ESDN Conferences

A look at the history of the ESDN reveals that annual conferences have played a prominent role in facilitating networking between European SD practitioners and policy advisors. This section of the website provides a one-stop-shop documentation of all ESDN Conferences so far. Please click on one of the conferences for more details:

ESDN Conference 2013, Vienna+10: National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe – Taking stock, new developments and future challenges, Vienna/Austria, 13-14 June 2013

The ESDN Conference 2013 will take place in Vienna, Austria on 13-14 June 2013. The conference will be organized by the ESDN in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management.

The ESDN Conference 2013 is entitled “Vienna +10: National Sustainable Development Strategies in Europe – Taking stock, new developments and future challenges”. Ten years after the first ESDN Conference in Vienna, in 2003, which provided important inputs on SD strategies in Europe, we revisit NSDSs as one of the core themes of the ESDN.

The objective of the ESDN Conference 2013 is to take stock of NSDSs processes and objectives, investigate past achievements, explore new developments, and identify future challenges. The conference will comprise six sessions:

• Session 1: The past 10 years of NSDSs in Europe and new developments
• Session 2: Past achievements of NSDSs in Europe
• Session 3: The future of NSDSs in Europe and beyond
• Session 4: Future needs and new impulses for NSDSs
• Session 5: The future of the ESDN

If you’re interested in the conference, please send an email to the ESDN Office at esdn-office@sd-network.eu.

Draft Conference Program (PDF, 538 kB)

Copenhagen 2012: Rio+20 and its implications for Sustainable Development Policy at the EU and national level

Szentendre 2011: Framing and Focussing: European Resource Policies in the Context of Sustainable Development

Ghent 2010: Towards an Economy compatible with Sustainable Development Principles

Prague 2009: Options and Opportunities for the future EU Sustainable Development Strategy

Paris 2008: Coordinating SCP and CSR policies with Sustainable Development Strategies

Berlin 2007: European Sustainability Berlin 2007

Salzburg 2006: Sustainable Development goes Mozart

Windsor 2005: EU sustainable development networking event

Kinsale 2004: Comhar Conference

Vienna 2003: Sustainable Development in an enlarged Union

The Hague 2002: National Strategies for Sustainable Development: “Facts, Faces and Future Challenges”