Why is it essential for all of us to address diversity as a university-wide responsibility? What do we mean by social sustainability and what does it have to do with diversity? What impact do these topics have on the future sustainability of our university?
We want to hear as many opinions as possible and invite you to this year's Diversity Day on May 28, 2024, to engage in an open exchange on these and other questions. All interested parties are cordially invited - both university members and external. Refreshments will be provided at this event.
Where?
Campus Vaihingen/ former campus.guest building
Universitätsstraße 34
Room U34.150
70569 Stuttgart
Program*
- From 8.30 a.m.
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Arrival, conversation
- 9 a.m.
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Welcome speech from Rector, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Ressel
- 9:10 a.m.
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Interview by the auditor, Dr. Isabell Lisberg-Haag, with Karin Schönwetter from IBM & member of the University of Stuttgart's external Diversity Advisory Board, on the subject of social sustainability in her company.
- 9:25 a.m.
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Keynote speech and subsequent discussion on diversity and social sustainability, Gundula Büker (EPiZ, Entwicklungspädagogisches Informationszentrum Reutlingen).
- 10:15 a.m.
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Break
- 10:30 a.m.
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World Café on various key topics (there will be the opportunity to discuss up to three different topics):
The following topic groups are planned:
- What do we mean by social sustainability and what does it have to do with diversity?
- Communication/awareness
- Working together at an international university
- Socially sustainable design for study programs: Sustainability in teaching & sustainable teaching
- Student sustainability initiatives
- Sustainable procurement
- Sustainable use of rooms
- Retaining employees
- Open table: Your ideas
- 12:15 p.m.
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Insight into the results of the topic groups, summary and outlook
- 1 p.m.
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Joint conclusion, exchange and networking over a finger food buffet (free of charge) on the Campus Beach.
*The morning will be accompanied by a live visualizer for graphic recording. This event will be conducted in German. However, English-language contributions are welcome at any time. Childcare is available free of charge from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parent-child room (Pfaffenwaldring 57). If required, please sign up for this by May 7. There will be a quiet room near the event room for individual breaks.
Registration
For better planning, please register by May 20, 2024, preferably by e-mail to Barbara Scheubert, Diversity Management Officer. You are also very welcome to inform us of any requirements, for example regarding accessibility.
Childcare is offered free of charge from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parent-child room (Pfaffenwaldring 57). If required, please register by e-mail by May 7.
All interested parties - both university members and the general public - are cordially invited. Attendance during working hours is permitted.
Diversity Day #DDT24
The University of Stuttgart will host the German Diversity Day for the sixth consecutive year in 2024. In 2017, the University of Stuttgart signed the Diversity Charter with the aim of creating an open-minded (working) environment that recognizes and promotes diversity.
Promoting diversity at work: A review of the German Diversity Day at the University of Stuttgart
Contact
Silke Wieprecht
Prof. Dr.Vice Rector for Diversity and Internationalization
Barbara Scheubert
M.A.Consultant for Diversity Management