Sustainable strategies in the environmental field, such as, for example, the use of renewable energies are the focus of the 5th German-Brazilian Symposium for sustainable development, which is taking place from 18th until 22nd July 2011 at the University of Stuttgart to round off the German-Brazilian year of sciences 2010/11. Around 250 participants are expected to attend the event and far more than 150 of these will be coming from Brazil. Prof. Uwe Menzel and Prof. Jörg Metzger, University of Stuttgart from the Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Waste Management (ISWA) of the University of Stuttgart in cooperation with the Baden-Württemberg Brazil Centre of the University of Tübingen will be in charge of the event.
Opening event Time: 18th July, 9 am
Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstraße 1, 70569 Stuttgart
Specialised presentations
Time: 18th July, 2 pm
Venue: Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Waste Management (ISWA) Bandtäle
2, 70569 Stuttgart
Representatives of the media are cordially invited! Conference language is English.
After being greeted by Prof. Jörg Metzger (Organisation Team Germany) and Prof. Dieter Bredemeier (Organisation Team Brazil), the Rector of the University of Stuttgart, Prof. Wolfram Ressel, Sueli Pavani (Brazilian Consulate General Munich) and Ministerial Governor Dr. Simone Schwanitz (Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg), Prof. João Steiner, astrophysicist at the renowned University of São Paulo (USP) and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences will give the opening lecture on excellent research in Brazil. The final lecture on 20th July will be given at 3.45 pm by the sociologist Prof. Ortwin Renn, professor at the University of Stuttgart and leader of the interdisciplinary research focus Risk and Sustainable Technology Development at the International Centre for Culture and Technology Research, on sustainable development, as well as the interrelationships between environmental protection, economic prosperity and social justice.
From environmental technologies to forestry
The conference program covers a wide range of subjects, for example from questions of
renewable energies, regional development and environmental technology to water, sewage, soil, waste
up to the topics of climate and sustainable forestry. Prof. Uwe Menzel and Dr. Daniela Neuffer from
ISWA will be giving an introductory lecture in the session „Bilateral Projects“ on the cooperation
projects with Brazil over the past ten years. They will also be elaborating on the German-Brazilian
master study course EDUBRAS-MAUI (English abbreviation for communal and industrial environmental
protection), which they developed with other scientists at ISWA and introduced in spring 2008
together with the Federal University of Paraná and the Training Centre of the Industrial
Association in Curitiba. „This study course has already been evaluated by the German Academic
Exchange Service (DAAD) as a ,showpiece project with model character’ and awarded the rating of
,excellent’“, according to Menzel. An industrial exhibition will also be taking place in the
framework of the conference as well as a project and cooperation forum with the cooperation of
Baden-Württemberg International (Stuttgart), which is to bring together scientists from both
countries to plan joint projects.
Since 2003 symposiums on current environmental questions have been taking place alternatively
in Germany and Brazil. Scientists and representatives from the economy from both countries discuss
sustainable developments including new environmental technologies over several days. The current
venues were Tübingen in 2003, Santa Maria and Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul in 2005,
Freiburg in 2007 as well as Curitiba, Paraná in 2009.
Further information and the program available at
www.uni-stuttgart.de/deutsch-brasilianisches-symposium2011/
and from Prof. Uwe Menzel, ISWA, Tel. 0711/685-65417, email:
uwe.menzel@iswa.uni-stuttgart.de
