Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and Amrita School for Sustainable Futures are hosting an international symposium in the light of International Day of Education 2022.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and Amrita School for Sustainable Futures are hosting an international symposium in the light of International Day of Education 2022.
The symposium aims to showcase thinkers, experts, and practitioners in various fields to garner ideas, explore technologies, challenges, and opportunities for reimagining the educational pedagogies for sustainable development across different thematic areas.
Renowned speakers presenting keynote addresses by sharing experiences in the areas of pedagogical approaches and educational technologies and vision on reimagining education.
The keynote addresses will be followed by a panel discussion to brainstorm and ideate on the design and development of an online platform for experiential learning. The platform aims to educate, empower and equip communities worldwide with sustainable solutions in alignment with UN SDGs.
Background:
As we collectively strive to recover from the pandemic as a global community, it is of paramount importance that we reimagine a better world for everyone, touching even the most vulnerable communities.
Sustainable Development is an inclusive and holistic approach where multiple stakeholders work together to re-imagine a better world for future generations. Educational institutions have a major role to play by creating an environment of opportunities for students and faculty to imbibe and impart the principles of Sustainable Development and serve the remote sections of the society. Working on these lines, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development and Amrita School for Sustainable Futures is organizing “The International Symposium on “Educational Pedagogies & Technologies for Sustainable Development (EPTS 2022)” from Monday, January 24 to Wednesday, January 26, 2022, from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM (IST) / 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM (CET) /09:30 AM to 03:30 PM (UTC). The symposium aims to showcase thinkers, experts, and practitioners in various fields to garner ideas, explore technologies, challenges, and opportunities for reimagining the educational pedagogies and technologies for sustainable development across different thematic areas.
The objectives for this symposium are:
The framework produced will be encoded into a collaborative technology platform integrating an end-to-end process along with capacity development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination among the partner universities, thus establishing a global network of institutions. The online platform aims to educate students and faculty on different pathways for translating sustainable innovation and development in communities through participatory approaches. Along with this, the platform will educate students and empower communities worldwide in designing, developing, deploying, and sustaining solutions in alignment with UN SDGs.
The symposium will showcase the following:
Organized By: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development and Amrita School for Sustainable Futures
Date & Time: January 24 – 26, 2022 from 4 pm to 8:00 pm IST
NIRF
Inaugural speaker
24 Jan 22
IAS
Inaugural speaker
24 Jan 22
Inspector, Joint Inspection Unit, UN System
Inaugural speaker
24 Jan 22
Director and UNESCO Representative for the UNESCO New Delhi Cluster Office
26 Jan 22
Full Professor/ UNESCO Chair on Community Sustainability, Brock University, Canada
24 Jan 22
UNESCO/ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources, Athabasca University, Canada
24 Jan 22
Co-Director, Amrita Center for Sustainable Future and Program Manager of Amrita Center for International Programs
24 Jan 22
UNESCO Chairholder ICT in Education for Sustainable Development, University of Crete (Greece) & Frederick University (Cyprus)
25 Jan 22
Scientific Officer – Gr 1, Indian Institute of Science, India
25 Jan 22
Asamoah, School of Management University at Buffalo, USA
25 Jan 22
Water management and Hydrology TU Delft, Netherlands
25 Jan 22
UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning, Work Education and Community Engagement (2021), Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (1439)
25 Jan 22
Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary Programmes, Graduate Institute Geneva
CEO and Director, I-DAIR, Global Health Centre
26 Jan 22
UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums & Sustainable Heritage Development, Anant National University, India Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra
26 Jan 22
Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
26 Jan 22
Researcher, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
26 Jan 22
Associate Professor/UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Ontario
25 Jan 22
Environmental Educator, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
25 Jan 22
Vice President of Civilizology/International Consultant with UNDP & FAO,Civilizology LLC,UNDP & FAO, US
26 Jan 22
Professor, UNESCO Chair in Engineering for Human and Sustainable Development University of Trento, Italy
24 Jan 22
Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel
26 Jan 22
Lead CX Researcher, TSB Bank, UK
24 Jan 22
Lecturer, University of Geneva, Switzerland
24 Jan 22
Associate Professor, Ontario Tech University, Canada
24 Jan 22
Professor, RMIT University, Australia
26 Jan 22
Founding Director of Syntegral Systems and Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Ex-Managing Director of Maxim Integrated Products, India, Adjunct Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
24 Jan 22
Director, People and Culture, Park People, Canada
25 Jan 22
UNESCO Chair in Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
26 Jan 22
UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development, Provost, Strategic Initiatives, Research & Innovation, Interdisciplinary, International, AI+X, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
25 Jan 22
Principal, School of Computer Science Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
26 Jan 22
Director, Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks and Amrita Technology Business Incubator (Amrita TBI), Dean, Dean of PG Programs, Amrita School of EngineeringAmrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
25 Jan 22
Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching and Learning, University of Manchester
25 Jan 22
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| From | Till | Event | Name | Details | Keynote Topic | |
| 3:00 PM | 3:05 PM | Prayer | ||||
| 3:05 PM | 3:20 PM | Welcome address and Introduction | Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh | Provost, Strategic Initiatives, Research & Innovation, UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India |
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| 3:20 PM | 3:30 PM | Guest of Honour | Dr. Anil Kumar Nassa | Member Secretary, NBA, NIRF | ||
| 3:30 PM | 3:40 PM | Vice Chancellor’s Address: Education for Life | Dr. P. Venkat Rangan | Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | ||
| 3:40 PM | 3:50 PM | Felicitation | Mr. A. Gopinathan | Inspector and Chairman, Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system, Geneva |
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| 3:50 PM | 3:55 PM | Guest of Honour | Shri. V Shashank Shekhar IAS | Chief Electoral Officer in Nagaland | ||
| 3:55 PM | 4:10 PM | Video Presentation – Amrita Sustainability Initiatives | ||||
| 4:10 PM | 4:15 PM | Vote of thanks | Dr. Raghu Raman | Dean of School of Business and Center for Accreditations, Rankings & EminenceAmrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
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| 4:15 PM | 4:20 PM | Break | ||||
| 4:20 PM | 4:45 PM | Keynote Talk 1 | Dr. Alexander Muir | Lead CX Researcher, TSB Bank, UK, Adjunct Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Human Centred Design training at scale: Challenges and Opportunities | |
| 4:45 PM | 5:10 PM | Keynote Talk 2 | Mr. Thierry Tartarin | Researcher, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands |
Lessons learned from SDG’s related curriculum design in co-creation with students |
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| 5:10 PM | 5:30 PM | Panel Discussion 1 (Live-in-Labs Faculty) | Chair: Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Members: Dr. Manoj P, Dr. B. Soundharajan, Mr. Sagar B., Bri. Dhivvya, Br. Sreeram |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Insights from Implementing Experiential Learning Program | |
| 5:30 PM | 5:35 PM | Discussions / Break | ||||
| 5:30 PM | 6:00 PM | Keynote Talk 3 | Prof. Guido Zolezzi | Professor, UNESCO Chair in Engineering for Human and Sustainable Development, University of Trento, Italy |
Project-based learning in environmental engineering with local development impact |
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| 6:00 PM | 6:25 PM | Keynote Talk 4 | Dr. Liette Vasseur | UNESCO Chair on Community Sustainability, Brock University, Canada |
Reconnecting students to nature: it is never too late | |
| 6:25 PM | 6:50 PM | Keynote Talk 5 | Dr. Rory McGreal | UNESCO/ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources, Athabasca University, Canada |
THEN, NOW & FUTURE of Online Learning | |
| 6:50 PM | 7:00 PM | Discussions / Break | ||||
| 7:00 PM | 8:30 PM | Panel Discussion 2 | Chair: Dr. Karthik Sankaranarayanan Members: Dr. Liette Vasseur, Prof. Guido Zolezzi, Dr. Rory McGreal, Dr. Maneesha V. Ramesh, Prof. Gopal Krishna |
Approaches to a Global Sustainability Curriculum |
| From | Till | Event | Name | Details | Keynote Topic |
| 3:00 PM | 3:05 PM | Introduction | |||
| 3:05 PM | 3:30 PM | Keynote Talk 6 | Mr. Krishna Nandanan, Mr. Renjith Mohan | Coordinators, Live-in-Labs Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India |
Live-in-Labs-Transdisciplinary Approach for Sustainable Development Education |
| 3:30 PM | 3:55 PM | Keynote Talk 7 | Dr W G Prasanna Kumar | UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning, Work Education and Community Engagement (2021) |
Mentoring Institutional Social Responsibility for Facilitating Institutional Social Responsibility |
| 3:55 PM | 4:20 PM | Keynote Talk 8 | Prof. Vassilios Makrakis | UNESCO Chairholder ICT in Education in Sustainable Development,University of Crete, Greece |
Applying the DeCoRe+ methodology to embed sustainability in course curricula |
| 4:20 PM | 4:30 PM | Discussions / Break | |||
| 4:30 PM | 4:55 PM | Keynote Talk 9 | Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan | Head, Center for Cybersecurity Systems and Networks and Amrita Technology Business Incubator, Dean of PG Programs, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
Virtual laboratories in higher education |
| 4:55 PM | 5:20 PM | Keynote Talk 10 | Dr. Sidney Strauss | Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
How to Teach Pedagogical Strategies and Conceptions of Learning |
| 5:20 PM | 5:45 PM | Keynote Talk 11 | Dr. Ulrich Speidel | Senior Lecturer, The University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Individualised assessments for large classes |
| 5:45 PM | 5:55 PM | Discussions / Break | |||
| 5:55 PM | 6:20 PM | Keynote Talk 12 | Dr. Jennifer O’Brien | Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching and Learning, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Lecturer of Human Geography, and Honary Fellow of the Manchester Institute of Teaching and Learning, The University of Manchester |
University Living Lab and a 40,000 strong force for change: Transforming the ability of universities to support sustainability transitions through teaching and learning |
| 6:20 PM | 6:45 PM | Keynote Talk 13 | Prof. Alison Blay, Ms. Amanda Di Battista | UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario Director, Programming, Education, and Communication, UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario |
Sharing stories of sustainable food system transformation: Podcasts and Community Learning |
| 6:45 PM | 7:10 PM | Keynote Talk 14 | Dr. T.V. Ramachandra | Scientific Officer – Gr 1, Indian Institute of Science, India | Capacity Building through Open Distance Learning: Environmental Engineering Courses |
| 7:10 PM | 7:20 PM | Discussions / Break | |||
| 7:20 PM | 8:50 PM | Panel Discussion 3 | Chair: Joost Gerard Monks, Members: Prof. Vassilios Makrakis, Ms. Nadia Bello, Prof. Alison Blay-Palmer, Dr. Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, Dr. W G Prasanna Kumar, Dr. Saket Pande, Dr. Bhavani Rao |
How to teach Sustainability? |
| From | Till | Event | Name | Details | Keynote Topic | |
| 3:00 PM | 3:05 PM | Introduction | ||||
| 3:05 PM | 3:30 PM | Keynote Talk 15 | Dr. Bhavani Rao | UNESCO Chair in Womens Empowerment & Gender Equality, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
From Interventions to Education: Approaches to Education for Sustainable Development |
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| 3:30 PM | 3:55 PM | Keynote Talk 16 | Prof. Letizia Jaccheri | Professor, NTNU, Norway | Gender Issues in Computer Science Research, Education, and Society | |
| 3:55 PM | 4:20 PM | Keynote Talk 17 | Dr. Nava Subramaniam | Professor, RMIT University, Australia |
Education for Sustainable Development – Integrating SDGs | |
| 4:20 PM | 4:30 PM | Discussions / Break | ||||
| 4:30 PM | 4:55 PM | Keynote Talk 18 | Prof. Amandeep Singh Gill | Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary Programmes, Graduate Institute Geneva |
Digital Technologies for Development, with a focus on Health and Education |
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| 4:55 PM | 5:20 PM | Keynote Talk 19 | Dr. Amareswar Galla | UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Museums & Sustainable Heritage Development, Anant National University, India, Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra |
Indigeneity, Inclusion and Sustainability | |
| 5:20 PM | 5:40 PM | Keynote Talk 20 | Dr. Prema Nedungadi | Director, AmritaCREATE; Principal, School of Computer Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
The Digital Learning Ecology (DLE) Framework: As applied in the Amrita Learning for the XPRIZE competition |
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| 5:40 PM | 5:55 PM | Keynote Talk 21 | Prof. Kamal Bijlani | Director, Amrita E-Learning Research Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India |
Pedagogies Aligned with National Education Policy – India, using AMPLE Platform |
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| 5:55 PM | 6:00 PM | Discussions / Break | ||||
| 6:00 PM | 6:25 PM | Keynote Talk 22 | Dr. John P Wilson | Senior University Teacher, University of Sheffield, UK |
Can We Deliver Michelin Starred University Experiences? | |
| 6:25 PM | 6:50 PM | Keynote Talk 23 | Dr. Rimjhim Aggarwal | Associate Professor, Arizona State University, USA |
Designing cross-cultural immersive experiences for a “transformative pedagogy” in sustainable development: Empowering the next generation of change makers |
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| 6:50 PM | 7:15 PM | Keynote Talk 24 | Dr. Tarek Rashed | Vice President, Civilizology; International Consultant with UNDP & FAO, Civilizology LLC,UNDP & FAO, US |
Think Platform: Best Practices in Developing Platforms for Education | |
| 7:15 PM | 7:20 PM | Discussions / Break | ||||
| 7:20 PM | 8:20 PM | Panel Discussion 4 | Chair: Dr. Tarek Rashed Members:Dr. Rimjhim Aggarwal, Dr. Nava Subramaniam, Dr. Amareswar Galla, Dr. Bruce Malamud, Prof. Arne Remmen, Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh |
Building an educational platform for teaching Sustainable Development | ||
| Session Chairs for Keynote Talks | Dr. Viswanathan P. K, Dr. Sudha Arlikatti, Dr. B Soundharajan | |||||
| Valedictory | ||||||
| 8:20 PM | 8:30 PM | Welcome Address | Prof. Bipin Nair | Dean of Life Sciences, School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India |
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| 8:30 PM | 8:50 PM | Summary of the Symposium | Dr. Maneesha V Ramesh | Provost, Strategic Initiatives, Research & Innovation, UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation & Development, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
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| 8:50 PM | 9:10 PM | Valedictory Address by Guest of honor | Mr. Eric Falt | Director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka |
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| 9:10 PM | 9:20 PM | Vote of Thanks | Prof. Sasangan Ramanathan | Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India | ||
UNESCO Chair on Experiential Learning for Sustainable Innovation and Development, Provost, Strategic Initiatives, Research & Innovation, Interdisciplinary, International, AI+X, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
President, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeetham
Lecturer, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Lead CX Researcher, TSB Bank, UK
Vice President of Civilizology/International Consultant with UNDP & FAO,Civilizology LLC,UNDP & FAO, US
Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Associate Professor, Ontario Tech University, Canada
Founding Director of Syntegral Systems and Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Ex-Managing Director of Maxim Integrated Products, India, Adjunct Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
UNESCO Chair in Women’s Empowerment & Gender Equality, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Live-in-Labs Academic Coordinator
Live-in-Labs® Coordinator
International Students & Project Coordinator
