”I have a dream”: I dream of a diverse and resilient Europe
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Elisabeth-Herz-Kremenak-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer Sprache55 years ago on this day, Martin Luther King Jr. held his famous speech ‘I have a dream’. To commemorate the anniversary, the opening speakers sketch their vision – their ‘dream’ – of a diverse and resilient Europe.
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Dr. Maja GÖPEL
Member, Club of Rome; Secretary General, German Advisory Council on Global Change, Berlin
| 1996-2001 | Diploma, Media-Planning, -Developing, -Consulting, Universities of Siegen, Sevilla and Fribourg |
| 2002-2004 | Lecturer, Institute Political Sciences and European Studies, University of Hamburg |
| 2002-2006 | Volunteer Campaigner and Trade Expert, Friends of the Earth, Berlin |
| 2002-2007 | PhD, Global Political Economy, Hegemony Theory, Institutionalism, Universities of Hamburg, Kassel, Toronto |
| 2006-2008 | Campaign Manager Climate/Energy, World Future Council, Hamburg |
| 2008-2012 | Director Future Justice, World Future Council, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Head Berlin Office, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Berlin |
| 2014 | Regular Lecturer, Master programme Strategic Sustainability Management, University for Sustainability Eberswalde |
| Occasional Lecturer, University of Witten-Herdecke & Leuphana University Lüneburg | |
| since 2017 | Secretary General, German Advisory Council on Global Change, Berlin |
Renat HEUBERGER
Chief Executive Officer, South Pole, Zurich
| 1996-2002 | Master Degree, Environmental Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 1999-2000 | Advisor, Urban Air Quality Monitoring, Swisscontact, Jakarta |
| 2000 | Advisor, Clean Air Campagin for Public Officers, USAID, Jakarta |
| 2001-2002 | Co-Founder and Member of the Executive Board, World Student Community on Sustainable Development |
| 2001-2005 | Co-Founder and Board Member, seed sustainability, Zurich |
| 2003 | Consultant for the Designated National Authority of Uruguay, Climate Change Unit, Montevideo |
| 2003-2004 | Energy and Climate Unit, WWF Switzerland, Zurich |
| 2002-2006 | Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, myclimate Foundation, Zurich |
| 2004-2008 | Private Lecturer for Environmental Policy and Economics, University of Applied Science, Wädenswil |
| Since 2006 Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, South Pole, Zurich | |
| 2012 | Executive Education Program on Social Entrepreneurship, INSEAD, Singapore |
| 2015 | Executive Education Program "The Art and Science of System Change", Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge |
Dr. Stefano VENIER
Chief Executive Officer, Hera Group, Bologna
| Stefano Venier was born in Udine in 1963. Initially, he worked for Electrolux on automated manufacturing then, from 1989 to 1996, he was employed by Eni - Enichem as strategic planner and then head of strategic projects. In 1996, he joined management consultancy firm A.T. Kearney, where he focused on the energy, utilities and telecoms areas. In 2002 he was named Vice President of Energy & Utilities. As a consultant, he worked on projects involving strategic planning, M&A, rationalization and optimization of operations and services as well as the launch of new businesses. From 2004 to 2008, he was Head of Business Development and Strategic Planning at the Hera Group. From July 2008 he became General Manager for Commercial Operations and Business Development. In 2014, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors of Hera S.p.A. As a CEO of a major listed company, he supports a strategy which takes into account the SDGs set by the UN Agenda, with HERA joining the Global Compact and the CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) organizations, promotes the transition from CSR to CSV (Creating Shared Value) and a growth inspired by the principles of a circular economy. As a result of this strategic approach, in 2017 Stefano developed a partnership with Dame Ellen MacArthur, which ended with the admission of the company in the CE100 program and in the CEO Water Mandate. In the same year, together with other CEOs of the main Italian listed companies, he signed the Manifesto Valore D, a program supported by the Italian government to promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion. In 2018 Stefano was appointed Member of the B.o.D of MIB Management School Trieste. He has a degree in computer science with a Master in energy management and, since he was appointed CEO of Hera Group, he writes articles for national and international newspapers and magazines about sustainable development, in compliance with the UN SDGs. |
Stephen SACKUR
Journalist and Presenter, HARDtalk, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, London
| 1985 | Bachelor, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, MA |
| John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA | |
| 1986-1990 | Trainee, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, London |
| 1990-1992 | Foreign Affairs Correspondent, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, London |
| 1992-1995 | Correspondent in the Middle East, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Cairo |
| 1995-1997 | Correspondent in the Middle East, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Jerusalem |
| 1997-2002 | Correspondent in Washington, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Washington |
| 2002-2004 | Europe Correspondent, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation, Brussels |
| since 2004 | Host, HARDtalk, BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation World News, London |
| since 2017 | Honorary Doctor, International Relations, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Geneva |
