GREEN WORLD FORUM Annual Meeting & International Congress May 11-13, 2012, Imperial Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria

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2 GREEN WORLD FORUM Annual Meeting & International Congress May 11-13, 2012, Imperial Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria presented by FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012 SPECIAL EVENT: CRADLE TO CRADLE EXPERT TALKS Organized by OGV Oesterreichischer Gewerbeverein and EPEA Switzerland Please refer to pages 9-11 of this program. SATURDAY, MAY 12, GEORG KINDEL Co-Founder, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria The GREEN WORLD FORUM for a better and sustainable future Nobel Peace Prize Laureate BETTY WILLIAMS President, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Knock, Ireland OPENING SPEECH Good ideas are not enough we have to act now DI Dr. ALFRED W. STRIGL Head of the Scientific Advisory Board, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria The decisive century: The challenges of the future and possible solutions 2 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

3 MAJOR CHALLENGES EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS, Part I FIRST SESSION: CLIMATE CHANGE DI Dr. ALFRED W. STRIGL Head of the Scientific Advisory Board, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. HELGA KROMP-KOLB Head of the Center for Global Change & Sustainability/Head of the Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Global warming and the possible consequences for mankind WOLFGANG PEKNY Founder, Platform Footprint; President, Civil Society Initiative, Vienna, Austria The human factor why every individual has a responsibility to help stop climate change PANEL DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK SECOND SESSION: ENERGY Prof. Dr. HELGA KROMP-KOLB Head of the Center for Global Change & Sustainability/Head of the Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. GERRY BRAUN Director, California Integrated Renewable Energy Systems, University of California, USA The End of the Oil Age the green energy revolution Prof. Dr. GERHARD KNIES Inventor and Co-Founder, DESERTEC, the largest energy program in the history of mankind, Hamburg, Germany DESERTEC clean power from deserts for a safe world with 10 billion people DI EMMERICH SEIDELBERGER Deputy Head of the Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Radiant future: Why nuclear energy is not a solution PANEL DISCUSSION 3 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

4 13.55 LUNCH BREAK THIRD SESSION: ENVIRONMENT & RESSOURCES Mag. ALEXANDRA ABENSPERG-TRAUN Partner, Plenum - Holistic Sustainable Development Llc, Vienna, Austria Prof. Dr. UTE STOLTENBERG Institute for Integrative Studies (infis), Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany Schooling for sustainability: Education for sustainable development EMMANUEL BOUVIER Global Marketing Director for Electrical Vehicle Range, Renault, Paris, France The mobility of the future Prof. DDr. FRANZ JOSEF RADERMACHER Director of the Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW), Vice President of the Eco-Social Forum Europe, Ulm, Germany, What politics can do to solve the problems of our times Prof. DI Dr. ANTON MOSER Best-selling Author, Professor Emeritus of Biotechnology, TU Graz, Austria NatureCulture: The reintegration of human world into nature COFFEE BREAK GREEN BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY, Part I FOURTH SESSION: GREEN BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY Presented by CLIMATE AND ENERGY FUND AUSTRIA Prof. DI Dr. ANTON MOSER Best-selling Author, Professor Emeritus of Biotechnology, TU Graz, Austria Mag. CHRISTOPH WOLFSEGGER MSc Program & Research Manager, Climate and Energy Fund, Vienna, Austria E-mobility: The establishment of model regions 4 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

5 Presented by cargo-partner Mag. STEFAN KRAUTER Chairman & CEO, cargo-partner, Fischamend, Austria Green ways in the transportation and logistics businesses Dr. MARTIN MAI Chief Designer, Abra Marine Modern Composite Boats, Dubai, UAE The new generation of electric and solar boats Ing. REINHARD BACKHAUSEN President & CEO, Backhausen Interior Textiles, Vienna, Austria The cradle-to-cradle principle as a new business model PETER ROITNER RUFTEC AG, Berlin, Germany Polluted air: Effective solutions for particulate matter CLOSING REMARKS SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012 MAJOR CHALLENGES EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS, Part II FIFTH SESSION: BUSINESS & FINANCE DI Dr. ALFRED W. STRIGL Head of the Scientific Advisory Board, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria CORNELIUS PIETZNER Managing Director, Alterra Impact Finance, Zurich, Switzerland MARCELLO PALAZZI President of the Progressio Foundation, Doorn, Netherlands, and Board Member of the Tällberg Forum, Stockholm, Sweden Fair and ethical finance: Why the financial markets need new strategies Prof. Dr. HANS CHRISTOPH BINSWANGER Economist, Institute for Economy and the Environment (IWOE), Professor Emeritus, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Growth Dynamics vs. Sustainability the need for a monetary reform 5 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

6 10.40 Mag. Dr. CHRISTINE JASCH Institute for Environmental Management and Economics, Vienna, Austria Sustainability Accounting a way to improve business strategy and development SIXTH SESSION: HUMAN RIGHTS / WATER Prof. Dr. BERND LÖTSCH Biologist, University of Salzburg, Austria; Former Director of the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria Nobel Peace Prize Laureate BETTY WILLIAMS President, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Knock, Ireland A just and peaceful world for children why we need to give them a voice Dr. JAN SENDZIMIR Scientist, IIASA (International Institute for Applied System Analysis), Laxenburg, Austria Water crisis: The biggest threat to mankind COFFEE BREAK SEVENTH SESSION: POLITICAL FAILURES Dr. JAN SENDZIMIR Scientist, IIASA (International Institute for Applied System Analysis), Laxenburg, Austria Prof. Dr. BERND LÖTSCH Biologist, University of Salzburg, Austria; Former Director of the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria Eco-Cities: flashlight arguments for ecological and political new structures Prof. Dr. WOLFGANG KROMP Head of the Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Fukushima the political challenge Dr. EDGAR GÖLL, M.P.A. Expert in the Field of Sustainable Development, IZT - Institute for Future Studies, Germany Social innovations toward future sustainability 6 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

7 13.55 DI Dr. ALFRED W. STRIGL Head of the Scientific Advisory Board, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria LUNCH BREAK People can handle the truth: Politics have failed us EIGHTH SESSION: INFORMATION GEORG KINDEL Co-Founder, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria ANDREAS MIEDANER Chairman and CEO, Buero X; Founder, SLASH, Vienna, Austria ALEX SCHIEBEL Author How the Facebook generation has the power to stop the exploitation of our planet Mag. FRANZ JOSEF NAHRADA G.I.V.E. Research and Development, Vienna, Austria Ubiquitous Intelligence: The interconnected world PANEL DISCUSSION Sustainability Theme of the future or ratings killer? Prof. Dr. HELMUT THOMA, Founder of RTL Television, CEO Volks TV, Dusseldorf, Germany Corinna MILBORN, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, NEWS Magazine, Vienna, Austria and others GREEN BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY, Part II NINTH SESSION: VISIONS OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD CORNELIUS PIETZNER Founding President of Camphill Soltane (USA), Former President of the Camphill Association of North America, Former Executive Council, Goetheanum, General Anthroposophical Society, Dornach, Switzerland, President Alterra Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland WOLFGANG STABENTHEINER Founder, FUTURE Coaching Consulting, Baumkirchen, Austria Leadership into a green business world 7 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

8 16.55 Mag. FLORIAN BEER Managing Director, green jobs Austria, Vienna, Austria Green Jobs: A perspective for the environment, the economy and the employment sector CLOSING REMARKS GEORG KINDEL Co-Founder, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria Nobel Peace Prize Laureate BETTY WILLIAMS President, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Knock, Ireland END OF THE GREEN WORLD FORUM Official Organizer: c/o PRIMA VISTA Media & Consulting GmbH l Stutterheimstrasse 16-18/2 l A-1150 Vienna Austria Phone +43 (0) l Fax +43 (0) worldforum@prima-vista.cc l Managing Director: Christina Zappella-Kindel (czk@prima-vista.cc) l FN g (HG Vienna) l l 8 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

9 SPECIAL EVENT: CRADLE TO CRADLE EXPERTS TALK Organized by OGV and EPEA FRIDAY, MAY 11, CRADLE TO CRADLE EXPERT TALKS 2012 WELCOME SPEECH DI REINHARD BACKHAUSEN CEO, Backhausen Interior Textiles, Vienna, Austria GEORG KINDEL Co-Founder, THE GREEN WORLD FORUM, Vienna, Austria greenexpo12 VISIT Austria s green future world, Heldenplatz CRADLE TO CRADLE EXPERT TALKS 2012 OPENING SPEECH Mag. STEPHAN BLAHUT, General Secretary, OGV, Vienna, Austria DI REINHARD BACKHAUSEN CEO, Backhausen Interior Textiles, Vienna, Austria MONIKA GRIEFAHN Minister for the Environment ret., Germany Cradle to Cradle - an EXCELerator for future production THE PIONEER S PANEL Market Differentiation Mag. STEPHAN BLAHUT, General Secretary, OGV, Vienna, Austria DI REINHARD BACKHAUSEN CEO, Backhausen Interior Textiles, Vienna, Austria REINHARD HEROK Environmental Ambassador, Gugler Media, Melk, Austria DI ERNST BRUNBAUER (tbc) CEO, Lenzing Paper, Lenzing, Austria Mag. ELISABETH FREITAG Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna, Austria 9 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

10 JOCHEN SCHWEND Sales Austria, Stoll Giroflex, Koblenz, Switzerland ALBIN KÄLIN CEO, EPEA Switzerland, Bäch, Switzerland LUNCH BREAK EXPERT TALKS Building on Experience EPEA TEAM Switzerland (tba) Parallel break-out sessions focusing on applying Cradle to Cradle design to industries, services, processes, sales and marketing, redemption systems, strategies, and networks TEXTILES PAPER SYNTHETICS BUILDING CITIES/COMMUNITIES/ GOVERNMENT DESIGN ALBIN KÄLIN, PER BONDESEN LUKAS MERCKENS GERHARD HAVRANEK, Dr. MICHAEL ZANGARA ANDREAS SCHLÄPFER, WALTER ESCHENMOSER RAINER ROSEGGER, MONIKA GRIEFAHN, Dr. ERICH ZIPPEL TAMMO TRANTOW, Dr. GRÜNDL COFFEE BREAK EXPERT TALKS Sharing the insights Exchange of findings from the break-out sessions Team EPEA Switzerland PANEL DISCUSSION Closing the Loop Mag. STEPHAN BLAHUT, General Secretary, ÖGV, Vienna NETWORKING ALBIN KÄLIN CEO, EPEA Switzerland, Bäch, Switzerland CLOSING REMARKS 10 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012

11 Official Organizer of the Cradle to Cradle Expert Talks: OESTERREICHISCHER GEWERBEVEREIN OGV in cooperation with EPEA SWITZERLAND Eschenbachgasse 11 l A-1010 Wien l Austria Phone l Fax s.blahut@gewerbeverein.at 11 GREEN WORLD FORUM Program / Version: 8 / May 9, 2012