FIT SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE 2013
Request for Break-Out Session and Student Project Exhibition Proposals
The Seventh Annual FIT Sustainable Business and Design Conference will be held
on April 9, 2013 in the John Reeves Great Hall. The theme of the conference is:
“People, Planet, Prosperity: The Sustainable Balancing Act”
The concept focuses on social justice, and incorporating sustainability both as the core of business strategy and in our day-to-day lives to have an economically feasible, positive impact on people and the planet. Best practices will be presented by speakers, in break-out sessions, and in exhibits.
The organizing committee is reaching out to all faculty and staff for proposals on topics for break-out sessions as part of the conference. Information about previous years’ conferences can be found at: http://www.fitnyc.edu/sustainability.
If you would like to submit proposals and/or are interested in helping with organizing the conference (faculty and student volunteers are needed and welcomed), please email Sandra_Krasovec@fitnyc.edu or Nomi_Kleinman@fitnyc.edu.
Break-Out Sessions
FIT Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit their proposals for presentations in 3 areas:
1. How sustainability is incorporated into each of their respective schools and disciplines
2. Curriculum building
3. Sustainable FIT- everyday actions for a greener campus life
Sessions should be 45-minutes long and can be presentations, workshops, roundtable discussions, or other formats. Break-out sessions are held in the Seminar Rooms in the lower level beneath the Great Hall, or in other locations on campus, as appropriate to the target audience, activity and topic.
Please submit the following information in your proposal:
1. Your name, department, title, email address and phone number.
2. Title of your presentation.
3. Brief summary of your presentation and how it relates to this year’s conference. theme and/or “FIT Forever Green,” the continuing college-wide sustainability effort.
4. Equipment that you may require, e.g. laptop and projector, smart board, etc.
Student Project Exhibition
Student projects relating to sustainability will be exhibited in the Great Hall and around the college during the conference. Please be prepared to work with your students to display their projects on the afternoon of Monday, April 8th and to dismantle them after 5:30pm on Tuesday, April 9th. There will also be an option to display work in digital format.
Please submit the following information if you would like to have student work displayed at the conference:
1. Your name, department, course, email address and phone number.
2. A brief description of the project.
3. Number of students who will be exhibiting.
4. Preferred method or needs for displaying work.
Proposals for Break-Out Sessions and the Student Project Exhbition will be reviewed and selected by The Sustainability Council to provide comprehensive and diverse issues related to sustainability.
Final submission deadline is Friday, February 15, 2013.
Please send to Sandra_Krasovec@fitnyc.edu or Nomi_Kleinman@fitnyc.edu.