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<p class=MsoPlainText>Sorry for crossposting<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>R’09 Twin World
Congress – Davos, September 14 – 16, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Resource Management and Technology for Material and
Energy Efficiency <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>We are happy to announce the preliminary program of the
R'09 Twin World Congress, which is now available at <a
href="http://www.r2009.org/ProgramOverview.php">http://www.r2009.org/ProgramOverview.php</a>
!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The R’09 Twin World Congress promotes innovative
technologies and frameworks for resource management to improve material and
energy efficiencies in the production, use, and recycling of materials. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>The R’09 Twin World Congress is an example and an
experiment in resource management: To be held simultaneously in two parts of
the world – Davos in Switzerland and Nagoya in Japan – this congress will avoid
many intercontinental flights, which are known to account for most of the
resource demand of international congresses. The main halls at the two venues <b>will
be connected by teleconferencing technology system</b> for four hours on
September 14 and 15, when eight renowned plenary speakers will present their
views to several hundred R’09 participants in Davos and Nagoya:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Dennis Meadows,</b> Director Institute for
Policy & Social Science Research, Univ. of New Hampshire<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Hiroshi Esaki,</b> The University of Tokyo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Faye Duchin,</b> Professor of Economics,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Chettiyappan Visvanathan,</b> Asian Institute
of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Guibin Jiang,</b> Research Center for
Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Marina Fischer-Kowalski,</b> Professor of
Social Ecology at Klagenfurt University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Prof. <b>Shiro Saka,</b> Kyoto University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>- Dr. <b>Helga Weisz (tbc),</b> Potsdam Institute for
Climate Impact Research (PIK)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Apart from the unique teleconferencing technology, the
R’09 comes up with another highlight: it will be held in conjunction with the
first <b>World Resources Forum</b> <b>(WRF).</b> The WRF is an independent,
international platform for debate on global resource consumption issues,
advocating innovation for resource productivity. The WRF is <b>building a
bridge from the natural sciences and engineering to economics;</b> it aims to
equip political decision makers to identify realistic policy options for
sustainable growth. R’09 participants are welcome to attend the WRF Program on
September 16, 2009!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>R’09 is organized by Empa, the Swiss Materials Science
Institute of the ETH Domain, together with the EcoTopia Science Institute at
the Nagoya University (Japan).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Please register online at <a
href="http://www.r2009.org/Registration.php">http://www.r2009.org/Registration.php</a>
.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Looking forward to meeting you in Davos, we remain,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Yours sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Prof. Dr. Lorenz Hilty,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Chairman of the R'09 International Scientific Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
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