Sustainability Summit Programme
Student engagement with sustainability: bridging the gap between aspiration and action
Sharing good practice on universities’ endeavours to tackle the climate crisis
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TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
17:30
Registration and welcome session
Dr Hilmar Hofmann, Director of the Office for Sustainability; Maren Rühmann, Director of the Division of Academic and International Affairs, University of Konstanz; Ian Creagh, HUMANE
18:30
Informal welcome drinks and buffet dinner for sustainability summit participants, hosted by the University of Konstanz
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TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
08:45
Welcome to the University of Konstanz and the Sustainability Summit
Prof. Dr. Christine Peter, Vice Rector for Sustainability, Information and Communication Technology, University of Konstanz
09:00
Session 1: Our journey of building an engagement ecosystem: student engagement in sustainable development at the University of Konstanz
Dr Hilmar Hofmann, Director of the Office for Sustainability; Maren Rühmann, Director of the Division of Academic and International Affairs, University of Konstanz
09:45
Session 2: Student engagement with sustainability: triumphs and challenges
Ina Schwarz, Head of the Department of Construction and Real Estate, Ruhr University Bochum
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Session 3: Creating student personas to understand current trends and the future of sustainability in higher education
Dr David Vuletich, Senior Director & Strategy and Operations Lead, EAB Consulting
12:00
Session 4: Campus biodiversity walking tour
Dr. Gregor Schmitz, Head, Botanical Gardens, University of Konstanz
12:55
Buffet lunch
14:00
Session 5: Student led session
Student participants with Michael Wihlenda, World Citizen School
15:00
Short break
15:10
Session 6: Student engagement in sustainability through learning and active participation: a case study of Groningen University
Dick Jager, Program Manager for Institutional Sustainability, University of Groningen
15:55
Coffee break
16:20
Bicycle to Mainau Island Lake Constance
17:00
Session 7: Guided tour of Mainau Island and presentation on the Island’s sustainability measures
Instructor and Guide, Mainau Island
18:00
Free time to explore the Island
Facilitated session
19:00
Sustainability Summit drinks and dinner at the Mainau Island restaurant
21:00
Return to hotels
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TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
08:50
Assemble at venue
09:00
Session 8: A burden or a joy? Building community engagement into strategic sustainability action at the University of Helsinki
Riina Koivuranta,Senior Specialist in Sustainability and Responsibility; and Elina Tanninen, Sustainability and Responsibility Coordinator, University of Helsinki
09:45
Session 9: A circular perspective to engage students with sustainability: challenges and success of top-down and bottom-up approaches
Prof. Francesca da Porto, Vice Rector for Sustainability, University of Padova
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
Session 10: Local partnerships for the Global Goals: An international University’s experience of learning in action
Dr Chris Ives, Assistant Professor, School of Geography, University of Nottingham
11:45
Session 11: Student-centred sustainability at the University of Galway. Learn-live-lead
Michelle O’Dowd Lohan, Head of Sustainability; Hannah Aris, PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, University of Galway
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Session 12: Act. Learn. Change: student-led session
Student participants, with Michael Wihlenda, World Citizen School
14:15
Session 13: Pulling the threads together. Cross-cutting themes and reflections on the potential for networked learning on student engagement with sustainability
Led by Leslie Zachariah-Wolff, Secretary General of the IDEA League of universities, and two other programme participants
15:15
Session 14: final plenary session, with coffee available during the session
Facilitated by Ian Creagh
15:45
Depart for transport
Please note that this programme may be subject to marginal change in terms of precise timings between sessions and the final order in which speaker’s session take place.
Important information:
Neither HUMANE nor the University of Konstanz are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the Sustainability Summit in Konstanz. Participants attending the Sustainability Summit in Konstanz do so at their own risk and responsibility.