Green Economics Institute 20th Mid Summer Workshop Weekend Conference

Green Economics Institute's 20th Anniversary Workshop and Conference Weekend.June 2024

Fees and registration are now available at the following link -

https://geiconferences.org/tickets/gei-conferences-and-events-2024/green-economics-institutes-20th-anniversary-conference-june-2024day-3-sunday-16th-june-2024/

This weekend event is for everyone and will include details of how to participate in the Green Economics Institute's Projects, Activities and Charity Work and be active in 2024 and beyond or how to support us, or to find out what we do and share in our vision for a nicer more sustainable and caring world for everyone and everything on the planet.

This event is in person with two sessions over a weekend- one on the Saturday June 15th 2024 10.00 am uk time to 18.00 UK time and one on the Sunday 16th June 2024.

We will provide additional study opportunities in the week before the conference and the week after. We will post more information about this shortly. There will be a charge for this as we will provide resources. We are currently taking applications for this. Please email if you would like to take part. We have offered a summer school in the past during this phase and we will provide details to everyone booking for the conference very shortly.

We will plan our activities for 2024 and 2025 and the Anniversary together and our campaigns and where to put the Institutes resources and efforts.

Come and discuss and have your say - this is the fourth time we have run this event there with a strong social and team building element. It was great fun last time and everyone enjoyed -dont miss it !

Please click on the tickets so we reserve you a place.

We are unable to pay any costs except the meeting room hire and ask that anyone with the resources to do so please help towards the costs of running the event. The event will help towards supporting our charity work.

Please now book on the following link https://geiconferences.org/tickets/gei-conferences-and-events-2024/green-economics-institutes-20th-anniversary-conference-june-2024day-3-sunday-16th-june-2024/

Welcome evening Dinner

Keynote speaker B NB

Programme

Day 1 Saturday 15th June 2024

• 5 minute keynote intervention

Session 1: 10.00 -10.50 Introductory Session: www.greeneconomicsinstitute.org.uk

• Introductions with all participants.
• Introductory presentation and round up of what we have achieved and activities in the last few years.
• Looking back on 2023- what happened- to social, environmental and economic justice, human health and the health of planet- what are the vital signs?

• How will the world look?

Break 10.50-11.10

Session 2: 11.10-12.00 Looking Back on 2020-2025

• 5 minute keynote intervention

• The contribution we made to widening the scope of economics generally, the contribution we made to promoting other voices to be heard.
• Looking back on 2023-How did we do?
• Looking back on 20 years of the Green Economics Institute- what has been our role?
• SWOT Analysis
• Media Presence Metrics
• What should be our role going forward another 20 years to 2043.
• 5 minute keynote intervention

Session 3: 12.00-12.50 Philosophically what has the contribution been?

• 5 minute keynote intervention

• What would we like it to be in the years to come?
• Examining our new research initiatives?
• Looking back on our academic journal and articles founding the Green Economics Discipline or School and its situation -what adjustments do we want to make and what placing now would be use for it today?

13.00- 14.00 Lunch communally in the dinning area of the hotel.( Lunches must be paid for when taken)

14.00-14.10 Group Photo by the river

Session 4 Presentations -

Sustainable Food and Farming -building on our very successful book -The Greening of Food Farming and Agriculture- published by the Institute:

Bianca Madison -Vuleta (Croatia- Denmark Italy and UK) On the Sofa -Interviews with leaders-

Rudolf Buhler -Farmer and Reading University Allumni (Keynote speaker)

Anjikwi Mshallbwalla (Action Aid Nigeria)

Chelangat Scholar (Kenya)

Dr Chidi Magnus (Nigeria)

Session 5: 14.30-16.30 Updates from team members- where are we now

Presentations by Participants

Malaysia Presentations

Dr. Norfaryanti Kamaruddin, Allternative to wood based materials, challenges and future potential market ~ At the upcoming conference, a pivotal presentation will be delivered focusing on innovative alternatives to wood-based materials. The presentation will delve into the growing necessity for sustainable material solutions due to environmental concerns and the depletion of natural forests. It will outline the key challenges faced in the development and implementation of these materials, such as scalability, cost-efficiency, and market acceptance. Additionally, the session will explore the future market potential, emphasizing the sectors likely to drive demand, the economic implications, and the environmental benefits. This comprehensive discussion aims to ignite further research and investment in eco-friendly alternatives, shaping the future of sustainable construction and manufacturing industries.

Professor Tom Duncanson (USA)

Dr Vinitae Apte (India) Terre Organisation

-Circular Economy,Sustainable and resilience Cities!

Professor Ehtisham Abassi (Morocco and India)Professor Ehtisham Abassi (Morocco and India)

Session 5: 16.30-17.30 Partnering with other organisations.

• 5 minute keynote intervention

• What partner initiatives would we like to begin?
• What additional international regimes such as the United Nations would we like to initiate?
• What events would we like to attend and participate in run by other organisations?

-18.30-pm onwards Saturday Night we will go out for a communal dinner together.

Dinner Socials

On the Saturday night -we hope to take participants our to celebrate in a traditional way in the evening at a local venue.

Lots more -campaigns and activities- for 2025 -please come and find out more.

Day 2 Sunday 16th June 2024

• 5 minute keynote intervention

-Session 1 Introduction to Day 2 and welcome

5 minute keynote intervention

Morning discussion of what is in the papers and its implications

Presentations , posters, speeches,

Debates with all participants

-Session 2

5 minute keynote intervention

Morning reflections and or opportunities or sports, or walking in the lovely park next to the venue or by the River Thames. Observing wildlife of the River.

Walk in the lovely local park -Caversham Court Gardens

https://www.visit-reading.com/things-to-do/caversham-court-gardens-p1958171

-Session 3 Our media and publications - How to get involved

5 minute keynote intervention

• Our publications, research, magazines, books, journals, websites,TV station, projects for 2024 and beyond. www.geibooks.org.uk
• Our educational offerings -internships, courses, fellowships, examinations, qualifications, summer schools-How can we realise our ambitions to integrate these more fully to support our work? www.greeneconomicsinstituteeducation.org and geiacademy.org
• Big data, AI and Media transparency and democracy -threat or opportunity?
• GEIMedia. We are regularly getting up to 6 tv station interviews for our events including recently the front page of Bloomberg Media, TV India, TV France,and appear regularly on the United Nations official streaming and TV stations as well as our own GEITV station vimeo channel and many others. Should we start to manage the media images and interviews more proactively again? What should be the most important aspects of our features and content of our own new media offering? https://greeneconomicsinstitute.org.uk/media-green-economics-institute/

Session 4

Presentations

5 minute keynote intervention

If you would like to do an optional presentation on any of the above please email greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com with your suggestion as soon as possible. However this is only if you feel you would like to. These need to be submited in advance.

Session Meet the other generations -

speakers from each generation meet each other and explain their perspectives and share their worries and world views together and the relevant science and philosophies that govern their own thinking.

Gen z

Gen

Millenials

Baby Boomers-

Poster Sessions

If you would like to submit a poster, to our poster sessions, please email us as soon as possible- we will provide a form for you to enter. There is a charge of £100 per person per poster for each entry to include the conference fees which must be paid prior to submission. We will send you a link for this shortly.

Lunch

There are many choices of lunch settings both indoors and outdoors -which will be posted here shortly all with lovely views.

Session 5: 15.00- 15.50 Looking Forward in 2025 -social, environmental and economics justice in 2024 -what does it mean?

5 minute keynote intervention

• Our events in 2024-and 2025
• 20th Anniversary Conference at the University of Oxford in 2025

• Climate change, geopolitical instability, biodiversity loss- we are in the future now- what needs to be done in 2024 and 2025. ?
• Diversity, indigenous people, gender, older people, younger people, migration etc
• Planning for COP29 in Azerbajan and our other United Nations Delegations
• Planning for COP30 in the Amazon in 2025. www.geiclimate.org

Formal Conference concluding ceremony- including Tibetan singing bowl and symbols

We will all join together to enjoy the closing ceremony before going off for tea or to explore before dinner together.

Afternoon Tea - by the River

We hope to offer afternoon tea in a choice of settings including by the River on a river boat for those that would like that- all within an easy walk from the venue.

Time to Relax before dinner

Time to enjoy the local area and its wildlife

Dinner Socials

We will finish with our traditional curry dinner at River Spice overlooking the beautiful Thames River on the Sunday early evening. https://riverspicereading.co.uk/

CPD and Certification for attending the Conference

For all certification and CPD Certificates, ( the Conference will be suitable for CPD) this must be booked prior to attending the conference and this year we will be making a charge of £200 for attending the conference and to include CPD or any certification. Please email us at greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com to book and register your request. All such requests must be paid for and received by the end of May 2024 to give us time to allocate resources for you. We will provide a form for you to fill in to register your request.

Reserving your place for the weekend event

The weekend event must be pre booked. So please click on the eventbrite link to register your participation so we can guage numbers coming. Please ensure you have paid your 2024 geimembership.org subscription -link here https://geimembership.org/product/green-economics-institute-membership-2024/

Photography.

The photos below are from a variety of photographers and team members. Photos of the plenaries at the United Nations are courtesy of Aissiatou Ba Linarz one of our team members based in Bonn. We are also grateful to other team members including Liu Yang, Dr Vinitae Apte.

Accomodation

Accomodation is avaialable at the conference Hotel and in many other places to suit all budgets all over Reading within walking distance of the conference. We will be posting more details about accomodation choices shortly

Subsistance and Catering

These are available in the hotel and also all over Reading within walking distance and some of the most diverse cafes and restaurants anywhere in the UK. Reading is very multi cultural.

Entertainment

We hope to have some music and dancing and singing to help you enjoy the weekend.

More details will be posted here shortly. If you can offer to provide or join in with music dancing, singing, instruments, alternative health, therapies etc please email us- we will require certificates if any alternative health sessions are offered. We hope to offer some guided walks and also some yoga or similar sessions, perhaps Tai Chi etc.

Students at Reading University and Oxford University

All students at Reading University and Oxford University and their allumni are encouraged to give a speech or presentation -if suitable, please email us at greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com to discuss suitability. Fees may increase as we get nearer to the conference so we encourage you to book as soon as you can.

Exhibition Stands

We are delighted to welcome exhibition stands from kindred and supporting organisations for Saturday and Sunday of the event. The charge is £250 per exhibition stand excluding conference admission fees. Please email if you would like to apply. We will be posting an application form here shortly. Terms and Conditions will apply which we will publish shortly. For larger organisations with higher turnovers, we will charge £500 a day for exhibition stands in order to be able to provide room for you.

Walking and parkland

The Venue is in Reading and is surrounded by lovely countryside and areas of outstanding natural beauty. There is also a stunning view from the hotel and a lovely park opposite the hotel over the river. The hotel overlooks the Thames River and regular boat hour long cruises go up and down in front of the meeting rooms. There is an enormous amount of wild birdlife outside the hotel of exceptional quality. There are several walks outside the hotel on easy flat paths up and down the River Bank.

Visa Letters

We will be interviewing anyone via zoom who requests a visa support letter and there will be a charge for this service. All conference fees and GEI memberships must be fully paid up for 2024 before any visa letter will be provided. Full scrutiny will be made to ensure all visas processes are carried out correctly. Please do not hesitate to ask for more information.

If you require a visa support letter to attend the conference this year you will be required to provide a deposit of £200 returnable after 100% conference attendance in addition to payment of the conference fees.

Family and Friends Bookings

We encourage family, friends and partners to join you and to do joint presentations if you would like to as these have been really popular and succesful in past conferences. Please email for more details. greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com

Conference Fees

If you have not paid the conference fees to us- we can make no guarantees of a place even if you have paid for accomodation or flights or other costs, we cannot be responsible for this. Therefore please ensure you have registered and paid for your place as the first part of your application process.

Safe guarding

We are pleased to advise that many young people are very keen on our work. We would ask anyone under 18 to please check with their parent or guardian if they can come. If they meet resistance or cannot do this- please discuss this with us -greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com as we take safeguarding extremely seriously. We will not accept any bookings or visa support letters from anyone under 21 without a zoom interview to ensure safety and safeguarding.

Catering

Everyone these days has different dietary requirements, and it is much much easier to cater for everyone with prior knowledge and discussion, please contact us at greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com to discuss options- Reading has loads of options, almost limitless, so we can advise.

Presentations

If you would like to do an optional presentation on any of the above please email greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com with your suggestion as soon as possible. However this is only if you feel you would like to. These need to be submited in advance.

Walk in the lovely local park -Caversham Court Gardens

https://www.visit-reading.com/things-to-do/caversham-court-gardens-p1958171

Poster Sessions

If you would like to submit a poster, to our poster sessions, please email us as soon as possible- we will provide a form for you to enter. There is a charge of £100 per person per poster for each entry to include the conference fees which must be paid prior to submission. We will send you a link for this shortly.

Dinner Socials

On the Saturday night -we hope to take participants our to celebrate in a traditional way in the evening at a local pub

We will finish with our traditional curry dinner at River Spice overlooking the beautiful Thames River on the Sunday early evening. https://riverspicereading.co.uk/

CPD and Certification for attending the Conference

For all certification and CPD Certificates, ( the Conference will be suitable for CPD) this must be booked prior to attending the conference and this year we will be making a charge of £200 for attending the conference and to include CPD or any certification. Please email us at greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com to book and register your request. All such requests must be paid for and received by the end of May 2024 to give us time to allocate resources for you. We will provide a form for you to fill in to register your request.

Reserving your place for the weekend event

The weekend event must be pre booked. So please click on the eventbrite link to register your participation so we can guage numbers coming. Please ensure you have paid your 2024 geimembership.org subscription -link here https://geimembership.org/product/green-economics-institute-membership-2024/

Photography.

The photos below are from a variety of photographers and team members. Photos of the plenaries at the United Nations are courtesy of Aissiatou Ba Linarz one of our team members based in Bonn. We are also grateful to other team members including Liu Yang, Dr Vinitae Apte.

Accomodation

Accomodation is avaialable at the conference Hotel and in many other places to suit all budgets all over Reading within walking distance of the conference. We will be posting more details about accomodation choices shortly

Subsistance and Catering

These are available in the hotel and also all over Reading within walking distance and some of the most diverse cafes and restaurants anywhere in the UK. Reading is very multi cultural.

Entertainment

We hope to have some music and dancing and singing to help you enjoy the weekend.

More details will be posted here shortly. If you can offer to provide or join in with music dancing, singing, instruments, alternative health, therapies etc please email us- we will require certificates if any alternative health sessions are offered. We hope to offer some guided walks and also some yoga or similar sessions, perhaps Tai Chi etc.

Students at Reading University and Oxford University

All students at Reading University and Oxford University and their allumni are encouraged to give a speech or presentation -if suitable, please email us at greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com to discuss suitability. Fees may increase as we get nearer to the conference so we encourage you to book as soon as you can.

Summer School

We are planning to run a summer school in the week before the conference and more details will be announced shortly here.

Magical Mystery Walking Tours of Oxford

This will include guided or safari walking and train trips to Oxford and the historic activities of the Institute and its publications for the last 20 years and where to see them.

There will be a charge for participation in this exciting part of the conference. They will take place in the week before the Conference and or the week afterwards.

Exhibition Stands

We are delighted to welcome exhibition stands from kindred and supporting organisations for Saturday and Sunday of the event. The charge is £250 per exhibition stand excluding conference admission fees. Please email if you would like to apply. We will be posting an application form here shortly. Terms and Conditions will apply which we will publish shortly. For larger organisations with higher turnovers, we will charge £500 a day for exhibition stands in order to be able to provide room for you.

The lovely venue -The Crowne Plaza on the River Thames

https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/gb/en/reading/reauk/hoteldetail

Walking and parkland

The Venue is in Reading and is surrounded by lovely countryside and areas of outstanding natural beauty. There is also a stunning view from the hotel and a lovely park opposite the hotel over the river. The hotel overlooks the Thames River and regular boat hour long cruises go up and down in front of the meeting rooms. There is an enormous amount of wild birdlife outside the hotel of exceptional quality. There are several walks outside the hotel on easy flat paths up and down the River Bank.

Visa Letters

We will be interviewing anyone via zoom who requests a visa support letter and there will be a charge for this service. All conference fees and GEI memberships must be fully paid up for 2024 before any visa letter will be provided. Full scrutiny will be made to ensure all visas processes are carried out correctly. Please do not hesitate to ask for more information.

If you require a visa support letter to attend the conference this year you will be required to provide a deposit of £200 returnable after 100% conference attendance in addition to payment of the conference fees.

Family and Friends Bookings

We encourage family, friends and partners to join you and to do joint presentations if you would like to as these have been really popular and succesful in past conferences. Please email for more details. greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com

Conference Fees

If you have not paid the conference fees to us- we can make no guarantees of a place even if you have paid for accomodation or flights or other costs, we cannot be responsible for this. Therefore please ensure you have registered and paid for your place as the first part of your application process. Please pay at the following link https://geiconferences.org/tickets/gei-conferences-and-events-2024/green-economics-institutes-20th-anniversary-conference-june-2024day-3-sunday-16th-june-2024/

Safe guarding

We are pleased to advise that many young people are very keen on our work. We would ask anyone under 18 to please check with their parent or guardian if they can come. If they meet resistance or cannot do this- please discuss this with us -greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com as we take safeguarding extremely seriously. We will not accept any bookings or visa support letters from anyone under 21 without a zoom interview to ensure safety and safeguarding.

Catering

Everyone these days has different dietary requirements, and it is much much easier to cater for everyone with prior knowledge and discussion, please contact us at greeneconomicsinstitute@yahoo.com to discuss options- Reading has loads of options, almost limitless, so we can advise.

Please pay and register for this conference at the following link

https://geiconferences.org/tickets/gei-conferences-and-events-2024/green-economics-institutes-20th-anniversary-conference-june-2024day-3-sunday-16th-june-2024/