GUPES Green Green Gown Awards at 3rd World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities

13th Sep – 16th Sep 2016 00:00

The GUPES Green Gown Award Ceremony will be taking place on 13 September 2016 prior to the 3rd World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities at the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT).

This event will be organised by the Office of Sustainability of the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT), Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) and the Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), in cooperation with the United National University initiative “Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development” (RCE).

The event will focus on: "Designing Tomorrow’s Campus: Resiliency, Vulnerability, and Adaptation", and will contribute to the further development of this fast-growing field.

The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday 13th September 2016: GUPES Green Gown Awards Ceremony

Wednesday 14th September 2016: arrival and set-up of displays (16:00-18:00)

THURSDAY, 15h SEPTEMBER 2016
All day: Exhibition and visit to displays
Morning: Session 1
Afternoon: Session 2
Evening: Reception 1

FRIDAY, 16th SEPTEMBER 2016
All day: Exhibition and visit to displays
Morning: Session 3
Afternoon: Building a Next Generation model of sustainability at MIT : Presentation and Tour
Round-table with key experts & conclusions

In order to ensure an efficient use of the time, delegates are kindly asked to organise their travel in a way that allows them to arrive in Manchester in the course of Wednesday the 14th September 2016 at the latest, and travel back on or after the 17th September 2016.

Deadline for registrations: 30th May 2016

Please download the event factsheet for more information and how to submit an abstract.