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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
Sunday 7 May – Venue: Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg Konstanz Bischofsvilla, Otto-Adam-Str. 5, 78467 Konstanz.

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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

Monday 8 May – Venue: Conference Room K7

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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

Tuesday 9 May – Venue: Conference Room K7

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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.