On 28 March 2023, leaders, researchers and students of the six EuroTech Universities will convene for a symposium at École Polytechnique to discuss their institutions’ initiatives and EuroTech’s common action plan to implement and accelerate the shift towards sustainability.
The agenda of the symposium will put the spotlight on EuroTech research groups and centres dedicated to sustainability, and on the initiatives and work of students, PhD candidates, and their associations, which are instrumental in driving the transition towards sustainability. Placing collaboration at the centre of the exchange, the symposium will enable the EuroTech Universities Alliance to define future joint research projects and a joint action plan towards sustainable development.
You can look forward to an engaging mix of keynote speeches, roundtable discussions, presentations, success stories, and a poster session.
The symposium is organised under École Polytechnique’s presidency of the EuroTech Universities Alliance.
Agenda
Presenter: Kees van der Beek, VP Research, École Polytechnique
Keynote speaker: Eric Labaye, Chairman of the Board and President of École Polytechnique
Chair: Kees van der Beek, École Polytechnique
A presentation of each EuroTech University's global strategy for sustainability
Eric Labaye, Chairman of the Board and President of École Polytechnique
Rasmus Larsen, DTU Provost and DTU Sustainability Report author
Werner Lang, TUM Vice President for Sustainable Transformation (online)
Avner Rothschild, Head of the Technion Sustainability Frontier, Technion
Anna Wieczorek, TU/e Sustainability Ambassador
Chair: Thierry Rayna, École Polytechnique
Where do we stand now? Which limits do we have? To what extent can technology provide answers? Understanding sustainability at a global scale requires us to understand complex systems and their connection to society. Will a better definition of sustainability help us to define concrete projects?
Avner Rothschild, Head of the Technion Sustainability Frontier, Technion
Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Director of the DTU Centre for Absolute Sustainability
Thomas Hamacher, Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, TUM
Anna Wieczorek, TU/e Sustainability Ambassador
Patricia Crifo, Professor at École Polytechnique, Deputy director of the Energy4Climate (E4C) interdisciplinary center, Head of the Research initiative on sustainable finance and responsible investment
Agnès Le Tiec, Deputy to the Vice-President, Vice presidency for Responsible Transformation, EPFL
Chair: Avner Rothschild, Technion
Presentation of each EuroTech University’s most remarkable sustainability projects on the campus level and their implementation.
Lisa Weber, Climate Action Manager, TUM Sustainability Office, TUM
Orly Mulla, Sustainability coordinator, Technion Sustainability Center, Technion
Sindy Harks, Real Estate- head of strategy & consultancy, TU/e
Philippe Drobinski, Professor and researcher, Head of the “Energy for Climate” Interdisciplinary Center, École Polytechnique
Anders B. Møller, Director of Real Estate and Facilities at DTU
Aurore Nembrini, Sustainability and Operations Manager; “EPFL sustainable campus”
incl. PhDs and student associations poster session/exhibition
Chair: Rasmus Larsen, DTU
The EuroTech Universities present their most successful research on the topic of sustainability, environmental, and climate action.
Yoav Livney, Director of the Technion's Sustainable Protein Research Center, Technion
Anders Baun, Professor, Head of Section Circularity and Environmental Impact, DTU
Magnus Fröhling, Head, Professorship Circular Economy, TUM
Sebastian Fendt, Coordinator TUM.Hydrogen and PtX, TUM
Antoine Fromentin, former Vice-Director of the EPFL Energy Center, EPFL
Eran Friedler, Head of the Grand Water Institute, Technion
Charlotte Vogt, Principal Investigator, the Center for Sustainable Processes & Catalysis, Technion
Richard van de Sanden, Scientific Director of Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), TU/e
Thierry Rayna, Professor at École Polytechnique and head of IP Paris Chair “Technology For Change”
Jordi Badosa, Research Engineer at Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique and Technical Director at Energy4Climate Interdisciplinary Center, Ecole Polytechnique
Chair/Moderators: Nikan Manschadi, TUM & Revital Rivkin, Technion
How can we engage the academic community as a whole in sustainable behaviour and actions? This concerns us all: students, academics, researchers at all levels and disciplines.
Liby Manash and Khalid Tafla, Environmental Department student representation Technion
Atar Herziger, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences, Technion
Pilar Acosta, Professor at Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department, École Polytechnique
Mélanie Studer, Project manager on Education for sustainability, EPFL
Grégory Nocton, Vice-Dean of the Chemistry Department, École Polytechnique
Rasmus Larsen, DTU Provost and DTU Sustainability Report author
Sina-Marie Rupp, Environmental Department Student Representation TUM
Chair: tbc
Sustainability and current life cycle assessment, challenge-based learning, as well as interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial skills for sustainability and environmental, and climate action will be addressed.
Thomas Hamacher, Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, TUM
Isabelle Reymen, Scientific Director of TU/e innovation Space, TU/e
Riwal Plougonven, Professor and Head of Education Committee for Sustainability, École Polytechnique
Anne Lyck Smitshuysen, Industrial PhD Student, Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, DTU
Practical information
Date and time: Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 08:30-21:00 CET
Location: École Polytechnique, Palaiseau/France and online (live stream)
Registration: Is required; please write an e-mail to [email protected] to get a link to the registration form.
Audience
🔒 This symposium is open only for researchers, students and staff at EuroTech Universities (DTU, EPFL, L’X – IP Paris, Technion, TU/e, TUM) as well as invited guests.
Further information
For further information, please contact Maria Montoiro (contact details below).
