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1st Nobel Prize Summit
Our Planet, Our Future April 26 - 28, 2021
A Must to Attend - Event FREE for All!
DISRUPTIVE CHANGE REQUIRED!!!
Day 3 Discussion April 28, 2021 New Ways of Thinking
What can we achieve together in this decade to put the world on a path to a more sustainable, more prosperous future for all?
Each of us holds the power to help answer this question.
Become part of the solution.
Inspired by Alfred Nobel’s belief in celebrating achievements that contribute “the greatest benefit to humankind,” the Nobel Foundation, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Stockholm Resilience Centre/Beijer Institute invite you to engage in an optimistic exploration of the best version of our collective future. The first Nobel Prize Summit will convene talks from Nobel Prize laureates and conversations among experts from the science, policy, arts, and youth activist communities. It will bring together the world’s brightest and most creative thinkers to focus on three key areas critical to the future of humanity:
Informed by lessons learned during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that solving these challenges must be guided by an inclusive vision for our shared future – one that is grounded in science and that safeguards our global commons. Join the conversation at #NobelPrizeSummit
The Oedipus Project: A Special Performance and Global Discussion
The Oedipus Project presents acclaimed actors, including Frances McDormand and Bill Murray, reading scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, constructive, global conversations about climate change, ecological disaster, and environmental justice. Sophocles’ ancient play, first performed in 429 BC just after the first wave of a plague that killed nearly one-third of the Athenian population, is a story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, intergenerational curses, and a pestilence and ecological collapse that ravages the archaic city of Thebes. Seen through this lens, Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful tool for helping Athenians communalise trauma and loss, while interrogating their own complicit role in the suffering, not just of those around them but also of generations to come. This performance will be presented on Zoom.
Featuring performances by Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Frankie Faison (The Wire), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), Corey Hawkins (BlacKkKlansman) Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager of Theater of War Productions), and Jumaane Williams (New York City Public Advocate), and a Chorus of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, including Elizabeth Blackburn and Harold Varmus.
Each of us holds the power to help answer this question.
Become part of the solution.
Inspired by Alfred Nobel’s belief in celebrating achievements that contribute “the greatest benefit to humankind,” the Nobel Foundation, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the Stockholm Resilience Centre/Beijer Institute invite you to engage in an optimistic exploration of the best version of our collective future. The first Nobel Prize Summit will convene talks from Nobel Prize laureates and conversations among experts from the science, policy, arts, and youth activist communities. It will bring together the world’s brightest and most creative thinkers to focus on three key areas critical to the future of humanity:
- Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss
- Reducing Inequality
- Technology's Power to Transform the Way We Live and Work
Informed by lessons learned during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that solving these challenges must be guided by an inclusive vision for our shared future – one that is grounded in science and that safeguards our global commons. Join the conversation at #NobelPrizeSummit
The Oedipus Project: A Special Performance and Global Discussion
The Oedipus Project presents acclaimed actors, including Frances McDormand and Bill Murray, reading scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, constructive, global conversations about climate change, ecological disaster, and environmental justice. Sophocles’ ancient play, first performed in 429 BC just after the first wave of a plague that killed nearly one-third of the Athenian population, is a story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, intergenerational curses, and a pestilence and ecological collapse that ravages the archaic city of Thebes. Seen through this lens, Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful tool for helping Athenians communalise trauma and loss, while interrogating their own complicit role in the suffering, not just of those around them but also of generations to come. This performance will be presented on Zoom.
Featuring performances by Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Frankie Faison (The Wire), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), Corey Hawkins (BlacKkKlansman) Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager of Theater of War Productions), and Jumaane Williams (New York City Public Advocate), and a Chorus of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, including Elizabeth Blackburn and Harold Varmus.
ProgrammeThe Nobel Prize Summit is a meeting for Nobel Prize laureates, experts, policy makers, teachers, students – with many opportunities for anyone who is interested in questions about how humankind’s future on Earth will be achieved and shaped.
The summit is split into three tracks:
Main Stage: Days 1-2 The main programme consisting of three parts: Our Planet, Breakthroughs, and Our Future. The summit will also host webinars and pre-filmed dialogues curated in the summit’s screening room, plus networking sessions
Academic Science Sessions: Days 2-3Scientific sessions designed for Nobel Prize laureates and other scientific experts in global sustainability, but open to all to watch. These sessions will discuss the role of science in supporting transformations towards global sustainability and resilient societies.
Solution Sessions: Day 3Concurrent sessions turning knowledge into actions. Separate registration required.
Click here to learn more and register
All times are cited in US Eastern Time. Please note that this agenda is subject to change.
Day 2 Summary of the Event Here
Day 3 Summary of the Scientific Sessions Link Here
The summit is split into three tracks:
Main Stage: Days 1-2 The main programme consisting of three parts: Our Planet, Breakthroughs, and Our Future. The summit will also host webinars and pre-filmed dialogues curated in the summit’s screening room, plus networking sessions
Academic Science Sessions: Days 2-3Scientific sessions designed for Nobel Prize laureates and other scientific experts in global sustainability, but open to all to watch. These sessions will discuss the role of science in supporting transformations towards global sustainability and resilient societies.
Solution Sessions: Day 3Concurrent sessions turning knowledge into actions. Separate registration required.
Click here to learn more and register
All times are cited in US Eastern Time. Please note that this agenda is subject to change.
Day 2 Summary of the Event Here
Day 3 Summary of the Scientific Sessions Link Here
Day 3 April 28, 2021
On day 3 of the Nobel Prize Summit, this Solution Session hosted by Club of Rome explores transformational economic thinking and leadership.About this EventHumanity is now the largest driver of change on Earth. To minimize risk of climate change and biodiversity loss, this next decade must see the fastest economic transformation in history and at a global scale.How does economic thinking accommodate these facts? How do economists make sense of this new responsibility for our planet? Ultimately, if we are to value our future we need to value resilience in societies and in nature. This Solution Session looks into the future with speakers who are leading on this transformation.In 2020, the Club of Rome launched the Transformational Economics Commission, a group of leading economic thinkers, to address the triple crises of health-climate-biodiversity within the growing global problematique of socio-political and economic instability. The transdisciplinary and gender diverse experts from across the globe will focus on shifting short-term economics into long-term systems change by unpacking key systems dynamics and future-proofing a new 21st century narrative. The Commission is part of the major new international project EarthForAll which will publish a report in 2022, marking the 50th Anniversary of the 'Limits to Growth'.
This Solution Session will explore new economic thinking that will contribute to building fairer, resilient societies on a resilient planet, introduce the EarthForAll project and discuss the role of philanthropy in this context . It is the second in a series hosted by The Club of Rome and its Earth4All Partners (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Norwegian Business School). In two parts, speakers will discuss transformational economic thinking and transformational leadership.
Register and click on 'access the event' on the right side of this page to view the livestream or click here to access the stream directly.
Event programme:8.00-8.20am EDT (2.00-2.20pm CET) - OpeningSandrine Dixson-Declève (Co-President, Club of Rome) and Johan Rockström (Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
In conversation with Andrew Steer (President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund)
8.20-9.10am EDT (2.20-3.10pm CET) - Accelerating Transformation PanelChair: Per Espen Stoknes (Director, Centre for Green Growth, Norwegian Business School)
Speakers:
This Solution Session will explore new economic thinking that will contribute to building fairer, resilient societies on a resilient planet, introduce the EarthForAll project and discuss the role of philanthropy in this context . It is the second in a series hosted by The Club of Rome and its Earth4All Partners (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Norwegian Business School). In two parts, speakers will discuss transformational economic thinking and transformational leadership.
Register and click on 'access the event' on the right side of this page to view the livestream or click here to access the stream directly.
Event programme:8.00-8.20am EDT (2.00-2.20pm CET) - OpeningSandrine Dixson-Declève (Co-President, Club of Rome) and Johan Rockström (Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
In conversation with Andrew Steer (President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund)
8.20-9.10am EDT (2.20-3.10pm CET) - Accelerating Transformation PanelChair: Per Espen Stoknes (Director, Centre for Green Growth, Norwegian Business School)
Speakers:
- Sharan Burrow (General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation)
- Jayati Ghosh (Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
- Ilona Otto (Professor, Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz)
- Carlota Perez (Honorary Professor, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London)
- Jennifer Hinton (Researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre)
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in collaboration with Arizona State University, will hold a virtual session, The Sustainable Development Goals and International Research Collaboration on Wednesday, April 28 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT. The session will be held on Day 3 of Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future. Video available in May 2021 check on the www.nobelprize.org and go to videos section
The pandemic has made the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) more challenging, with increasing concerns about supply chain disruption, environmental degradation, and persistent inequalities. As the international community slowly adapts to a new normal, the pace of global policy discussions should accelerate to deliver much needed change. This special session will highlight the importance of international research collaboration for achieving the SDGs with a timeline of 2030. Presentations and facilitated discussions will focus on the role of science, technology, and innovation in support of more effective policies and actions towards sustainability; advancing awareness of the SDGs with a particular focus on the youth, civil society, and the new US administration; and research agendas related to sustainability and the SDGs to inform post-2030 processes.
The final agenda and speaker biographies are available in the meeting materials section below. A video of the sessions will be available in early May.
Moderators:
This event is part of the Mini Webinar Series on Advancing the Awareness of the SDGs, hosted by the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. The webinar series will have a particular focus on the youth, civil society, and the new administration.
The pandemic has made the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) more challenging, with increasing concerns about supply chain disruption, environmental degradation, and persistent inequalities. As the international community slowly adapts to a new normal, the pace of global policy discussions should accelerate to deliver much needed change. This special session will highlight the importance of international research collaboration for achieving the SDGs with a timeline of 2030. Presentations and facilitated discussions will focus on the role of science, technology, and innovation in support of more effective policies and actions towards sustainability; advancing awareness of the SDGs with a particular focus on the youth, civil society, and the new US administration; and research agendas related to sustainability and the SDGs to inform post-2030 processes.
The final agenda and speaker biographies are available in the meeting materials section below. A video of the sessions will be available in early May.
Moderators:
- Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bezos Earth Fund
- Amanda Ellis, Director, Global Partnerships, Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University
- Tateo Arimoto, Principal Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency and Visiting Professor and Deputy Director, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
- Daya Reddy, President, International Science Council and South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics, University of Cape Town
- Ada Yonath (NAS), Director, The Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Centre for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly, Weizmann Institute of Science (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009)
This event is part of the Mini Webinar Series on Advancing the Awareness of the SDGs, hosted by the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. The webinar series will have a particular focus on the youth, civil society, and the new administration.
SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
Powerful Knowledge
Introduction
Program Vision Statement
Program Audience
Download Program Logic Model
Green Growth Postgraduate Certificate Program
Postgraduate Certificate Download
Master's Program Download
Doctoral Program Download
Program Faculty
Program Recognition
Program Concentrations
Welcome to the Sustainability Studies Program!
The Earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry
I am guessing you are on this page because you are sustainability literate or want to develop a new direction that moves you away from sustainable illiteracy. Our Sustainability graduate studies program draws upon a multi disciplinary conceptualization and is the cornerstone of Akamai University's mission statement. Our Sustainability studies degree program reflects a vital map of our global community working together towards the future survival of all living species that represent planet Earth and actively include Earth as a living organism. Think about the horrific fact that a child dies every eight seconds from waterborne disease. Worldwide, dirty water is the number one cause of death. Dirty water deaths are more prevalent than HIV/AIDS, accidents and war totaled together (Caldicott, Helen. Loving this Planet. 2012).
Ask yourself, what is your Sustainability IQ? What does Sustainability mean to you in your life and your community? Is Sustainability a cause and a powerful expression of healing and saving the planet for you?
Here is a little carbon footprint and toe print first quiz for you. Which is more carbon emissions intensive: a) a 500 ml bottle of water or b) a pair of pants or c) a person? According to Mike Berners-Lee (2011) in his book How Bad are Bananas he quotes the following scientific research facts he discovered regarding CO2 emissions as follows:
Our Sustainability graduate studies degree program enjoys pioneering scholarly pursuits and is quite divergent in nature. Whether you are interested in the essence and intersections of human life, bio effects, public health concerns, energy issues, corporate growth, global environmental matters, water resources, poverty, international relations, psychological impacts of sustainability in the future, ecological change or any other related field, perhaps this is your new academic home. If we are fortunate enough to have you as part of our sustainability graduate studies program, then welcome as we begin the global betterment process here at Akamai - one student at a time.
Respectfully,
Dr. Medani Bhandari, PhD
Program Director
Program Vision Statement
The Sustainability Studies program recognizes the evolving focus of the sustainability field and the vast number of meanings associated with what defines sustainable. Our approach here at Akamai University is an open one that embraces studies which bring about change and global betterment.
Program Audience
The Sustainability Studies program at Akamai University is directed towards any potential applicant who has completed an undergraduate university degree. The applicant must illustrate an interest in sustaining the planet and making our world a better place to live. All applicants with an innovative sustainable idea, applied or non-applied sustainable project, master thesis proposal of a sustainability study or doctoral level research may apply. All applicants will be uniquely and individually evaluated based upon the merit of their proposed work, past academic history, and applicant suitability to the sustainability studies program. Pioneering studies, as well as, studies that follow peer reviewed standards are welcomed. Once an applicant is accepted, the applicant is assigned to either Sustainability Study track one (1) or two (2) and their study concentrations.
Program Concentrations
Participants may undertake study and research in th following academic concentrations"
Powerful Knowledge
Introduction
Program Vision Statement
Program Audience
Download Program Logic Model
Green Growth Postgraduate Certificate Program
Postgraduate Certificate Download
Master's Program Download
Doctoral Program Download
Program Faculty
Program Recognition
Program Concentrations
Welcome to the Sustainability Studies Program!
The Earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry
I am guessing you are on this page because you are sustainability literate or want to develop a new direction that moves you away from sustainable illiteracy. Our Sustainability graduate studies program draws upon a multi disciplinary conceptualization and is the cornerstone of Akamai University's mission statement. Our Sustainability studies degree program reflects a vital map of our global community working together towards the future survival of all living species that represent planet Earth and actively include Earth as a living organism. Think about the horrific fact that a child dies every eight seconds from waterborne disease. Worldwide, dirty water is the number one cause of death. Dirty water deaths are more prevalent than HIV/AIDS, accidents and war totaled together (Caldicott, Helen. Loving this Planet. 2012).
Ask yourself, what is your Sustainability IQ? What does Sustainability mean to you in your life and your community? Is Sustainability a cause and a powerful expression of healing and saving the planet for you?
Here is a little carbon footprint and toe print first quiz for you. Which is more carbon emissions intensive: a) a 500 ml bottle of water or b) a pair of pants or c) a person? According to Mike Berners-Lee (2011) in his book How Bad are Bananas he quotes the following scientific research facts he discovered regarding CO2 emissions as follows:
- Bottled water is more than 1,000 times more carbon intensive than tap water. Bottled water emits 110 grams carbon dioxide emissions(CO2e) if locally sourced with local distribution, 110 g CO2e average and 215 g CO2e traveling 600 miles by road.
- Often naturally labeled materials sound greener, but special production of natural materials and human wear/tear/ washing/drying may illustrate a different carbon footprint story. Which has more carbon dioxide emissions associated with its manufacturing process and upkeep: 3kg CO2e of Berners-Lee favorite old nylon traveling pants or 6 kg CO2e of his cotton jeans?
- The ?one person? figures represent a direct and an adjusted footprint for one year of living activities for a person within their respective countries. The adjusted number includes imports, international travel and shipping. Here are the CO2e figures: 0.1 ton CO2e per year average for a Malawian, 3.3 tons CO2e per year average for one Chinese person, 7 tons CO2e per year world average, 15 tons CO2e per year average per U.K inhabitant, 28 tons CO2e per year average for a North American, 30 tons CO2e per year average for an Australian. Note, as North Americans, we exceed the carbon dioxide emissions by four times the world average for one person.
Our Sustainability graduate studies degree program enjoys pioneering scholarly pursuits and is quite divergent in nature. Whether you are interested in the essence and intersections of human life, bio effects, public health concerns, energy issues, corporate growth, global environmental matters, water resources, poverty, international relations, psychological impacts of sustainability in the future, ecological change or any other related field, perhaps this is your new academic home. If we are fortunate enough to have you as part of our sustainability graduate studies program, then welcome as we begin the global betterment process here at Akamai - one student at a time.
Respectfully,
Dr. Medani Bhandari, PhD
Program Director
Program Vision Statement
The Sustainability Studies program recognizes the evolving focus of the sustainability field and the vast number of meanings associated with what defines sustainable. Our approach here at Akamai University is an open one that embraces studies which bring about change and global betterment.
Program Audience
The Sustainability Studies program at Akamai University is directed towards any potential applicant who has completed an undergraduate university degree. The applicant must illustrate an interest in sustaining the planet and making our world a better place to live. All applicants with an innovative sustainable idea, applied or non-applied sustainable project, master thesis proposal of a sustainability study or doctoral level research may apply. All applicants will be uniquely and individually evaluated based upon the merit of their proposed work, past academic history, and applicant suitability to the sustainability studies program. Pioneering studies, as well as, studies that follow peer reviewed standards are welcomed. Once an applicant is accepted, the applicant is assigned to either Sustainability Study track one (1) or two (2) and their study concentrations.
Program Concentrations
Participants may undertake study and research in th following academic concentrations"
- Emergency Human Services
- Community and Economic Development
- Urban Studies
- Ecological and Environmental Studies
- Education and Literacy Studies
- Planetary Health and Wellness
- Peace, Diplomacy and International Studies
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Program Faculty
Medani Prasad Bhandari, Ph.D. Sustainability Studies Program Director Man B. Bishwakama, (Man BK), Ph.D. Green Growth Program Director Mary Jo Bulbrook, EdD,, AU CEO Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Energy Medicine Daniel L. Huber, Ph.D. Spiritual Psychology Stefan J. Kasian, Ph.D. Applied Psychology, Human Sexuality Premkumar Rajagopal, Ph.D. Business and Economic Development Daniel Joseph O'Shea, JD International Business Law |
Jim Morningstar, Ph.D.
Applied Psychology and Human Services Niranjan Ray, Ph.D. Information Technology, eCommerce Anthony R. Maranto, Ph.D. Environmental Studies James L. Oschman, Ph.D. Energy Medicine, Biology Markers Pam Twee, Ph.D. Literacy, Educational Leadership James Wear, Ph.D. Public Health Administration Henry Zeidan, Ph.D. Disease Prevention |
