The Sustainable Development Research Centre (SDRC)held its fourth annual conference – “Sustainability –Creating the Culture” in Inverness on 31st October and 1st November. Delegate numbers were the highest to date and the quality of the speakers was outstanding. SDRC would like to take this opportunity to thank all who attended for helping to make the event the success that it was. We would also like to thank our sponsors.

Have a look at the Conference Programme to see what you missed!. The conference proceedings are available by using the links on the right and the powerpoint presentations are published below;

Professor Jan Bebbington - Sustainable Development Commission, Scotland	Assessment Report on the SD peformance of the Scottish Executive from the Sustainable Development Commission
Maf Smith - Sustainable Development Commission, Scotland	Sustainable Development and the Role of Government
Professor Greg Lloyd and Deborah Peel - University of Liverpool	Planning Modernisation, Cultural Change and Making a Difference
Jan Falconer - Aberdeen City Council	Creating a Culture of Sustainability
David Bryan - Community Recycling Network, Scotland	Promoting social added value in the community recycling sector in Scotland
Dr Daniel Wahl, University of Dundee	Education Alliances for a Sustainable Future: Integrated Sustainable Community / Ecovillage Design Education
Dr John McLatchey, UHI Millenium Institute	Developing a Carbon Neutral Island
Professor Frank Figge, Queens University, Belfast	Sustainably Successful? Analysing, Measuring and Managing Corporate Sustainability with the Sustainable Value Approach
Dr M Kanchan, Mahajana Degree College, India	The Changing Face of Corporate Social Responsibility
Scott Davidson, Halcrow Group Ltd	Practically Delivering Smart Growth for the Highlands - A Success in Collaboration
Murray Ferguson - Cairngorm National Park Authority	Working Towards Sustainability in the Cairngorm National Park
Rick Wolk - University of Alaska	Social Entrpreneurs
Frazer Scott - Forward Scotland	Making the Connections; Well-being and Sustainable Development
Brian Menzies - Envirocentre	Industrial Symbiosis
Marcus Sangster, Forestry Commission, Heather George, SDRC	Forestry Commission's Corporate Sustainability Project

The fees included a Carbon Credit of £5 designed to offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the conference

the provisional date for SDRC's 5th Annual Conference is 12th / 13th November 2008