A half-day seminar to reflect on the changing biotech sector in Bangalore over the past decade and to analyse important policy changes. Seminar programme Organised by the Center for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), and the STEPS Centre, together with the Association of Biotechnology-Led Enterprises (ABLE). Sponsored through a grant to IIMB...

A two-day conference challenging companies in India to embrace 'sustainable' business models in order to effectively meet business, social and environmental risks. Conference programme and speaker profiles (pdf) Event details - IIMB website IIMB Facebook page about the conference Presentations from the conference (Scribd) More about the conference Panel discussions and keynote speeches will make...

Exploring the tools of social network analysis for competence building and inclusion in emerging clusters: Looking at Peruvian mangos and Colombian palm oil By Matias Ramirez, Senior Lecturer in Management at SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, Business and Policy makers in many developing countries have been increasingly drawn to the notion that sustained...

This event will launch a new copy of the IDS Bulletin on Water and Sanitation, 'Some for All? Pathways and Politics Since New Delhi in 1990'. We will host a debate on the pathways taken (or not taken) since the New Delhi statement at the end of the UN Water Decade in 1990. Looking back...

IDS Seminar, Thursday 22 March, 13.00-14.30, IDS Convening Space Some for all? Politics and pathways in water and sanitation  Taking place on World Water Day, this seminar will launch the new IDS Bulletin, 'Some for All?' Politics and pathways in water and sanitation. Discussion will examine why progress towards providing safe water and improved sanitation since the original...

Come and help celebrate the launch of our Pathways to Sustainability book series, published by Routledge/Earthscan. This event is free and open to all - we especially hope to welcome people attending the Planet Under Pressure conference next door. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. The venue is the Connaught Room of the Ramada Docklands Hotel,...

Film screening followed by a panel discussion with the film's director, Simon Bright, chaired by Ian Scoones (STEPS Centre co-director). The panel will also include Denis Norman (the first Minister of Agriculture in independent Zimbabwe in 1980 and former head of the Commercial Farmers Union), Peter Freeman (UK Overseas Development Administration representative in Zimbabwe in...

Andy Stirling, STEPS Co-director, is charing a workshop entitled Engaging Stakeholders in setting Research Agendas and Creating Visions for European Futures, at this Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education conference.  

Adrian Ely, Head of Impact and Engagement at STEPS, will be speaking at TEDx Sussex University about uncovering hidden pathways to sustainability. The event is ticket-only, but video and other materials from the event will be available afterwards on the TEDx website. Other speakers include Mick Moore (IDS), David Birch, James Woudhuysen, Mariana Mazzucato, Peter...

View information on the 2013 Summer School Our first Summer School on "Pathways to Sustainability" will be held at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Through a programme of lectures, workshops and public events, participants will discuss how pathways to sustainability are being pursued in different settings. The Summer School will explore current thinking in...