Balanced Lives: Best Policies for the New Economy
The University of Iowa
October 20 – 22, 2010

Visit the Symposium Website: http://ppc.uiowa.edu/balancedlives

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

You are invited to register for an upcoming National Symposium titled:  BALANCED LIVES: Best Policies for the New Economy. The Symposium will be at the University of Iowa, Oct 20-22.  The program includes two free public lectures, a daylong session with panels of experts and a day of workshops to provide input into the National Academy of Sciences/State of the USA process of developing broader and more balanced indicators of productivity for the US economy.

Specifically, the Symposium will include:

1.   A free public lecture (no registration necessary) Wednesday evening October 20 by Chris Hoenig, President and CEO of The State of the USA, who under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences, is developing metrics for the productivity of the US economy (other than just GDP). 7:30 pm, Shambaugh Auditorium, UI Main Library.

2.   A daylong symposium on Thursday October 21 at the IMU ballroom discussing the history and civic impacts of efforts aimed at creating work/life balance, as well as market-based and public policy options to improve such balance in sustainable communities. Speakers include:

-Chuck Collins – (Institute for Policy Studies)
-Stephen Bezruchka (U of Washington)
-John de Graaf (Take Back Your Time)
-Ben Hunnicutt (University of Iowa)
-Tim Kasser (Knox College)
-Jodie Levin-Epstein (CLASP)
-Patricia Kempthorne (TWIGA Foundation)
-Joe Robinson (Work to Live)
-Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner (MomsRising)

3.  A free public lecture (no registration necessary) Thursday evening October 21 by Juliet Schor, noted author and sociologist, titled Leading the Plenitude Life: Work, Consumption and Ecology for the 21st Century. 7:30 pm, first floor Main Lounge, Iowa Memorial Union (IMU).

4.  A day of workshops on Friday at Old Brick designed to inform the State of the US/National Academy of Science effort regarding important concepts that should be included in the metrics about the productivity of the country and how best to promote these metrics. It includes a plenary lecture by Harry Boyte of the University of Minnesota.

The price of the Symposium has been kept very low to encourage attendance: $50/day, $75 for two days; senior (65+)/student rate $25/day, $40 for both days including lunch.

If you are interested in the issues of work/life balance, you will not want to miss this opportunity to both hear from experts as well as provide input into the development of new metrics for measuring the productivity of our country in a more broad and balanced way that better reflects the values that we believe are important to our future.

For more information and to register, go to:
http://ppc.uiowa.edu/balancedlives

Questions? Contact

Peter Damiano
peter-damiano@uiowa.edu
319-335-6800

or

David Gould
david-gould@uiowa.edu
Faculty/Academic Coordinator
The University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
120 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52241
P. 319.384.3529
LIFE DESIGN course website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~lifeclas/
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