Spring Meeting 2008 – Programme

Thursday, 24 April

09:00-13:00

Strategy Meeting (Participants on invitation only: Local Chapter Presidents and representatives from oikos International and the oikos Foundation; Moderation: Lars Stein, oikos PhD Fellow)

13:00-14:30

Lunch

15:00-18:00

Sustainable City Tour

18:00-19:30

Dinner

19:30

Introductory Lecture
"Sustainable Production and Consumption"

Mathias Onischka, Wuppertal Insitute for Climate, Environment and Energy (WI)

Friday, 25 April

9:00-18:00

Case Study Competition

Two business case studies in which the participants develop strategies and compete for the best solutions

1. Bioplastics - a raw material for sustainable products. What product strategy would a company like BASF choose?
   Business representative: Dr. Jens Hamprecht, BASF
2. Water scarcity - challenes that derive for a comsumer goods company like Henkel
   Business representative: Uwe Bergmann, Henkel

13:00-14:30

Lunch

18:00-19:00

Dinner

19:30-21:00

Panel Discussion: Dimensions of Sustainable Business

Product Development, process optimation, marketing - sustainable business has to get the basics right.

• Katja Hetzer, GSM Consulting
• Klaus Hildenbrand, hilbra Theo Hildenbrand GmbH
• Dr. Jens Hamprecht (BASF)
• Fisseha Tessema, CSCP (UNEP/Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production)
• Moderation: Martin Herrndorf, PhD Fellow

21.00-open end

Apéro, biowine sponsored by delinat

Saturday, 26 April

9:00-12:00

oikos skill workshops

1. Presentation Skills (Maria Beck, founder of VocalVolume)
2. Workshop Leadership (Lars Stein, oikos PhD Fellow)
3. oikos Integrated Website/typo3 (Katharina Beck, oikos International President 2008)
4. oikos Markting and Layout (Martin Herrndorf, oikos PhD Fellow)
5. How to do oikos (Nina Hug, oikos PhD Fellow)
6. Fundraising (Maxime Nohroudi, founder of the Institute for Corporate Governance at the University of Witten/Herdecke)
7. Sustainability Workshop (Hendrik Bensch, president of oikos Cologne 2005-07)

More detailed information on the workshops.

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-16:30

oikos Local Chapter Fair

oikos teams from all over the world present their projects and activities. The fair also serves as a platform for conjoint development of new concepts and ideas.

17:00-19:00

Sustainable Production in Practice
Visit of the local brewery Hellers, producer of bio-beer

20:00-open end

oikos party

Sunday, April 27

10:00-13:00

oikos Legislative Meeting
The oikos Local Chapters decide on legislative oikos issues.

Download the Programme of the Legislative Meeting.