Opening Plenary June 29, 2015, 13:30-15:30
Moderator: Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology
Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, Professor at University of Gothenburg and WEEC2015 co-chair
Mario Salomone, Assistant Professor at the University of Bergamo and WEEC Secretary General
Pam Fredman, Professor and Vice-chancellor of University of Gothenburg
John Holmberg, Professor and Vice President for Chalmers University of Technology – The role of Universities in the transition towards sustainability
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO – Video message
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations – Video message
Moderator: Stephen Sterling, Professor of Sustainability Education, Plymouth University, UK
Arjen Wals, Professor: Transformative Learning in Vital Coalitions for Socio-Ecological Sustainability
Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO
Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Plenary Session June 30, 2015, 11:00-12:00
Moderator: Mónika Réti, Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development
John Siraj-Blatchford, Honorary Professor at Plymouth University, UK – Early Childhood Care and Education for Sustainable Development (ECCESD)
Pete Milne, Environmental Education Consultant/Trainer, over 20 years of international teaching experience – Turning Waste into Treasure: A Child’s Perspective on Looking after Planet Earth
Plenary Session June 30, 2015 16:00-18:00
Moderator: Akpezi Ogbuigwe, Rivers State University of Science and Technology and Founder, ANPEZ Center for Environment and Development
Mirian Vilela, Executive Director of the Earth Charter International Center on ESD at the University for Peace – The power of Dialogue, Visioning and Collaboration: an Earth Charter experience of Teaching and Learning
Marianne Krasny, Professor and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University – Can People and the Planet Develop Together?
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Panel Moderator: David O. Kronlid, Research leader SWEDESD, Sweden
Panel Discussion: The Global Action Programme on ESD – Global, Regional and National Perspectives. “Everything you’d wish to know about the GAP but were reluctant to ask!”
Panelists:
Alexander Leicht, Chief, Section of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO – The GAP, what is it and where it is now?
Zinaida Fadeeva, Dr. and Senior Specialist, Strategy and Policy for the ESD Programme United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) – Global Strategies for implementing GAP – What can universities and RCEs do with and for the GAP?
Sylvia Utete, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, Zimbabwe – What can countries do for implementing the GAP? The case of Southern Africa.
Uranchimeg Tserendorj, senior officer, Ministry of Environment, Green Development and Tourism of Mongolia – What can countries do for implementing the GAP? The case of Mongolia.
Lisa Emelia Svensson, Dr and Ambassador for Ocean and Seas, Sweden – What is Sweden doing for and with the GAP?
Organizers Panel Debate: Ministry of the Environment and Energy, Sida, Swedish National Commission for UNESCO, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, SWEDESD, WWF Sweden, UHR/The Global School
Plenary Session July 1, 2015, 11:00-12:00
Moderator: Machtelijn Brummel, senior policy-advisor, in the Dutch program “Learning for Sustainable Development” – Duurzaam Door
Victoria Wyszynski Thoresen, Associate Professor and Director of the Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living at Hedmark University College, UNESCO Chair for Education for Sustainable Lifestyles – Moving into higher gear – Expanding Environment and Sustainability in Education using a Lifestyle Approach
Plenary Session July 1, 2015, 16:00-17:00
Moderator: Peter Blaze Corcoran, Professor of Environmental Studies and Environmental Education and Director of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education at Florida Gulf Coast University
Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Professor and Chair of Environmental Education, and Director of the Centre for Postgraduate Studies at Rhodes University – ‘With people and planet in mind’ – Expanding human activity for sustainability and equity through transgressive learning and social change
Closing Plenary July 2, 2015, 10:30-12:30
Session Moderator: Rebecka Hallén, Project Manager WEEC2015, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology
Panel Moderator: Frans Lenglet, Former Director of SWEDESD
Panel Discussion and Conclusions: A Decade has ended. What was planted? What still needs planting and cultivating? And what may need uprooting?
Panelists:
Alexander Leicht, Chief, Section of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO
Mahesh Pradhan, Chief of UNEP’s Environmental Education and Training Unit (EETU)
Judy Braus, President of North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director of CEE, India
Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun, Founder of Wahamba (formerly Bailiff Africa)
Ingrid Moum Rieser, Course Coordinator at Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS) at Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Swedish Youth Representative at the DESD conference in Nagoya
Culture Summer Workers - Kultursommarjobbarna
Next Congress: Mario Salomone and the next WEEC organizer
Final Remarks: Arjen Wals and Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson
