Day One: 15 February 2012

8:00 - Tea and Coffee

8:50 - Welcome

9:00 - Topic: Social, Economic and Technical Sustainability

Prof. Paul Bowen - Professor in the Department of Construction Economics and Management

  • Concept of Social, Economic and Technical Sustainability; 
  • Overview of the Social, Economic and Technical Factors that affect the sustainable management of African cities;
  • How African cities can be managed sustainably;

11:00 - Morning Tea

11:30 - Topic: Sustainable Business Development and the integration of commercial, environmental and societal impacts into business strategy

Dr. Abimbola Olukemi Windapo - Senior Lecturer at the Department of Construction Economics and Management

  • Overview of sustainable development
  • Need for the sustainable development and growth of corporate organizations
  • Combination of economic, environmental and ethical/societal factors that influence businessactivities
  • Definable arrangements likely to aid the sustainable development and growth of corporate organizations 

12:45 - Networking Lunch

13:45 - Topic: The role of indicators, assessment methods and sustainability strategies at local, national and international levels;

  • Tools (such as Environmental Management Systems) that can be used for monitoring, evaluating and assessing the environmental and sustainability performance of organizations; 

15:00 - Afternoon Tea

15:15 - End of Day 1

Day Two: 16 February 2012

9:00 - Topic: The consideration, design, implementation, operation, auditing and reporting of an Environmental Management System by or within an organization

  • ISO 14001 and EMAS –corporate environmental management and sustainability 

11:00 - Mid morning Tea

11:30 - Case studies on key global issues such as environmental problems-global warming, climate change-, sustainable cities, waste management, sustainable transport etc.

  • Why are cities such as Cape Town and Johannesburg thriving? 

12:45 - Networking Lunch

13:45 - Topic: Towards environmental sustainability: sourcing, assessment and selection of building materials in Nigeria

Dr. Abimbola Olukemi Windapo - Senior Lecturer at the Department of Construction Economics and Management

15:00 - Afternoon Tea

15:30 - Closing Remarks