Session 04.07

The future must be sustainable: Reducing the environmental impact of higher education events

Conferences bring together international colleagues, providing valuable networking, learning, and partnership opportunities for the international education field, but they come at a high environmental cost. This session aims at identifying opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of these activities, offering solutions, and sharing best practices.

Topic

  • Social responsibility
    • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Chair

  • Margherita Pasquini, 
    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

Speakers

  • Jacqueline Phillips, 
    EAIE, Netherlands
  • Daniel Ponce-Taylor, 
    Intercultural Outreach Initiative, USA