Agenda
CEST Time Zone
21-23 September 2022, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Day 1 – 21 September, 13:30 – 18:30 CEST – Open Science Conference:
International Cooperation for Research on Global Sustainability
To follow the meeting online: youtube.com/c/FutureEarthInternational/live
For questions, use Slido Day 1
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Opening words
- Lise Fechner, Director of the Earth and Universe Science Sector, General Directorate for Research and Innovation, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
- Kristie Ebi and Cornelia Krug, Co-Chairs of the Future Earth Assembly
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
International research cooperation to face the challenges of the coming decade (Chairs: Kristie Ebi, Cornelia Krug)
- Unai Pascual, Basque Center for Climate Change, Spain. Chair of the IPBES Values assessment
- Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Laboratory for Sciences of Climate and Environment, France. Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group 1
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Recent research outcomes from the Future Earth community 1/2 (Chairs: Rico Ancog, Cornelia Krug)
- How marine sciences integrate with IPBES
Lynne Shannon, Co-Chair of bioDISCOVERY, member of the Scientific Steering Committee of IMBeR and Principal Researcher (Professor) at the Marine Research (MA-RE) Institute of the University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Health and challenges ahead
Kristie Elbi, Co-Chair of Future Earth Assembly, Co-Chair of the Health KAN and Professor at the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), Washington University, United States & World Health Organization
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Coffee break
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Recent research outcomes from the Future Earth community 2/2 (Chairs: Shih-Yu Lee, Cornelia Krug)
- Urban transitions and sustainability: agency as a key lever to unlock opportunities and expand possibilities
Shuaib Lwasa, member of the Steering Committee of the Urban KAN and Founder Director of the Urban Action Lab, Makerere University, Uganda
- 10 facts about land systems
Ariane de Bremond, Executive Officer of the Global Land Programme, Senior Scientist at the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Assistant Research Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, United States
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Cocktail
Day 2 – 22 September, 09:00 – 18:30 CEST
To participate online in the plenaries: Zoom link
For clarifying questions, use Slido Day 2
Zoom links to join the breakout sessions are provided in the corresponding section below
Recommendations to the Governing Council will be recorded in this document
9:00 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
- Opening words and framing of the meeting
- Diversity report
- Ratification of new entities represented in the Assembly
- Introduction of breakout sessions on cross-cutting topics
Chaired by Kristie Ebi and Cornelia Krug
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Breakout sessions per themes: How to further activate the Future Earth community to advance sustainability science through international and inter and transdisciplinary collaborations?
- Topic A: What theory of change for Future Earth?
Chaired by Ariane de Bremond
Zoom link
- Topic B: How do we transform science to accelerate pathways to sustainability?
Chaired by Shuaib Lwasa
Zoom link
- Topic C: How do we work at the science-policy interface to accelerate pathways to sustainability?
Chaired by Rico Ancog
Zoom link
- Topic D: What is needed in terms of fundraising for transformative research?
Chaired by Yue-Gau Chen
Zoom link
- Topic E: How do we prepare for and address emerging challenges?
Chaired by Jiaguo Qi
Zoom link
(Coffee break 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.)
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch – Restaurant L’Ardoise
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Report back in plenary from each breakout group
- Chaired by Kristie Ebi and Cornelia Krug
2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Governing Council report (Sirkku Juhola and Maria Uhle)
- Chaired by Shuaib Lwasa
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Coffee break
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Future Earth cross-cutting initiatives
- Earth Commission (Lisa Jacobson)
- Science-based Pathways for Sustainability (Davnah Urbach)
- Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress (Veera Mitzner)
- Activities in support of Early Career Researchers (Yu-Chun Chung)
Chaired by Jiaguo Qi
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Recommendations to the Governing Council, closing of Day 2
- Chaired by Kristie Ebi and Cornelia Krug
8:00 p.m.
Conference Dinner, Restaurant Au Bistrot de la Montagne
38 rue de la montagne Sainte Geneviève, Paris 75005
Day 3 – 23 September, 09:00 – 16:00 CEST
To participate online in the plenaries: Zoom link
For clarifying questions, use Slido Day 3
Zoom links to join the breakout sessions are provided in the corresponding section below
Recommendations to the Governing Council will be recorded in this document
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Process for establishment of new Global Research Networks (Giles Sioen)
- Global Research Networks’ review process (Giles Sioen)
Chaired by Shuaib Lwasa
9:30 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Introduction of breakout sessions per Assembly group (Cornelia Krug)
9:45 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch – Restaurant L’Ardoise
1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Report back in plenary from each breakout group
- Chaired by Kristie Ebi and Cornelia Krug
2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Recommendations to the Governing Council
- Chaired by Kristie Ebi and Cornelia Krug
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Closing of the Assembly meeting
- (Kristie Ebi, Cornelia Krug, and Stéphane Blanc)