SEMINARS & EVENTS
2007 Academy
Sustainability and Michigan’s Bioeconomy Future
September 27-28, 2007
The Inn at St. John’s
Plymouth, MI
Academy Purpose:
- Generate critical questions and issues pertinent to an emerging and sustainable Michigan bio-economy.
- Create a network of engaged scholars, critical thinkers, and concerned citizens that identifies sustainability-focused
action agendas (e.g., policy actions, engaged research actions, industry actions, government actions and NGOs actions)
which could add value to a bioeconomy future.
- Disseminate the identified action agendas developed at this Academy to a broad audience.
- Use the identified action agendas to guide and inform future Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project (SMEP) projects, grants, and other activities.
Academy Invitees:
- Academic, Government, NGOs, Industry, and Foundations
Academy Agenda
Speaker Bios
The Bioeconomy: Sustainability and Alternative Bioeconomy Futures for Michigan
The Netherlands Experiment: Pursuit of the 3Ps of Sustainability
Open Space Session: Naming the Issues & Questions
Michigan and Sustainability – Historical and Current Considerations
Panel 1: A Sustainable Bioeconomy from the 3Ps Perspective
Open Space Session: Creating the Action Item Agendas
Panel 2: Which Actions Matter?