The University of Universal Knowledge at the border
“Sustainability aspects of regional and local development”
III. International KRAFT Conference – organized by IASK
Venue: Kőszeg, Jurisics Castle, Knight-Hall (Hungary)
Date: 29th of August, 2017
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30-10:30 Opening of the Conference (chair: Gyula Zilahy)
Welcome speeches:
Ferenc Miszlivetz, director, iASK
Péter Ágh, member of the Hungarian Parliament
László Huber, mayor of Kőszeg
Innovative co-creation in Kőszeg: introduction to the ‘be-novative’ platform
10:30-12:30 Session 1: Business and sustainability (chair: Gyula Zilahy)
Lajos Szabó: KRAFT – from theory to practice
Rafael Sarda: Sustainability in the social-ecological paradigm
Gyula Zilahy: The roles of business in local and regional sustainable development
Rupert Baumgartner: Strategic perspectives of corporate sustainability management
Stefano Pogutz: Cultivating Ecological Knowledge for Corporate Sustainability: Barilla’s Innovative Approach to Sustainable Farming
12:30-12:45 Book launch
12:45-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:40 Session 2: Cultural heritage (chair: Lajos Szabó)
Mario Neve: The Region, the Network, and the Chinese Tailor. Regional Sustainability in the Time of Devolution
Rudolf Klein: Ethnic identity as an urban layer of cities in Austria-Hungary around 1900
Daniel EsGuevillas: Ecological Urbanism: Learning from Los Angeles, California
Hillary Brown: An Exemplary Town in its Bioregion: Oberlin, Ohio
15:40-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:40 Session 3: Networks for regional sustainability (chair: Lajos Szabó)
Ákos Jarjabka: The creation and plans of the PTE Diaspora Project Network
János Keresnyei: Forget heritage – How to find new stories in neglected buildings with creatives?
György Kukely: Sustainable transport development in Hungary – sustainability aspects in Hungarian transport policy
Ferenc Péter Pach – László Morzsa: EnviroMind: Citizen Environmental Monitoring with Big Data
17:40 Closing of the conference, results of the ‘be-novative’ session
