
DAY 1
Wednesday, 26 August
The programme is updated regularly.
An overview of the contributions in the parallel sessions is available here.
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last updated: 10 June

08.30 - 12.00 CET ⭢ REGISTRATION

09.00 - 12.00 CET ⭢ PLAYFUL START INTO THE HES: PARALLEL SESSIONS
- Simulation Game [EN]:
Martin Gerner, Gabriele Walch: "Carlowitz Simulation Game" - Teaching and Learning Lab [EN]:
Pia Stalder: "Planet C – Play Again?® – Live an Experience of Transformative Learning!" - Workshop [EN+FR]:
Elsa Audurier, Estelle Dubreuil: "Fresque du commerce mondialisé" - Visit the collaborative vegetable garden of Bordeaux Montaigne University (tbc)
- Simulation Game [EN]:

12.00 - 13.00 CET ⭢ OPENING WITH THOUGHT PROVOKERS
[EN+FR Translation]
with Irène Pereira and Noah W. Sobe

13.00 - 14.00 CET ⭢ LUNCH

14.00 - 15.00 CET ⭢ PANEL DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS
[EN+FR Translation]
in preparation by representatives of oikos International – students’ association

15.00 - 15.15 CET ⭢ BREAK

15.15 - 16.45 CET ⭢ PARALLEL SESSIONS A
- Paper presentations [FR+EN Translation]:
- Linda Gardelle: "Croiser les regards : perspectives interculturelles pour une éducation transformative au développement durable en formation d’ingénieurs"
- Fridolin Omgba Owono: "Décoloniser l'éducation au développement durable : apports de l'apprentissage transformateur dans un monde globalisé"
- Colette Djadeu: "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: tbc - Collective Intelligence Boost [EN]:
Lilian Trechsel, Tamara Rebecca Da Silva: "Decolonising Sustainability Education in a North–South PhD Programme" - Collective Intelligence Boost [EN]:
Marilyn Mehlmann, Anne B. Zimmermann, Asu Aksu, Lyudmyla Guryeyeva, Steven Landau: "On the Learning Edge" - Collective Intelligence Boost [EN]:
Juliane Scheering: "Navigating Climate Emotions in Higher Education: Towards an Emotion-Sensitive Coaching Approach for Education for Sustainable Development"
- Paper presentations [FR+EN Translation]:

16.45 - 17.00 CET ⭢ BREAK

17.00 - 18.30 CET ⭢ PARALLEL SESSIONS B
- Paper presentations [EN]:
- Ainara Larrondo Ureta, Lucia Virostková, Uinsionn MacDubghail, Peña Simon: "Addressing Challenges in Higher Education for Digital Transformation, Interculturality and Internationalisation through Virtual Mobility (VM)"
- Mitsunori Misawa, Juanita Johnson-Bailey: "Collaborative Autoethnography as a Way to Negotiate, Survive, and Thrive in Academia"
- Cindy Quick, Valentina Tassone: "Discover the toolbox of soil health educational resources"
- Ganiyat Temidayo Saliu, Cathy Macharis: "From Stories to Worldviews: Conceptualising Narrative-Driven Transformation in Higher Education"
- Nancy Lilian Cheseto: "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 [EN]:
Reda Samir Belabbes, Hanae Ait Hattani: "Rethinking Leadership in Higher Education: A Case Study of Moroccan Universities" - Brainstorming Session [EN]:
Elisabeth Hofmann, Rosie Westerveld: "Biases and blindspots in transformative ESD?" - Collective Intelligence Boost [EN]:
Nena Roncevic, Bojana Ćulum Ilić, Nena Vukelić: "Pedagogy of Degrowth in Liminal Times: Collective Learning and the Purpose of Education"
- Paper presentations [EN]:

19.00 ⭢ COCKTAIL

ORGANISERS & CONTACT
The 2026 HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT is 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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