Venue: Gödöllő Cultural Centre (Művészetek Háza), 2100 Gödöllő, Szabadság út 6.
 
Programme
 
9.30       Registration and Coffee
10.00     Workshop Opening: Dr. György Gémesi  (mayor of Gödöllő)
10.15     Morning session - Setting the Scene

• CONVERGE project introduction – Ian Roderick (Director of Schumacher Institute, Co-founder of The Converging World Charity, UK)
• Bio-physical limits and Human development – Dr. Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir (Reykjavík University, Iceland, member of The Balaton Group)
• CONVERGE initiatives – Edina Vadovics and Simon Milton (GreenDependent Institute)

11.15     Poster presentation session

• CONVERGE project initiative examples presented by their representatives (Bokor,Climate-Friendly Wekerle, Gödöllő Climate Club, Greenways, Pilisi KoronaKör, SCAD (India), Tatabánya Climate Ticket, Parliamentary Commissioner for Future Generations, The Converging World (UK), The Resource Cap Coalition).
• Summary and conclusion - Edina Vadovics (GreenDependent Institute)

12.30 – 13.30   Lunch - local vegetarian food from Gödöllő
13.30     Afternoon session

• CONVERGE - Policy conclusions – Bálint Balázs (Szent István University)
• Roundtable discussion on Equity and Limits with participants:

• Dr. Sándor Fülöp, Deputy-Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, responsible for the protection of the interests of future generations
• Dr. Benedek Jávor, MP, Chairman of Parliamentary Committee for Sustainable Development
• Veronika Kiss, Programme Coordinator, Resource Cap Coalition, CEEweb for Biodiversity
• Dr. Tamás Pálvölgyi - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Department of Environmental Economics
• Dr. László Pintér – Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University and Senior Fellow, International Institute for Sustainable Development 
• Deborah S. Rogers - PhD, Director, IfE (Initiative for Equality), Affiliated Researcher, IRiSS (Stanford University Institute for Research in the Social Sciences)

• Questions and Answers

15.00     Workshop Closing

• Conclusions: Ian Roderick and Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir
• Counting and offsetting the carbon footprint of the workshop - Edina Vadovics

15.20     Reception and space for small group discussions  (with wine, truffles, cheese, and desserts from Gödöllő)
 
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