AEMS 2022 Public Events

The Summer School "Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems" (July 18 to August 5, 2022) is dedicated to the interaction of business, society and the environment. Building on the status quo, alternative and innovative ideas for sustainable financial and economic systems are presented and critically reflected upon.

You are cordially invited to the following public events as part of the Summer School.

Opening event of the AEMS with Ernst Ulrich v. Weizsäcker (Club of Rome), Helga Kromp-Kolb (BOKU), Anika Dafert (Fridays for Future) and Harald Frey (TU).

Ort: TU University Vienna, Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien

Zeit: 18 July 2022, 5pm

Registration and further information at Eventbrite.

Program

16:30 Registration

17:00 Welcome and Introduction

• Guenther Jedliczka, CEO of OeAD student housing
• Christian Obinger, Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at BOKU Vienna.
• Helga Kromp-Kolb, Academic Head of AEMS and Initiator of the Center for Global Change and Sustainability at BOKU Vienna
• Karin Stieldorf, Academic Director of the Master Course “Sustainable Construction” at TU Vienna

17:30 Ernst Ulrich v. Weizsäcker, environmental scientist and politician

17:45 Helga Kromp-Kolb, meteorologist and climate researcher

18:00 Anika Dafert, environmental activist at Fridays For Future Austria

18:15 Harald Frey, mobility expert at TU Wien

18:30 Coffee break

19:00 Panel discussion with Ernst Ulrich v. Weizsäcker, Helga Kromp-Kolb, Anika Dafert and Harald Frey

Moderation: Nora Laufer, Der Standard

20:00 Buffet

As part of the AEMS, there are other public events to which we would like to cordially invite you:

July 28^th

Panel discussion „The monetary systems of the future and their role in crisis and in achieving a sustainable transition” with Richard Werner (Linacre College, University of Oxford), Lea Steininger (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Christian Kreiss (Hochschule Aalen) and Yeva Nersisyan (Franklin and Marshall College, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College). Location: TU the Sky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien. Beginning: 6.30pm. Registration and further information at Eventbrite.

All events in English. Participation is free. Due to limited seating, we ask that you register at least one week before the event.

More information about the Summer School and the public events can be found at https://www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-universities/aems/public-events/.