Please join us for our fifth annual Symposium on Friday, February 6th, 2009.
University of Houston Hilton Hotel and Conference Center
4800 Calhoun Street
Houston, TX 77204
The upcoming Symposium will focus on the topic of Sustainability. While often addressed in the context of "sustainable development," this foundational concept of sustainability is broader than the focal point of development and deserves separate treatment and assessment. Understanding sustainability as a stand-alone concept is essential to seriously addressing global climate change, its many ramifications, and other significant environmental challenges now facing modern society. The symposium will develop the concept of sustainability in its own right and apply that concept to the challenges of global climate change and other environmental issues. The goal of the symposium is to assess the starting place of sustainability as an unadorned principle and provide a context for scholars and practitioners with established interests in this area. The symposium and the journal issue that follows will offer new perspectives on sustainability in a variety of contexts - including, but not limited to, fossil fuel exploration and production, wetland resources, land use management, and the energy trade-offs between an energy regime based on fossil fuels compared with energy systems based on renewable fuels.
Cost to attend the Symposium is $150. This includes a pastry breakfast, lunch, and beverage and snack service throughout the day.
Government employees and those attending on behalf of a public interest organization receive a reduced rate of $100. Admission is free to students from any school or academic program and UHLC faculty.
Sponsorship Information:
If you would like to sponsor this year’s symposium, four packages are offered:
Platinum Sponsorship |
Gold Sponsorship |
Silver Sponsorship |
Green Sponsorship (non-profit organizations only) |
Cost $2500 |
Cost $2000 |
Cost $1000 |
Cost $250 + promise to promote the event to organization members and supporters |
Admits 12 Sponsor Attendees to Symposium |
Admits 8 Sponsor Attendees to Symposium |
Admits 5 Sponsor Attendees to Symposium |
Admits 10 Sponsor Attendees to Symposium at price of $50 per person |
Large Logo on EELPJ website and all Symposium literature, verbal recognition at Symposium |
Small logo on EELPJ website and all Symposium literature |
Company listed on EELPJ website and Symposium program |
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Sponsorship booth in most visible area |
Sponsorship booth in visible area |
Sponsorship booth |
Sponsorship booth |
Promotional item distribution |
Promotional item distribution |
Promotional item distribution |
Promotional item distribution |
If you have any questions about the Symposium or sponsorship, please contact us at the information listed below.
India Isbell
EELPJ Chief Symposium Editor & Director
imisbell@central.uh.edu
281.743.4365
Visiting Faculty Advisor for the Symposium
Irma S. Russell
NELPI Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law and The National Energy-Environment Law & Policy Institute
irma-russell@utulsa.edu