With the support of FNRS – WISD:
2nd Interdisciplinary Symposium on Sustainable
Development
How to accelerate transition ?
The 21st-22nd of May in Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL) and an inaugural conference on the 20th of May in
Brussels (ULB)
GENERAL PROGRAMME (11/04/15)
Wednesday May 20th (Inaugural conference at the ULB)
From 19h00
Reception, check in and distribution of badges
19h45
Auditorium doors open
20h00
Official opening and welcoming speeches
Jean-Pascal van YPERSELE, climatologist, co-president of the symposium
and Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Marek HUDON, Ph.D. in economics and management sciences, copresident of the symposium and Professor at the Université libre de
Bruxelles (ULB)
20h15
Conference and debate:
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Rob HOPKINS, Ph.D. in geography, founder of the Transition
Towns movement, lecturer in permaculture (CONFIRMED)
Gunter PAULI, Belgian industrialist specialising in zero pollution
industrial solutions, pioneer in the circular economy and initiator
of the blue economy (CONFIRMED)
Moderator:
22h00
End of the inaugural conference
22h30
Departure of shuttle bus to Louvain-la-Neuve
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With the support of FNRS – WISD:
Thursday May 21st (UCL)
08h00
Departure of shuttle buses from the hotels to the symposium
From 08h00
Reception, check in and distribution of badges
08h45
Theatre doors open
09h00
Welcoming speeches
Carlo DI ANTONIO, Minister for the Environment in charge of the
Sustainable Development (CONFIRMED)
Jean-Pascal van YPERSELE, climatologist, co-president of the symposium
and Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Marek HUDON, (Ph.D. in economics and management sciences, copresident of the symposium and Professor at the Université libre de
Bruxelles (ULB)
09h15
Plenary session I – Inaugural conference
Martin KHOR, economist, journalist, former director of the Third World
Network (based in Malaysia), executive director of the South Centre and
active in alter-globalisation, Malaysian civil society and citizen networks of
the Third World (CONFIRMED)
10h10
Coffee break – Poster session
10h40
Parallel sessions – Timeslot I
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Theme 1: Global commons
Theme 2: Food, agriculture and animal farming practices
Theme 4: Social economy and transition to sustainable
development
Theme 5: Transition models
Theme 6: The role of public authorities in the transition
Theme 8: Research stream on transdisciplinary research
13h00
Lunch
14h00
Plenary session II – Synthesis report presentation 1
"Social innovation: an intrinsic pillar of sustainable development" de
Olivier DE SCHUTTER, Tom DEDEURWAERDERE et Franck MOULAERT
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With the support of FNRS – WISD:
14h30
Plenary session III – Video clips: an image of transdisciplinarity
Philippe BARET and Vincent WATTELET
Participative construction of a wall of transdisciplinary projects:
introduction
15h40
Coffee break – Poster session - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects: introduction (animated by the ‘Boutique des
Sciences’)
16h10
Sessions parallèles - Plage horaire II
Parallel sessions – Timeslot II
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Theme 2: Food, agriculture and animal farming practices
Theme 3: Housing and land-use planning
Theme 4: Social economy and transition to sustainable
development
Theme 5: Transition models
Theme 6: The role of public authorities in the transition
Theme 7: Transition and non-governmental actors
18h20
Appetisers – Participative construction of a wall of transdisciplinary
projects (animated by the ‘Boutique des Sciences’)
19h30
«Sustainable gastronomy» meal and informal networking
22h30
Departure of shuttle buses to the hotels
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With the support of FNRS – WISD:
Friday May 22nd 2015 (UCL)
08h00
Departure of shuttle buses from the hotels to the symposium
From 08h00
Reception, check in and distribution of badges
08h45
Theatre doors open
9h00
Plenary session IV – Video conference
Jeffrey SACHS, American economist, director and lecturer at the Earth
Institute, Columbia University (New York), special advisor to the secretary
general of the United nations Ban Ki-moon
10h00
Plenary session V – Synthesis report presentation 2
"Pour une transition social-écologique" ("For a socio-ecological
transition") by Eloi LAURENT et Philippe POCHET
10h30
Coffee break – Poster session - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects: introduction (animated by the ‘Boutique des
Sciences’)
11h00
Parallel sessions – Timeslot III
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Theme 1: Global commons
Theme 2: Food, agriculture and animal farming practices
Theme 3 : Housing and land-use planning
Theme 6: The role of public authorities in the transition
Theme 7: Transition and non-governmental actors
Theme 8: Research stream on transdisciplinary research
12h45
Lunch - Participative construction of a wall of transdisciplinary projects:
introduction (animated by the ‘Boutique des Sciences’)
13h45
Plenary session VI - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects: conclusions
Philippe BARET, Vincent WATTELET and ‘Boutique des Sciences’
14h15
Plenary session VII – Summary of themes
Sybille MERTENS and Edwin ZACCAÏ
Conclusions and questions to serve as the basis for subsequent debate
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With the support of FNRS – WISD:
14h30
Plenary session VIII – Round table – debate: "How to accelerate
transition?"
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Thomas d'ANSEMBOURG (CONFIRMED)
Jean-Marc JANCOVICI (CONFIRMED)
Eloi LAURENT (CONFIRMED)
Natacha ZUINEN (UNCONFIRMED)
Moderator: Eddy CAEKELBERGHS (UNCONFIRMED)
15h45
Coffee break – Poster session
16h15
Plenary session IX – Closing conference
Laurence TUBIANA, director of the sustainable development chair at
Sciences Po Paris, president (and founder) of the IDDRI (Institute of
sustainable development and international relations) (CONFIRMED)
17h15
Plenary session X – Closing speeches and symposium finale
Marek HUDON, Ph.D. in economics and management sciences, copresident of the symposium and Professor at the Université libre de
Bruxelles (ULB)
Jean-Pascal van YPERSELE, climatologist, co-president of the symposium
and Professor at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Paul MAGNETTE, Minister-President of Wallonia (UNCONFIRMED)
18h00
Closing drink
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