
DAY 1
Wednesday, 26 August
An overview of the contributions in the parallel sessions is available here.
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08.30 - 12.00 CET ⭢ REGISTRATION
[Main Hall, Department Studies Of French Langue Étrangère / Cité des Langues Étrangères, du Français et des Francophonies (CLEFF)]

09.00 - 12.00 CET ⭢ PLAYFUL START INTO THE HES: PARALLEL SESSIONS
- 09.00-11.00 CET: Simulation Game [Maison Ecocitoyenne] [EN]:
Martin Gerner, Gabriele Walch: "Carlowitz Simulation Game" - 09.00-12.00 CET: Teaching and Learning Lab [CLE 201] [EN]:
Pia Stalder: "Planet C – Play Again?® – Live an Experience of Transformative Learning!" - 09.30-12.00 CET: Workshop [CLE 33] [EN+FR]:
Elsa Audurier, Estelle Dubreuil: "Fresque du commerce mondialisé" - 09.00-12.00 CET: Workshop [University Garden & CLE 212] [EN]:
Jule Neumann, Anne Snick: "Memory is the imagination of the past; imagination is the memory of the future" - 10.30-12.00 CET: Visit of the university garden with the possibility to do some gardening with the volunteers that are present, incl. some break in the shade, enjoying the nature on the Campus during this calm period at the end of holiday season.
- 09.00-11.00 CET: Simulation Game [Maison Ecocitoyenne] [EN]:

12.00 - 13.00 CET ⭢ OPENING WITH THOUGHT PROVOKERS
[Auditorium] [Translation]
with Irène Pereira (University of Rouen Normandy) and Noah W. Sobe (UNESCO);
Welcome address by Jane Sadran (Vice-President Bordeaux Montaigne University);
facilitated by the COPERNICUS Alliance Co-Presidents Antje Disterheft, Elisabeth Hofmann and Michael Yang

13.00 - 14.00 CET ⭢ LUNCH
[Main Hall]

14.00 - 15.00 CET ⭢ PANEL DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS:
"The Citizens of the Future Parliamentary Debate"
[Auditorium] [Translation]
Facilitated by Jule Neumann (oikos International), welcoming four students of oikos International – a student network driving change in business and economics starting with education – with the guiding questions: What kind of world do we want to live in? What role do we want to play there? How can education prepare us for that role?

15.00 - 15.15 CET ⭢ BREAK
[Main Hall]

15.15 - 16.45 CET ⭢ PARALLEL SESSIONS A
- Paper presentations [Auditorium] [Translation]; facilitated by Bouba Nouhou:
- Linda Gardelle: "Croiser les regards : perspectives interculturelles pour une éducation transformative au développement durable en formation d’ingénieurs"
- Fridolin Omgba Owono [via Zoom]: "Décoloniser l'éducation au développement durable : apports de l'apprentissage transformateur dans un monde globalisé"
- Colette Djadeu [via Zoom]: "L’éducation au développement durable dans les universités d’État du Cameroun : analyse comparative et leviers d’amélioration à partir de six établissements"
- Fernando Cesar De Souza, Mathias José Ronaldo Alonso: "La connexion entre la santé et la nature dans la formation des étudiants de troisième cycle en santé intégrative et bien-être dans la ville de São Paulo, au Brésil: à la lumière des EDD"
- Yvette Onibon Doubogan: "Genre, savoirs endogènes et gestion durable des terres au Bénin : vers une éducation transformatrice pour la résilience climatique" - Collective Intelligence Boost [CLE 33] [EN]:
Lilian Trechsel, Tamara Rebecca Da Silva: "Decolonising Sustainability Education in a North–South PhD Programme" - Collective Intelligence Boost [CLE 31] [EN]:
Marilyn Mehlmann, Anne B. Zimmermann, Asu Aksu, Lyudmyla Guryeyeva, Steven Landau: "On the Learning Edge" - Collective Intelligence Boost [CLE 44] [EN]:
Juliane Scheering: "Navigating Climate Emotions in Higher Education: Towards an Emotion-Sensitive Coaching Approach for Education for Sustainable Development"
- Paper presentations [Auditorium] [Translation]; facilitated by Bouba Nouhou:

16.45 - 17.00 CET ⭢ BREAK
[Main Hall]

17.00 - 18.30 CET ⭢ PARALLEL SESSIONS B
- Paper presentations [CLE 31] [EN]; facilitated by Anne Zimmermann:
- Ainara Larrondo Ureta, Lucia Virostková, Uinsionn MacDubghail, Peña Simon: "Addressing Challenges in Higher Education for Digital Transformation, Interculturality and Internationalisation through Virtual Mobility (VM)"
- Ganiyat Temidayo Saliu, Cathy Macharis: "From Stories to Worldviews: Conceptualising Narrative-Driven Transformation in Higher Education"
- Nancy Lilian Cheseto [via Zoom]: "University leaving no one behind, the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in addressing unemployment and sustainable development in Africa: A case of Kenyan universities" - Collective Intelligence Boost [Auditorium] [Translation]: María García Vigueras, Lise Tregloze: "Transformer les formations d’ingénieurs : des petits rebonds au périlleux plongeon"
- Brainstorming Session [CLE 44] [EN]:
Elisabeth Hofmann, Rosie Westerveld: "Biases and blindspots in transformative ESD?" - Collective Intelligence Boost [CLE 33] [EN]:
Nena Roncevic, Bojana Ćulum Ilić, Nena Vukelić: "Pedagogy of Degrowth in Liminal Times: Collective Learning and the Purpose of Education"
- Paper presentations [CLE 31] [EN]; facilitated by Anne Zimmermann:

19.00 - 20.00 CET ⭢ COCKTAIL
[Town Hall]
20.00 - 20.30 CET ⭢ ORGAN INTERLUDE FOR CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
[St. Andrew's Cathedral]
The organ interlude for cultural sustainability is a music intervention performed on an organ, framed by aficionado chit-chats on music, organs, cultural sustainability, and relevance in science, if necessary. Martin Gerner is sustainability manager in science, entrepreneurship and civic engagement. Graduating from Leuphana University Lüneburg, he holds an MBA in sustainability management. In the course of his interdisciplinary PhD in international relations, he has been working on the global dimension of implementing principles of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), including the cultural dimension of sustainability. Thus, as passionate, freelance church musician he shows sincere and hands-feet-on appreciation for organ craftsmanship and music of her majesty herself, the queen of sounds, for enjoying myriad, intimate audiences in uplifting privilege of vibrant diletti musicali!
Gerner, Martin: Her majesty, the queen of sounds: Cultural sustainability and heritage in organ craftsmanship and music. International Journal of Cultural Property. 2021;28(2):285-310. https://doi.org/10.1017/S094073912100014X

ORGANISERS & CONTACT
The 2026 HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT was organised by the COPERNICUS Alliance, the UNESCO Chair in Training of Sustainable Development Professionals at the University Bordeaux Montaigne, the UNESCO Chair in Responsible Global Management at Bern University of Applied Sciences, the Nouvelle Aquitaine Network of Associations for Development and International Solidarity (RADSI-NA), oikos International and Students Organizing for Sustainability International.
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