The Geozentrum Nordbayern at FAU will host the Sustainable Futures Global Symposium 2026. We invite you to join us and celebrate our 10th anniversary and network with like-minded professionals from across the globe. We have an exciting list of talks and activities that are open to staff and students alike on Tuesday and Wednesday the 9th and 10th of June. In addition we will have panel discussions an a cross-sector networking event on Tuesday evening at 5 where everybody is welcome to join.
The sustainable futures global network builds in fair creative and context-driven partnerships for transformative change, bringing together researchers, practitioners and communities to co-develop locally grounded pathways that weave community knowledge with global perspectives
125+ members and consultants in locally-led hubs spanning Bangladesh, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Eswatini, Germany ,India, malawi, Netherlands, Nigeria, Uganda, the UK and USA
Themes range from Climate Change to One Health, community engagement, education and learning, natural resources, arts and cultural practice and more.
Program | 9th June
10:15
- Title: Climate Change and Health – Botswana
Speaker: Sharoon Tshipa
Country: Botswana
Organisation: Society for Human Development
Room: KH 1.011 - Title: Validating Global Climate Adaptation Indicators in Malawi
Speaker: Brenda Kamphinda-Banda Abudu
Country: Malawi
Organisation: SFG Malawi
Room: KH 1.022 - Title: Sustainability Education Through Communication
Speaker: Brian Simbeye
Country: Malawi
Organisation: SFG Malawi
Room: KH 0.019 - Title: Women Environmental Programme – Connecting Sectors for Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria
Speaker: Mbarumun Priscilla Achakpa
Country: Nigeria
Organisation: Women Environmental Programme
Room: ÜR Mineralogie (GeoZentrum)
Program | 10th June
13:30
- Title: Enterprise vs. Charity in the Response to Global Challenges
Speaker: Oitshepile MmaB Modise
Country: Botswana
Organisation: Thapong Visual Arts Center
Room: KH 0.016 - Title: Women Environmental Programme – Responding to Global Challenges in Nigeria
Speaker: John Terzungwe Baaki
Country: Nigeria
Organisation: Women Environmental Programme
Room: KH 0.019 - Title: Working with Young People in Uncertain Times in Eswatini
Speaker: Khanyisile Wellbright Sibandze
Country: Eswatini
Organisation: Luvatsi Youth Empowerment Organization
Room: KH 0.016 - Title: Working with Young People in Uncertain Times in Uganda
Speaker: Linet Namugerwa
Country: Uganda
Organisation: FICODEP
Room: ÜR Mineralogie (GeoZentrum)
15:30
- Title: Social Arts and Sustainability in Eswatini – Yebo Artists & Design
Speaker: Dane Robert Mathendele Armstrong
Country: Eswatini
Organisation: Yebo Artists & Design
Room: KH 0.019 - Title: Sustaining a Disappearing Traditional Art Practice in the Face of Modernism
Speaker: Tom Ketlogetswe
Country: Botswana
Organisation: Thapong Visual Arts Center
Room: ÜR Mineralogie (GeoZentrum) - Title: Climate Change from Global Perspectives
Speaker: Boyson Henry Zondiwe Moyo
Country: Malawi
Organisation: SFG Malawi
Room: KH 0.016 - Title: Social Arts and Sustainability in Malawi – Art House Africa
Speaker: Elson Aaron Kambalu
Country: Malawi
Organisation: Art House Africa
Room: Mineralogy Collection (GeoZentrum)