8TH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE [SDC2021]​
12th - 14th of November 2021
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

The 8th Sustainable Development Conference was a great success.
But this wouldn't have been possible without you! We want to express our deepest gratitude to all of you, presenters and attendees, panelists, moderators and Scientific Committee for making the SDC2021 such a insightful, inspiring and empowering learning and networking experience.
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It was such a pleasure to be among so many old friends who joined us this year – you are an example of the true power of connections and what can happen when a community stays together. We are also grateful for an opportunity to welcome new members to our SDC community of friends and colleagues and are looking forward to connecting with them deeper.
8th Sustainable Development Conference [SDC2021] in numbers:
Attendees
106
Speakers
30
Countries
40
Sessions
25
Panel discussions
2
(streamed to more than 3000 viewers)

SDC2021 Scientific Committee

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan, FCMA, CSRA - Standard Bank Limited, Bangladesh
Md Touhidul Alam Khan is additional managing director of Standard Bank, Bangladesh. During his 27 year-long banking careers, he worked at Agrani Bank, Prime Bank, Bank Asia & Modhumoti Bank and held senior management positions in different capacities. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh, associate fellow member of Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance, UK, certified professional and life member of Basel iii Compliance Professionals Association of the United States and the first certified sustainability reporting assurer in Bangladesh. He is also a contributor at the business magazine, Asian Banking & Finance, Singapore and the author of country reports on Islamic Banking in Bangladesh published in IFN, the world’s leading Islamic finance news provider of Malaysia, and holds innumerable national and international prestigious awards to his credit for his writings.
Dr. Azzurra Rinaldi - University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza, Italy
​Economist, Member of the W20 Commission on Cultural Change, Scientific Committee of the Global Thinking Foundation, my studies are focused on emerging countries, international cooperation and gender economics. I wrote books and articles on these topics and I took part to many International Conferences.
Dr. Sujata Karve - Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architeture, Pune, India
Sujata is an Architect- planner with over 20 years of experience in academics and 10 years in sustainable planning and environmental design consultancy. Currently the Head of Department of M. Arch (Environmental Architecture) at BNCA, Pune, she holds a Bachelors degree in Architecture from MMCA, Pune, Masters degree in Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and was awarded a Ph. D in 2018 from the Savitribai Phule Pune University. With a focus on environment and environmental behaviour, she is actively involved in various research oriented activities and academics. She is also an environmental consultant with the Fourth Dimension Group, Pune. She is also on the Doctoral Research committees at BNCA, Pune, SRM University, Chennai and Dayanand Sagar College of Architecture, Bangalore and has acted as reviewer for the IC2UHI International conference. She has guided over 30 masters dissertations, over 50 research papers at masters level and 50 research papers at UG level.
Assoc. Professor Liwayway M. Cruz - Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
Assoc. Professor Liwayway M. Cruz, is presently teaching Science, Technology and Society as Associate Professorial Lecturer I. An erstwhile chair of the Department of Biology in the College of Science and former chief of the Center for Environmental Studies, has retired from government service after a long teaching stint at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. An award-winning teacher, writer and researcher whose main passion is to promote environmental protection and conservation, she taught Biological Science, Ecology, Physical Science, Environmental Science, Anatomy and Physiology prior to her retirement as Associate Professor I. A candidate for the degree Doctor in Educational Management, Prof. Cruz also served as director of the University Center for Research Ecological and Environmental Development and Center for Global Warming Studies under the Office of the Vice-President for Research , Planning and Development and course specialist at the PUP Open University and the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program of the University
Dr. Shemine A. Gulamhusein - MacEwan University, Canada
Shemine is excited by interdisciplinary scholarship rooted in intersectional feminism and therapeutic discourses. She is drawn to theories and research that respectfully honours the experiences of people and communities who are marginalized and minoritized, with a keen interest in the identities and practices of immigrants.
Prof. Abdesselem Mahmoud - Carthage University, Tunisia
Prof. Abdesselem Mahmoud is teaching Sustainable Development Sociology. His major is a doctorate of Education Sciences, Sociology from René Descartes university, Paris 5 Sorbonne, France. Co-founder of a Lab. on " Sustainable Cities and Built Environment VDEC at National School of Architecture and Town Planning. Chief Editor of the Journal of Social Sciences at the Center of Economic and Social Researches and Studies.