conferences

fundació fòrum ambiental             6th Forum Ambiental Conference / 2nd Euromediterranean Forum for Sustainable Development   The 6th Forum Ambiental Conference (10th and 11th of March 2005) there were two different sessions organized: - The cost of not having environmental policies at the local level - The cost of not having environmental policies in your company On the 8th and 9th of March, FFA together with the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and ASCAME organized the second Euromediterranean Forum for Sustainable Development. This edition of the conference discussed the way towards the creation of a free trade zone, and the high price of not applying policies of sustainability in the Mediterranean region, along with the great business opportunities that this region offers. In these sessions more than 450 participants and 40 speakers were gathered.       5th Forum Ambiental Conference / First Mediterranean Forum for Sustainability   From the 11th to the 14th of March 2003, FFA organized it's 5th conference. This time the conference dealt with the following topics: - Environmental Transparency, Information and Accountability - Stimulating the move towards more environmentally conscious businesses - The NIMBY-effect (Not In My Backyard) - Responsibility for Environmental Damages. - Oceanic Environmental Issues In this fifth edition there were more than 600 professionals attending, along with approximately 40 speakers from both the local and national level. FFA, together with ECOMED and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, along with ASCAME, launched the first edition of the Mediterranean Forum for Sustainability. This was an international conference focusing on debating models of productive investment to foster development and sustainability, feasible both for the international organizations as well as the main investing companies present in northern Africa.       4th Forum Ambiental Conference   From the 7th until the 9th of February 2001, FFA organized it's fourth Forum Ambiental Conference, once again coinciding with the ECOMED-POLLUTEC exhibition. The topics of the conference were organized in six groups: - Creating Environmental Markets - Residue Treatment - Environment and Municipal Action - Environmental Information and Desinformation - Economic Instruments for Environmental Management - Oceanic Environment Issues In this edition, there were around 20 speakers; experts, businesses as well as local, regional and European authorities along with 650 attendees. 200 of the participants were mayors from all over Spain that assisted the sessions focusing on Environment and Municipal Action.       3rd Forum Ambiental Conference   Under the slogan “Businesses, Urban Eco-efficiency and Quality of Life” FFA organized this conferece from the 19th to the 23rd of March 1999, parallell to the ECOMED-POLLUTEC Environmental Exhibition. With more than 100 speeches, and more than 600 participants, the conference was structured into four areas: - City Models and their Environmental Footprint - Urban Politics - Action Tools - Urban Eco-products and Eco-services       2nd Forum Ambiental Conference   In March 1998, FFA organized it's second annual conference, this time focusing on “the Cost of not Recycling”.       1st Annual Forum Ambiental Conference   FFA organized it's first annual conference in late February, 1997. The conference discussed several topics such as the Agenda 21, the VOCs, Environmental Scoring, Environmental Management in the Mediterranean Countries, Energy Strategies and the Climate Change, and Industrial Ecology.