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HERA (Higher Education & Research Awards for Future Generations), launched by The Foundation for Future Generations, the Rotthier Fund for Future Generations and their partners, is an award for excellence aimed at encouraging the academic world to further research into innovative solutions for a sustainable organisational structure for the planet and its populations. The third HERA Award Ceremony will take place on Wednesday the 6th of May 2015 in Louvain-la-Neuve (Reception and Poster Session from 18h, Prize Giving at 19h).

Due to difficult access to the submission page, the organizers have decided to extend the submission period until 15 December inclusive. As a reminder, the abstract should be submitted on the conference's website, menu "Congress" – submenu "Submission" (link: http://congrestransitiondurable.org/user/submit ). Creation of a user account is necessary and suggested on this page (click on "The account doesn't exist" if the account doesn't exist already). To contact the organisation, please write to: info@congrestransitiondurable.org .

The 2015 Symposium will be honoured by the presence of several high-level speakers. Laurence Tubiana (Director of IDDRI and Ambassador for Climate Change Negotiations, Paris 2015) has confirmed her participation. Pierre Rabhi (philosopher, agricultural biologist novelist and poet) and Martin Khor (Executive Director of the South Centre, Geneva) have agreed in principle.

Following the success of the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainable Development, the Walloon Government has decided to repeat the event. The co-chairs, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele and Marek Hudon, are pleased to inform you that the second Symposium will take place on the 21st and 22nd of May, 2015 in Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL) with an initial conference on the 20th of May in Brussels (ULB). This second Congress will be organized with the support of the Public Service of Wallonia. More information will follow in the weeks to come!