Programme

Programme of the Staff Training part I in Tallinn

Monday, 10.06.2024

Opportunities and crises ahead

 

Time

Topic

Speaker

Where

09:00 - 9:30

Registration and welcome coffee

 

Tallinn University, Mare building, Uus-Sadama 5, room M225

 

9:30 - 9:45

Opening ceremony

Florence Malaise, IROICA president

Professor Ruth Shimmo, director, School of Natural Sciences and Health

M225

 

9:45 - 10:15 Tallinn University and Natural Sciences at the University

Priit Reiska, Head of Academic Field of Natural Sciences and Sustainability Education 

Amal D. P. D. A. Gedara, doctoral student

Jaanus Terasmaa, Head of Institute of Ecology, School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University

M225

10:15 - 10:45

Mobility at the times of polycrises. A perspective from Estonia

 

Heli Abu-Chabilan,

Head of the Unit

Estonian Education and Youth Board

M225

10:45 - 11:15

Coffee break

 

 

 

11:15 - 12:00

Conducting International Admissions Under the Influence of the Ukrainian-Russian war - sharing notes and experinces from Tallinn University 

 

Johanna Kukk- Uuspalu, Department of Academic Affairs, Tallinn University

M225

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

 

 

 

13:30 - 14:45

AI Tools in IRO Practice

Andres Karjus, member of Tallinn University AI Council

M225

14:45 - 15:15 

Tallinn University campus tour

 

Sirje Vaask and Kadi Kriit, School of Natural Sciences and Health

 

16:30 - 18:00

City tour in old town heritage area

 

Meeting point: Viru gates in the Old Town.

End point of the City tour is Lore Bistroo.

18:00

Dinner

 

Lore Bistroo, Peetri 12

 

Tuesday, 11.06.2024

Integrating sustainability in our international activities

 

Time

Topic

Speaker

Where

09:00 - 09:15 

Introduction

Matt Tips, IROICA Executive Committee member

M225

 

09:15- 12:15 

2 Tons Workshop

Matt Tips, Bertrand Pourrut, IROICA Executive Committee members 

 

Julien Castelin, Lecturer, Department Health & Environment – JUNIA

 

Maud Roblin, Lecturer, Department Landscape and Agriculture - JUNIA

 

M225

12:15-13:30

Lunch

 

 

13:30-14:00

CANIE - Embedding Sustainability Education into the Exchange Semesters - online presentation

 

Margherita Pasquini, President of CANIE Europe &  Director Sustainable Partnerships Alethea Global

Karl Dowling, Co-Founder of Big Pond Education

M225

14:00-14:15

Best practice: ICA Biodiversity Challenge - online presentation

 

Mieke de Wit, programme manager of the Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative, Wageningen University & Research, WUR

M225

14:15-14:45

Best practice: World Clean-up Day

 

Kerli Laur, Environmental Program Manager, NGO Puhta Ilma Koda

M225

14:45-15:00

TASK and ODDYSSEE: 2 tools to train and certify you academic community to SDG’s

Julien Castelin, Lecturer, Department Health & Environment – JUNIA

M225

15:00-17:00

Estonian Food Workshop

 

Jaana Taar, Associate Professor of Home Economics, School of Natural Sciences and Health

Tallinn University Science Kitchen

Free evening