Welcome and Plenary "Transformation towards a sustainable society" Room: Foyer EG Welcome Addresses: - Prof. Dr. Kora Kristof, Vice-President Digitalization and Sustainability, KIT - Mrs. Bettina Lisbach, Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe - Mr. Tobias Klingenmayer, Green Culture Manager, ZKM -Karlsruhe - Prof. Dr. Johannes Orphal, Head of Division IV, KIT Plenary Talks: - Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob, Climate Service Center, HGF-Hereon, Hamburg, Germany  - Prof. Dr. Anke Weidlich, Universität Freiburg, Germany - "Reinvent the “R” in ERP with SAP Sustainability " by Dr. Gunther Rothermel, Co-General Manager and Chief Product Officer for SAP Sustainability, SAP - "Sustainable society - perspective and contribution from a medium size manufacturing business" by Dr. Ulrich Hahne, Managing Director, Herrenknecht AG - "Consistent sustainability strategy as driver and game changer in a global corporation" by Cordelia Thielitz, VP Strategy EU, Schneider Electric

Conference Dinner Welcome: Mr. Tobias Klingenmayer, Green Culture Manager, ZKM Karlsruhe After-Dinner Speech "The role of science on the roadmap towards sustainability (and peace) from a UNESCO perspective": Dr. Roman Luckscheiter, General Secretary, German UNESCO Commission

Scientist Rebellion: From Publication to Public Action Iosip, Anda

Plenary "Innovative Energy Technologies" Room: Foyer EG -"Wildfires in Greece and their impact on air quality: Is this the new normality?" Balis, Dimitri Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -"Chances and risks of aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) systems" Menberg, Kathrin, KIT

Plenary "Nature Based Solutions" Room: Foyer EG -"Water and Sustainability - transformation and/or disruption?" Prof. Dr. Karl M. Wantzen, Université de Strasbourg, France -"Blue NBS performances – can we believe it?" Prof. Dr. Aude Zingraff-Hamed, ENGEES - École nationale du génie de l'eau et de l'environnement de Strasbourg

Panel Discussion "Global Rethinking: Innovations for more Climate Justice" Panel Discussion on October 12, 2023 at the Kulturzentrum TOLLHAUS and via Livestream It is mainly people in the global South who suffer under the effects of climate change. How do we as the international community deal with it? Tupoka Ogette, bestseller author and consultant for anti-racism action, is convinced that climate policy will only succeed when we provide for global justice. In her keynote starting the central panel discussion of the KIT Science Week “Global Rethinking: Innovations for More Climate Justice”, she directs attention to those who already are the most disadvantaged today. The following discussion also addresses the role of new technologies in climate protection. On the Podium - Prof. Dr. Kora Kristof, Vice-President Digitalization and Sustainability of KIT - Tupoka Ogette, Adviser and Speaker for Anti-Racism, Best-Selling Authorand and Podcast Host - Dr. Eva Riesenhuber, Gobal Head of Sustainability at Siemens - Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif, Meteorologist, Climate Researcher - Prof. Dr. Michael Decker, Technology Assessment Expert and Head of the KIT Division of Informatics, Economics, and Society

Plenary "Governance and Economy" Room: Foyer EG -"The political economy of art" Mr. Alistair Hudson, Scientific-Artistic Chairman at the ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany -"Risk Governance in CO2 – sequestration services as global means of mitigating climate change effects" Dr. Christian Büscher, KIT -"Institutional and Technological Drivers of Renewable Energy Deployment" Nikas Scheidt, KIT

Plenary "Solutions/Resilience" and Closing of the Conference Room: Foyer EG -"Research for sustainable development: How economics influenced the Swiss energy transition" Prof. Dr. Frank Krysiak, Universität Basel, Switzerland -"Atmospheric forcing modelling on critical road infrastructures within the frame of the EU PANOPTIS project" Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nicolas Moussiopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece -"Agriculture 4.0 – Decoupling food production from the land" Dr. Richard Fuchs, KIT -"Platform for Urban Research at KIT" Dr. Denise-Heike Böhnke, KIT -Prof. Dr. Johannes Orphal, KIT: Summary, Conclusions, Closing