Welcome to the first IAIA conference in a Nordic country!

Power, Poverty and Sustainability Power in the form of energy is vital in our lives. Power in politics can determine our place in society and how we lead our lives. Lack of political power can lead to life in poverty. Power and poverty affect the sustainability of the environment and society. How can impact assessment illuminate these relationships? Norway and the other Nordic countries are major producers—and consumers—of energy, and thus contributors to global warming. Near Stavanger, oil and gas are produced in the North Sea, hydropower is generated in the mountains, and wind power is generated along the coast. Land use, transport planning, and coastal zone management are important issues. The proximity to the circumpolar north poses great challenges, but also opportunities. The Nordic countries also have a strong tradition of cooperating with developing countries. This conference highlighted how impact assessment can assist developing and rapidly urbanizing countries in their work toward poverty eradication and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and how national development agencies, international financing institutions, and NGOs can contribute by integrating environmental concerns into their practice. This conference focused on issues of particular relevance to the Nordic region while giving continued attention to trends and topics from other regions and previous conferences. We discussed how impact assessment in its various forms can be an important instrument to achieve sustainable development. How far have we come, nearly twenty years after the Brundtland report on "Our Common Future"? Over 600 participants from over 90 countries shared their ideas, experience, concerns and your optimism on these themes and other topics.

News / Info / Updates Conference papers and proceedings.  IAIA plans* to publish conference proceedings on CD-ROM. Preparation of a full paper is optional. If you choose to prepare a full paper, it will be included in the CD-ROM. For publication on the conference CD-ROM, at least one author must have attended the conference. Materials must be submitted electronically. File format:  PDF (preferred), MS Word, and/or PowerPoint. E-mail the file(s) as an attachment to impact@iaia.org  no later than 15 July 2006. Files received after 15 July will not be included in the proceedings. *IAIA reserves the right to cancel production if a sufficient number of submissions are not received by 1 July. The following information must be included in the "Subject" line of the e-mail and should also be the name of the attached file(s): 1) Your paper or poster abstract number as previously provided to you by IAIA (in your preliminary notice of acceptance). This number is also available online or from your session chair; 2) Last name of presenting author, as originally submitted; 3) Full title of paper or poster. EXAMPLE: The “Subject” line of your e-mail and the name of the attached Word or PDF file would be: #107 Chan EIA in China. The CD will be mailed to conference participants (likely in October). While supplies last, the CD will be available at cost to IAIA members and at regular purchase price to non-members; please send requests to info@iaia.org.