Sustainable Management in Action

SMIA05 - 2nd International Congress with Innovation Fair Sustainable Management in Action - 19-20 September 2005, University of Geneva, Switzerland - smia.info

(PRWEB) December 22, 2004 -- Task and objectives: Sustainable management, a relatively young discipline, offers private and public enterprises new development potentials. Its task is to put sustainable development into practice (Sustainable development is a process to maintain and to develop material, ecological, economic, social, cultural and ethical fundamentals in our lives).

History of society has, however, shown that profound changes are mainly achieved by a combination of several elements. The objective of the SMIA05-Congress is therefore to demonstrate the driving elements of sustainable management: strategies and concepts, instruments, technologies, management systems, ethics, culture, etc. Presenting leading know how and practical applications, the event will highlight the benefits of sustainable management, achieved at an economic, social and environmental level.

Contrary to the majority of aspects of our society, which provides positive and negative features, sustainable management sets up mainly so-called Win-Win-effects. This unique fact explains its success across the world and represents a key message of SMIA05.
In companies, it leads to the increase of profitability, competitive advantages, innovative capacity, employees motivation, credibility.In communities, it enhances the social capital, while in national economies it allows the establishment of the framework towards qualitative growth, de-connecting economic development from the use of our natural resources.

In developing countries, it stimulates change leading multinational companies to build sustainable business models, focusing on a largely untapped market of more than 4 billion people. Their objective is to convert poverty as one of the world's most daunting problems into an entrepreneurial challenge. While enabling people these countries to become active participants of sustainable development, they thereby contribute to developing a promising dynamism towards a more stable world.

A major topic of SMIA05 remains the promotion of sustainable management in SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises). Of the approximately 75 million enterprises across the world, 90 % are SME's. They are drivers of innovation, economic growth and job creation. Accelerated introduction of sustainable management in SME's will therefore set up major progress in the development of this field.

Programme of SMIA05 19th September 2005: Opening
Session A: Concepts and strategies
Session B: Instruments of sustainable management
Session C: Evening-Forum for entrepreneurs, shareholders and consumers.

20th September 2005:
Session D: Technical innovations
Session E: Sustainable management in SME's.
Workshops: Sustainable management systems and certification, developing countries, sustainable funds and financing, sustainable energies, innovative environmental technologies, sustainable SME's, hospitality and tourism sustainability, sustainable marketing.
Innovation fair: Technologies and services for sustainable management.

Target groups: Entrepreneurs/decision makers from public and private companies at a regional, national and international level/managers in sustainable management/SME's/administrations/research institutes/suppliers of environmental industry/services/financial institutions/NGO's/insurance companies/international institutions/marketing experts/students/consultants/consumers.

Information:
www.smia.info and
International press: Philippe Nottet, Phone: +33 6 70 75 32 21 / +33 4 50 27 78 68 /
E-mail: phnottet@smia.info

Secretariat SMIA05: Therese Wolf, Phone + 41 21 320 08 05 / E-mail: thwolf@smia.info

Organizing committee: Hubert Klun: Phone. +41 21 646 59 80, email: hklun@smia.info

Summary
SMIA05 / 2nd International Congress with Innovation Fair

Sustainable Management in Action
19 - 20 September 2005, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Organisers: Sustainable Management in Action (SMIA) Association, Lausanne, in co-operation with the University Centre of GENEVA for Human Ecology and Enviromental Sciences (CUEH).

Objectives:
Demonstrate the putting into practice of sustainable management via enterpreneurship
Highlight its unique Win-Win-Effects
Promote sustainable management in SME's

Organizers:
Sustainable Management in Action (SMIA) Association, Lausanne, in co-operation with the University Centre of GENEVA for Human Ecology and Enviromental Sciences (CUEH).

Main Topics
Plenary Sessions: Concepts, strategies, practical tools and technological innovations in sustainable management, as well as sustainable management in SME's.

Workshops: Sustainable management systems and certification, developing countries, sustainable funds and financing, sustainable energies, innovative environmental technologies, sustainable SME's, hospitality and tourism sustainability, sustainable marketing.
Evening: Forum for entrepreneurs, shareholders and consumers.
Concurrent innovation fair: Technologies and services for sustainable management.

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