Programme

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Wednesday - June 8

11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Registration at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch Buffet at School of Business, Economics and Law

1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Opening Ceremony:

Pam Fredman, Vice-chancellor, University of Gothenburg

Katarina Gårdfeldt, Dean of Centre for Environment and Sustainability (GMV), "Two universities working together for sustainable development"

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Keynote: “Policy Perspectives on Sustainability”,
Jan Eliasson, Millenium Development Goals Advocacy Group

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Working Group Sessions:

Working Group 1: Buildings and their Sustainability Performance
Moderated by WG 1 Co-chair: Ying Hua, Cornell University

Input by:
Sandra Wöhrer, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Working Group 2: Campus-wide Planning and Target Setting
Moderated by WG 2 Co-chair: Mikala Holme Samsoe, Danish University & Property

Input by:
Bojan Baletic, Zagreb University;
Angela Mensing-de Jong, University of Applied Sciences Dresden;
Hisashi Komatsu, Nagoya University;
Philippe Vollichard, EPFL Lausanne;
Tomas Refslund Poulsen, Copenhagen University
Takao Ozasa, Hokkaido University

Working Group 3: Integration of Research, Teaching, and Facilities
Moderated by WG 3 Co-chair: Ariane König, University of Luxembourg

Input by Leanne Denby, Macquarie University

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Campus Tours of University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Evening Reception and Conference Opening Dinner at Vasaparken, Gothenburg University

Dinner speech: "Disaster Management on Campuses in Japan"
Naomichi Kurata, Professor, Kogakuin University

Thursday - June 9

Plenary Sessions:

8:15 am – 8:30 am
Plenary Session Introduction
Bernd Kasemir, ISCN Program Manager

8:30 am - 9:30 am
Partnerships and Outreach
Speakers include:
Heather Henriksen, Director, Office for Sustainability, Harvard University
Jenny Forshufvud and Jennica Källstrand, Environmental Coordinators, Chalmers University of Technology
Steve Lanou, Deputy Director of Environmental Sustainability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:30 am - 10:30 am
Reporting What Matters
Dominik Brem, Deputy Head of Security, Human Health, and Environment, ETH Zurich
Xu Lidong, Professor, Tsinghua University
Joseph Mullinix, Deputy President (Administration) National University of Singapore

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break

11:00 am -12:00 pm
The Future of Sustainability in Higher Education
Speakers include:
Ann C. Kildahl, Sustainability Manager, University of Hong Kong
Chris Powell, Director, Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives, Brown University
Neal Dunstan, Landscape Architect, University of Pretoria 

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch at Wasa Allé restaurant

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Leadership Panel Disussion on Campus Sustainability
Panelists include:
Victoria Ivarsson, Senior Manager, Knowledge Organizations, World Economic Forum
Per Cramér, Dean of School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Poster Session and Networking Break

Information Booths including:
Nigel Gurnett, Sustainserv, ISCN Membership Q&A
Ullika Lundgren and Ulf Andersson, University of Gothenburg, Environmental Management System

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Working Group Sessions:

Working Group 1: Buildings and their sustainability performance
Moderated by WG1 Co-chair: Bart Meehan, National University of Australia

Working Group 2: Campus-wide Planning and Target Setting
Moderated by WG 2 Co-chair: Bojan Baletic, University of Zagreb

Input by:
Philippe Vollichard, EPFL Lausanne;
Tomas Refslund Poulsen, Copenhagen University
Takao Ozasa, Hokkaido University

Working Group 3: Integration of Research, Teaching, and Facilities
Moderated by WG 3 Co-chair: Nancy Budwig, Clark University

Input by Daniel Lang, Leuphana University

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Break and optional visit to the exhibitions at the Museum of World Culture

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Evening Reception and Main Conference Dinner at the Museum of World Culture

Campus Sustainability Award Ceremony presented by Claude Siegenthaler, Hosei University

Dinner speech: "Corporate Perspectives on Campus Sustainability"
Jan-Eric Sundgren, Senior Vice President of AB Volvo, public & environmental affairs

Friday - June 10 

8:30 am - 9:30 am
Reports from the Working Groups
Led by Working Group Co-Chairs
Key findings and lessons learned

9:30 am - 11:00 am
Peer-to-Peer Sustainability Workshop
Moderated by cohort leaders:
Steve Mital, Director of Sustainability, University of Oregon
Ullika Lundgren, Gothenburg University
Evgeny Krasnov, Baltic Federal University
Claude Siegenthaler; Hosei University

Workshop to collaboratively explore and innovate upon a set of key sustainability issues faced by colleges and universities in the ISCN network

11:00 am - 12:00 am
Plenary Session: Next Steps for the ISCN
Bernd Kasemir, ISCN Program Manager
Interactive plenary to discuss the needs of ISCN-GULF Charter Institutions and set the future priorities for ISCN

12:00 am - 1:00 pm
Closing Ceremony and Buffet Lunch:
Eddi Omrcen, Environmental Manager, University of Gothenburg     

More information about the conference program will be forthcoming.