Session

A Global Responsibility

A2 Green Talents - International Forum for High Potentials in Green Technologies

got to Session Results

Date: 09/09/2009
Time: 16:30 - 18:00
Location: UG

Language: English

Four winners of the BMBF Green Talents competition will introduce their research activities in the field of environmental technologies. Coming from different countries they will enhance the international perspective of this research area.

Session Moderation

Loskill, Renate
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF), Germany

Presentations

International Dialogue on Science for Sustainability
Mennicken, Lothar
International Bureau (IB) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
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Winner of the Green Talents Competition 2009 - Biological systems engineering
Güngör, Kerem
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Turkey / University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA,
download presentation (382 KB)

Winner of the Green Talents Competition 2009 - Sustainable management in the chemical industry
Aristeia de Lima, Juliana
State University of Campinas, Brazil
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Winner of the Green Talents Competition 2009 - Water and wastewater treatment
Samal, Nihar
National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
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Winner of the Green Talents Competition 2009 - Fuel cells and the use of biomass as a renewable energy source
Caetano de Souza, Antonio Carlos
São Paulo State University, Brazil
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Session Results

Research priority areas for the foreseeable future

• The establishment of a global sustainability fonds emerges as a suitable approach to concentrate on central sustainability areas such as climate change, energy production, biofuels, etc.
• There is a need for a holistic approach in research, but one has to give a chance to the development of new technologies and to push them where suitable.

Necessary framework conditions to foster sustainable innovation

• Sustainable innovation can be fostered trough enhanced international sustainability cooperation and sustainability dialogue between countries.
• The launch of a network of communicating researchers and the establishment of joint working groups on the thematic represent a suitable framework to foster sustainable innovation processes.

Other important issues or topics discussed during the session

• How can scarce resources be made available and accessible for the population?
• The presentations concentrated on topics how to combine political activities with the practice of science.

Organisation

Sessionorganisation:
Dr. Marion Mienert (DLR)
Internationales Büro
des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung im Projektträger beim Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1
53227 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: 49 228 3821-479
marion.mienert@dlr.de