The University of Cincinnati Hosts IPCC 2011: Communicating Sustainability
The 2011 IEEE PCS International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC) is coming this fall to the
. The conference is about the relationship between communication and sustainability. In order to understand nature, climate change and other sustainability issues, it is crucial to develop effective written, oral and visual communication.
What
: IPCC 2011: Communicating Sustainability
Date
: Oct. 17-19, 2011
Location
: TUC, 4th Floor, Uptown Campus
Alex Steffen, one of the worlds leading voices on sustainability, social innovation and planetary futurism, is the keynote speaker. Steffens book Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century won the Green Prize for sustainable literature and features a foreword by Al Gore. He also co-founded
and served as executive editor until 2010. He will be giving a free talk on Monday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m.
The
Professional Writing and Editing Program
of the
McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
is also sponsoring a student poster competition in connection with the conference.
For more information on the conference or the student poster competition please visit the
.
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