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SDSN Northern Europe Member Conference 2020 goes online

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Join us online for a mini-conference

These are strange times. The Covid-19 virus has forced many of us to change the way we work. To make the best of the situation, we will do an online mini-version of our Member Conference. We are happy to present a set of highly interesting speakers! Join us in creating an inspiring, intimate and interactive conference!

Date: 26 March
Time: 13:00-15:00 (CET)

THE EVENT HAS PASSED
The presentation slides are available in the program below.

Program

13:00-13:20 Welcome and presentation of SDSN Co-Chairs

  • Jan Pettersson, University of Gothenburg, SDSN NE Network Co-Chair, Professor in Atmospheric Sciences and director of the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development
  • Katherine Richardson, University of Copenhagen, SDSN NE Network Co-Chair, Professor in Biological Oceanography, and director of the Sustainability Science Centre

13:20-13:30 Get to know the SDSN Northern Europe secretariat

Maria Svane (Member coordinator), Nina Silow (Communications Officer), Anders Ahlbäck (Project Leader) and Martin Eriksson (Network Manager)

13:30-13:50 Introduction to the global SDSN and the SDSN Northern Europe strategy
Survey of members opinion on various goals and priorities.

13:50-14:30 Panel Discussion

Panelists: Katherine Richardson, Jan Pettersson, Annik Magerholm Fet, Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki
Panelists: Katherine Richardson (Denmark), Jan Pettersson (Sweden), Annik Magerholm Fet (Norway), Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki (Finland)
  • Katherine Richardson, University of Copenhagen, SDSN NE Network Co-Chair, Professor in Biological Oceanography, and director of the Sustainability Science Centre
  • Jan Pettersson, University of Gothenburg, SDSN NE Network Co-Chair, Professor in Atmospheric Sciences and director of the Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development
  • Annik Magerholm Fet, Vice Rector of NTNU in Ålesund, Professor of Environmental management, Systems engineering and Lifecycle analysis
  • Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, Research coordinator of the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, HELSUS, PhD, Adjunct Professor in environmental policy, Program Director of strategic research programmes in sustainability

14:30-14:45 How to work strategically within and between organizations to reduce climate impact
The Climate Framework for Higher Education Institutions as an example.

14:45-15:00 University Impact Rankings by SDGs, reporting to the Times Higher Education

We will try our best to keep the conference as interactive as possible. We will use polls, the chat function for live questions and provide a Q&A afterwards.

Here is a short guide to make you comfortable to attend the online member conference and to create a high-quality conference:

Guide Online Member Conference_03 (in PDF)

Lessons Learned from doing an online conference

 

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