Program WRF 2011


September 19, 2011

8:00 - 9:00 Registration 

9:00 - 10:30 HIGH LEVEL OPENING SESSION – „What do we need to achieve?“

  • 9:00 Welcome address by Xaver Edelmann, President of the World Resources Forum,
    & Ulrich Suter, President Swiss Academy of Engineering Science
  • 9:10 Opening address by Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment on “Resource Challenges for Europe in an open and changing world”
  • 9:30 Keynote address by Alice Kaudia, Environment Secretary, Kenya, on “Resource Use Efficiency  - a Poverty Eradication Framework for Growth and Development in Africa”
  • 9:50 Keynote address by Bruno Oberle, Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment on "Reduce Ecological Footprint, Grow Green”
  • 10:10 Keynote address by Shaoyi Li, Director UNEP International Resource Panel, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics on „Resource Efficiency: opportunities for establishing a Green Economy“ 

10:30 Coffee break and Press Briefing

11:00 - 12.30 PLENARY SESSION I – „Should we limit the use of resources?“

  • 11:00 Introduction by session chair Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Co-Chair International Resource Panel, and Bruno Oberle, Director of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
  • 11:10 Keynote address by Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director European Environment Agency, on "Promoting Sustainability and Resource Efficiency by Enabling Integration of Environmental Sciences and Economic Accounting”
  • 11:30 Video message, Katherina Reiche, Parliamentary State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Germany
  • 11:35 Keynote address by Mohan Munasinghe, Professor of Sustainable Development, SCI, Manchester Univ., UK, on “Millennium Consumption Goals are Essential to Complement the Millennium Development Goals”
  • 11:55 Keynote address by Mark Swilling, Academic Director, The Sustainability Institute; on "Africa’s Development Challenges in a Resource Constrained World"
  • 12:15 Questions from the audience & Welcome Address by Gian-Luca Bona, Director Empa, Switzerland

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break

13:00 - 14:00 GLOBE Lunch for Parliamentarians (by invitation only; organised by Claude Turmes, Member of European Parliament)

14:00 - 15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS (PS) AND WORKSHOPS (WS)

  • PS 1 Security of Supply
  • PS 2 Growth, Innovation, Decoupling, Efficiency and Sufficiency
  • PS 3 Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets
  • WS 1 Sustainable resource use and resource efficiency in developing countries (part 1), organised by UBA/UNEP
  • WS 2 Resource Impact Assessment in LCA/Ecoinvent database (part 1), organised by PRé Consultants & ETHZ
  • WS 3 Closing Resource Loops - Distinguishing good from bad in the secondary commodity market (part 1), organised by Empa
  • WS 4 The rise of the bio-economy: Chinese and European approaches, organized by Rathenau Institute
  • WS 8 Resource-efficient Companies – Improving the material footprint of Products and Services, organized by SERI & Wuppertal Institute
  • Intergenerational dialogue/youth caucus

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 - 17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS (PS) AND WORKSHOPS (WS) 

  • PS 1 Security of Supply
  • PS 2 Growth, Innovation, Decoupling, Efficiency and Sufficiency
  • PS 3 Assessment Methods, Resource Use Indicators and Targets
  • WS 1 Sustainable resource use and resource efficiency in developing countries (part 2), organised by UBA/UNEP
  • WS 2 Resource Impact Assessment in LCA/Ecoinvent database (part 2), organised by PRé Consultants & ETHZ
  • WS 3 Closing Resource Loops - Distinguishing good from bad in the secondary commodity market (part 2), organised by Empa
  • Intergenerational dialogue/youth caucus

17:30 - 18:00 PLENARY 1: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

Video impressions, feedback from parallel sessions and workshops, by Christian Ludwig, Chair of Scientific Committee, and perspective from youth, moderated by Bas de Leeuw, Managing Director World Resources Forum

18:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception with Welcome Address by Annemarie Meyer, Representative of Davos Community, and Vice-President of Davos Destinations-Organisation

20:00 "Parliamentarians Meet Academia and Industry Dinner” (by invitation only)