Sustainability Transfer Day 2024

Eingang Campus Sankt Augustin mit Begrüßung auf der LED-Wand. Foto: Angelika Fiedler (H-BRS)

Date

Friday, 20 September 2024

Time

09:00 - 12:30

Location

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

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Sustainability as an ethical obligation for the benefit of all

Politics, municipalities and science want to fulfil the requirements of all sustainability dimensions - ecology, economy and social issues - in their respective areas of responsibility. The aim of the event is to strengthen the transfer of knowledge through cross-actor exchange and to promote the regional, transformative power in NRW. The second Sustainability Transfer Day is organised by the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Executive Board - Vice President Transfer, Innovation and Sustainability, together with the Sustainability Alliance for Applied Sciences in NRW (NAW.NRW). The format takes place once a year at a NAW.NRW university.

Programme

09:00 a.m. Opening

Professor dr Michaela Wirtz, Vice President H-BRS and Stephan Grabmeier

09:05 a.m. Welcome

Professor dr Hartmut Ihne, President of the H-BRS
Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, Member of the German Bundestag, Former Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis I
Video greeting from Sebastian Schuster, District Administrator of the Rhein-Sieg district
Professor dr Max Leitterstorf, Mayor of the City of Sankt Augustin

09:20 a.m. Keynote: ‘Implementing climate protection targets in the municipalities - areas of tension and solutions’

Professor dr Manfred Fischedick, President and Scientific Director of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

09:45 a.m. Panel discussion: ‘City, country, sustainability: Are we ready for the transformation? What do municipalities, politics and science say?’

Katja Dörner, Lord Mayor of the City of Bonn
Julia Eisentraut, Member of the NRW State Parliament, Spokesperson of the Science Committee
Professor dr Manfred Fischedick, President of the Wuppertal Institute
Professor dr Max Leitterstorf, Mayor of the City of Sankt Augustin
Professor dr Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, Professor for Social Sustainability, H-BRS
Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, Chairwoman of the Legal Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag

Moderation: Professor dr Michaela Wirtz and Stephan Grabmeier

10:30 a.m. Coffee break / Networking / Commenting on sustainability theses

10:50 a.m. Panel discussion: ‘What are the biggest challenges facing local authorities in terms of mobility and building management?’ Followed by a break

Paul Bossauer, Head of Mobility Research Group, H-BRS
Rainer Gleß, Head of Mobility Management, City of Sankt Augustin
Thomas Kemmann, Managing Director of Gemeinnützige Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH
Nicole Fritzsche, Head of Mobility, Climate and Environmental Protection, City of Rheinbach

Moderation: Professor dr Michaela Wirtz and Stephan Grabmeier

11:25 a.m. Panel discussion: ‘What are the conditions for success? In what role can science contribute to these solutions?’ Followed by a break

Petra Kalkbrenner, Mayor of the municipality of Swisttal
Stephanie Lorek, Sustainability Manager of the H-BRS
Regina Rosenstock, Head of the Economic Development Department of the Rhein-Sieg district
Professor dr Wiltrud Terlau, Director of the International Centre for Sustainable Development, H-BRS

Moderation: Professor dr Michaela Wirtz and Stephan Grabmeier