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Programme
9.30 -9.45 Introduction by Prof.
Pavel Nastase, Rector of ASE
9.45 -10.30 Lecture by Prof. Dennis Meadows
10.30 - 11.00 Questions and Discussion
Location
Aula Magna, the Ion N. Angelescu Building,#6 Piata
Romana, Bucharest-1
The Lecture
The phrase "Sustainable Development" is
normally used to describe a situation in which the rich keep what they have,
and the poor rise up to their level while damage to the environment and use of
crucial raw materials is reduced.
But the global society is profoundly above the long-term
carrying capacity of the planet. So most of the rich will not keep what they
have, and most of the poor will not rise. Consequently we have to change the
meaning of the phrase "sustainable development".
What can be a realistic and useful meaning of the phrase
now, in this century? And what should be our priorities for action -
personally, for our family, our city, our country to achieve sustainable
development?
Dennis Meadows will reflect on his 40 years of talking
about the causes and consequences of physical growth on a finite planet. He
will suggest priorities for research and action in the 21st century.
The lecture will be held on the occasion of the opening
of the academic year.
Dennis Meadows
Dennis L. Meadows is President of the Laboratory for
Interactive Learning and widely known as the co-author of "The Limits to
Growth". He started working at the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in the late 1960s and was director of the Club of Rome project on
the Predicament of Mankind.
Further on Meadows has been a tenured professor in
faculties of management, engineering, and social sciences and he has developed
innovative and complex strategic games. He has been the Director of three
university research institutes: at MIT, Dartmouth College and the University of
New Hampshire. He is the Past President of the International System Dynamics
Society and the International Simulation and Games Association.
Dennis Meadows has received numerous international
awards for his work, including the Japan Prize in 2009 and several honorary
doctorates from universities in Europe and the United States.
