Symposium on cross-sector sustainable innovation

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Symposium on cross-sector sustainable innovation

Research Symposium

Date: Tuesday 11 October 2022

Time: 13:00 – 17:00 CET (12:00 – 16:00 GMT)

Venue: Arden University Berlin Campus

Dessauer Str. 3-5

10963 Berlin

About the symposium

The Symposium on cross-sector sustainable innovation is the first in the series of Arden's initiatives for linking academia with the industry and fostering sustainable practices. This Symposium will bring various stakeholders from the industry and academia to provide a platform for the discourse to bring in innovative ideas for sustainable transformation in the areas relating to financing, business model, social mobility and migration, project management, and sustainable reporting.

Schedule

13.00 - 13.30 CET (12.00 – 12.30 GMT) Arden Reception Ground Floor

Arrival and Refreshments

13:30 – 13:40 CET (12:30 – 12:40 GMT), Audimax

Welcome Note

Dr. Tobias Kliem (Head of Campus)

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Meeting ID: 975 1881 9178

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13:40 – 14:30 CET (12:40 – 13:30 GMT), Audimax

Keynote

Dr. Phungmayo Horam (Academic Lead)

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14:30 – 15:30 CET (13:30 – 14:30 GMT)

Track 1: Sustainable Business Innovation

Track lead: Dr. Sara Ramzani

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Berthold Kuhn – Freie Universität Berlin, Sustainability and Global Megatrends
Prof. Dimitrios Zikos, HTW – Application of Game theory
Prof. Valliappan Raju, Dr. Sara Ravan Ramzani, Dr. Alison Watson – Sustainable reporting
Dr. Behrooz Gharleghi – Green finance

Audimax

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Track 2: Business Sustainability

Track Lead: Dr. Shoaib Abdul Basit

Speakers:

Ellen Stenslie, Sustainable financing
Dr. Rachel John Robinson, Arden University, Business sustainable solution: KMS automation
Tobias Stähler, Arden University, Reflecting on collaboration using an ego-project approach
Dr Elham Shirvani, Arden University, The Pedagogical Problems of Iranian Children between 8-12 Years of Age as considering sustainability education from the Viewpoint of pragmatist

Room 3.22

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Meeting ID: 994 3140 2175

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Track 3: Migration Health in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Track Lead: Dr. Jinan Abi Jumaa

Speakers:

Dr. Henna Riemenschneider, Technische Universität Dresden
Dr. Elliot Brown, Arden University
Dr. Saria Almarzook, Arden University
Dr. Jinan Abi Jumaa, Arden University

Room 3.65

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Track 4: Role of sustainability in engineering and project management

Powered by PMI Germany (Arden University partner), STEM Faculty - Arden University, and AcentasPM - Arden University Centre for Applied Science in Project Management

Track Lead: Dr. Victor Vargas

Speakers:

Dr. Victor Vargas – Arden University – School of Engineering (Moderator)
Dr. Saim Memon – Arden University – School of Engineering
Dr. Ourania Papasozomenou – Arden University
Dr. Salma Halioui
Dr. Andreas Berning – PMI Germany

Room 5.21

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15:30 – 15:45 CET (14:30 – 14:45 GMT), Arden Reception Ground Floor

Break

Track 5 Empowering Innovation by Knowledge Exchange

15:45 – 16:45 CET (14:45 – 15:45 GMT), Audimax

Track Lead: Dr. Phungmayo Horam

Speakers:

Ruth Greenhalgh, Interim Manager of IUK’s Knowledge Exchange Centre
EUR ING Prof. Georgina Harris, Dean of STEM, Arden University

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Meet the speakers

The Future of Sustainability and ESG in the Corporate World Forum

Business Forum

Following the symposium, Arden Berlin will host “The Future of Sustainability and ESG in the Corporate World Forum”. In the last years, Sustainability and ESG have not only become a high level compliance topic for EU based companies, banks and investors, but also an important pillar of the strategy of every company, organisation and academic institution. This forum will provide insight view on the latest trends on Sustainability and ESG through experts from senior industry and academic.

The event will be held in the Audiomax requested from 17:30 – 19:30 hrs. and it won’t be broadcast on Zoom. To attend in person, please register at the separate Eventbrite here:

All times below are CET

FORUM AGENDA

17.30 – 17.40 : Welcome Remarks: Tobias Kliem, Campus Director, Arden University Berlin & Wolfgang Korek, Director Business Unit, Energy Technology & Smart City, Berlin Partner

17.40 – 18:00 : Introductory Remarks: Yannis Salavopoulos, Managing Director, CAPITALS Circle Group & University Lecturer

18:00 – 19.00: Panel Discussion with Impulse Speeches & Moderation

Panellists:

Sebastian Fairhurst, Head Public Policy (Comms, Public Policy, Responsible Banking), Santander AG
Phungmayo Horam, Programme Lead, Arden University, Int. Study Center, University Berlin
Lena-Katharina Bödecker, COO, Clean Ocean Coatings
Karolina Attspodina, Co-Founder & CEO, WeDoSolar GmbH

19.00 - 19.30 : Q&A - Sum-up & Key Takeaways

19.30 - 20.30 : Reception - Networking

Meet the speakers