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	5th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: from Understanding to Action	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) 23 - 25 November 2010

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Programme

Tuesday 23 November	12.00-16.00	Registration
	16.30-17.15	Welcome Address Chair: Antoni Giro Roca, Rector UPC and GUNI President Georges Haddad, Director Higher Education Division, UNESCO Konrad Osterwalder, Rector UNU (Videoconference) Ángel Gabilondo, Ministry of Education, Spain (TBC) Representative from the Government of Catalonia (TBC)
	17.30-19.00	Opening Session Johan Rockström,Executive Director SEI, Sweden (TBC) Claudio Naranjo, Director SAT-Educa Programme, Chile Aline Bory Adams, Chief of Section, UNESCO ESD Programme, France
Wednesday 24 November	09.00-10.00	Plenary Session on Actual Trends on Higher Education and Sustainability Chair: Agustí Pérez Foguet, UPC Commissioned for SD, Spain Keynote Speakers: Daniella Tilbury, University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Walter Leal, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
	10.30-13.00	Parallel Sessions on Advancing Higher Education and Sustainability in the Regions Higher Education and Sustainability in Africa Sub-Saharan Regional Speaker: Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes Unviversity, South Africa Regional Project: Goolam Mohamedbhai, Former Secretary General of AAU Higher Education and Sustainability in Arab States Chair: Abdel Momeim Osman, UNESCO Office Beirut, Lebanon Regional Speaker: Tayseer Al Noaimi, Former Ministre of Education, Jordan Higher Education and Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific Regional Speaker: Osamu Abe, ESD Research Centre at Rikkyo University, Japan, and Ko Nomura, Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Nagoya University, Japan Regional Network: Zinaida Fadeeva, UNU-ESD Programme, Japan Higher Education and Sustainability in Europe Regional Speaker: Jos Rikers, Open University, Netherlands Regional Network: Friedrich M. Zimmermann, European Network for Sustainability in Higher Education, Austria Higher Education and Sustainability in United States and Canada Regional Speaker: Tarah Wright, Dalhousie University, Canada Regional Network: Paul Rowland, Executive Director of AASHE, USA Higher Education and Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Speaker: Miguel Ángel Chacón Veliz Regional Network: Laura Ortiz, General Secretary COMPLEXUS, Mexico
	13.15-14.45	Lunch
	14.30-15.30	Poster Session
	16.00-18.00	Parallel Sessions on Innovative Practices in Higher Education and Sustainability University Appraisal for Diversity, Innovation and Change towards Sustainable Developmen The Role of Community-University Research Partnerships and Science Shops in Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability and Poverty Alleviation Higher Education, Cities and Sustainable Development Parallel Session on Innovative Practices 1 Parallel Session on Innovative Practices 2 Parallel Session on Innovative Practices 3 Parallel Session on Innovative Practices 4 Parallel Session on Innovative Practices 5
	20.00-21.30	Dinner
Thursday 25 November	09.00-10.15	Plenary Session on Emerging Issues and Challenges to Move Forward: from Understanding to Action Arjen Wals, Wageningen University, Netherlands
	10.30-13.00	Parallel Workshops on Emerging Issues and Challenges to Move Forward: from Understanding to Action
	13.15-14.45	Lunch
	14.30-15.30	Poster Session
	15.30-17.00	Plenary Session on the Presentation of the Workshops’ Conclusions
	17.00-18.00	Closing Session Sonia Bahri, Chief, Section for International Cooperation in Higher Education, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO (TBC). Sjur Bergan, Head of Higher Education and Research Division of the Council of Europe.

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