2010-04-20
12:00 PM
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Arrival and Registration:
Please note these times are still subject to change
For a PDF file of the schedule please click on Program in the menu bar.
01:05 PM
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Welcome Speech: Ib Poulsen:
Ib Poulsen is the Vice-Chancellor of Roskilde University.
RUC website
01:15 PM
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Opening Speech: Ida Auken:
Speech title: TBA
Ida Auken is a representative of the Socialist People's Party in the Danish Parliament. She is the party's environmental affairs spokeswoman. Auken is also a Member of the Energy Policy Committee and the Cultural Affairs Committee.
Personal website
01:30 PM
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Mads Øvlisen:
Speech title: Climate Change, A Business Perspective
Mads Øvlisen has been a member of the UN Global Compact Board in New York since 2006. Since 2007 he has also been the Chairman of the Danish Arts Council and a member of the Board of Directors of the Wanas Foundation, Sweden. Øvlisen also served as chairman of The Copenhagen Center for Social Responsibility and was a founding Co-chair of the European Academy for Society in Business (EABIS).
Personal website
02:10 PM
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Harry Collins:
Speech title: ClimateGate: The inside and the Outside
Harry Collins is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Sciences (KES) at Cardiff University. He was awarded the 1997 Bernal prize for social studies of science. Collins currently has two books in press with Chicago due out in 2010 entitled: Tacit and Explicit Knowledge, as well as, Gravity's Ghost: The Equinox Event and Science in the 21st Century.
Personal website
02:50 PM
- Coffe Break: Complements of Just Coffee
03:20 PM
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Yu Lizhong:
Speech title: Response to Global Climate Change in China
Professor Yu Lizhong is the President of East China Normal University. He is also a Senior Advisor of the Shanghai Association of Science and Technology. As a pioneer for the study of Environmental Magnetism in China, he has garnered much influence in the fields of geography and environmental science. He has lead 28 research projects funded by various bodies including, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education in China, and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai.
04:00 PM
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Dale Jamieson:
Speech title: Living with Change
Dale Jamieson is the Director of Environmental Studies and Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, as well as an Affiliated Professor of Law at New York University. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal, Science, Technology and Human Values. His latest publication is Morality's Progress: Essays on Humans, Other Animals, and the Rest of Nature.
Personal website
04:40 PM
- Refreshments: Energy drinks and fruit
05:00 PM
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Martin Lidegaard:
Martin Lidegaard will be the facilitator for the entire keynote speaker session, which will wrap up at 6pm. He is the Chairman of the Danish Green Think Tank Concito.
Concito website
- Keynote Panel Debate: All keynote speakers will participate in an hour long panel debate.
06:00 PM
- Drinks: DTU Bryghus: Anders Nielsen from the DTU Bryghus (brewery) will present a special beer made from 100% Barley. This beer reduces the carbon footprint of the overall brewing process by 8 %. Cheers!
06:30 PM
- Dinner and Entertainment: We are pleased to be serving a delicious climate friendly dinner prepared by the Roskilde Culinary Institute. There will also be entertainment provided by the acting troupe, Mr. Green.
08:00 PM
- Music: We are pleased to offer live Latin and Jazz music.
2010-04-21
08:45 AM
- Arrival: With coffee and a light breakfast
09:00 AM
- Valery Forbes: Valery Forbes will give the welcoming speech on April 21. Forbes is the head of the Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change (ENSPAC) at Roskilde University.
09:15 AM
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Minou Fuglesang:
Speech title: The Right to Safe Lights: Campaigning to Create Solar Awareness and Solar Entrepreneurs in Tanzania.
Fuglesang is the Executive Director of the Civil Society Organization Femina HIP, a multimedia platform in Tanzania.
Femina HIP website
09:45 AM
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Evan Selinger:
Speech title: Using the Externalitites Game to Generate Moral Hypothesis About CO2 Emissions
Selinger is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Graduate Program Faculty at the Golisano Institute of Sustainability.
Personal website
10:30 AM
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Workshop Session 1:
Culture: Climate Activism and Social Movements
Communication: Challenges to Climate Change and Risk Communication
Clean-tech: Clean-tech and Sustainable Development in Work Environments and Institutions
Interdisciplinary: Challenges of Climate Change in Agriculture and Rural Communities
12:00 PM
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Workshop Session 2:
Culture: Climate Change and Culture: A Geographical Perspective
Communication: Communication and Climate Activism
Clean-tech: Clean-tech: Land use and Environmental Assessment
Interdisciplinary: Local Responses to Global Climate Change Problems
02:15 PM
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Workshop Session 3:
Culture: Rethinking Climate Change and Shifting Paradigms
Communication: Communication for Sustainable Development: Addressing asymmetries between science and local communities
Clean-tech: The Energy Sector: Transportation, Storage and Lighting
Interdisciplinary: Exploring Human-Nature Relationships: Global and Local Voices
03:45 PM
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Workshop Session 4:
Culture: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Discourses
Communication: Fostering Awareness of Climate Change through Communication
Communication: Communicating Climate Change in Politics and the Press
Interdisciplinary: Governance and Climate Change: Clean Development Mechanism Projects (CDM) and Mainstreaming in the Media
05:15 PM
- Closing Session: A closing session will be held by Minou Fuglesang and Evan Selinger
08:00 PM
- Dinner in Copenhagen: All participants are welcome to attend dinner at the organic and environmentally friendly restaurant, BioMio in Copenhagen. Please note: dinner is at the participants own expense.
2010-04-22
08:15 AM
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Klimaexpress with Green Study Tours:
The Klimaexpress with Green Study Tours is open to all conference participants, but please remember to sign-up upon registering as space is limited. We are pleased to offer two different routes, so remember to chose which option you prefer.
Option 1: Kalundborg Symbiosis
Option 2: Risø and Bevola
For participants in Copenhagen, both tours will depart from DGI Byen at 8.15 a.m.
For participants at RUC, both tours will depart from the University at 9.00 a.m.
09:00 AM
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Risø and Bevola (Option 2):
Participants traveling to Risø will arrive at 9.15, where some of Denmark's leading clean-technology scientists and researchers will present new innovations and innovative approaches to research in areas such as: transportation, the environment, hydrogen and fuel cells, solar and wind energy, bio-fuels, and battery research.
From 9.30-10.30, participants will be introduced to the research center and from 10.30-11.30 participants will visit the laboratories.
Participants will depart Risø at 11.30.
From 12.15-1.25 p.m., a delicious "raw food" lunch, composed of local products will be served in Hallingelille, an organic co-housing project.
Participants will visit Bevola from 1.45-3.30 p.m.
Participants will arrive back at RUC at 4.00 p.m., and those staying in Copenhagen will arrive back at 4.45 p.m.
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Kalundborg Symbiosis (Option 1):
Participants traveling to Kalundborg will arrive at 10:30, after a clean-tech workshop aboard the bus.
From 10.30-12.30, participants will receive an introduction to ' symbiosis' in Kalundborg and then have the opportunity to visit various firms in the vicinity.
At 12.30, participants will have a delicious, organic and CO2 friendly lunch served at one of the firms.
From 1.30-3.00 p.m., participants will resume visiting and touring the different firms.
Participants will arrive back at RUC at 4.00 p.m., and those staying in Copenhagen will arrive back at 4.45 p.m.