Please find a summary of the day's events and how to join below.
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.
Register to attend the Symposium here
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)
Meeting ID: 975 1881 9178
Passcode: 760583
13:40 – 14:30 CET (12:40 – 13:30 GMT), Audimax
Keynote
Dr. Phungmayo Horam (Academic Lead)
Meeting ID: 975 1881 9178
Passcode: 760583
14:30 – 15:30 CET (13:30 – 14:30 GMT)
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
Meeting ID: 975 1881 9178
Passcode: 760583
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
Meeting ID: 994 3140 2175
Passcode: 747663
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
Meeting ID: 976 2624 1975
Passcode: 125089
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
Meeting ID: 915 1308 0732
Passcode: 504522
15:30 – 15:45 CET (14:30 – 14:45 GMT), Arden Reception Ground Floor
Break
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
Meeting ID: 975 1881 9178
Passcode: 760583
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:
Register for the business forum 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
