
DAY 2
Thursday, 20 November

09.00 - 10.00 CET ⭢ INTERACTIVE PARALLEL SESSIONS
- Anna Díaz: "Sustainability in Academia: Orienting curricula to prepare future leaders to address 21st-century challenges"
- Sherrie Lee, Steve Zhu: "Unlock Your Inner Power: Character Strengths for Achieving Inner Development Goals"
- Elena Beringer, Julia Buchebner: "From Separation to Reconnection – A meditative journey to unlock heart-centered sustainable action"
- Mila Jegerlehner: "Play, Think, Act: Teaching Green Entrepreneurship with AI"
- Marina Sofia Papantonaki, Maro Sinou: "The Relationship between Cultural Sustainability and Sustainable Museum Design as Educational Spaces: The Case of the Hellenic Children’s Museum"

10.00 - 10.15 CET
BREAK

10.15 - 11.00 CET ⭢ EXTRA SESSION: "MOONSHOTS"
In this session, we pave the way for new, refreshing ideas with transformative potential;
facilitated by Mario Diethart (COPERNICUS Alliance)
- Tove Holm: "Lighthouses on Stormy Coasts: Lighthouse Labs for Resilience"
- Siro Koch: "Learning to Play the Future – The 2030 SDGs Game as a Global, Transformative, and Systemic Learning Tool"
- Aoife Dowling: "Nature for Nurture: environment-focused student leadership in Cork and beyond"
- Pranjali Kirloskar Deshmukh: "Culture Connect: Strengthening Intercultural Engagement among University Staff"
- Chintamani Yogi: "Cultivating Values in Children"
- Ingrid Molderez: "How radical can hope be? Generative readings of a dystopian narrative for young people"
- Samuele Provenzi: "Acqua Lux: SoundVisual Lightscape Experience Featuring the Flumia Box"
- Nancy Lilian Cheseto: "Emotional well-being and inner development – a case study of Kenyan universities"

11.00 - 12.00 CET ⭢ HARVESTING & CLOSING
"Emotions well-being and inner development"
In this interactive session, we will explore how we can integrate emotions, well-being and inner development into higher education;
facilitated by Marina Henriques (oikos LEAP) and Elisabeth Hofmann (COPERNICUS Alliance)

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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