oikos Winter School

Programme

Monday, November 21, 2005

 

Introduction

Heiko Spitzeck, Organizing Committee WS05
Prof. Dr. Claude Patrick Siegenthaler, Hosei University, Japan

The State of the World

  • Joseph Ingram, Special Representative to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, The World Bank, Geneve, Switzerland
  • Tony Long, Director, WWF European Policy Office, Brussels, Begium

 

Sustainability - Challenges and Opportunities

Heike Leitschuh-Fecht, Author, Moderator and Advisor for Sustainable Development, Frankfurt/Main Germany

 

Change towards sustainability at Universities - A look at the Academic Landscape

Wynn Calder, Associate Director, Association of University Leaders for Sustainable Furture, Washington, USA

 

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

 

Change and Universities - Process and Drivers

Dr. Sascha Spoun, University of St.Gallen

 

Building Capacity

Oliver Karius, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Vantage Point, Zürich, Switzerland

 

Social Entrepreneurship

Dr. Kai Hockerts, Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Danmark

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

 

oikos Events: An introduction

Heiko Spitzeck, Organizing Committee WS05, oikos International

Sustainability Case: The Ilisu Dam in Turkey

Dr. Thomas Streiff, Partner and Member of the Managing Board, Brugger & Partner, Zürich, Switzerland

Thursday, November 24, 2005

 

The Next Frontier

Dr. Ted Scheidegger, Member of the Board, Precious Woods, Zürich, Switzerland

oikos Award - Price Giving Ceremony

Dr. Jost Hamschmidt, Managing Director, oikos Foundation

  1. The Education for Sustainable Living Program, Marcia Winslade, University of California - Santa Cruz, USA
  2. The Sustainable Enterprise Association, Randall Allen, Cornell University, USA
  3. The Expedition World, Matti Spiecker, University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany
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