Convention program
1st International Convention of Environmental Laureates
08 - 11 March 2012 Freiburg, Germany
Thursday, 08 March 2012
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| 6.00 pm |
Public Lecture of Jeremy Rifkin Assembly hall University of Freiburg
Introduction Eicke R. Weber Chair Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation
Rio+20: What Can We Learn from the German Models - Leading the Way to a Third Industrial Revolution and a Sustainable Post Carbon Society Jeremy Rifkin Founder and Chairman Foundation on Economic Trends |
| 08.00 pm |
Welcome Dinner Historic "Peterhofkeller" of the University of Freiburg
Welcome Address Bernd Dallmann Founder and Chairman European Environment Foundation |
Friday, 09 March 2012
| 9.00 am |
Plenary Session "Jesuitenschloss" Mansion on Freiburg's "Schönberg" hill |
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Welcome Address Dieter Salomon
Mayor of the City of Freiburg and |
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Raising our Voice: The Convening Power of the European Environment Foundation Peter W. Heller Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation |
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"The Declaration on Rio+20 by International Environmental Laureates", Discussion Rainer Grießhammer Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation
Chair: Eicke R. Weber Chair Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation |
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| 12.00 am | Lunch Break |
| 1.30 pm | Communicative walk and tour of "Vauban" - Freiburg's world famous sustainable district Alternatively a bus transfer is offered |
| 6.00 pm | Evening Buffet, Hotel Stadt Freiburg |
| 7.30 pm |
"On the way to Rio+20" - International Laureates: Statements to Rio+20
Public Evening Event, Konzerthaus Freiburg
Welcome Address Dieter Salomon
Mayor of the City of Freiburg and
Introduction Monika Griefahn Co Founder of Greenpeace and Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation |
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Interdisciplinary Lectures
Chair: Prof. Dr. Eicke R. Weber Chair Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation
Open Discussion: Speakers, Laureates and the Audience |
Saturday, 10 March 2012
| 8.00 am |
Inaugural Board of Trustees meeting, Hotel Stadt Freiburg |
| 9.30 am |
Meeting of Laureates with young Researchers, Students and Pupils in cooperation with Faculty of Forest and Environmental sciences of the University of Freiburg and Freiburg schools Konzerthaus Freiburg
Welcome Adress Vice Rector for Internationalisation and Technology Transfer, University of Freiburg
The Relevance of Renewable Energies in the forthcoming Rio+20 Process Adolf Goetzberger Founder of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems iSE, Germany
The Design of Development Alternatives and Empowerment of Civil Society Organisations on the Road to Rio+20 Ashok Khosla President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, india
The Rio de Janeiro State contribution on the way to a green economy
Denise Marcal Rambaldi, Vice President of Rio de Janeiro State Environment, Brasil |
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Panel Discussion: Lectures, Young Researchers, Students and Pupils Chair: Georg Winkel, Institute of Forest and Environmental Policy Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences of the University of Freiburg |
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| 12.00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1.00 pm |
Round Tables Topic-based discussion rounds of Laureates, Young Researchers, Students and Pupils |
| 2.15 pm | Final Discussion and Adoption of "The Declaration on Rio+20 by International Environmental Laureates" |
| 3.00 pm | Press conference and Photo session |
| 4.00 pm | Guided tour of Freiburg |
| 6.00 pm | Evening Buffet, Hotel Stadt Freiburg |
| 8.00 pm |
Concert by violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, Konzerthaus Freiburg |
Sunday, 11 March 2012
| 9.00 am |
Farewell Breakfast Hotel Stadt Freiburg
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| Program may be subject to change |