NUS and University of Sydney Jointly Organise Singapore’s National Sustainability Conference 2010

Opening Ceremony: Thursday, 29 July 2010, 9.00 am, Amara Singapore Hotel, Ballroom 1 and 2, Level 3, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore 088539

Guest-of-Honour & Keynote Speaker: Dr Amy Khor, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and Mayor, South West District

Government, educational institutions, not for profit organisations, business representatives and students will gather together at the 2nd National Sustainability Conference on the 29th & 30th of July to discuss the latest sustainable developments in the Asia Pacific region. The theme of this year’s conference is Sustainable Strategies for Singapore and the Asia Pacific Region with a focus on the sustainable workplace. The conference is jointly organised by The Office of Environmental Sustainability (OES), National University of Singapore and the Workplace Research Centre (WRC), University of Sydney.

The conference will be opened by the Guest-of-Honour for the event, Dr Amy Khor, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, and Mayor, South West District, and she will be delivering the keynote address.

What is Singapore doing to mitigate climate change and how is this filtering down to our major corporations and enterprises? These are some of the questions that will be answered at this year’s conference. Business Leaders and Policy Makers from both Asia and Australia will be presenting on topics such as Sustainable Leadership, Achieving Sustainable Business Practices, the Economics of Climate Change, Green Jobs and the Future of the Sustainable Development in the Asia Pacific Region.

Some of the prominent speakers include Mr Ong Seng Eng, Director of the Resource Conservation Department at the National Environment Agency (NEA) – the country’s major statutory board for environmental protection, Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs and former Chair of the NEA, as well as Dr. John Buchanan, Director of the Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney and Mr. John Person, Head of the UK Regional Climate Change Network in Southeast Asia.

The National Sustainability Conference will take place in the Amara Hotel, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088539. It will be a great insight into Singapore’s present responses to Climate Change and the emerging opportunities in the area as well as an excellent platform of interaction and connection for anyone who is passionate about achieving a more sustainable Singapore.

Visit the National Sustainability Conference website for registration and details.