The 1st CloudEARTHi Conference on Academic Education and its Impact on Entrepreneurship and Sustainability will be held at Eisenstadt, Austria from 18th to 19th May, 2022. The conference is supported by EIT RawMaterials and funded by the European Union through the EIT HEI Initiative.
All times of the programme are provided in CET. Speaker names is highlighted in bold.
| 18 May | Opening session (09:00 – 10:10) – chaired by Alexandra Baldwin |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | “Welcome and opening note” by Silvia Ettl-Huber & Tamer Abu-Alam |
| 09:10 – 09:40 | “EIT’s HEI Initiative: How to build innovation capacity in higher education?” by Emma Harris |
| 09:40 – 10:10 | “EIT HEI Initiative in practical: CloudEARTHi” by Tamer Abu-Alam |
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Coffee break & snacks —— ‘presentation of student start-up ideas’ |
| 18 May | Session1 (10:30 – 11:45) – chaired by Alexandra Baldwin |
| 10:30 – 10:55 | “The Circular Economy Cube” by Alexandra Anderluh, Michaela Moser, Lukas Richter, Barbara Stefan, Tassilo Pellegrini, Zahra Mesbahi, Clemens Raffler & Roland Hackl |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | “Fostering Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Academic Education: Potential Role of Digital Transformation and the Relevant Ethical Concerns” by Rajnish Tiwari & Hendrik Müller |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | “Entrepreneurship as a catalyst to reach sustainability through academic reforms” by Matthew Guy Gallardo & Ana Maria Muñoz Carcel |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Lunch Break (lunch will be offered) —– ‘presentation of student start-up ideas’ |
| 18 May | Session2 (13:00 – 14:15) – chaired by Silvia Ettl-Huber |
| 13:00 – 13:25 | “Environmental analysis of Varna Lake based on satellite imagery” by Valentina Markova, Todor Ganchev, Angel Marinov & Tamer Abu-Alam |
| 13:25 – 13:50 | “Prediction of the viability of satellite imagery in terms of useful data for the purposes of geological analysis” by Angel Marinov, Firgan Feradov, Todor Ganchev, Valentina Markova & Tamer Abu-Alam |
| 13:50 – 14:15 | “Environmental study of Varna Lake based on chemical analysis of lake bed samples” by Todor Ganchev, Valentina Markova, Angel Marinov & Tamer Abu-Alam |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Coffee break & snacks —— ‘presentation of student start-up ideas’ |
| 18 May | Session3 (14:45 – 16:00) – chaired by Verena Liszt-Rohlf |
| 14:45 – 15:10 | “Inspiring the Minds: Embedding inclusion, diversity and climate action into the academic environment” by Tamer Abu-Alam, Katarina Suchova, Andrea Zápachová, Elen Garcia, Mirko Viola, Michele Spalletta & Davide Capodici |
| 15:10 – 15:35 | “Sustainable Leadership – Towards a Mindset based Course of Study for Sustainable Entrepreneurship” by Carry Luise Zimmermann |
| 15:35 – 16:00 | “Female founders in Burgenland: Expectations, opportunities and limits – empirical findings” by Maria Laura Bono |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Time for networking |
| 18 May | Social events start at 17:30 |
| 17:30 | Meeting Point Castle |
| 19:30 | Conference dinner at ‘Die Alm’ in Eisenstadt |
| 19 May | Session4 (09:30 – 10:45) – chaired by Gerda Fuericht-Fiegl |
| 09:30 – 09:55 | “SDG 16 and Transformational Governance: Fighting Climate Change Fake News using AI and Big Data” by Walter Seböck, Thomas J. Lampoltshammer, Bettina Biron & Martin Boyer |
| 09:55 – 10:20 | “Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels: Smart and Sovereign Data Use for Sustainable Production in the Wood Industry from the Perspective of Higher Educational Institutions” by Thomas J. Lampoltshammer, Daniel Bachlechner & Lea M. Ranacher |
| 10:20 – 10:45 | “AccessEARTH: Using Big Data in Earth and Environmental Sciences” by Tamer Abu-Alam, Angel Marinov & Odu Obiajulu |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee break & snacks |
| 19 May | Poster session (11:15 – 12:00) |
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| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break (lunch will be offered) |
| 19 May | Session5 (13:00 – 14:15) – chaired by Verena Liszt-Rohlf |
| 13:00 – 13:25 | “Technical, Economical and Social Approaches in Energy Transition – Overview of Activities in Burgenland, Austria” by Lukas Gnam, Markus Schindler, Markus Puchegger & Christian Pfeiffer |
| 13:25 – 13:50 | “The Analytic Hierarchy Process as method for decision-making and stakeholder involvement in sustainability management” by Christian Pfeiffer, Christina Stolavetz, Monika Millendorfer, Claudia Elisabeth Maier, Thomas Paul Kremsner & Marion Rabelhofer |
| 13:50 – 14:15 | “Data-driven Tourism for Sustainability: The Role of Transdisciplinarity and Computational Social Sciences in Tourist Studies Programs” by Thomas J. Lampoltshammer, Stefanie Wallinger & Johannes Scholz |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Coffee break & snacks |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Learnings from the Industry – CloudEARTHi plenary discussion and workshop – chaired by Verena Liszt-Rohlf |
| 16:00 | Connect the knowledge triangle – Time for socializing |
| 20 May | Back-to-back events (Only for those who will attend in-person) |