International Conference on Leadership, Technology, and Innovation Management, 2-4 December 2011 in Turkey

Dear Colleague,

The International Conference on Leadership, Technology, and Innovation Management has been postponed until December 2-3-4, 2011. The conference venue will be the Taksim Campus of Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey. These changes have been instigated in an effort to make the conference more accessible in terms of both date and location. The Taksim area is the heart of Istanbul, a hub of activity and home to many hotels.

Please note the new key dates:

• Full paper submission: October 14, 2011
• Notification of acceptance: October 24,2011
• Final paper submission: November 4, 2011
• Early Registration of participants: November 4, 2011
• Conference: December 2-3-4, 2011

International Conference on Leadership, Technology and Innovation Management 2011 (ICLTIM-2011) aims to be the premier forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental and applied leadership, technology and innovation management. The conference will bring together leading researchers, economists, businesspeople, managers, engineers and scientists in this field of study from around the world.
                                                       
The International Conference on Leadership, Technology and Innovation Management (ICLTIM-2011) will be held between the dates of December 2-3-4, 2011, at the the Taksim Campus of Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey.

ICLTIM-2011 papers will be published in a proceedings book, and some of the papers will be selected and published in the Journal of Global Strategic Management, an internationally refereed journal published twice a year by the International Strategic Management and Managers Association and indexed by Cabell’s Directory and Asos Index. Prospective authors are invited to submit full and original research papers which have not been published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.

Please submit your paper to icltim@beykent.edu.tr and for detailed information please visit the Web page of the Conference: http://icltim.beykent.edu.tr

Co-chair                           Co-chair
Prof. Dr. Erol Eren              Prof. Dr. Asım Şen

Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
•      Emerging Technologies
•      Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leaders
•      Environmental Technology and Innovation Management
•      Financing and Commercializing Innovation
•      Global Production Network
•      Innovation for Green Technologies
•      Human Resource Management Issues in Innovation
•      Innovation in Industrial and Manufacturing System Technologies
•      Information and Communication Technology Management
•      Innovation and Leadership Issues within Multinational Corporations
•      Innovation and Management of Renewable Resources
•      Innovation for Low-Income Markets and Social Innovation
•      Innovation for Sustainable Development
•      Innovation in Services, Logistics and Supply-Chain Management
•      Innovation Policy and Management
•      Innovation, Management and Technology
•      Knowledge Management and Innovation
•      Leadership and Multicultural Relations
•      Intellectual Property Rights and Patents
•      Leader Roles for Innovation
•      Key (Converging) Technologies (Nano-, Bio-, ICT Technology) and Innovation
•      Leadership Development in Multicultural Contexts
•      Manufacturing and Production Processes
•      Management of Innovation and Technology
•      Managing Collaborative Innovation
•      Multicultural Communication and Leadership
•      National and Regional Systems of Innovation
•      New Product / Service Development
•      Organizational Innovation
•      Process Innovation
•      Project and Program Management
•      Project Management
•      Research and Development Management
•      Regional Innovation Systems, Clusters and Industrial Networks
•      Service Science and Innovation
•      Technology Development and Innovation at SMEs
•      Social Impact of Technology Development
•      Sustainable Development
•      Sustainable Innovation and Technology Incubation
•      Technological Alliances, Mergers and Acquisitions
•      Technological Innovation, Product Innovation and Industrial Innovation
•      Technology Foresight and Forecasting
•      Technology in the Financial / Services Sector
•      Technology Intelligence, and Planning and Leadership
•      Technology Strategy and Leadership
•      Technology Transfer, Marketing and Commercialization
•      Web Technologies and Information Management

Key Dates
• Full paper submission: October 14, 2011
• Notification of acceptance: October 24,2011
• Final paper submission: November 4, 2011
• Early Registration of participants: November 4, 2011
• Conference: December 2-3-4, 2011

  For more information: Write to icltim@beykent.edu.tr .

Tools & Methods for Monitoring & Evaluating in NRM 29 to 30 November 2011 Sydney, Australia

Monitoring and evaluating to report the impact of the investment made in land, biodiversity and water continues to be challenging and fragmented across programs and regional, state and national scales.

While robust systems are in place to ensure accountability for investment in activities, the outcomes from this investment are more difficult to account for.

Program managers clearly understand the benefits of the work they do, and at a site scale can often gather strong evidence. However, their ability to convey the benefits at national, state and regional scale is very limited.

This has meant that, while a large volume of information exists, its collection has been driven through unrelated processes, using different methods and standards.

This conference will discuss projects in light of the need for consistency and integration, with the objective of enabling NRM programs to report more effectively about the impact of the investment they make.

What you will take away:

- Overview of the current M&E strategies and plans across regional, state and national scales

- Case study examples of M&E programs in other jurisdictions

- Insights into discussions regarding future pathways for M&E

Enquiries: info@criterionconferences.com
Web address: http://www.nrmoutcomes.com/? utm_source=ConferenceAlerts&utm_medium=PremiumListing&utm_campaign=4607

Chabot Space & Science Center Awarded $14,000 Grant for Youth Presentation for Earth Summit (Rio+20)

Chabot Space & Science Center Awarded $14,000 Grant for Youth Presentation for Earth Summit (Rio+20)

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chabot Space & Science Center's innovative youth volunteer outreach program, Galaxy Explorers, has been chosen by the Association of Science & Technology Centers ("ASTC") as one of ten science centers worldwide to participate in SCEnaRioS: Science Centers Engagement and the Rio Summit. The program is collaboration between ASTC, UNESCO and the Foundation FIOCRUZ, intended to engage young people around the world in a discussion around major topics central to the deliberations at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development inRio de Janeiro this June.

 

Chabot's Galaxy Explorers will work with youth teams from Canada and Denmark to create a web-based discussion and presentation concerning Clean Alternative Energies and the Green Economy.  Youth teams from science centers in Brazil,Mozambique, Australia, Singapore, China, Florida and Colombia will address water and health topics. Their combined work will serve as the core of a virtual library of online activities and exhibitions to provide science center/museum experience to places in the world that do not yet have such centers.

 

"The Galaxy Explorers demonstrate the importance of studying STEM core curricula as a springboard to higher education, and public involvement, and the importance of science literacy to an understanding of critical issues facing the world today," saidLisa Hoover, Youth Development Manager at Chabot Space & Science Center. "We look forward to showcasing their work on a global scale."

Since 1997, hundreds of Galaxy Explorers from Chabot have gone on to study science, technology, engineering, and math at premier universities around the country. Many are currently employed in STEM careers and point to their experience as teen volunteers as a launching pad for their occupations helping people through scientific discovery.

 

The Galaxy Explorers' work will also be presented at  the 6th Science Center World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa in September and at the "Planet Under Pressure" conference, which brings leading scientists from around the globe to London inMarch 2012 to discuss the science behind the Rio+20 priorities. The final results from the teams will be featured during the Rio+20 conference in June, to illustrate the unique contributions science centers can make to the implementation of UN and UN agencies' global policies.

 

For more information, visit www.ChabotSpace.org.

 

Reminder - Call for papers, Planet under Pressure, 26-29 March 2011 London session on 'Youth perspectives on promoting Green Economy in Asia Pacific mountains: Options and opportunities'

Reminder - Call for papers, Planet under Pressure, 26-29 March 2011, London

'Youth perspectives on promoting Green Economy in Asia Pacific mountains: Options and opportunities'

Dear Friends,

I want to bring the following session at the "Planet under Pressure 2012" conference in March 2012 in London to your attention. Please submit abstracts by 16 September 2011 with special reference to this session (#0417).

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) through its Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) and in partnership with number of regional and national organisations will be hosting a special session on Youth perspectives on promoting Green Economy in Asia Pacific mountains: Options and opportunities. The overall objective of this special session is to know the ground realities and assess challenges, options and opportunities to promote Green Economy in the Asia Pacific mountainous countries and areas with strong involvement of youth.

We are particularly interested to know:

·         What are the existing approaches that can be upscaled, replicated and/or commercialized to expand Green Economy?

·         Are there any cases where Youth led Green Business are doing really well?

·         Are there any large scale income generating activities through goods and services coming from uplands (mountain areas)?

·         Scope of the paper can be Asia Pacific regional, sub-regional or national

Please use this link to submit your abstract:

http://www.planetunderpressure2012.net/abstractsubmission.asp

Submission deadline is 16 September 2011 (this Friday)

Conveners:

Dr. Madhav Karki, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal; 

Prof. Michael H. Glantz, University of Colorado Boulder, USA; 

Mr. Tek Jung Mahat, ICIMOD/Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN), Nepal; 

Mr. Dhiraj Pradhananga, The Small Earth Nepal, Nepal; 

Mr. Jeeban Panthi, The Small Earth Nepal, Nepal

Regards,

Tek

Tek Jung Mahat
Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) Node Manager
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel +977-1-5003222 Ext 104 Fax +977-1-5003277 Web www.icimod.org

Visit the APMN website at: www.icimod.org/apmn

Please join the network from: http://www.mtnforum.org/en/users