I.S.L.E Professionalisation Fair & Seminar “Sustainable Practices & Innovation” 8th and 9th November 2011, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisbon, Portugal

1. I.S.L.E. Professionalisation Fair & Seminar
“Sustainable Practices & Innovation”
8th & 9th November 2011
4th I.S.L.E. (Innovation in the Teaching of Sustainable Development)
Erasmus Network meeting
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Tapada da Ajuda, Calçada da Tapada
Lisbon – Portugal

2. Programme
I.S.L.E. Professionalisation Fair & Seminar “Sustainable Practices & Innovation”
Tuesday 8th November 2011:
Pavilhão de Exposições
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
14:00 Opening of the I.S.L.E Professionalisation Fair “Sustainable Practices & Innovation” by
Associate Professor Carlos Noéme, President of Instituto Superior de Agronomia -
Portugal, and by Dr. Corinne Stewart, I.S.L.E. project co-ordinator and Head of
International Relations at AgroSup Dijon - France.
14:30 – 18:00 Professionalisation Fair “Sustainable Practices & Innovation”
Topics:
- Sustainable Agriculture / Forestry
- Nature conservation
- Education and research in SD
- Innovative environmental technologies: energy / water / waste
- Agrotourism & Ecotourism
Brokerage Session
18:00 Taste of Portuguese wines and cheeses at Pavilhão de Exposições
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3. Wednesday 9th November 2011:
10:00 – 18:00 Professionalisation Fair “Sustainable Practices & Innovation”
Topics:
- Sustainable Agriculture / Forestry
- Nature conservation
- Education and research in SD
- Innovative environmental technologies: energy / water /
waste
- Agrotourism & Ecotourism
13:30 – 16:30 SEMINAR “Sustainable Practices & Innovation”
13:30 Opening by: Associate Professor Helena Oliveira (Vice President of ISA/UTL),
Assistant Professor Cristina Cunha-Queda (co-ordinator of International
Relations Office - ISA/UTL) and Dr. Corinne Stewart, I.S.L.E. project co-
ordinator and Head of International Relations at AgroSup Dijon - France.
Session 1
Chairperson: Kadri Kalle (Green University Specialist at Estonian University of Life Sciences)
Topic 1: FOOD TECHNOLOGY / PROCUREMENT
13:40 Mark Stein, Salford University, UK: “Sustainability and public sector food
procurement in education”
13:55 Soledad Gómez González, Centro Tecnológico Miranda de Ebro (CTME), Spain:
“Sustainable Practices & Innovation in Wine Sector: LIFE
HAproWINE”
Topic 2: TRADE FAIR
14:10 José Diogo, Agronomist Engineering at ADREPES, Portugal: “PROVE - Promoting and
selling”
Topic 3: DIDACTICS
14:25 Christine Wogowitsch, Vice rector, Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik,
Austria: “Green pedagogics as a skill for the implementation of
sustainable development in the field of agriculture and the
environment”
14:45 Questions and discussion
14:55 Coffee break
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4. Session 2
Chairperson: Elizabeth d’Almeida Duarte (Full Professor, ISA/UTL)
Topic 4: GREEN JOBS
15:25 Istvan Kenyeres, President & CEO of Organica Technologies, Inc., Hungary:
“What kind of Knowledge, Skills and Competencies does a Sustainable
Economy need? - An Industrial Perspective”
15:45 Bárbara Pinto, Director of Noudar Park, Susana Rosa, Biologist, EDIA, Portugal: “The
Noudar Nature Park”
Topic 5: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY
16:00 Eurico Sousa, Executive Director of the Business Council for Sustainable Development
(BCSD Portugal), Portugal: “The business approach to Corporate Social
Responsability”
16:20 Questions and discussion
16:30 – 17:30 Round table: “NEEDS OF THE LABOUR MARKET IN RELATION WITH SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT”
Chairperson: Corinne Stewart, I.S.L.E. project co-ordinator and Head of International Relations at
AGROSUP DIJON AgroSup Dijon, France
João Manuel Soares, Advisor to the Board of Directors, Portucel Soporcel group and President
of ISA Council, Portugal
Luís Mira, President of INOVISA, Associate Professor, ISA/UTL, Portugal
Pedro Aguiar Pinto, Full Professor, ISA/UTL, Portugal
Etienne Genêt*, General Director, Bourgogne Pellets, France
Emmanuel Pfeiffenschneider, Manager at EFOR-ERSA Ingenieurs-Conseils, Luxemburg
Istvan Kenyeres, President & CEO of Organica Technologies, Inc., Hungary
Questions and discussion
* to be confirmed
17:30-18:00 Closing remarks by the Rector of Technical University of Lisbon, Full Professor Helena
Pereira and by Jean-Pierre Lemière, Associate Professor at AgroSup Dijon, France.
End of the Professionalisation Fair & Seminar “Sustainable Practices & Innovation”
18:00
“A toast to I.S.L.E.”
and a molecular gastronomic show-cooking
at Pavilhão de Exposições
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5. Fair Plan:
List of Stands
1 – ISLE
2 – ISA/UTL, Portugal
3 – INOVISA/Rede INOVAR, Portugal
Topic: Education and research in SD
4 – Harper Adams University College, UK
5 – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
6 – Universidad de Léon, Spain
7 – University of Craiova, Faculty of Agriculture, Romania
8 – Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
9 – Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), Lithuanian
10 – University of Teramo, Italy
11 – University of Foggia, Italy
12 – University College, Dublin, Ireland
13 – Holar University College, Iceland
14 – University of Szeged, Faculty of Agriculture, Hungria
15 – Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Horticultural Sciences, Hungria
16 – Szent Istvan University, Faculty od Agriculture and Environment Sciences, Hungria
17 – Oak Associaton for Nature Conservation (NGO) , Hungria
18 – Agro-Know, Greece
19 – University of Applied Sciences Bingen, Germany
20 – Central Botanical Garden, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
21 – Hochschule für Agrar- und Umweltpädagogik, Austria
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6. 22 – FH-OOE Campus Wels Studiengang Bio- und Umwelttechnik, Austria
23 – University of Forestry, Sofia; Agricultural University of Plovdiv; International University College, Bulgaria
24 – CULS, Czech Republic
25 – Eesti Maaülikool, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
26 – Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Topic: Innovative Environmental Technologies (energy / water / waste)
27 – BOURGOGNE PELLETS, France
28 – Van Hall Larenstein University, The Netherlands
Topic: Sustainable agriculture /forestry
29 – CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO MIRANDA DE EBRO -Fundación Patrimonio Natural CyL, Spain
30 – University of Malta, Malta
31 – Prove – ADREPES, Portugal
32 – Faculty of Agriculture - Ondokuz Mayis University (OMU), Turkey
33 – University of West - Hungary Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Hungria
34 – Salford University, UK
Topics: Nature conservation and Agrotourism & Ecotourism
35 – EFOR-ERSA Ingenieurs-Conseils, Luxemburg
36 – EDIA, Portugal
Brokerage Session
In the framework of the I.S.L.E Professionalisation Fair & Seminar “Sustainable Practices & Innovation”, INOVISA
(www.inovisa.pt) is organizing the ISLE Brokerage that will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 8th of November 2011.
INOVISA is the technology transfer office and an enterprise incubator in the agriculture, food and biochemistry
sectors associated to the Institute of Agronomy, with experience in linking the science and the business industries.
During the Brokerage session participants can have one-on-one meetings with industry representatives,
associations, etc. and discuss common interests and the goal is to promote networking, enable an efficient exchange
of information between them and find potential synergies. In this way, the presence of many participants in the ISLE,
from researchers to business people, is an unique opportunity to develop new technology based projects and
international networks within the sector, and the Brokerage is the best chance to find a partner to do it!
The registration process in the Brokerage is free for ISLE participants and is available online on the Brokerage
Registration until the 3rd of November. The list of participants to schedule the Brokerage is available at Brokerage
ISLE list
Contacts:
Cristina Cunha-Queda Rita Carvalho
crisqueda@isa.utl.pt ritacarvalho@isa.utl.pt
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7. USEFUL INFORMATION
The Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) is located in Lisbon in “Tapada da Ajuda” (in Calçada of Tapada) between
Monsanto and Alcântara (near Largo do Calvário, which is a small square, and by the side of the bridge over the
Tagus, called “Ponte 25 de Abril”).
ISA
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8. There are 2 gates to access the campus “Tapada da Ajuda”, which have the following schedules:
Gate 1 - in Rua Jau (main entrance, access to pedestrians and cars): open 24 hours a day
Bus 760 and Tram 18E - top: “Pavilhão da Ajuda” (http://www.carris.pt/en/buslines/)
Gate 2 - in Monsanto (access to pedestrians and cars only with identification card): 7h-19h (working days).
Bus 724 - Bus stop: “Clube de Ténis” (http://www.carris.pt/en/buslines/)
Gate 2
Gate 1
Public Transports
Place Buses Trams
Largo do Calvário 12, 714, 727, 732, 738, 751, 756 15E
Rua Jau (near to Portão Jau – Gate 1) 760 18E
Near to Portão de Monsanto – Gate 2 724 -
Rua Luís de Camões 720, 742 -
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9. The Fair & Seminar will take place at the “Pavilhão de Exposições” (number 39 on the map below) in ISA’s
Campus.
A bus will be available for the transfer between the Gate 1 of the ISA Campus and the “Pavilhão de
Exposições” during the two days of the Fair & Seminar (on Tuesday and Wednesday from 10h00 to 18h00).
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