Apologies for cross posting
We kindly invite you to join our discussion at our
PDW
Strategies for Regions and Companies: The Sustainable Boston Area and the Role of Scenario Planning
on Saturday, Aug 4 2012 8:00AM - 10:00AM at
Sheraton Boston Hotel in
Independence East
In our line-up of presenters you will find both expert scenario planners as well as regional planers, who worked on a research project for a sustainable Boston area.
Organizer:
Edeltraud Guenther; Technische U. Dresden
Organizer:
Alfred Allen Marcus; U. of Minnesota
Distinguished Speaker:
Amy Cotter; Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Distinguished Speaker:
James Goldstein; Tellus Institute
Participant:
Seth Itzkan; Planet Tech Associates
Participant:
Julian Meyr; Technische U. Dresden
Short abstract: Given global trends of increasing urbanization, demographic change, uneven economic development as well as the impacts of climate change, state and municipal governments will have to rely on strategic planning to deal with future challenges. This is particularly difficult given the many uncertainties concerning future economic, environmental, and social conditions. Therefore, the main question upon which we will concentrate in this PDW is how can cities and regions in collaboration with the businesses plan for future challenges in the face of uncertainty in order to enhance resilience and sustainability, and thus increase their attractiveness and competitiveness?
After the presentations we want to open our discussion and with focus on the following
key issues:
What future challenges shape the development of regions and cities? • How can strategic and scenario planning enable policy and municipal governments in conjunction with businesses to identify key uncertainties and develop appropriate planning strategies? • How does the approach to scenario planning differ in the municipal/regional planning field from that generally used by the business community? • What are there barriers that hinder the development of appropriate strategic plans and policies? • How can relevant stakeholders be effectively engaged in the development of scenarios and strategies or visions?
We address
researchers, students and practitioners from the fields of
scenario and strategic planning,
regional and spatial planning as well as sustainable development, with whom we want to establish an
international network for knowledge exchange.
Pre-registration is recommended, but everybody is welcome to join our PDW.
Find full informations here:
http://program.aomonline.org/2012/submission.asp?mode=ShowSession&SessionID=551 We look forward to meet you,
Edeltraud Günther and Alfred Marcus
-- Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Guenther Technische Universitaet Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics Chair of Business Administration esp. Environmental Management and Accounting Germany University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce Visiting Professor USA mailto:bu@mailbox.tu-dresden.de or emg5n@virginia.edu http://www.tu-dresden.de/wwbwlbu/team/inhaberin/ phone: +49 351 463-32833 fax: +49 351 463-37764 visit: Münchner Platz 1/3, 01187 Dresden mail: 01062 Dresden packages: Helmholtzstraße 10, 01069 Dresden