Agenda

The SRI2021 Program took place from June 12-15, and featured a variety of sessions, plenaries, networking opportunities and interactive events. The full agenda is available on the Congress Platform where you can watch all recordings from the Congress.

Times listed below for New York and London with an asterisk* are Saturday June 12, local time.

7:30 am Brisbane 10:30 pm London* 5:30 pm New York*	Welcome to SRI PLENARY
8:00 am Brisbane 11:00 pm London* 6:00 pm New York*	Opening Plenary: Oceanic Perspectives on Advancing the Global Sustainability Agenda (Onsite Broadcast) PLENARY ONSITE
9:00 am Brisbane 12:00 am London 7:00 pm New York*	Welcome to Country PLENARY ONSITE
9:30 am Brisbane 12:30 am London 7:30 pm New York*	Opening Breakfast ONSITE ONLY
11:00 am Brisbane 2:00 am London 9:00 pm New York*	Encore: Welcome to SRI2021 & Opening Plenary ONSITE Forum: Creating a healthy environment for your local flora and fauna to thrive ONSITE
12:15 pm Brisbane 3:15 am London 10:15 pm New York*	QuestaGame #CitizenScience demonstration ONSITE ONLY
12:30 pm Brisbane 3:30 am London 10:30 pm New York*	Forum: How to reduce waste in your home ONSITE
2:00 pm Brisbane 5:00 am London 12:00 am New York	Collaborating for Sustainable Futures: Advances in Research Co-design WORKSHOP 21st Century Sustainability Research and Innovation for the Minerals Sector SESSION Developing an industrial ecology marketplace for plastic waste SESSION The (Sustainable) Future is Female: Advancing Gender Equality in Sustainability Leadership SESSION Forum: Australia’s progress on Sustainable Development Goals including climate action ONSITE
3:00 pm Brisbane 6:00 am London 1:00 am New York	Establishment of Regional Training Center for Nurses, Midwives and Clinical Officers in the African Greater Lakes Region WORKSHOP Futureproofing environmental pedagogy: emotional resilience, mental health and action in the climate emergency SESSION Part 1 (Knowledge): Learning from Indigenous ways of knowing and doing across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand EVENT
4:45 pm Brisbane 7:45 am London 2:45 am New York	Welcome to SRI (for participants from Africa/Europe/Middle East) PLENARY
5:00 pm Brisbane 8:00 am London 3:00 am New York	Air Quality and Human Health SESSION Innovate4Cities: Generating the knowledge that cities need at the speed and scale required WORKSHOP University transformations for transdisciplinarity and the SDGs SESSION Engaging in the Challenges of Transdisciplinary Research on Sustainabilities SESSION Envisioning plausible future towards ecological-cultural sustainability: A new perspective of “Fudo” theory in the age when humanity and computer can harmoniously co-exist SESSION (Japanese)
6:00 pm Brisbane 9:00 am London 4:00 am New York	Early Career Networking Hour EVENT How do UNESCO’s Biosphere Reserves increase biodiversity and resilience to climate change? SESSION My Climate Risk SESSION SDG Labs – Biodiversity-Solutions For Change SESSION
7:00pm Brisbane 10:00 am London 5:00 am New York	Colloid and Interface Science for Sustainable Innovation and Industrial Transformation SESSION Ocean Knowledge-Action Network: Overview, Activities, and Engagement for Sustainability and Research Innovation SESSION Risk and resilience: from gender inequality to female leadership SESSION Scientists in Exile: A meta-view of the impact of ongoing uncertainty and risks for scientists and the production of science SESSION Sustainability of biodiversity conservation: too expensive for humans or can we find solutions? SESSIONS Trade-offs and Synergies in Ocean Conflict Transformation SESSIONS
8:00 pm Brisbane 11:00 am London 6:00 am New York	Plenary 2: Sustainability for Whom? PLENARY
9:45 pm Brisbane 12:45 pm London 7:45 am New York	Developing the Brisbane Message Stick SESSIONS
10:00 pm Brisbane 1:00 pm London 8:00 am New York	Sustainable Soils Kick Off Meeting BELMONT FORUM

Times listed below for New York and London with an asterisk* are Sunday June 13, local time.

8:00 am Brisbane 11:00 pm London* 6:00 pm New York*	Promoting success for sustainability research in the Oceania region WORKSHOP Future Oceans – Bridging Sustainability priorities for Early Career Professionals WORKSHOP Roundtable on International and Cross-Sectoral Co-Funding BELMONT FORUM Building Asia-Pacific Regional Hub for Social-Ecological Health: Visioneering the Doughnut Trilemma SESSION The entanglements of efficiency: Lessons for sustainable water management SESSION Working with narratives for transformation WORKSHOP
9:00 am Brisbane 12:00 am London 7:00 pm New York*	The Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production: Preparing for a Post-COVID-19 Future SESSION Meet & Greet: Planetary Health ONSITE ONLY Early Career Researchers and Practitioners Workshop: Policy Impact and Sustainability WORKSHOP
10:00 am Brisbane 1:00 am London 8:00 pm New York*	Climate Change profound impact on mental health SESSION The Changing Face of Wildfires and Effects on Human Health SESSION Trans-disciplinary Knowledge to Action Initiatives on Marginal Seas of South and East Asia SESSION Understanding and interweaving kastom and cultural knowledge in community-based natural resource management and climate change in the Solomon Islands SESSION Creating the World We Want: Case Studies in Environmental Education SESSION
11:00 am Brisbane 2:00 am London 9:00 pm New York*	Coffee on the Terrace ONSITE ONLY
2:00 pm Brisbane 5:00 am London 12:00 am New York	Financing Sustainability SESSION From design to end-of-life: Fashion and the sustainable development goals SESSION Confronting the Adaptation Finance Gap: A Systems Approach WORKSHOP Earth Commission – Synthesizing Science to Underpin Science-Based Targets for our Global Commons SESSION New technologies for sustainable food, water and energy: opportunities, limitations and risks SESSION Sustainable Solutions and Responsible Innovation in Indigenous Australian livelihoods SESSION Advanced solutions for wildlife management in developing nations SESSION Response, Recovery & Resilience – The Role of Impact Driven Universities in Natural Disaster Management SESSION
3:00 pm Brisbane 6:00 am London 1:00 am New York	Respectful Science: Transitioning towards a respectful custodianship of our oceans and coasts SESSION Social Open House EVENT
4:00 pm Brisbane 7:00 am London 2:00 am New York	Meet & Greet: Climate Adaptation, Disaster and Risk ONSITE ONLY
5:00 pm Brisbane 8:00 am London 3:00 am New York	Just Transitions: Mapping the Political Economy of Pathways to Net-Zero SESSION Risk Informed Planning for Sustainability WORKSHOP A Dialogue Forum: To Distill from Experiences of Stakeholders, Scalable Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction and Societal Resilience Building SESSION Disaster and Climate Resilience in a Changing Climate – Transformations to Manage Systemic Risk SESSION Strategies for strengthening transdisciplinary sustainability science in the Global South SESSION Tackle Air Quality and Human Health with New Thinking and Technologies WORKSHOP Science for Stockholm+50: Mobilizing for the 2022 UN High-Level Meeting EVENT Understanding Systemic Risks: Perspectives from a Knowledge Action Network SESSION UNEP GEMS – Water EVENT
6:00pm Brisbane 9:00 am London 4:00 am New York	Current Situation and the Prospect of SDGs in China SESSION Risks associated with environmental change in the Mediterranean Basin SESSION Swedish Fika EVENT
6:30pm Brisbane 9:30 am London 4:30 am New York	Culture: The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability ONSITE
7:00 pm Brisbane 10:00 am London 5:00 am New York	Advances in Earth Observation for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Monitoring SESSION Boots on the Ground: Incorporating local and indigenous knowledge in discovery science SESSION Collaboration for Sustainability in the Digital Age SESSION Critical social science perspectives on transformations to sustainability – emerging framings and approaches SESSION North -South Participation Through Engaging Communities for implantation of Sustainable Development Goals Harnessing Science, Research and Innovation SESSION Stakeholder Collaboration for Sustainable Smart Cities: Maximizing the Potential of Data-Driven Innovation While Minimizing Risks to Communities SESSION Understanding Systemic Risks: Perspectives from a Knowledge Action Network SESSION Will a Sustainability Transition Be Sufficient? SESSION Workshop for Belmont Forum CRA: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (DR3) WORKSHOP BELMONT FORUM the Way – the Water – the Walk… a river system simulator: communicating through community engagement, interactive art, and public participation SESSION Responsible Mining Activities –Towards a sustainable inclusive economy SESSION
8:00 pm Brisbane 11:00 am London 6:00 am New York	Plenary 3: Building Resilience for a post-Covid World PLENARY
10:00 pm Brisbane 1:00 pm London 8:00 am New York	Training Future Leaders in Global Sustainability: A Belmont Forum Scoping Event BELMONT FORUM A Training in Two Parts: An Introduction to Transdisciplinary Research and Accessible Data Management BELMONT FORUM AS-MOST Event: Capacity and leadership in sustainability science of Taiwan – Development and Opportunities EVENT Pioneering Sustainability Publishing EVENT SUGI-Urban Nexus Innovation Showcase: Think Like a Mayor BELMONT FORUM UNEP GEMS – Ocean EVENT Early Career Networking Hour EVENT Strengthening global youth collaboration to protect biodiversity EVENT Opening & Welcome FUTURE AFRICA Oceans Film Festival Discussion 1: Arctic Bloom and Under the Pole EVENT OCEANS FILM FESTIVAL The science policy nexus and the need for open, transdisciplinary global change research in Latin America and the Caribbean EVENT
10:20 pm Brisbane 1:20 pm London 8:20 am New York	Sustainability Research to Accelerate Innovation in Africa FUTURE AFRICA
12:00 am Brisbane 3:00 pm London 10:00 am New York	SRI Virtual Idea Market BELMONT FORUM The Regional Dimension of Future Earth and its Role for a Sustainable World FUTURE AFRICA

Times listed below for New York and London with an asterisk* are Monday June 14, local time.

7:00 am Brisbane 10:00 pm London* 5:00 pm New York*	Climate, Environment, and Health 2 (CEH2) Coffee Hour Scoping Event BELMONT FORUM
8:00 am Brisbane 11:00 pm London* 6:00 pm New York*	Narratives, Identities, and Visions for Sustainable Futures SESSION Pathways for Upscaling Shared Mobilities Coupled with Disruptive Technologies: Potential impacts on land use SESSION Science-based Pathways for Sustainability: Towards a Community of Practice SESSION Knowledge exchange for sustainability focused transdisciplinary research, co-design, and implementation science (Sponsored by One Earth) SESSION Building Resilience through Youth Leadership in Environmental Education SESSION
9:00 am Brisbane 12:00 am London 7:00 pm New York*	Supporting the Ambition to Sustainability through Funders Perspective SESSION Cats, Coffee, Cocktails EVENT Geography: shaping Australia’s resilient future SESSION
10:00 am Brisbane 1:00 am London 8:00 pm New York*	Asia’s Role in the Anthropocene SESSION Blended approaches to sustainable futures dialogue in the Pacific SESSION Stakeholder Engagement to Re-Energize Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience (DR3) for Advanced Data Processes SESSION The Sustainability Action Platform: Developing a Global Exchange for Accelerating Local Transitions SESSION Part 2 (Frameworks): Learning from Indigenous ways of knowing and doing across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand EVENT
11:00 am Brisbane 2:00 am London 9:00 pm New York*	Coffee on the Terrace ONSITE ONLY
1:00 pm Brisbane 4:00 am London 11:00 pm New York*	Meet & Greet: Oceans and Water ONSITE ONLY
2:00 pm Brisbane 5:00 am London 12:00 am New York	Seaweed Aquaculture: Greening Australia’s Blue Growth WORKSHOP Green finance: overcoming capital cost barriers to low-carbon energy projects through public-private partnerships SESSION Living with Dignity and Disability in a Sustainable World SESSION Unlocking the value of water through digital transformation SESSION Early Career Networking Hour EVENT Enhancing participation and human rights at the SDG crossroad of food, health, gender and wellbeing: Civil society mapping for integrated action on the SDGs in Australia and Canada SESSION Rebuilding Catchment Resilience – Designing cutting edge investment prioritisation and presentation tools to accelerate the benefits of the green recovery SESSION
3:00 pm Brisbane 6:00 am London 1:00 am New York	Launch: Future Earth Australia’s 10-Year Strategy for Sustainable Oceans and Coasts SESSION Enacting serious game system as an exploratory space for sustainability transformation SESSION Social Open House EVENT The 2030 targets and beyond supporting local health systems dealing with climate change SESSION The Economics of the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus: How to Contribute to Restoration Goals? EVENT
4:00 pm Brisbane 7:00 am London 2:00 am New York	Great Barrier Reef – A discussion on collaborative reef planning and management BELMONT FORUM
4:30 pm Brisbane 7:00 am London 2:00 am New York	Carnival of the Extinct Animals: Performance by Dr Robert Davidson EVENT
5:00 pm Brisbane 8:00 am London 3:00 am New York	Exploring dominant and regenerative narratives and the worldviews they reflect WORKSHOP Engaging stakeholders to protect vulnerable areas against climate change SESSION The apparent mismatch between science and policy at the air-sea interface SESSION Addressing systemic risks in social-ecological systems: mountains as contexts for evidence and action SESSION Funding Science for Global Sustainability SESSION
6:00pm Brisbane 9:00 am London 4:00 am New York	Closing Drinks ONSITE ONLY Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP) Scoping Event BELMONT FORUM Technological Innovations in Education to Help Achieve the SDGs SESSION Air Pollution and Sustainable and Resilient Food Production SESSION Facing shocks: Sustainable strategies from Western and Central Africa SESSION Social Open House EVENT Solutions for sustainability of investments and capabilities to best manage natural assets SESSION
6:30 pm Brisbane 9:30 am London 4:30 am New York	Tech for Whom? EVENT
7:00 pm Brisbane 10:00 am London 5:00 am New York	Addressing climate change at regional level: the French IPCC-like science-policy interfaces SESSION Integrated approaches to sustainability – Insights into three participative scenarios on biodiversity, land, and water in France SESSION Past global changes as indicators for future changes and strategies for sustainability SESSION Showing leadership in sustainability science: Lessons from the Global South and beyond the academy SESSION The Atmosphere – the “forgotten” domain in the Sustainable Development Goals? SESSION The Future of Feeding People Safely SESSION Integrativity in complexity: knowledge co-creation at the food-water-energy nexus SESSION
8:00 pm Brisbane 11:00 am London 6:00 am New York	Plenary 4: To 2030 and beyond: Insights from the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report and SRI2021 Early Career Champions PLENARY
9:30 pm Brisbane 12:30 pm London 7:30 am New York	Reflecting Forward PLENARY
10:00 pm Brisbane 1:00 pm London 8:00 am New York	Bridging Local Policy and Community for Sustainable Transformations BELMONT FORUM Towards circular urban economies and regenerative cities: Lessons learned from nature-based solutions and the Food-Water-Energy Nexus BELMONT FORUM UNEP GEMS – Air EVENT Recap of Day 1 FUTURE AFRICA
10:15 pm Brisbane 1:15 pm London 8:15 am New York	Socialising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Enhanced Awareness and Effective Implementation: Opportunities and Constraints SESSION
11:00 pm Brisbane 2:00 pm London 9:00 am New York	Oceans Film Festival Discussion 2: Our Planet and Reaching Blue EVENT OCEANS FILM FESTIVAL
11:30 pm Brisbane 2:30 pm London 9:30 am New York	Building climate resilience: key findings from the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) FUTURE AFRICA

Times listed below for New York and London with an asterisk* are Tuesday June 15, local time.

12:30 am Brisbane 3:30 pm London* 10:30 pm New York*	Discussion and Closing Ceremony FUTURE AFRICA
1:00 am Brisbane 4:00 pm London* 11:00 pm New York*	Refreshments for Onsite Participants FUTURE AFRICA
9:00 pm Brisbane 12:00 pm London* 7:00 am New York*	Pathways to Sustainability Kick-Off Meeting BELMONT FORUM