The conference Transformations 2017 and Facing the Future 2017 emphasized on the importance of collaborative power for societal transformation in a rapidly changing world. The conference also aimed to understand the practices that facilitate social and environmental transformations at local and large scales in both developed and developing country contexts.
Dr. Md. Sajidur Rahman, Assistant Professor; Roufa Khanum, Coordinator Operations and Probal Saha, Water Resources Management Specialist from the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER), BRAC University visited University of Dundee, Scotland UK from 25 August to 02 September 2017 to attend international conference Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice Conference and Facing the Future 2017. Both the conferences held at University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland UK. Nandan Mukherjee is currently positioned as a Ph.D. candidate in the School of the Social Sciences at the University of Dundee, UK also attended the conference. Mr. Mukherjee is on sabbatical leave from the BRAC University in Bangladesh where he has been involved in teaching and research at the C3ER.This was the third in a biennial series of international interdisciplinary conferences focused on transformations towards sustainability: addressing contemporary challenges for enhancing the wellbeing of vulnerable community through developing collaborative networks. On the day two of the first conference facing the Future 2017, a mass transformation practice was held to examine how the way knowledge is produced and used needs to change to accelerate societal transformations. After introductions and keynotes of Transformations 2017, different parallel sessions were organized depending on themes to cover a wide range of action based research. The enchanting places, energetic hosts and the presence of world-famous scientists has made the conference successful and magnificent.