Programme 2017

Programme

Experts, stakeholders, and guest lecturers from high level national and international institutes and organisations will contribute knowledge and insights to the Summer School programme.

We will update the programme regularly! Last update September 11

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1st WEEK: 04. Sep-08. Sep 2017

MON 04. Sep

Location: IASS Moderation: Viola Gerlach

FRAMING & INTRODUCTION
09:00-10:30

FRAMING TALK & OVERVIEW

ORTWIN RENN (IASS)

10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-13:00 INTERACTIVE PARTICIPANTS INTRODUCTION

TOM BRUHN/VIOLA GERLACH/NORA HOFSTETTER (IASS)

13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-15:00

SYSTEMIC APPLICATION OF BEHAVIOUR CHANGE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION

ARIANE STEINS-MEIER
(RARE.ORG)

15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:30 THE WORLD IN 2050

ELMAR KRIEGLER (PIK)

16:30-17:30 AIR QUALITY IN THE SDGs

TIM BUTLER &
PATRICK TOUSSAINT 
(IASS)

17:30-18:30 LESSONS LEARNED
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH 
(IASS)
18:30-20:30 DINNER AT IASS ROOF-TOP TERRACE
TUE 05. Sep

Location: IASS Moderation: Tom Bruhn

ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)
09:00-10:00 FRAMING TALK
JOERG MAYER-RIES (BMUB)
10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30-12:30 UNDERSTANDING & MAPPING SDG SYNERGIES & TRADE-OFFS
FALK SCHMIDT & BARBARA NEUMANN (IASS)
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-14:30 CHALLENGES OF SDGs IMPLEMENTATION
PETRA KUENKEL
(COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE)
14:30-15:30 SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PATHWAYS
ROBERT SCHOENDUWE 
(innoZ)
15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:30 CLIMATE ENGINEERING INTERACTIVE LECTURE FOLLOWED BY Q&A

MARK LAWRENCE &
TOM BRUHN
(IASS)

17:30-18:30 LESSONS LEARNED
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH 
(IASS)
18:30-20:30 DINNER AT IASS ROOF-TOP TERRACE
WED 06. Sep

Location: EINSTEIN CAMPUS
Moderation: Viola Gerlach

GOVERNANCE
09:00-10:00 FRAMING TALK

PIA-JOHANNA SCHWEIZER
(IASS)

10:00-11:00 GLOBAL GOVERNANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
THOMAS HICKMANN
(UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM)
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:30 GOVERNANCE OF GERMANY´S ENERGY TRANSITION

RAINER QUITZOW (IASS)

12:30-13:30 GOVERNING EXTREME CHANGE – THE ARCTIC CASE

KATHRIN KEIL (IASS)

13:30-14:30 LUNCH
14:30-15:30 PARTICIPATORY METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS NORIO OKADA (KYOTO UNIVERSITY/IASS FELLOW)
15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:30 GROUP WORKS “LET´S TRY THE METHOD OF YSM TOGETHER”

NORIO OKADA (KYOTO UNIVERSITY/IASS FELLOW)

17:30-18:00 LESSONS LEARNED
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH
(IASS)
18:00-20:00 DINNER AT IASS ROOF-TOP TERRACE
THU 07. Sep

Location: IASS
Moderation: Viola Gerlach

GOVERNANCE/SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES
08:30-10:00 SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE: WORLD VIEWS & SEARCH FOR A SUSTAINABLE URBAN LIFE
BERT DE VRIES (COPERNICUS INSTITUTE, UTRECHT)
10:00-11:00 GENDER INTO URBAN CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES

GOTELIND ALBER (GENDER CC)

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:30 SCIENCE DIPLOMACY IN THE POLAR REGIONS

VOLKER RACHOLD
GERMAN ARCTIC OFFICE)

12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-15:00 CITIES & CLIMATE CHANGE
FRITZ REUSSWIG (PIK)

15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:30 NORTHERN INNOVATIONS

GERLIS FUGMANN (AWI)

16:30-17:30 ENDANGERED OCEANS IN A CHANGING WORLD
BERNHARD DIEKMANN (AWI)
17:30-18:00 LESSONS LEARNED
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH 
(IASS)
FRI 08. Sep

Location: CAMPUS GOLM
Moderation: Tom Bruhn

SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES
09:00-10:00 CITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

RAINALD BORCK
(UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM)

10:00-11:00 GEOTHERMAL POWER AND HEAT IN A RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD ARND HEUMANN (GFZ)

 

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-13:00 TRANSFORMATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN MEGA CITIES

DIANA MANGALAGIU
(OXFORD UNIVERSITY)

13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-17:00 EXCURSION GARDEN CITY DREWITZ
FROM 17:00 EVENING AT OWN LEISURE
SAT 09. Sep

 

10:00:13:00 BIKE TRIP IN POTSDAM

2nd WEEK: 11. Sep-13. Sep 2017

MON 11. Sep

Location: IASS
Moderation: Viola Gerlach

SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES
09:00-09:30 INTRO IN WEEK II
VIOLA GERLACH (IASS)
09:30-10:30 THE EFFICIENT; THE INTENSIVE AND THE PRODUCTIVE: HOW CITIES DEVELOP ACROSS THE WORLD

JUERGEN KROPP (PIK)

10:30-11:30 COMPLEXITY & COGNITIVE BIASES IN FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT

BRUNO MERZ (GFZ)

11:30-12:00 COFFEE BREAK
12:00-13:00 FROM POLAR PREDICTIONS RESEARCH TO IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

KIRSTIN WERNER (AWI)

13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-16:00 CITIES, RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
TALK & DEBATE
R. ANDREAS KRAEMER (IASS)
16:00-16:30 COFEE BREAK
16:30-18:00 MONITORING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES JASMIN HONOLD
(GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR URBAN STUDIES)
18:00-19:00 LESSONS LEARNED
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH 
(IASS)
19:00-21:00 DINNER AT IASS ROOF-TOP TERRACE
TUE 12. Sep

Location: IASS
Moderation: Viola Gerlach

RISK FACTORS
09:00-10:00 FRAMING TALK
FROM RISK PERCEPTION TO RISK COMMUNICATIONS
KATHERINE McCOMAS (CORNELL UNIVERSITY)
10:00-11:00 SYSTEMIC RISKS
PIA-JOHANNA SCHWEIZER
(IASS)
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:30 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & THE INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON
NICOLE GLANEMANN (PIK)
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
13:30-14:30 FINANCIAL RISKS
ARMIN HAAS (IASS)
14:30-15:30 MULTI HAZARD & RISK PERSPECTIVE
KEVIN FLEMING (GFZ)
15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:30 KEEPING THE PROMISE OF PARIS AND ALIGNING THE COLLECTIVE VISION TOWARDS 2050

MANUEL PULGAR VIDAL
(WWF)

17:30-18:30 LESSONS LEARNED
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH 
(IASS)
FROM 18:30 EVENING AT OWN LEISURE
WED 13. Sep

Location: IASS
Moderation: Tom Bruhn/Viola Gerlach

RISK FACTORS & CONCLUSION
09:00-10:30 RISK MANAGEMENT
PIET SELLKE
(DIALOGIK)
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12:00 WATER AND LAND USE
LYDIA OLAKA
(UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI)
12:00-13:00 LUNCH
13:00-15:00 WRITING THE POTSDAM SUMMER SCHOOL MEMORANDUM

TOM BRUHN & ALL PARTICIPANTS IN GROUPS

15:00-16:00 WRAP UP
TOM BRUHN &
VIOLA GERLACH 
(IASS)
16:00-16:30 FAREWELL COFFEE
16:30-18:30 LEISURE TIME
18:30-22:30 FAREWELL PARTY

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