Programme
2 March 2026
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09:15 - 9:45
Welcome coffee
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09:45 - 10:00
Opening remarks
Panel A – Environmental Sustainability, Ecosystems and Climate
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10:00 - 10:20
Paolo D’Odorico (Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley)
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10:20 - 10:40
Sustainably governing freshwater in a thirsty world: the challenges of finding eco-friendly, equitable innovations that benefit everyone.
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10:40 - 11:00
Paola Galletti (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna)
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11:00 - 11:45
Discussion
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11:45 - 12:05
Taro Uchida (Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
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12:05 - 12:25
Serena Righi /or/ Diego Marrazza (Department of Physics, University of Bologna)
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12:25 - 13:00
Discussion
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13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break
Panel B - Energy, Technology and Sustainable Goals
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14:30 - 14:50
Laura Schaefer (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University)
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14:50 - 15:10
Climate change implication of circular economy business models
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15:10 - 15:30
Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: Challenge or Opportunity?
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15:30 - 15:50
Cozzani Valerio (Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering, University of Bologna)
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15:50 - 16:45
Discussion
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16:45 - 17:15
Coffee Break
Panel C – Sustainability, Health, and Well-Being
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17:15 - 17.35
Nobuhiro Hayashi (School of Life Science and Technology – Institute of Science Tokyo)
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17:35 - 17:55
Allan Just (School of Public Health / CCEH, Brown University)
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17:55 - 18:15
Alessandra Mistral De Pascali (Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna)
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18:15 - 18:35
Food Systems at the Core of Global Sustainability
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Panel D – Cultural Heritage, Migrations and Sustainable Urban Transformations
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09:00 - 09:20
Deepti Chatti (Department of Urban Studies and Planning Critical Gender Studies Program, UC San Diego)
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09:20 - 09:40
Sustainable Cities for All: Intersectional Perspectives on Urban Inclusion
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09:40 - 10:00
Claudio Coletta (Department of Philosophy, University of Bologna)
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10:00 - 10:45
Discussion
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10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
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11:15 - 11:35
Understanding Tangible Cultural Heritage through 3D Digital Archives: Visualization-Based Analysis of High-Resolution Measurement Data
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11:35 - 11:55
From Risk Awareness to Heritage Resilience: Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Communities
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11:55 - 12:30
Discussion
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12:30 - 13:30
Lunch break
Panel E – Human Behaviour, Finance Mechanisms and Economic Sustainability
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13:30 - 13:50
Keith Taylor (Department of Human Ecology, UC Davis)
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13:50 - 14:10
Selene Aureli (Department of Management, University of Bologna)
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14:10 - 14:30
Silvia Romagnoli (Department of Statistics, University of Bologna)
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14:20 - 14:50
Sustainable behaviour changes for a greener future
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14:50 - 15:50
Discussion
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15:50 - 16:15
Coffee break
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16:15 - 17:00
3 PhD students
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17:00 - 17:30
Discussion
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17:30 - 18:15
3 PhD students
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18:15 - 18:45
Discussion
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18:45 - 19:30
3 Phd students
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19:30 - 20:00
Discussion