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Title	GUSSE: A Global Urban Sustainability Solutions Exchange

Day / Time	Friday, June 23rd / 08:30 - 10:30

Room	MR12

Event Description	Thereâ€™s a new place to implement the Habitat agenda: the Global Urban Sustainability Solutions Exchange (GUSSE). Itâ€™s like Amazon.com for urban solutions: an online community where you can browse, get recommendations, review and share the best ideas in the world. We have spent this year working with urban and online learning experts to produce a “trial” version. Solutions like waste-to-energy schemes and hip hop for social change have been mapped into this online space. We are calling on practitioners - from NGOs to researchers, city planners to engineers, businesses to designers - to join this session and take GUSSE to the next level. A panel will be followed by small group discussions where you will test the pilot site and provide suggestions for a next, working version of GUSSE that is even more responsive and useful to you.

Session Language	English French

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Related Documents (in English and / or French)	About_GUSSE_100045.doc GUSSE_Networking_invitation_100045.pdf GUSSE_Networking_Session_agenda_100045.pdf

Host Organization	The University of British Columbia

Host Organization Description	The University of British Columbia (UBC) is one of Canada's largest and most prestigious public research and teaching institutions. Located in the Pacific Rim gateway of Vancouver, one of the world's great cities, and in the Interior city of Kelowna, UBC is a global centre of research and learning. It offers more than 45,000 students a range of innovative undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in the arts, sciences, medicine, law, commerce and other faculties. UBC is consistently ranked among the world's 40 best universities, one of only two Canadian universities in this category. It is ranked within the top 10 North American universities, and first among Canadian universities, in terms of the number of U.S. life sciences patents and the quality of activity generated from those patents, including spin-off company creation. UBC's mission is to prepare students to become exceptional global citizens, promote the values of a civil and sustainable society, and conduct outstanding research to serve the people of Canada and the world. UBC stands as a world leader by putting this commitment into practice and creating a culture of sustainability throughout its academic program and campus operations. The Advisory Committee for GUSSE is Nola Kate Seymoar (President and CEO of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities), Peter Oberlander (Professor Emeritus and founding Director of the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning, and founder of the UBC Centre for Human Settlements, Special Advisor to the Commissioner General, World Urban Forum 2006), John Wiebe, Michael Harcourt (Chair of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee for Cities and Communities, Honorary Chair of the International Centre for Sustainable Cities and Co-Chair of the World Urban Forum), Justin Longo (Manager, Sustainable Communities Initiative, BC Government)

Website (Organizer and partners)	www.wuf3.ubc.ca www.wd.gc.ca www.universitytown.ubc.ca www.ibm.com

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