3rd Symposium on Teaching & Curriculum Development in Sustainability Entrepreneurship

A joint symposium between UNEP and ESCP Business School

On July 1 and 2, 2024, UNEP and ESCP Business School Berlin Campus are hosting the 3rd Symposium on Teaching & Curriculum Development in Sustainability Entrepreneurship. To register for the symposium, please send an email to Astrid Tröster, symposium@escp.eu, confirming your attendance. All attendees must apply for a round table session, as per the instructions below. The final deadline for registration is May 1, 2024. A final symposium programme will be made available shortly.

As in previous years, there is no fee for the symposium.

We hope that you can join us in Berlin. Please keep in mind that this year the UEFA Euro 2024 dates overlap with the symposium. Please register and make your bookings early! For questions or additional details please email Astrid Tröster at symposium@escp.eu.

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Preliminary Programme for the 3rd ESCP-UNEP Symposium on Teaching & Curriculum Development in Sustainability Entrepreneurship

July 1, 2024

9:00 - 10:00 | Introduction
Welcome by Garrette Clark, Sustainable Lifestyles Programme Officer, UNEP; Dr. Florian Lüdeke-Freund and Dr. Robert Sheldon, ESCP Business School
10:00 - 11:00 | State of (Planet) Play
Keynote by Lewis Akenji, Director, Hot or Cool Institute
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 | Global Business School Panel
With Thammasat University's School of Global Studies, ESCP and Universidad del Rosario. Moderator: UNEP.
14:30 - 16:00 | New business models and today's leaders
With Alexander Piutti, founder of SPRK global, and David Löwe, co-founder of Everdrop
16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 | HardTalk Panel on Sustainability Intrapreneurship
With Lucy Shea, CEO of Futerra, and Hege Sæbjørnsen, FRSA Global Circular director at Ingka Group, IKEA
19:30 | Dinner / Cocktail Reception

July 2, 2024

9:00 - 10:00 | Academic Keynote
Dr.Oliver Laasch, ESCP Business School
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30 | Practitioner Keynote
Antoine Hubert, co-founder of Ynsect
11:30 - 12:30 | Panel discussion on Green Venture Financing
Perspectives from entrepreneurs and fund managers, with Alexis Figeac and Antoine Hubert
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 | Parallel round table sessions
- Roundtable 1: How does generative AI impact pedagogical approaches and outcomes in sustainability entrepreneurship?
- Roundtable 2: The entrepreneurial mindset: How to facilitate an entrepreneurial mindset in sustainability?
- Roundtable 3: How to measure the impacts of sustainable entrepreneurship teaching on business, society, and the environment?
- Roundtable 4: How can sustainable business model design patterns be used in sustainability entrepreneurship teaching?
- Roundtable 5: How can the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)and beyond be integrated into accounting and finance in sustainability entrepreneurship?
- Roundtable 6: How can design thinking and similar approaches be adapted to sustainability entrepreneurship training?
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00 | Plenary Session on Roundtable Outputs
Moderated discussion on roundtable outputs focusing on responses to core questions
17:00 - 18:30 | Conclusions and final thoughts
Garrette Clark, Sustainable Lifestyles Programme Officer, UNEP; Dr. Florian Lüdeke-Freund and Dr. Robert Sheldon, ESCP Business School
17:30 | Cocktail Reception