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"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"
Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
The Report of the U.N. Brundtland Commission, Our Common Future, 1987
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
Buckminster Fuller, philosopher, futurist and global thinker (1895 - 1983)
Opening session (ROOM A) Chair: Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek
--- Welcome addresses ---
Prof. Milena Horvat, Dean, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
Prof. Zvonimir Guzović, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Zdravko Kravanja, Dean, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor
Mr. Gašper Hrastelj, Deputy Secretary General, Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO
Prof. Sandro Nižetić, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction and Physical Planning, Croatia
--- Introductory statements ---
Prof. Neven Duić, President of the International Centre for International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Sustainable development, where we are and where we are heading to?
Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee Releasing creative potentials of knowledge and education
--- Round table: Education, research and entrepreneurship for sustainable development ---
Prof. Milena Horvat, Dean, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
Prof. Zvonimir Guzović, Dean, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Zdravko Kravanja, Dean, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor
Energy Journal - handling editors meeting (invitation only) (ROOM F) Chair: Prof. Henrik Lund
1500 - 1530
Closing session (ROOM A) Chair: Prof. Aleksander Zidanšek
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