) | |
| 7 | 15.30 | “The Geo-Politics of the Anthropocene” or perhaps “The First Anthropcene Empire” | Chit Chong (UK and Malaysia) | |
| 16.00 | TBC | |||
| 16.30 | TBC | |||
| 17.00 | Guided walk down the River Thames | |||
| 18.00 | Free Hour to Relax | |||
| 19.00 | Evening Social Dinner | |||
| Programme | ROOM 1 | ROOM 2 | ||
| Day 2 | ||||
| Sessions | Sunday 16th June 2024 | |||
| 1 | 9.00 | Today’s solutions: A young person’s perspective- The academic challenges | Zafer Ilkiz | |
| 9.30 | Publishing and the media-how has it changed since 2004? Our academic and educational achievements, influence and publications over 20 years and the next 20 years | Miriam Kennet | ||
| 10.00 | The influence of the media and how its changed- where we are today in relation to Green Economics and where do we need to be? | Professor Thomas Duncanson (USA) | ||
| 2 | 10.30 | Accounting the precusor of Slavery | Professor Ehtisham Abassi-(Morocco and India) | |
| 3 | 11.00 | Benchmark Audit- The Human Condition Situation overview -Food, agriculture, health | Bianca Madison- Vuleta (Croatia, UK, Italy, Denmark) | |
| 4 | 11.30 | TBC | ||
| 5 | 12.00 | Social Justice and Care Challenges today for The Green Economy-what do the public worry about and what can we do to help? | Dr Chikaodi Akpobire Lecturer and Social Worker (UK) | |
| 6 | 12.30 | |||
| 13.00 | Communal Lunch and group photo | |||
| 7 | 14.00 | Green Economics Campaigns over the 1st 20 years | Miriam Kennet | |
| 8 | 14.30 | The next 20 years campaigns Ideas Lab-Working Workshop – inputs from all participants | ||
| 9 | 15.30 | Action Aid and the role of the NGO and aid sector -Green Economics for the next 20 years | Anjikwi Mshalbwala (Nigeria) | |
| 15.30 | TBC | |||
| 16.00 | TBC | |||
| 10 | 16.30 | Concluding session: Overview and summary of what has been achieved and what is still to achieve potential Group debate | ||
| 17.00 | Wildlife and foraging walk session in the park next door and the River Thames. | |||
| 18.00 | Communal Dinner | |||
Initial suggestions only- all subject to amendments