"Then I say the Earth belongs to each generation during its course, fully and in its right no generation can contract debts greater than may be paid during the course of its existence"

Thomas Jefferson, September 6, 1789
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives"

Abba Eban
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

Buckminster Fuller, philosopher, futurist and global thinker (1895 - 1983)
JOIN US IN PALERMO!

Gold sponsors:

13th SDEWES conference held on the beautiful Italian island Sicily, in Palermo from September 30 - October 4, 2018, is now behind us. It has brought together 400 scientists, researchers, and experts in the field of sustainable development from around 50 countries. We have listened to 330 presentations, seen 80 poster presentations, attended 9 special sessions and one special event, and also had the pleasure of listening to three invited lectures and two panels with some of the most distinguished experts in the field.

All the presentations and videos of the most important events from SDEWES2018 can be found on the conference website: www.palermo2018.sdewes.org/media.php.

Next year, SDEWES is going back to Dubrovnik, Croatia, October 1 - 5, 2019, as traditionally it is organized every two years in the jewel of the Adriatic sea, the city of Dubrovnik. This will be the 14th edition of one of the best conferences on sustainable development, the SDEWES conference series: www.dubrovnik2019.sdewes.org.

For all your questions, please contact us at sdewes2019@sdewes.org, we look forward to hearing from you.

SDEWES Palermo Local Organizing Committee


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