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October 9, 2009
SoL Austria Symposium:
Sustaining Abilities – Stories from the Field
Vienna - AUSTRIA
October 9th, 2009: SoL Austria will hold an International Symposium: “Sustaining Abilities – Stories from the Field” at the University of Vienna to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Members of all SoL fractals from Europe and other continents as well as interested guests are cordially invited. We will start at 10.00 am. The conference will be held in English.
Programme:
- Dr. Göran Carstedt, Senior Director with the Clinton Climate Change Initiative und Founding Member of Global Sol „Learning Ports for a Better Climate – The Story of Mobilizing Port Authorities”
- opportunities for exchange of experience at Learning Tables
- “SoL-Stories from the Globe” with short reports from Organizational Learning Practitioners
- “Future Cascade” about the question "10 Years in the Future – what will Organizations have learned, what will I have learned?"
- festive dinner and party
Keynote Speaker: Göran Carstedt
Göran Carstedt is senior director, Clinton Climate Initiative and chairman of The Natural Step International. He is engaged in the formation of the SoL Global Network. Dr. Carstedt is also a consultant and coach to various European and US organizations and serves as chairman and board member in several corporations. He is the former head of IKEA Retail Europe and member of the IKEA Group Management Board 1990-1997. He served from 1990-1995 as President of IKEA North America in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Before joining IKEA, Dr. Carstedt served for many years in different executive positions with Volvo. Dr. Carstedt received his Ph.D. from the University of Umeå in 1974, and an honorary doctorate at Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Karlskrona, 2007.
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