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SUMMARY:Sustainability Science Forum 2021
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences established the Susta
 inability Research Initiative (SRI) under the leadership of SCNAT to promo
 te sustainability research and support the sustainability science communit
 y in Switzerland.\nOn 30 November in Bern\, SRI is launching the first Su
 stainability Science Forum\, as a meeting place for all those interested i
 n societal transformation towards sustainability. Our intention is to make
  SSF ‘not just another symposium’\, but an annual event where particip
 ants debate ideas\, meet potential research partners\, develop projects an
 d learn what is going on in sustainability research. For that reason\, we 
 want to attract not only academic researchers\, but also stakeholders from
  the private sector\, NGO’s and government.\n\nPlease register here\n\nP
 rogramme\n09:30 Welcome note by Marcel Tanner\, president of the Swiss Aca
 demies of Arts and Sciences\n\n09:45 Keynote by Thomas Vellacott\, CEO of 
 WWF Switzerland\n\n10:30  Coffee break\n\n11:00  The value of priority the
 mes for institutional agenda setting\nWith contributions by Corina Caduff\
 , vice rector for research\, Bern Univ. of Applied Sciences\nand Lutz Merb
 old\, head of strategic division "Agroecology and Environment"\, Agroscope
 \n\n11:30  How can we strengthen science for change? Panel discussion with
 \nStuart Lane\, SNSF research council\nRenat Heuberger\, Innosuisse innova
 tion council and CEO South Pole\nJulia Steinberger\, Professor at the Inst
 itut de géographie et durabilité\, UNIL\nPanellist 4 (tbc)\n\nModerator:
  Florian Egli\, ETHZ and Swiss Young Academy\n\n12:30  Networking lunch\n\
 n13:45 Parallel sessions\n1. Unleashing knowledge\n2. Research for societa
 l transformation\n3. The hard problem: interdependencies between sustainab
 ility goals\nNetworking lounge\n\n15:00  Coffee break\n\n15:15  The way fo
 rward. Plenary fishbowl discussion\nModerator: Christian Pohl\, TdLab ETHZ
 \n\n16:15  Outlook: Peter Edwards\, president of the Sustainability Resear
 ch Initiative\n\n16:30 Apéro\n\n\nRegistration will close on the 24th of 
 November\nParticipation is free of charge\nPlease note that a valid Covid 
 Certificate will need to be presented at this event.
LOCATION:Eventforum Bern https://www.google.com/maps?q=46.9527486%2C7.4231
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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