Feb
27
Thursday
The London Student Sustainability Conference 2020
The London Student Sustainability Conference is returning on Thursday 27 February 2020! After a successful conference last year, we’re looking forward to welcoming students, staff, professionals and members of the public to find out more about the work which is inspiring positive impacts in the world.
The conference is entirely student-led; with students exhibiting their research and projects through presentations, posters and performances.
Join us on Thursday 27 February 2020 at City, University of London to:
- Broaden your knowledge of the challenges and solutions to today's most critical issues
- Network with students, academics and professionals from the University of London and beyond
- Gain inspiration for your own research or dissertation projects
Programme
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration and Networking | |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 9:50 | Welcome Address Professor Sir Paul Curren, President, City, University of London Tuna Kunt, City Students’ Union President Simon Puleston Jones, WokenUp | |
| 9:50 – 10:00 | Changeover | |
| 10:00 – 10:40 | Session 1 | |
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Angolan Healthcare: A Systems Approach The LS-Sea (by Free the Flush) | Goal 13: Climate Action Impact of Climate Change on Malaria and Dengue Fever
Paragon - Support your local community and the planet: one choice at a time! | |
| 10:40 | Changeover | |
| 10:50-11:30 | Session 2 | |
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth Rethinking the Future of Finance Sustainable Finance | Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production UNV: Sustainable, Affordable and Fashionable Consumption
Obj.12 | |
| 11:30-11:50 | Refreshments, Poster Exhibition and Networking | |
| 11:50-12:30 | Session 3 | |
Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being The benefits of lovingkindness. How meditation can improve wellbeing and a sense of interpersonal connectedness
Wild Life and Plant Centred Eco Haven. Life Re-Searchings & Super WildWay Replanting Routings | Goal 15: Life on Land D8: Sustainable Agriculture through intersectional supply chain FreeStations in the Colombian Andes | |
| 12:30-13:00 | Lunch, Networking, Poster Exhibition and Awards | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Keynote Panel Chair: Dr Christopher McDowell, City, University of London Alex Wright, Association of Commonwealth Universities Mark Charlton, De Montfort University Grace Corn, SOS-UK Caroline Asante, WokenUp | |
| 14:00 | Conference Close | |
View the presentation abstracts
Speakers
Dr Christopher McDowell is the Assistant Vice-President (International) at City, University of London and will be chairing our panel of speakers. He is a political anthropologist and chairs the City, University of London SDG Working Group. Christopher has 25 years’ experience of research and advisory work on forced migration, resettlement, livelihoods and humanitarian responses.
Alex Wright is the Head of Policy & Public Affairs at The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). In 2019 the ACU launched The Higher Education and the SDGs Network which connects universities across the Commonwealth in their work on the sustainable development agenda. It also promotes the critical role of higher education in tackling global challenges, and promotes collaboration with other SDG initiatives within and beyond the sector. Alex has been working with the ACU since August 2018, and is also an Independent Consultant specialising in international development and education policy and advocacy.
Mark Charlton is the Associate Director of Public Engagement at De Montfort University. Mark has been working in university-public engagement for more than eight years. He oversees DMU SquareMile and DMU Local civic participation and volunteering programmes for staff and students at DMU. At De Montfort, he leads on the United Nations Academic Impact global hub for Sustainable Development Goal 16 – based at DMU – by bringing academics and students into the global conversation on SDGs and working across the university to develop research and teaching outputs that seek to impact and promote indicators of the SDGs. He is also working towards a PhD linked to SDG16, researching links between student volunteering and growing stronger democracies through civic participation.
Grace Corn is a Project Manager at Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK), a new educational charity that seeks to get more students leading on and learning about sustainability. Building on fifty years of leading-edge campaigns and programmes, developed by the National Union of Students (NUS UK), SOS-UK aims to harness the desire of students and young people to respond to the climate emergency and lead society to a better future. Grace delivers SOS-UK sustainability engagement projects, programmes and campaigns (primarily 'Green Impact' and 'Student Switch Off') at educational institutions and community organisations. She is passionate about the environment, sustainability and social change with a history of working in the charity sector.
Caroline Asante is a former award-winning BBC Broadcaster and documentary maker, turned environmental activist. She is Head of Global Content for WokenUp, Founder of the UK's first Eco Living Festival in Cambridge, Founding Editor-in Chief and Creative Director of Sustainable Diva and is the Sustainable Fashion and Clean Beauty Columnist for Velvet Magazine. She is a fellow of the Royal Festival of Arts and holds a Masters of Science degree in Sustainability from Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge.
Simon Puleston-Jones is the Founder and CEO of WokenUp: the new global social network with purpose. WokenUp brings together people and organisations taking action on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the social and environmental issues you care about, from climate and sustainability to diversity and beyond. You can join WokenUp at www.wokenup.com
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When and where
9.00am - 5.00pmThursday 27th February 2020