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The University of Massachusetts
Lowell
International Conference
Approaches to Sustainable
Regional Development:
The Role of The University in the Globalizing
Economy
October 26-28,
2000
Thursday, October 26
08:30-09:00 CITA
on Sustainability
Conference Overview and Purpose - CITA Perspectives on Regions,
Universities, and Sustainable Development
09:00-09:15 Universities
and Sustainability
Chair - Chancellor William Hogan, University of Massachusetts
Lowell
John Craven Hoy, President, New England Board of Higher Education
Paul Streeten, “The Universe and the University”
Charles Levenstein, Department of Work Environment, UMass Lowell,
"What Do Regions Want?"
Selma Botman, Vice-President for Academic Affairs, University
of Massachusetts
10:45-12:15 Universities,
Public Institutions and Sustainability: Case Studies from Asia
Morshidi Sirat, Dean, School of Humanities, University Sains
Malaysia, Penang, "Managing the Interface with the Region:
The Case of the University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia"
Jamuna Ramarkrishna, Program Officer of India Regional Office
of Hivos, a Dutch Development Cooperation Agency in India, “Striving
Towards Sustainable Development in a Globalizing Economy: Universities
and Civil Society Organizations in India”
12:15 LUNCH
Introduction – Cathy Crumbley, Program Director, Lowell
Center for Sustainable Production, UMass Lowell.
Address - Tony Cortese, President, Second Nature, Inc. "The
Critical Role of Higher Education in Fostering a Just and Sustainable
Future"
01:45-03:15 Education,
Environment and Gender in Scandinavia
Rolve Petter Amdam, Norwegian School of Management, and
Ove Bjarnar, Molde Regional College, "Globalization and
Regional Learning Systems: Experiences from Norwegian Regions"
Bjornar Saether, Department of Sociology and Human Geography,
University of Oslo, "Industrial Change and Improved Environmental
Quality: The Case of a Norwegian County"
Lena Gonas, National Institute of Working Life, Sweden, “
Gender, Work and Health: A Regional Research and Development
Project in Sweden”
03:30-04:30 Health
and Sustainable Development
Judith Gregory, Department of Informatics, University of
Oslo and Bo Helgeson, Department of Human Work Science, University
College-Karlskrona/Ronneby, Sweden “Globalization and Localization
of Managed Care Concepts and Techniques”
Michael O'Sullivan, Vincent Pivnicny, and Charles Levenstein,
Departments of Health and Clinical Sciences and Work Environment,
UMass Lowell, "The Role of the Health Care Industry in
Regional Development"
04:30 Reception and Dinner
in the heart of the Lowell National Historical Park at the boott
mill museum
07:00-09:00 pm
Cambodia Rebuilds: Grass Roots Development Models
Siey La Hoy, Director, Ptea Teuk Dong (Cambodian NGO) "A
Small Answer to the Big Problem of Globalization: The Street
Family Center in Battambang"
Ok Kong, Director, SABORAS (Cambodian NGO) in Battambang Province,
Cambodia, "Sustainable Development in the Communities"
Sophal Meas, Cambodia Center for Social Development, "The
Center for Social Development and Its Activities"
Friday,
October 27
08:45-10:30 The
Dynamics of Education, Skill Formation, and Regional Growth
William Lazonick, Department of Regional Economic Social Development,
UMass Lowell and Michael Fiddy, Department of Electrical Engineering,
UMass Lowell, "The Information Economy, UMass Lowell,
and Regional Development"
Mary Bacigalupo, Donald Pierson, Graduate School of Education,
UMass Lowell, "Significance of K-12 Education in Regional
Economic Development"
Michael Best, College of Management, UMass Lowell, "Regional
Growth, Skill Formation, Dynamics, and the Role of UMass Lowell"
David Terkla, Economics Department, UMass Boston and Peter
Doeringer, Economics Department, Boston University, "Local
Government and Firm Attraction Strategies"
10:45-12:30 University
Engagement in Regional Development: Building Bridges
John Wooding Department of Regional Economic and Social
Development, UMass Lowell, and Nancy Kleniewski, Dean, Fine
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UMass Lowell, "Building
Bridges: Sustainable Development, Interdisciplinary Programs
and the University"
Joel A. Tickner and Cathy Crumbley, Lowell Center for Sustainable
Production, “The University, Public Interest Research,
and Advocacy Assistance: Lessons on the Role of Academia in
Promoting Sustainable Development"
Linda Silka, Khan Chao, Rassany Khakeo, Robin Toof, David
Turcotte, and Cheryl West, Center for Family, Work and Community,
UMass Lowell, "A University Attempts to Enter into its
Regional Economy: Models for Integrated Action"
Luis Velazquez, Miguel Romo, Nora Munguia, Irma Lopez, Alberto
Platt and Jorge Taddei, the University of Sonora at Hermosillo,
"The Sustainable Development Certificate of the University
of Sonora and Its Impact on Regional Development"
01:30-03:15 Academic
Activism: Imagining and Enacting Alternative Regional Futures
in Western Massachusetts
Julie Graham and Rebecca Forrest, UMass Amherst, "The
Community Economics Project: Community-based Research as Economic
Development Activism"
Carol Biewener, Simmons College and Ken Byrne, UMass Amherst,
"Fostering Economic Difference: Case Studies from the
Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts"
AnnaMarie Russo and Stephen Healey, UMass Amherst, "Household-Based
Neighborhood Economies and Economic Development Planning for
Inner Cities"
Myrna
Margulies Breitbart, Hampshire College and Gregory Horvath,
UMass Amherst, "Crafting Community: An Alternative Approach
to Urban Development and Cultural Planning"
03:30-05:00 The
Importance of Gender and Inclusive Unions in Sustainable Regional
Development: What Can the University Do?
Jean Pyle, Department of Regional Economic and Social
Development, UMass Lowell, “The Misuse of Women Workers
In the Global Economy: The Roots of Non-sustainability”
Smita Srinivas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Organizing
Women Workers and the Role of the University"
Charlie Richardson, UMass Lowell Labor Extension Program and
Harneen Chernow, Director of Education and Training Massachusetts
AFL-CIO, "Building a Voice for Labor in Economic Development:
The Role of University-Based Labor Programs"
Saturday, October 28
08:30-10:00 National
Sustainable Development Models
Tea Petrin, Economics Department and Aleð Vah
ËiË, Economics Department, University of Ljubljana,
“Sustainable Regional Development: Experience From Slovenia"
Mary O'Sullivan, INSEAD, France, “Celtic Tiger or …:
Ireland and Sustainable Development”
Laurine Platzky, South Africa Deputy Director-General Business
Promotion, Property Management and Tourism "Reconstructing
and Developing South Africa: The Role of Spatial Development
Initiatives"
10:15-12:00 Brunch
and Where Do We Go From Here?
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