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Policy and science: joining forces for a sustainable future
Dialog 2030 meets Sustainability Science Forum
Time
09:00 - 17:00
Venue
Eventfabrik Fabrikstrasse 12 3012 Bern
How should and can science participate in shaping a sustainable future? What form can effective cooperation between politics, administration and science take in order to achieve the SDGs, and to what extent should the roles of these actors interlock?
Image: ARE
The event will explore these and other questions. It combines the "Dialogue 2030" of the Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE) with the "Sustainability Science Forum" of the Initiative for Sustainability Research of SCNAT. The Dialogue 2030 facilitates the exchange between relevant stakeholders and thus promotes a coordinated and effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Switzerland. The Sustainability Science Forum is a meeting place for the growing community of sustainable development research - where new ideas are discussed, research concepts developed and partnerships forged.
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Programme
Welcome
Daniel Dubas, Federal Council Delegate for the 2030 Agenda, ARE
Gabriela Wülser, Head of Sustainability Research Initiative, SCNAT
How politics and science can collaborate effectively to jointly achieve the sustainable development goals
Caspar Hirschi, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of St Gallen
Jaakko Kuosmanen, Chief Coordinator, Science Advice Initiative of Finland, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Gabriela Suter, member of the National Council for Canton Aargau
Thomas Breu, Director of the Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern
Sustainability policy in practice Experiences from the interface between science and politics
Food systems – Carole Küng, Co-Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Switzerland
Circular economy – Patrick Semadeni, CEO of Semadeni Plastics Group
Equal opportunities and social cohesion – Sophie Achermann, Executive Director Public Discourse Foundation
Opportunities for research and innovation funding Do we need lighthouse programmes?
Peter Edwards, President of the Sustainability Research Initiative of SCNAT
Katrin Milzow, Head of Strategy, Swiss National Science Foundation
Kathrin Kramer, Head of Programme Funding, Innosuisse
Katja Maus, Coordinator Energy Research and Cleantech, Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Do we need to better link the 2030 Agenda with public policy? The role of research
Reto Knutti, Professor, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich
Clara Zemp, member of the Swiss Young Academy
Julie Cantalou, Co-Secretary General of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland
Thinking beyond the boundaries of the earth: Sustainable development from a space perspective
Thomas Zurbuchen, Head of ETH Zurich Space, former Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA
Moderators: Christine Gubser (sanu future learning ag) und Florian Egli (ETH Zurich)