30.10.-11.11.: Berlin International week at the HWR Berlin. Photo: © Leonardo Patrizi/iStock/Getty Images Plus

International lectures on sustainability and responsibility

The Berlin International Week (BIW) enables students to dive deep into the topic of sustainability and responsibility through practice-oriented projects and allows them to attend international lectures taught by teachers from different parts of the world. Furthermore, students get to work on real-life challenges provided by real companies, NGOs and non-profit organizations. 

Online-events open to everyone

In the framework of the Berlin International Week the following online events will be open to everyone:

Panel discussion:

Sustainability challenges in the 21st century
Implications of the Corona virus for (corporate) responsibility and sustainability

Friday, 6 November 2020, 1.30 pm–3.00 pm 

Speakers: 

• Anamaria Cristescu 
  Scientific Associate at Fraunhofer Institute for
  Industrial Engineering IAO
• Dr. Claudia Nobis
  Team Leader at German Aerospace Center /
  Institute of Transport Research
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Ortwin Renn
  Managing Scientific Director at the Institute for
  Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)
• Stephan Richtzenhain, Managing Director
  Managing Director at Sitex – Textile services

Moderator:

• Prof. Dr. Silke Bustamante
  Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin

Please log in at Zoom

The panel discussion is accessible via Zoom:

• Go to the online event

Meeting-ID: 843 5257 5958
Password: SkWWj5

Opening event of the BIW

Friday, 30 October 2020, 2.00pm – 5.00 pm

• Welcome note
  Prof. Dr. Andreas Zaby, President of the Berlin School of Economics and Law
• Keynote
  Dr. Katja Frieler, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
• Perspectives on Sustainability
  Prof. Dr. Silke Bustamante, Berlin School of Economics and Law
• Corporate Talk

Access to the livestream

The opening event will be available as a livestream:

• Join the livestream