
DAY 1
Wednesday, 26 August
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An overview of the contributions in the parallel sessions is available here.
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last updated: 24 July

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" - Workshop [EN]:
Jule Neumann, Anne Snick: "Memory is the imagination of the past; imagination is the memory of the future" - Visit of the university garden with the possibility to do some gardening with the volunteers that are present, incl. some bresk in the shade, enjoying the nature on the Campus during this calm period a the end of holiday season
- Simulation Game [EN]:

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

14.00 - 15.00 CET ⭢ PANEL DISCUSSION WITH STUDENTS:
"The Citizens of the Future Parliamentary Debate"
[EN+FR Translation]
Facilitated by Jule Neumann, 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

15.15 - 16.45 CET ⭢ PARALLEL SESSIONS A
- Paper presentations [FR+EN 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: "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]; facilitated by Bouba Nouhou:

16.45 - 17.00 CET ⭢ BREAK

17.00 - 18.30 CET ⭢ PARALLEL SESSIONS B
- Paper presentations [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: "University leaving no one behind, the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in addressing unemployment and sustainable development in Africa: A case of Kenyan universities"
- Maria Eduarda Caminha: tbc - Collective Intelligence Boost [FR+EN Translation]: María García Vigueras, Lise Tregloze: "Transformer les formations d’ingénieurs : des petits rebonds au périlleux plongeon"
- 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]; facilitated by Anne Zimmermann:

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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