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Business and Sustainability Conference Focuses on Designing Sustainability
Author: Office of University Communications, 503-725-3711
Posted: October 30, 2008
The second annual international conference on Business and Sustainability, held October 15-17, brought together leading industry practitioners and scholars to share best practices and leading edge research.

One-hundred and fifty people attended a variety of keynote addresses, industry panels, and academic paper presentations focusing on this year’s theme, "Designing Sustainability."

“This event moved forward the practice, research and teaching of sustainability-inspired business,” said Scott Marshall, director of the Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability and conference organizer. “A tremendous line-up of keynote speakers, business leaders and academic scholars challenged and, at times, provoked, us to think creatively about how to solve pressing environmental and social issues through markets.”

For more information on sustainability at Portland State, visit the websites for Center for Sustainable Processes and the Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability.

The conference was hosted by Portland State’s Center for Sustainable Processes and the Center for Global Leadership in Sustainability. Sponsorship was provided by local companies including Boeing, Intel, Tonkon Torp LLP, Energy Trust of Oregon, Commerce Bank of Oregon, FMYI, Inc., R/West, Coastwide Laboratories, and Portland Roasting Company.