The Center for Sustainable Processes and Practices (CSP2) and the Center for Design and Innovation for Business & Sustainability (DIBS) at the School of Business Administration in Portland State University is pleased to announce its second annual International Conference on Business & Sustainability. This year’s conference will be held October 15-17, 2008 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

The conference theme is "Designing Sustainability." The four focal topic areas within this theme include:
• Product and Service Innovations,
• Supply Chain Management,
• Community Engagement, and
• Marketing.

Individuals from academia, business and government are invited to submit research papers, research abstracts, and proposals for workshops, panels, and symposia and that contribute to advancing sustainability through design practices. All disciplinary perspectives, especially multidisciplinary approaches, and research methods are welcome. A wide range of papers will be considered, including but not limited to conceptual, empirical, experimental, and case studies. All submissions should have a clear sustainability focus. We encourage papers that are cross-disciplinary in nature; that is, they could involve more than a single traditional discipline. We also encourage submissions in which academic researchers collaborate with design practitioners to inform theory and methods with the latest real-world applications.

The submission deadline for refereed research papers and abstracts is July 1, 2008. Please send an electronic copy of the papers or abstracts to Elizabeth Lloyd at minor@pdx.edu. A partial list of possible topics and more information can be found in the call for papers: https://www.pdx.edu/media/s/u/sus_design_call.pdf