talk
february 2009
5:00pm - 7:00pm
'Designing 2050' Launch book
Fri 20th February 09 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
ACMI
hosted by | TPN TXT the publisher of Designing 2050
'Designing 2050' Pathways to Sustainable Prosperity on Spaceship Earth'
This book will be launched by Governor David de Krester AC. The author Dr Peter Ellyard and TPN ( The Podcast Network) CEO Cameron Reilly will also speak , and afterwards Peter Ellyard will sign copies of the book . Copies of the book can be purchased from the ACMI bookshop during Friday 20 February and during the remainer of the Sustainable Living Festival. Purchase price is $30.00
Peter Ellyard
Dr Peter Ellyard is a futurist and strategist. He is a graduate of Sydney University (BSc.Agr) and of Cornell University (MS , Ph.D).
He is currently Chairman of the Preferred Futures Institute and the Preferred Futures Group, which he founded in 1991. He also Chairs the Sustainable Prosperity Foundation.
Dr Ellyard is a highly experienced executive. He is the former Executive Director for the Australian Commission for the Future. He held CEO positions in a number of public sector organizations over 15 years including two associated with Environment and Planning, and one with Industry and Technology. He was also Chief of Staff of an Environment Minister in Canberra for 3 years.
He is Adjunct Professor of Intergenerational Strategies at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand ,and the Australian Institute of Management. He is an elected Member of the International Union of Associations, based in Brussels, which has 45,000 international NGO members. He is also a Director of Green Cross Australia.
He has been a Senior Adviser to the United Nations system for more than 30 years including to the 1992 Earth Summit where he was a senior advisor on both the climate change and the biodiversity conventions. In this he was the only Australian and one of only 20 globally. At other times he has been a senior consultant to the UNEP, UNDP and UNESCO.
Dr Ellyard is the author of the best selling book Ideas for the New Millennium (1998, 2001) and Designing 2050: Pathways to Sustainable Prosperity on Spaceship Earth (2008). He is an enlightening, challenging and thought-provoking speaker.
He is currently Chairman of the Preferred Futures Institute and the Preferred Futures Group, which he founded in 1991. He also Chairs the Sustainable Prosperity Foundation.
Dr Ellyard is a highly experienced executive. He is the former Executive Director for the Australian Commission for the Future. He held CEO positions in a number of public sector organizations over 15 years including two associated with Environment and Planning, and one with Industry and Technology. He was also Chief of Staff of an Environment Minister in Canberra for 3 years.
He is Adjunct Professor of Intergenerational Strategies at the University of Queensland and a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators, the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand ,and the Australian Institute of Management. He is an elected Member of the International Union of Associations, based in Brussels, which has 45,000 international NGO members. He is also a Director of Green Cross Australia.
He has been a Senior Adviser to the United Nations system for more than 30 years including to the 1992 Earth Summit where he was a senior advisor on both the climate change and the biodiversity conventions. In this he was the only Australian and one of only 20 globally. At other times he has been a senior consultant to the UNEP, UNDP and UNESCO.
Dr Ellyard is the author of the best selling book Ideas for the New Millennium (1998, 2001) and Designing 2050: Pathways to Sustainable Prosperity on Spaceship Earth (2008). He is an enlightening, challenging and thought-provoking speaker.