Supported by The Lancet, Population Footprints will provoke debate on the theme of human population growth and global carrying capacity. High-profile international speakers from multinational and government agencies, NGOs and leading academic institutions will debate in the following sessions:

• Footprints: Environment, Population and Consumption
• Population Impact: Regional Perspectives
• Population Growth – Problem or Hype?
• Moving Further, Living Longer
• Public Health Impacts and Interventions
• Economic Planning Challenges: Beyond 2015
• Policy and Research Directions.

Speakers will include Hajiya Amina Az-Zubair (SSA to President of Nigeria on MDGs); Sir John Beddington (Chief Scientific Advisor, UK); Dr Monica Das Gupta (Senior Demographer, The World Bank); Prof Danny Dorling (University of Sheffield); Susan George (Transnational Institute); Dr Richard Horton (Editor, The Lancet); Shireen Jejeebhoy (Population Council, India); Prof Ephraim Kamuntu (Minister of State for Finance/Plannning, Uganda); Fred Pearce (Author); Dr Ndola Prata (University of California, Berkeley); Prof Chris Rapley (UCL); Hania Zlotnik (Head of Population Division, UN); and Dr Eliya Zulu (President, Union for African Population Studies).

To ensure active involvement from beyond the UK, the conference will be streamed live and we have a Twitter feed and Facebook presence to encourage participation and debate from outside the symposium.

Poster competition – extended deadline: 21 March 2011
As part of the symposium we wish to showcase new or recent work from the global south and north to address practical policy concerns, and stimulate new thinking about the important and timely debate related to human population growth and global carrying capacity. Postgraduate students and/or early researchers are especially encouraged to submit poster presentations.

We are offering full scholarships (travel, accommodation and conference fee) to the best three poster submissions from the global south and best three from the UK. Full details are available from our website.

Scholarships
Limited funds are also available to cover the cost of airfare, hotel and registration fees for delegates from developing countries – please indicate on your registration form if you may need help with travel or registration costs.