The International Organising Committee of the First Global Summit On Sustainable Development and Biodiversity 2008 (Gloss 2008) in association with VRM Foundation, Raipur and Chhattisgrah Enviroment Conservation Board, Government of Chhattisgrah invites the submission of abstracts for the Global Summit. The Global Summit will be held at the Hotel Babylon International, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India during February 7-9, 2009.

Submission of abstracts closes on 15 January 2009. All expressions of interest are subject to approval by the Global Summit, Peer Review Committee. Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified by email.

Pre- and Post-Global Summit Workshops

The International Organising Committee invites interested persons from industries, donor agencies, media, civil society organizations and government agencies to participate at pre and post Global summit workshops scheduled before or after the Global Summit. This workshop will continue from three hours to six hours. Greater importance will be given on involvement of corporate houses , Civil Society organizations, media and stakeholders appropriately in the deliberation of the Global Summit. These workshops will facilitate dissemination of information relating to the goals and objectives of the summit and sharing of proceedings of the Summit. The organising committee reserves the right to decide the price per person for workshops following negotiations with presenters.

Themes

Global Warming and environmental threats have challenged the basic human survival on this earth. The population explosion coupled with evil effects of globalisation and irreparable damages of environment have damaged the world economic order. The sea level tends to rise by 20 feet. In India, not less than 20% of coastal areas have been exposed to the frequent threats by the rising sea. It is estimated that not less than a million species would be vanished from the earth by 2050. Although a good number of International Conventions have been organized to influence formulation of policy at national level for bringing balance between social well-being and eco system through Sustainable Development approach, a very little achievement has been made in this direction. The Sustainable Development is a major concern for Government, Civil society organizations and corporate world these days. The issues of Sustainable Development are numerous and complex. There is a wide gap between macro level policy and micro level issues and needs. A very little attempt has been made to understand the vision of the stakeholders and assess the time-tested technologies, values and mechanisms of conserving, regenerating and preserving the ecosystem. The Global Summit seeks to examine the ways in which the stakeholders and civil society organizations can participate in planning process with the planners and experts and how their indigenous time tested mechanism for ensuring equilibrium between social well being and eco health would be renewed at macro scale.

The Global Summit aims at promotion of base for public private partnership towards meeting common challenges of globalisation and future of the human being.