Final Program
Session Abstracts

• Education & Research
  Possible topics: curricular and extra-curricular learning, inquiry-based and experiential learning, public outreach and education, student-led educational projects, behavior change initiatives, professional development, tracking and measuring social impacts, research on sustainability and higher education, assessment, critiques of sustainability, examining assumptions, etc.

• Operations & Facilities
  Possible topics: measurement and assessment of sustainability in campus operations, “sustainable” practices in specific sectors (campus facilities, energy systems, food service, planning, investment, transportation, purchasing, groundskeeping, waste management, student life, and events), designing social equity outcomes into a project, case studies and lessons learned, barriers to implementation, incentives for sustainable design and behavior change, financing and funding issues, etc.

• Community Service & Outreach (local, regional, international)
  Possible topics: service learning projects, partnerships for sustainable communities, institutional collaborations for sustainable development, the role of higher education in creating sustainable communities, involving new partners and constituencies, critiques of current models, etc.

• Institutional Transformation
  Possible topics: cross-cutting initiatives to institutionalize sustainability in all sectors of campus, strategic planning for sustainability, triple-bottom-line accounting, support and development of sustainability professionals, new models of institutional governance and decision-making, (re)conceptualizing sustainability and the institution, the university’s role as a socially responsible community member, etc.

• Paper
  90-minute sessions with 30-minute presentation slots (15-20 min presentations followed by 10-15 mins of discussion).

• Poster
  One 90-minute session on Thursday. Posters may be set up Wednesday evening and remain on display through Friday afternoon.

• Field Report
  90-minute sessions with eight, 8-minute presentations followed by discussion (25 mins). This is an experimental format for presenting overviews of projects, ongoing work, research notes, field notes, new programs, innovative proposals, short papers, etc.

• Panel
  90-minute sessions with 3-4 presenters, plus panel moderator. Discussant optional. 10-15 min presentations followed by Q&A at end, led by moderator or discussant. The panel organizer must submit one abstract describing the panel and its purpose, and each participant should also submit an individual abstract. The organizer will be contacted to confirm panelists.

• Roundtable
  90-minute sessions, highly interactive. Example formats: Socratic dialogue, directed conversation, problem-solving, discussion, etc. Outcomes- and action-oriented sessions encouraged. The roundtable organizer should submit one abstract describing the roundtable and its purpose. The organizer will be contacted to confirm participants.

• Workshop
  90-minute interactive sessions led by individual or team.