14th Apollon Symposium on Planetary Health
30.08.2022 10:58
"Planetary Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions for Environmental, Climate, and Health Protection" is the title of the 14th Apollon Symposium. President Prof. Dr. Johanne Pundt and Vice President Prof. Dr. Viviane Scherenberg will open the online event on September 30 at 9:00 a.m. Following this, Dr. Maike Schaefer (Senator for Climate Protection, Environment, Mobility, Urban Development and Housing, Bremen) will welcome the participants.
In the first session, Prof. Dr. Walter Leal (University of Hamburg, Head of the Research and Transfer Center “Sustainability and Climate Impact Management”) and Dr. Leonie Dendler (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Head of the Junior Research Group on Reputation and Trust Building) on the topics: “Climate Change and Health” and “Challenges of Environmental Health Risks: New Approaches in Risk Analysis”.
There are two more lectures in the morning: Dr. Julius Rauber (ConPolicy GmbH – Institute for Consumer Policy, Project Manager) talks about “Nudging: Promoting sustainable and healthy behavior through small changes” and Prof. Dr. Claudia Hornberg (University of Bielefeld, Chair of the German Advisory Council on the Environment) provides insights into the topic: “Environment, health and social situation: How do we achieve greater environmental justice?”
From 11:45 a.m. all participants have the opportunity to take part in one of the four parallel taking place Breakout sessions tto participate and discuss the chosen topic together with the speakers.
In the afternoon session moderated Birte Schöpke (Referee for Program Development and Accreditation, Program Coordinator for the Master of Applied Gerontology and Research Associate at Apollon University) presented the Apollon Study Prize 2022 for the three best Bachelor's and Master's theses through a short presentation of the corresponding posters.
The afternoon ends at 3:45 pm with a lecture by Tobias Ulamec (1st Chairman of the Apollon Alumni Association eV) on the topic: “Generating sustainable solutions in the network” and a closing speech by Prof. Dr. Johanne Pundt and Prof. Dr. Viviane Scherenberg.
Further information and registration at: www.apollon-hochschule.de/symposium