Friday, September 30, 2011

Sustainability Education Symposium - October 27, 2011

The Sustainable Engineers Association is hosting the Sustainability
Education Symposium on October 27th at Hart House. It is a one day event
exploring new ways to incorporate sustainability into teaching and
research. The event is planned around the visit of Dr. Karel Mulder, a
professor at TU Delft in the Netherlands who is a world leader in
engineering education for sustainable development (EESD). He pioneered
many EESD programs in Europe and has been very involved with
helping other universities get started with EESD.

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AN INVITATION TO THE
Sustainability Education Symposium
KEYNOTE BY
Dr. Karel Mulder, TU Delft

THE SYMPOSIUM

The Sustainability Education Symposium is a one day event exploring new approaches to
incorporate sustainability into teaching and research.

It provides a platform to connect researchers, educators, alumni, and students from U of T and other institutions who have an interest in sustainabilty.

The first workshop gives participants an opportunity to discuss their indiviual interests and challenges in a small group setting. After a networking lunch, a second facilitated workshop will focus on developing concrete ideas to implement in research projects and course curricula. At the end of the symposium, each group will present their conclusions.

THE SPEAKER

Dr. Karel Mulder is a Professor at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and a world leader in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD).

Since 1998, Dr. Mulder has been the project leader of the project Education for Sustainble Development. He is the initiator of the series of Engineering Education in Sustainable Development Conferences that take place biannually since 2002.

Dr. Mulder lectured at various universities abroad and cooperates with several sustainable Development units at universities throughout Europe.

THE SCHEDULE

9:30 – 10:00 Reception
10:00 – 10:45 Keynote Speech by Dr.Mulder
10:45 – 11:00 Group Forming
11:00 – 12:30 Workshop I
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Workshop II
15:00 – 15:30 Break & Presentation Preparation
15:30 – 16:30 Presentation
16:30 – 17:30 Dissolution

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE

Sustainability Education Symposium
HOSTED BY
Sustainable Engineers Association

Hart House Music Room
7 Hart House Circle, 2nd floor, Toronto
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
9:30 AM to 5:30 PM

Registration is Free

RSVP TO QUINCY POON BY OCTOBER 17
MANCHING.POON@SEA.SKULE.CA

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