International Two-day Symposium on Climate Research (hybrid)
Education Event

International Two-day Symposium on Climate Research

Venue (hybrid):
Climate Change Center Berlin
Brandenburg c/0 ECDF
Wilhelmstraße 67
10117 Berlin

Thursday 2 & Friday 3 June 2022

International Two-day Symposium on Climate Research

As part of the funding provided by the Einstein Foundation Berlin, a two-day, high-calibre international symposium will take place at the beginning of June. Scientists from the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region will discuss pressing issues of urban climate transformation with leading international experts.

The symposium will focus on these six key topics: Urban Climate Policy, Data Use and Artificial Intelligence for Climate Strategies, Design Aspects and Behavioural Incentives, Public Health and Mobility. In short inputs, the scientists will present their current research projects and research topics in thematic clusters and then discuss them in interdisciplinary panels.

Robert Socolow, US scientist and pioneer in the establishment of environmental and energy studies as a legitimate field of research for physicists, will open the second day with the keynote speech “When values are contradictory: Lessons from 50 years of environmental management”.

Photo: Felix Noak

Program

02 June

Welcome & Introduction

  • Prof. Dr. Christian Thomsen, Technische Universität Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  • Prof. Dr. Sophia Becker, Vice President for Sustainability, Internal Communication, Transfer and Transdisciplinarity at TU Berlin
  • Prof. Dr. Norbert Palz, President of the Berlin University of the Arts

10 am-12 pm: Urban Governance I  Prof. Dr. Sabine Kuhlmann & Prof. Dr. Fabian Schuppert, University of Potsdam (Chairs)

12-1.15 pm I Lunch

1.15-3.15 pm: Data Governance I Prof. Dr. Begüm Demir, Technische Universität Berlin (Chair)

3.15-3.45 Uhr I Break

3.45-5.45 Uhr: Design and (choice) architecture I Elke Weber, Professor at Princeton University (Chair/remote)

5.45-6 pm I Break

6-6.30 pm I Keynote: Why public policy of human settlements?, Prof. Dr. Felix Creutzig, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate & TU Berlin

6.30-8.30 Uhr I Reception

 

03 June

9-9.45 am I Keynote: When values conflict – Lessons after 50 years of local environmental governance, Robert Socolow, Princeton University

9.45-10 am I Break

10 am-12 pm: Buildings and Shelter I Peter Berrill, Technische Universität Berlin (Chair)

12-1 pm I Lunch

1-3 pm: Public Health I Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Adli, Charité Berlin (Chair)

3-3.30 pm I Break

3.30-5.30 pm: Mobility I Prof. Dr. Kai Nagel, Technische Universität Berlin (Chair)

5.30-6 pm I Summary and conclusions, Prof. Dr. Felix Creutzig, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate & TU Berlin

Program international Symposium. The registration is closed.
 

Robert Socolow, Princeton University: When values conflict – Lessons after 50 years of local environmental governance (Keynote June 3 2023)