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Laureates Symposium

A forum for knowledge transfer, mutual learning and interdisciplinary exchange

8:00
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Runder Saal

Introduction

  • Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien
    Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation

8:15

Why do we need to change our food systems – and how?
UN Environment Food Workshop – Part I
Conference Room 2-4

  • James Lomax
    Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture Programme Management Officer in UN Environment’s Economy Division
  • Natascha Kooiman
    Co-founder and Owner, Smaackmakers Experience, Amsterdam

Laureates’ Presentations
Conference Room 9

  • Indira Dayang Lacerna-Widmann, Philippines
    “Conservation of Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia and its habitat in Palawan, Philippines”
  • Susanne von der Heide, Nepal
    “Harvesting of Sea-Buckthorn in Nepal. Income Generation Through Sustainable Resource Management”
  • Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, India
    “Minimizing foodprint through the support for pastoralism - Using the Kumbhalgarh Camel Dairy as example”
  • Eva Gross, France
    “Solutions to Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Asia and Africa”

Moderation: Sigrid Jannsen,
Board of Trustees EEF

10:00

Short break & Networking

10:15

Why do we need to change our food systems – and how?
UN Environment Food Workshop – Part II
Conference Room 2-4

  • James Lomax
    Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture Programme Management Officer in UN Environment’s Economy Division
  • Natascha Kooiman
    Co-founder and Owner, Smaackmakers Experience, Amsterdam

Laureates’ Presentations
Conference Room 9

  • Mark Prain, New Zealand
    “Getting it done! Leading beyond the Eco/Echo Chamber”
  • Junichi Shimizu, Japan
    “An invitation to the Questionnaire of Environmental Doomsday Clock”
  • Marion Hammerl, Germany
    “Food and Biodiversity”
  • Thomas Scheurer, Switzerland
    “Connecting Food, Biodiversity and Cultural Landscapes”

Moderation: Sigrid Jannsen,
Board of Trustees EEF

12:00

Lunch Break

- parallel EEF Board of Trustees Meeting – Part I -

13:00

Laureates’ Presentations
Conference Room 2-4

  • Purnima Devi Barman, India:
    Protecting Greater Adjutant in Assam, India: Community Conservation, research and forming "Hargila Army"
  • Mohammed Rezwan, Bangladesh:
    “Farmer’s Floating Farming and Schools - Helping landless People to Live with Rising Waters”
  • Nyanda Ashililya, Tanzania
    “Promotion of Leguminous and Tuber Crops in Mwanza-Tanzania”
  • Noemi Stadler-Kaulich, Bolivia
    “Much Food - Little FootPrint”
  • Bohdan Prots, Ukraine
    “Carpathian Heritage of Ukraine: competitive advantage of green development”
  • Samson Tsegaye, Ethiopia
    “Lighting Students Home”

Moderation: Christine v. Weizsäcker,
President Ecoropa

Laureates’ Presentations
Conference Room 9

  • Joachim C. Wünning, Germany
    “Reducing Food Waste at a Hotel”
  • Dipal Chandra Barua, Bangladesh, and Bhaskar Sen Gupta, United Kingdom
    “Health risk of arsenic in food chain”
  • Paul Walker, United States
    “Chemical Weapons Use - Syria, Malaysia, and Salisbury”
  • Susanne Heisse, Guatemala
    “Better Nutrition, less contamination and a strong local market”
  • Luciano Iribarren and Horacio Sirolli, Argentina
    “Environmental remediation and social participation in Argentina. Paraná Delta Wetlands Observatory”
  • Ahmet Lokurlu, Germany
    “Entropification of the food industry through a paradigm shift from conventional energy resources towards renewable, high temperature solar – based applications”

Moderation: Rainer Grießhammer,
Board of Trustees EEF

13:30 - Side Event:
“Green Production Panel”
Conference Room 5-7

15:30

Short break & Networking

15:45
-ca. 17:00

ENVIRONMENTAL LAUREATES’ CALL

Moderation:

  • Eicke R. Weber
    Chairman, Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation

18:30
Weinschlösschen Freiburg

Laureates’ Dinner

20:00
Konzerthaus Freiburg
Foyer

PUBLIC EVENING LECTURE

Introduction and Moderation

  • Eicke R. Weber
    Chairman, Board of Trustees European Environment Foundation

KEYNOTES

  • Mathis Wackernagel
    CEO Global Footprint Network
    “One-planet prosperity: what does it take?”
  • Kirsten Lund-Jurgensen
    Executive Vice President Pfizer / President Pfizer Global Supply
    “Pfizer’s Green Journey”