3rd Symposium on Teaching & Curriculum Development in Sustainability Entrepreneurship

A joint symposium between UNEP and ESCP Business School

On July 1 and 2, 2024, UNEP and ESCP Business School Berlin Campus are hosting the 3rd Symposium on Teaching & Curriculum Development in Sustainability Entrepreneurship. To register for the symposium, please send an email to Astrid Tröster, symposium@escp.eu, confirming your attendance. All attendees must apply for a round table session, as per the instructions below. The final deadline for registration is May 1, 2024. A final symposium programme will be made available shortly.

As in previous years, there is no fee for the symposium.

We hope that you can join us in Berlin. Please keep in mind that this year the UEFA Euro 2024 dates overlap with the symposium. Please register and make your bookings early! For questions or additional details please email Astrid Tröster at symposium@escp.eu.

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Preliminary Programme for the 3rd ESCP-UNEP Symposium on Teaching & Curriculum Development in Sustainability Entrepreneurship

July 1, 2024

9:00 - 10:00 | Introduction
Welcome by Garrette Clark, Sustainable Lifestyles Programme Officer, UNEP; Dr. Florian Lüdeke-Freund and Dr. Robert Sheldon, ESCP Business School
10:00 - 11:00 | State of (Planet) Play
Opening Keynote by Lewis Akenji, Director, Hot or Cool Institute
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 | Global Business School Panel (HYBRID)
With Dr. Sirasa Kantaranakul, Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies, Thailand (online); Juan Sebastián Chávez, Entrepreneurship Academic Leader, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia (online); Dr. Concepción Galdón, Vice Dean of Business with a Purpose, IE University, Spain; Joe Miemczyk, Sustainability Dean, ESCP Business School, France. Moderated by Laura Mesias, Sustainable LIfestyles, UNEP
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 | New Business Models and Today's Leaders
With Alexander Piutti, founder of SPRK global, and David Löwe, co-founder of Everdrop; David Löwe, Co-founder of Everdrop, Germany. Moderated by Garrette Clark, UNEP
16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 | HardTalk Panel on Sustainability Intrapreneurship
With Simona Azzolini, Sustainability Strategy Director, Futerra, United Kingdom; Dr. Concepción Galdón, Vice Dean of Business with a Purpose, IE University, Spain; Hege Sæbjørnsen, Global Circular Strategy Associate Director at Ingka Group, IKEA. Moderated by Helena Rey, UNEP, and Robert Sheldon, ESCP Business School
19:00 | Cocktail Reception & Dinner

July 2, 2024

9:00 - 10:00 | Academic Keynote
Dr.Oliver Laasch, ESCP Business School
10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:30 | Practitioner Keynote
Antoine Hubert, co-founder of Ynsect
11:30 - 12:30 | Panel Discussion on Green Venture Financing
Perspectives from entrepreneurs and fund managers, with with Alexis Figeac, eco-innovation and cleantech investor; Christian Schellenberger, co-Founder of Cosmic Gold; Antoine Hubert, Co-founder of Ynsect and Till Rösnick, WEPA Ventures. Moderated by Hege Sæbjørnsen, Ingka Group, IKEA
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 | Parallel Round Table Sessions
- Roundtable 1: How does generative AI impact pedagogical approaches and outcomes in sustainability entrepreneurship?
- Roundtable 2: The entrepreneurial mindset: How to facilitate an entrepreneurial mindset in sustainability?
- Roundtable 3: How to measure the impacts of sustainable entrepreneurship teaching on business, society, and the environment?
- Roundtable 4: How can sustainable business model design patterns be used in sustainability entrepreneurship teaching?
- Roundtable 5: How can the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)and beyond be integrated into accounting and finance in sustainability entrepreneurship?
- Roundtable 6: How can design thinking and similar approaches be adapted to sustainability entrepreneurship training?
15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 | Plenary Session on Roundtable Outputs
Roundtable moderators present (3 min each) takeaway tools from Roundtable Discussions. Rapporteuers guide feedback discussion with the audience on takeaway tools
17:00 - 17:30 | Conclusions and Final Thoughts
Summary of key points and final comments with audience feedback: Garrette Clark, Sustainable Lifestyles Programme Officer, UNEP; Dr. Florian Lüdeke-Freund and Dr. Robert Sheldon, ESCP Business School
18:00 | Cocktail Reception