Learn more about our team's motivation to be part of the HES2025!
Mario Diethart (COPERNICUS Alliance): "With the Higher Education Summit we have established a conference format that has successfully brought together hundreds of people over the past years. We believe that the higher education community has both the responsibility and the capacity to help shape a future-proof society. As a European network of higher education institutions, we aim to foster exchange among diverse actors, and we are proud to rely on the active involvement and support of students."
Eglė Staniškienė (COPERNICUS Alliance): "We hope that participants at the HES2025 will engage with new perspectives on how bold, learner-centred and collaborative approaches can reshape educational roles, methods and structures in response to today's global challenges. The summit offers a valuable opportunity to explore how learning experiences can promote transformative change and contribute to building a fairer, safer and more sustainable future."
Michael Winter (oikos International): "oikos International is co-organizing the HES2025 because we see it as a practical incubator for the kinds of curriculum reform, inner-development and regenerative leadership practices that we want to bring into this world. The Higher Education Summit is giving our global student network a platform to shape curricula, amplify student voices, and scale pedagogy innovations. After we already co-led the HES2023 "Student Takeover" with the COPERNICUS Alliance we are excited to go into our second round and make this an amazing community experience!"
Darren Axe (Students Organizing for Sustainability International): "We are delighted to be part of the organizing team for this year’s Higher Education Summit. As a member-led organization, we are invested in the value of collective learning. We actively promote participation in exchange events like the HES to provide our students with the inspiration, connections and agency that will help them drive sustainable and scalable solutions in a time of uncertainty and complexity. The HES2025 will share unique insight and solutions that can inspire the collective solidarity needed to navigate intersectional challenges."
Jonas Niederberger (Students4Sustainability): "The current times show the important role that education can play in shaping future-oriented, robust societies. This also requires exchanges between students, teachers and interested people beyond the local context. That is why we are happy to be part of the organizing team of the HES2025."
ORGANIZERS & CONTACT
The 2025 HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT is organized by the COPERNICUS Alliance, oikos International, Students Organizing for Sustainability International and Students4Sustainability.
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