ICoSTechS 2014 - 1st International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability (ICoSTechS 2014)

Nowadays, sustainability has been an emerging major issue of the world in order to create a Better Life for the Current and Future Generations. Achieving a Sustainable Development will require changes in many fields, including Sciences and Technologies.
More than one hundred definitions of sustainable development exist, but the most widely used one is the definition from the Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, presented in 1987. It states that sustainable development is the “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainable development promotes the idea that social, environmental, and economic progresses are all attainable within the limits of our earth’s natural resources. Sustainable development approaches everything in the world as being connected through space, time and quality of life.
Sustainable development constantly seeks to achieve the social and economic progresses in ways that will not exhaust the earth’s finite natural resources. The needs of the world today are real and immediate, yet it is necessary to develop ways to meet these needs that do not disregard the future. The capacity of our ecosystem is not limitless, meaning that future generations may not be able to meet their needs the way we are able to now.
The world’s resources are finite, and the growth that is not well-managed nor unsustained would lead to an increased poverty and declined condition of the environment. We owe it to the future generations to explore lifestyles and paths of the development that would effectively balance the progress with an awareness of its environmental impacts. In order to preserve the future, we must appreciate the interconnectedness between humans and nature at all levels. Sustainable Science and Technology practices may help us do this, and through education, research and building awareness, preserving the future is within everyone’s reach.
The 1st International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability (ICoSTechs2014) 2014 offers a place and opportunities for researchers and professionals from academic, business, industries, Governments, NGOs, and other sectors to exchange their scientific and technological information. ICoSTechs2014 is also provided for students to present their research papers.
The Faculty of Science and Technology University of Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim (UIN Suska Riau) is proud for being selected as the ICoSTechs 2014 organizer in cooperation with the IEEE, IIIT and BKS PTN Barat (State Universities Cooperation Agency of Western Region).
About Batam
Batam is a small but busy island in Indonesia of 45 square km and nearly a million people, hundreds of multinational owned factories, towns, shopping centres and gateway to the Riau Islands. Batam Island is a most wanted destination for those seeking relaxing and unique experience among Asian's lands. Luxurious beach resorts, wild nature and great seafood to name a few of the attractive features of Batam Island. Located only 20km from Singapore and 25km from Johor in Malaysia, this strategic position makes it easily accessible by air and water and thus a desired tourist and business destination. Now Batam Island has became an industrial hub with electronics factories, a large and growing ship repair industry and an even larger oil service sector. Quite a few experts head there for work, and pubs and golf courses have sprung up to serve them.