Sustainability Talks
at INATECH

Sustainability Talks
24/25

Start:
6:15 pm (18:15 CET)

Location of the attendance events:
Faculty of Engineering
Building 101
Room 02-016/18 (except 23.01.2024: HS 026)
Georges-Köhler-Allee 101
79110 Freiburg, Germany

14.11.24, 6:15pm, SR 02-016/18

Beyond Renewables – Technology and the Race to Zero

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carlos Härtel, Spacewalk VC

28.11.24, 6:15pm, SR 02-016/18

The Responsibility of the Scientist in Communicating the Sustainability Crisis

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rödel, TU Darmstadt

06.02.25, 6:15pm, SR 02-016/18

Sustainability as a Value Driver

Dr. Renata Jovanovic, Deloitte Consulting GmbH

09.01.24, 6:15pm, SR 02-016/18

Sustainability at SICK

Kerstin Kohler, SICK AG Waldkirch

23.01.25, 6:15pm, HS 026

How We Turn the End into the Beginning

Karel J. Golta, INDEED Innovation

30.01.25, 6:15pm, SR 02-016/18

The Future of Laundry: Collaborative Approaches to Circular Economy and Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Mira Vogt und Uwe Schaumann, E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau

Sustainability Talks
23/24

09.11.23

LCA & BIM - developments in sustainability assessment of building structures

Prof. Dr. Markus Nöldgen, TH Köln

23.11.23

Energiewende in Germany - much more than a technological and political challenge (nur online)

Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischedick, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbh

09.01.24

Contribution of Geodesy to Monitoring Climate Change and Natural Hazards

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Harald Schuh, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - GFZ

16.01.24

The Materials Science Behind Green Steel

Prof. Dr. Dierk Raabe, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

23.01.24

Technological Learning for Terawatt-Scale Photovoltaics

Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, Philipps-Universität Marburg

Sustainability Talks
22/23

08.11.22

Life cycle sustainability assessment in the building sector

Prof. Dr. Mariza Traverso, RWTH Aachen University

22.11.22

The power of narrative in creating a circular economy

Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig

13.12.22

Sustainablity assessment of recycling processes

Prof. Dr. Gesa Beck, SRH Berlin University of Applied Science

17.01.23

Design thinking and circular economy using the example of the C2C project Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg region

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Cornelius Herstatt, Hamburg University of Technology

24.01.23

Circular economy: a story of less and more

Prof. Dr. Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University: Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI)

31.01.23

Developing sustainability as a brand in applied research

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Weidner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits -und Energietechnik UMSICHT

Sustainability Talks
21/22

11.11.21

Paris Target, Climate Litigation, the IPCC, and Transformation Conditions to Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Dr. Felix Ekardt, Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Policy

18.11.21

Unsustainability as a key source of epi- and pandemics. Conclusions for preventive management and public policy

Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

09.12.21

Sustainable systems engineering for the local food economy

Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability

27.01.22

The impact of polymers on ocean pollution: engineering research challenges

Assist. Prof. Francesca Lionetto, PhD, University of Salento

03.02.22

Improving the realism of energy system models

Prof. Dr. Evelina Trutnevyte, University of Geneva

Sustainability Talks
20/21

26.11.20

Cradle to Cradle – beyond sustainability

Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

10.12.20

Transatlantic climate and sustainability politics after the US presidential election

Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs, Hochschule für Politik München an der Technischen Universität München

17.12.20

Sustainability @ZEISS: A driver for value and innovation

Dr. Nicole Ziegler (replaced by Dr. Roya Akhavan due to illness), Carl Zeiss AG

14.01.21

Innovating for a circular economy

Prof. Dr. Fenna Blomsma, Universität Hamburg

21.01.21

Can we still meet the Paris Agreement? The disputed role of CO2 removal technologies

Prof. Dr. Jan Minx, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin

28.01.21

How to measure sustainability – status and challenges

Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin

Sustainability Talks
19/20

05.11.19

Understanding complex systems: a transdisciplinary approach to a sustainable energy transition

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ortwin Renn, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies

14.11.19

Zero energy emissions: the missing pieces of the puzzle

Dr. Stefan Pfenninger, ETH Zürich

28.11.19

We must make sustainable technologies and behaviour profitable

Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

16.01.20

Going circular in the plastics industry – a business model perspective

Prof. Dr. Katharina Spraul, TU Kaiserslautern

06.02.20

Getting Life Cycle Assessment right – Science-based decision support for the energy transition

Dr. Christopher Lucien Mutel, Paul Scherrer Institut

Sustainability Talks
18/19

22.11.18

Sustainability Assessment of Products and Technologies

Prof. Dr. Rainer Grießhammer, öko-Institut Freiburg

13.12.18

How can the Idea of Sustainable Development be made operable?

Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald, KIT-ITAS

08.01.19

Ways to a future without waste: A materials scientist view

Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC)

17.01.19

Is there really an Energy Efficiency Gap? A Social Science Perspective on Efficiency and Sufficiency

Prof. Dr. Paul Burger, Universität Basel

06.02.19

Insights from Industrial Practice

Andreas Abt, CTO TRUMPF Hüttinger