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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

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:


10.30-13.00

Parallel Sessions on Advancing Higher Education and Sustainability in the Regions

 

Higher Education and Sustainability in Africa Sub-Saharan


  • Regional Project: Goolam Mohamedbhai, Former Secretary General of AAU

Higher Education and Sustainability  in Arab States

 

Chair: Abdel Momeim Osman, UNESCO Office Beirut, Lebanon



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



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


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.


 




GUNI's founding members: Sponsored by:
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Unesco United Nations University
 
Santander
Supported by:
Generalitat de Catalunya Generalitat de Catalunya Ajuntament de Barcelona