University Sustainability Networking Workshop

University Sustainability Workshop: Keynote with Julie Newman (MIT)
This one-day workshop, sponsored by Purdue's Institute for a Sustainable Future, brings professionals and faculty engaged with campus sustainability from universities and colleges across Indiana to discuss challenges and opportunities to address campus sustainability issues.

Highlights include keynote speaker Julie Newman, Director of Sustainability at MIT, who will give a presentation on "Leveraging the campus as a test bed for sustainability: Catalyzing innovation, imagination, and impact", which will be followed by Innovation in Sustainability Lightning Talks. The afternoon will feature a panel discussion, "Moving towards Zero: Benchmarking, Dashboards and Sustainability," featuring sustainability professionals from Harvard University, Oberlin College, University of Utah, Indiana University and the University of Oregon. 

This event is free and open to the public.

Schedule:

Morning Schedule—Morgan 121 (open to the public)

8:00-8:30 am:         Networking Coffee & Donuts, Morgan Atrium

8:30-8:35:                Welcome (Morgan 121, lecture hall)

8:35-9:30:                Julie Newman, Director of Sustainability, MIT “Leveraging the campus as a test bed for sustainability: Catalyzing innovation, imagination, and impact”

Abstract: MIT’s commitment to climate and sustainability is grounded in leveraging the campus as a test bed.  This methodology as applied by the Office of Sustainability with campus partners, calls upon a methodology and collaborative process that seeks to inform and reimagine campus systems to advance a comprehensive commitment to sustainability and climate solution development.  At MIT this approach manifests in the form of courses, class projects, lab research, data collection, and applied research.  Ultimately, we seek to transform MIT into a model organization that generates and demonstrates new and proven ways to respond to the challenge of our changing planet.

9:35-9:55                 Networking Coffee Break (Atrium)

10:00-11:00             Innovation in Sustainability lightning talks

• • • The Minor in Sustainability at Notre Dame (Phil Sakimoto, U. Notre Dame)
    • Campus Rewilding: Changing Perspectives on Campus Aesthetics (Julia L. Angstmann, Julie Lindeman, Bethanie Danko (Butler University
    • Bringing Science to the Conversation: Role of Research in Sustainability Efforts (Lynne Dahmen, Managing Director & Matt Huber, David E. Ross Director, Purdue’s Institute for a Sustainable Future, Purdue, WL) 

11:00-11:10 Networking Coffee Break (Atrium)

11:15-12:30 Innovation in Sustainability lightning talks

• Highlights from Notre Dame's Decarbonization Journey (Geory Kurtzhals, Senior Director, Sustainability (U. Notre Dame)
• Approaches to Sustainability in Research Spaces (Amanda Keene, IU-Indianapolis)
• Building a Network: Increasing Bicycle Infrastructure, Utilization, and Safety on Purdue’s Campus  (Camille Shoaf (Purdue, WL)

 12:30-1:30 Lunch break /Networking (Morgan Atrium, lunch provided to close-door participants and speakers)

Afternoon Schedule

1:30-2:45 Panel discussion: Moving towards Zero: Benchmarking, Dashboards and Sustainability (Morgan 121)

Facilitator: Chad Laux, Associate Professor, Purdue Polytechnig

Panelists:
John Peterson, Associate Prof. of Environmental Studies & Biology, Director, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College

Steve Mital, Director, Office of Sustainability, University of Oregon

Kerry Case, Chief Sustainability Officer, University of Utah

Jessica Davis, Associate Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Indiana University

David Havelick, Associate Director, Office of Sustainability, Harvard University