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With the support of FNRS – WISD:
GENERAL PROGRAMME (18/05/15)
Wednesday May 20th (Inaugural conference in Brussels, ULB, K building)
From 19h00
Reception, check in and distribution of badges
19h45
Auditorium doors open
20h00
Official opening and welcoming speeches
Didier VIVIERS, Rector of 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)
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: Béatrice DELVAUX (CONFIRMED)
22h00
Closing drink
22h45
Departure of shuttle bus to Louvain-la-Neuve
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Thursday May 21st (Congress in Louvain-la-Neuve, Aula Magna)
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
Vincent BLONDEL, Rector of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Carlo DI ANTONIO, Minister for the Environment in charge of the
Sustainable Development (CONFIRMED)
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)
09h25
Plenary session I – Stories of transdisciplinarity
Philippe BARET – Tom DEDEURWAERDERE - Vincent WATTELET
10h10
Coffee break – Poster session - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects (animated by the ‘Boutique de Sciences’)
10h40
Parallel sessions – Timeslot I
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13h00
Theme 1: Global commons
Theme 2: Food, agriculture and animal farming practices
Theme 4: The social economy and the 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
Lunch - Participative construction of a wall of transdisciplinary projects
(animated by the ‘Boutique de Sciences’)
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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
14h30
Plenary session III – 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 (CONFIRMED)
15h30
Coffee break – Poster session - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects: introduction (animated by the ‘Boutique de
Sciences’)
16h00
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: The social economy and the 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 de Sciences’)
19h30
Dinner and entertainment "Le
connaissez?" by Martin OPHOVEN
22h30
Departure of shuttle buses to the hotels
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Friday May 22nd 2015 (Congress in Louvain-la-Neuve, Aula Magna)
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 – 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)
09h50
Plenary session V – "The agenda of the poorest, benchmarks for the
challenges of sustainable development"
RAJAGOPAL P. V., a Gandhian activist, is Vice Chairman of the Gandhi
Peace Foundation, New Delhi, and the president and founding member of
Ekta Parishad (CONFIRMED)
10h20
Plenary session VI – Synthesis report presentation 2
"Pour une transition social-écologique" ("For a socio-ecological
transition") by Eloi LAURENT et Philippe POCHET
10h50
Coffee break – Poster session - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects: introduction (animated by the ‘Boutique de
Sciences’)
11h20
Parallel sessions – Timeslot III
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13h05
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 8: Research stream on transdisciplinary research
Lunch - Participative construction of a wall of transdisciplinary projects:
introduction (animated by the ‘Boutique de Sciences’)
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14h05
Plenary session VII - Participative construction of a wall of
transdisciplinary projects: conclusions
La Boutique de Sciences
14h20
Plenary session VIII – Summary of themes
Sybille MERTENS - Edwin ZACCAÏ
14h35
Plenary session IX – 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 (CONFIRMED)
16h00
Coffee break – Poster session
16h30
Plenary session X – 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), ambassador for
climate change and special representative for the COP21 (CONFIRMED)
17h20
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)
18h00
Closing drink
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