2019 Hong Kong Conference of the
Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption
Hosted by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
4th International Conference
Wed 26 June - Sat 29 June 2019
Transforming Production and Consumption:
Bridging Sustainability Research with Policy and Practice
Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption
Hosted by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
4th International Conference
Wed 26 June - Sat 29 June 2019
Transforming Production and Consumption:
Bridging Sustainability Research with Policy and Practice
The conference is here!
You can still register here and find out more about accommodation and other logistics.
The final conference program can be found here.
There is growing alarm and political tensions surrounding the ecological and social challenges reflected in the Paris Climate Agreement, IPCC report, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is a clear need to scale the translation of ‘know-how’ and solutions in order to transform systems of production and consumption towards sustainability.
Given this context, the fourth international conference of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption (GRF) takes stock of sustainable production and consumption (SPAC) research, including cutting edge insights, and accelerates the engagement of researchers with knowledge users in business, policy and practice. The Hong Kong 2019 conference builds on many GRF regional meetings and the three previous international GRF conferences in Rio de Janeiro (2012), Shanghai (2014), and Brighton (2017).
The conference is organized to identify insights and linkages across the SPAC research themes and actively bridge research with policy and practice. The scope covers local and global issues and interconnections across scales, connecting regions, networks of practitioners and researchers.
Co-organizers: Asia-Europe Environment Forum, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), National Institute for Environmental Studies, SWITCH to Green Initiative, and the SWITCH Asia Programme.
Contributing partners
Future Earth Knowledge Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production, Institute of Development Studies, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), SCORAI China, SITRA (the Finnish Innovation Fund), and the World Resources Forum.
Speakers include the following: Click here for other speakers and their bios.
You can still register here and find out more about accommodation and other logistics.
The final conference program can be found here.
There is growing alarm and political tensions surrounding the ecological and social challenges reflected in the Paris Climate Agreement, IPCC report, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There is a clear need to scale the translation of ‘know-how’ and solutions in order to transform systems of production and consumption towards sustainability.
Given this context, the fourth international conference of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption (GRF) takes stock of sustainable production and consumption (SPAC) research, including cutting edge insights, and accelerates the engagement of researchers with knowledge users in business, policy and practice. The Hong Kong 2019 conference builds on many GRF regional meetings and the three previous international GRF conferences in Rio de Janeiro (2012), Shanghai (2014), and Brighton (2017).
The conference is organized to identify insights and linkages across the SPAC research themes and actively bridge research with policy and practice. The scope covers local and global issues and interconnections across scales, connecting regions, networks of practitioners and researchers.
Co-organizers: Asia-Europe Environment Forum, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), National Institute for Environmental Studies, SWITCH to Green Initiative, and the SWITCH Asia Programme.
Contributing partners
Future Earth Knowledge Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production, Institute of Development Studies, Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI), SCORAI China, SITRA (the Finnish Innovation Fund), and the World Resources Forum.
Speakers include the following: Click here for other speakers and their bios.
Conference themes
This conference actively explores the following four themes for research and practice:
Theme #1: Sustainable Lifestyles and Livelihoods
Theme #2: Imagining Sustainable Futures and Transforming Cultures
Theme #3: Asian Perspectives and Priorities in SCP
Theme #4: Smart, Circular, Sustainable Urbanization
We are also exploring these themes through a number of cross-cutting topics: politics and democracy, civic engagement and knowledge transfer, gender, and social justice.
Participating policy-maker / practitioner networks
Alongside presentations of research and practice, we are engaging the following communities of policy-makers and practitioners:
SWITCH to Green Initiative: The conference is an opportunity to strengthen the connection of research institutions with the SWITCH Programmes (in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Mediterranean), particularly European and SWITCH partner countries’ knowledge transfer that can benefit and support SMEs.
Asia-Europe Environment Forum: With a growing recognition for the need to diversify and consolidate the linkage between economists and practitioners from Asia and Europe, five institutions from Asia and Europe agreed in 2006 to establish an Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF) to serve as a high level forum, giving Asian and European policy experts an occasion for in-depth research-based exchanges on global issues of mutual interest.
The Call for Papers and Sessions is now closed but can still be found here.
Key dates
Session and Work Studio proposal deadline: 28 January 2019
Abstract submission deadline for papers and posters: 28 January 2019
Notification of acceptance of submissions: 28 February 2019
Provisional conference program 28 February 2019
Registration opens: 1 March 2019
Registration deadline for presenters: 24 May 2019
Early bird registration / block hotel booking deadlines: 24 May 2019
Full paper and poster submission deadline: 2 June 2019
Final conference program: 25 June 2019
Conference in Hong Kong: 26-29 June 2019
Conference venue
The fourth International Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption conference is hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
Organizing and advising committee
The organizing committee for the conference includes Kira Matus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Alexander Charalambous, EU SWITCH to Green Facility; Chiara Farné Fratini, Aalborg University / University of Florence; Dwayne Appleby, One Earth; Georgina (Ginnie) Guillen-Hanson, Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP); Jeffrey Barber, Integrative Strategies Forum; Karen Onthank, Integrative Strategies Forum; Lars Mortensen, European Environment Agency; Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, Aalborg University; Midori Aoyagi, National Institute for Environmental Studies; Monique Retamal, University of Technology Sydney; Nicole Bieak Kreidler, La Roche College; Steven R. McGreevy, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN); Patrick Schröder, University of Sussex; Vanessa Timmer, One Earth / Utrecht University; Vesela Veleva, University of Massachusetts / Boston
The advising committee includes Philip Vergragt, Leonie Dendler, Manisha Anantharaman, Tim Foxon, Adrian Ely, and Marlyne Sahakian.
This conference actively explores the following four themes for research and practice:
Theme #1: Sustainable Lifestyles and Livelihoods
Theme #2: Imagining Sustainable Futures and Transforming Cultures
Theme #3: Asian Perspectives and Priorities in SCP
Theme #4: Smart, Circular, Sustainable Urbanization
We are also exploring these themes through a number of cross-cutting topics: politics and democracy, civic engagement and knowledge transfer, gender, and social justice.
Participating policy-maker / practitioner networks
Alongside presentations of research and practice, we are engaging the following communities of policy-makers and practitioners:
SWITCH to Green Initiative: The conference is an opportunity to strengthen the connection of research institutions with the SWITCH Programmes (in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Mediterranean), particularly European and SWITCH partner countries’ knowledge transfer that can benefit and support SMEs.
Asia-Europe Environment Forum: With a growing recognition for the need to diversify and consolidate the linkage between economists and practitioners from Asia and Europe, five institutions from Asia and Europe agreed in 2006 to establish an Asia Europe Economic Forum (AEEF) to serve as a high level forum, giving Asian and European policy experts an occasion for in-depth research-based exchanges on global issues of mutual interest.
The Call for Papers and Sessions is now closed but can still be found here.
Key dates
Session and Work Studio proposal deadline: 28 January 2019
Abstract submission deadline for papers and posters: 28 January 2019
Notification of acceptance of submissions: 28 February 2019
Provisional conference program 28 February 2019
Registration opens: 1 March 2019
Registration deadline for presenters: 24 May 2019
Early bird registration / block hotel booking deadlines: 24 May 2019
Full paper and poster submission deadline: 2 June 2019
Final conference program: 25 June 2019
Conference in Hong Kong: 26-29 June 2019
Conference venue
The fourth International Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption conference is hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
Organizing and advising committee
The organizing committee for the conference includes Kira Matus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Alexander Charalambous, EU SWITCH to Green Facility; Chiara Farné Fratini, Aalborg University / University of Florence; Dwayne Appleby, One Earth; Georgina (Ginnie) Guillen-Hanson, Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP); Jeffrey Barber, Integrative Strategies Forum; Karen Onthank, Integrative Strategies Forum; Lars Mortensen, European Environment Agency; Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, Aalborg University; Midori Aoyagi, National Institute for Environmental Studies; Monique Retamal, University of Technology Sydney; Nicole Bieak Kreidler, La Roche College; Steven R. McGreevy, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN); Patrick Schröder, University of Sussex; Vanessa Timmer, One Earth / Utrecht University; Vesela Veleva, University of Massachusetts / Boston
The advising committee includes Philip Vergragt, Leonie Dendler, Manisha Anantharaman, Tim Foxon, Adrian Ely, and Marlyne Sahakian.