
START
SESSION
11:00
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Prof. Jim Longhurst, Chairman of the Board of EAUC and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability, UWE
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A word from our Headline Sponsor, Richard Brabner, Director, UPP Foundation
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A Welcome to Loughborough University - Prof. Chris Linton, Provost, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Loughborough University
11:15
Plenary - The Role of Education in Reaching Net Zero
Higher and Further Education has an important role to play in the global race to net zero emissions both by balancing their own emissions and by researching global solutions, models and pathways to net zero. How Universities and colleges respond to the current crisis will be pivotal not only for students looking for future career opportunities but also for their local communities.
Panel:
Prof. Jim Longhurst, Chairman of the Board of EAUC and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Environment and Sustainability, UWE
Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London
Laurence Frewin, Principal & CEO, South Devon College
Terry Williams, Sustainability Expert, Net Zero Reporting, Decarbonisation and Sustainability Expertise; Department for Education
12:00
REFRESHMENT BREAK
12:30
Conversations
Smaller groups will give you more discussion time, to learn from one another and discuss next steps in some of the key areas in the following categories:
Carbon Emissions Reporting & Science Based Targets
Embedding ESD into curricula and pedagogy - Mapping your curriculum
Climate Anxiety
Biodiversity - Nature Positive Universities and Colleges
Are high Commodity prices good for Sustainability?
13:45
14:45
LUNCH
Conversations
Smaller groups will give you more discussion time, to learn from one another and discuss next steps in some of the key areas in the following categories:
Costing your Net-zero Plans
A World Cafe to explore Leadership for our Profession
Communicating Climate Change
How to Engage your Governors
16:00
REFRESHMENT BREAK
16:30
Plenary - Climate Justice
The impacts of climate change will not be borne equally or fairly, we need to continue to focus on climate justice, looking through a human rights lens. Working together and raising our own awareness of these issues we can create a better future for present and future generations.
Panel Host:
Meg Baker, Co-Director of Inclusion & Climate Justice, Students Organising for Sustainability UK
Simmone Ahiaku, Climate Justice Campaigner, Writer and Educator
Tamara Ullyart, Young Climate Activist and Speaker
17:30
19:00
19:30
19:30
01:00
FREE TIME
DRINKS RECEPTION
GREEN GOWN AWARDS CEREMONY
INFORMAL CONFERENCE DINNER
GREEN GOWN AWARDS CLOSE
9TH NOVEMBER
09:30
Welcome to Day 2
Professor Zoe Robinson, Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education and University Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, Keele University
09:35
Plenary - Civic Institutions and Partnerships
Higher and Further Education needs to look more widely than its internal function and also embrace its geographic roles, influence and responsibilities as an agent to drive positive societal change.
Panel:
Luke Rake, Principal and CEO, Kingston Maurwood College
Dr Catherine Hack, Principal Adviser, (Learning and Teaching), Advance HE
Natalie Day, Head of Strategy and Policy Insight, Sheffield Hallam University
Emily Morrison, Head, Institute for Community Studies
Jason Clarke, Head of Energy and Environment, UPP
10:15
REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:45
Conversations
Smaller groups will give you more discussion time, to learn from one another and discuss next steps in some of the key areas in the following categories:
Offsetting & Land for Carbon & The Carbon Coalition
Conversations on climate and carbon: a university and manufacturer perspective on the road to net zero
Developing a Strategic Approach to Building Sustainable Civic Partnerships
Environmental Sustainability of Research and Innovation Practice
Embedding ESD – Policy and Influence
12:00
LUNCH AND NETWORKING
13:10
Conversations
Smaller groups will give you more discussion time, to learn from one another and discuss next steps in some of the key areas in the following categories:
The Scope 3 Headache
Your Carbon Literacy train(ing) journey: Next stop, get your leaders onboard!
"Green careers will not be niche": are our students ready?
Challenges and Tools for Positivity, Passion and Purpose
14:25
Closing Plenary – Taking Action
We want to ensure we send you back into your institutions feeling passionate and motivated. The task ahead of us is significant, but we hope that our closing address will leave you feeling refreshed and energised for the journey ahead. Given all we’ve worked on throughout the conference how do we take all that learning, and work together? Our closing plenary looks to bring all the strands of the conference together, teaching, communication, cooperation, community, anxiety, emissions reporting, behaviour change to name a few. What better way to tie this all together than a discussion around transdisciplinary action for Climate Change and Social reforms. We want to close by inspiring you to be active participants in the Climate Agenda looking at a holistic approach to Climate Action.
Panel:
Dr Jennifer O’Brien, Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching and Learning, Honorary Fellow of the Manchester Institute of Teaching and Learning, University of Manchester
Mandekh Hussein, Programme Director at BASc Global Challenges, Division of Trans-disciplinary Studies in Global Change, Brunel University
15:10
CLOSING REMARKS AND PRIZEGIVING
Professor Zoe Robinson, Director of Education for Sustainability, Keele University
15:30
CONFERENCE CLOSE