Events
Environmental, scientific, and political events are unique opportunities to develop solutions and outcomes which lead to a more sustainable world.
Ecologic Institute uses both its research competencies and its event management capabilities to design and implement events. While the Institute's scientific experts investigate and discuss environmental topics in the current political and scientific context, a team of event managers works closely with researchers, sponsors, and partners to co-design and organize events targeting specific audiences and objectives. Interactivity, participation, innovation, and sustainability are at the core of the Institute's events.
We choose formats that foster participants' engagement and ensure a goal-oriented process. They include large-scale conferences, smaller workshops, visitor programs and study tours, summer schools, roundtables, interviews, networking and social programs, as well as themed event series at national and international level. The team’s toolbox comprises a number of methods, such as World Cafés, Fishbowl conversations, PechaKucha presentations, and more.
We continuously explore different platforms and interactive tools to organize virtual events that connect, inspire, and engage our international audience.
As Ecologic Institute stands for environmental protection and sustainability, our events are as environmentally friendly as possible. We carefully consider the impact of the venues we choose, the materials we use, the food we serve, and the travel we organize.
Selected Publications for Events
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and National Climate Protection Initiative (ed.), 2020: Unternehmensbeiträge zum Klimaschutz. Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen des Dialogforums "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz".... Read more
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and National Climate Protection Initiative (ed.), 2020: Unternehmensbeiträge zum Klimaschutz. Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen des Dialogforums "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz".
The pollution caused by plastics in the environment is constantly growing and is receiving increasing public attention. The research focus "Plastics in the Environment" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is designed to address the... Read more
Ecologic Institute (ed.) 2019: BMBF-Forschungsschwerpunkt Plastik in der Umwelt – Quellen • Senken • Lösungsansätze. Statuskonferenz, 09./10. April 2019, Kalkscheune, Berlin. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.
Ecologic Institute designed a programme flyer as part of the visual identity for the project "Plastic in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions." The programme flyer was developed and designed to provide relevant content on conference context, agenda, and the... Read more
Ecologic Institute (2019): Plastik in der Umwelt. Quellen • Senken • Lösungsansätze. Statuskonferenz 09./10. April 2019, Kalkscheune, Berlin. Programm. Flyer
This video provides insights into the REFRESH Food Waste 2017 Multistakeholder Conference, which took place on 18 May 2017 in Berlin, Germany. The Conference brought together leaders in food waste prevention, reduction and valorisation. REFRESH partners presented the... Read more
REFRESH consortium (2017): REFRESH Food Waste 2017 Multistakeholder Conference. Video. Online: https://youtu.be/uDiwgHU2S_g
PublicationReportHydromorphological Measures under the Floods and Water Framework Directives "Finding synergies and addressing challenges"
As hydromorphological aspects between the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Floods Directive refer to the same fluvial processes, the issue of hydromorphology and flooding has been addressed several times within the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) process. In... Read more
Dworak, Thomas & Kampa, Eleftheria (2019). Workshop on hydro-morphological measures under the Floods and Water Framework Directives “Finding synergies and addressing challenges”. Background paper with conclusions from the workshop 4/5.12.2018 Budapest/Hungary.
On 7 November 2018, an international workshop titled "Act Now - Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment" was held in Brussels, Belgium. The over 50 participants included representatives from the EU Parliament, national regulatory agencies, the... Read more
Vidaurre, Rodrigo; Nicole Adler and Anette Küster 2019: Act now – Antibiotics and Antibiotic resistance in the environment. Workshop Report of a workshop held in Brussels on November 7, 2018. Ecologic Institute, German Environment Agency: Berlin, Dessau-Roßlau.
The Working Group ECOSTAT of the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) held a workshop on classification on 29-30 May 2018 in Tallinn. The aim of this workshop with respect to hydromorphology was to facilitate a better common... Read more
Birk, S. & Kampa, E., 2018. ECOSTAT Classification Workshop: Summary Report on Hydro-morphology, 29-30 May 2018, Tallinn.
PublicationConference PaperGlobal Material Flows and Demand-Supply Forecasting for Mineral Strategies – Workshop Brief
The MinFuture workshop "Enhancing data robustness on global level" served to present and test the MinFuture approach of placing statistical data in a system context so that global information flows on mineral raw material become less fragmented and provide a more... Read more
Hirschnitz-Garbers, M., Lundhaug, M., Billy, R. and Heidenreich, S. (2018). Enhancing data robustness at global level - MinFuture workshop synthesis brief. Berlin: Ecologic Institute
PublicationVideoInnovative Bio-based Products: Investment, Environmental Impacts and Future Perspectives – Announcement Video
The video "Innovative Bio-based Products: Investment, Environmental Impacts and Future Perspectives" invites you to the eponymous conference, which will take place in Brussels on 6 June 2018. In addition to providing logistical information, it contains information on... Read more
Ecologic Institute (2018): Innovative Bio-based Products: Investment, Environmental Impacts and Future Perspectives. Video. Online: https://youtu.be/oKr8_KU3lFQ
Stelljes, N., McGlade, K., Martinez, G., BONUS SOILS2SEA Deliverable 6.4. Results from stakeholder workshops on governance concepts. Ecologic Institute, Berlin, December 2017, www.soils2sea.eu
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Stelljes, N., McGlade, K., Martinez, G., BONUS SOILS2SEA Deliverable 6.4. Results from stakeholder workshops on governance concepts. Ecologic Institute, Berlin, December 2017, www.soils2sea.eu
Ecologic Institute coordinated the organisation of the Decarbonisation conference 2016 "Decarbonisation and Resource Efficiency – 100% Renewable Energy and more". A programme flyer were developed and designed to provide relevant content on conference context, agenda,... Read more
Ecologic Institute (2016). Decarbonisation conference 2016 "Decarbonisation and Resource Efficiency – 100% Renewable Energy and more". Flyer.
Pederson, R., A. Frelih-Larsen, Z. Lukacova A., Crook, N., S. Naumann, C. Bowyer, C. Keenleyside, S. Nanni (2016). 'Soil Stakeholders Conference, 5 December 2016 – Conference Report.' Annex 2 to the report Updated Inventory and Assessment of Soil Protection Policy... Read more
Pederson, R., A. Frelih-Larsen, Z. Lukacova A., Crook, N., S. Naumann, C. Bowyer, C. Keenleyside, S. Nanni (2016). 'Soil Stakeholders Conference, 5 December 2016 – Conference Report.' Annex 2 to the report Updated Inventory and Assessment of Soil Protection Policy Instruments in EU Member States. Final Report to DG Environment. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.
On the EU Water Blueprint Conference 2012 different stakeholders, member states, and the European Commission discussed the implementation of the policy proposals of the Blueprint to Safeguard Europe's Water Resources. Also available are key findings in five other... Read more
Kampa, E., M. Lange, et al. (2013). EU Water Blueprint Conference – Summary Report. EU Water Blueprint Conference, Nicosia, Cyprus, Ecologic Institute.
On 9-10 February 2012, DG Environment of the European Commission organized the 2nd Stakeholder Workshop for the Fitness Check of EU Freshwater Policy in Brussels. Lessons learned from this workshop contribute to the design and assessment of policy options for the... Read more
Kampa, Eleftheria; Johanna von der Weppen and Andrew Farmer 2012: Discussion Paper. 2nd Stakeholder Workshop for the Check of EU Freshwater Policy. Conferece Paper. Brussels: European Commission, DG Environment.
Reid, Andrew; Katriona McGlade; Franziska Stuke et. al. (2011): Final Conference Synthesis Report: Transatlantic Options for Improved Integrated Maritime Governance. Ecologic Institute | Berlin.
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Reid, Andrew; Katriona McGlade; Franziska Stuke et. al. (2011): Final Conference Synthesis Report: Transatlantic Options for Improved Integrated Maritime Governance. Ecologic Institute | Berlin.
Selected Events for Events
Conferences
Can microplastics get into the water, when I wash a fleece jacket made of polyester? How many climate-damaging greenhouse gases are emitted by the production of plastic? What is chemical recycling? Together with numerous researchers from all over Germany, we got to the... Read more
Conference:Theme Day: Plastic in the Environment
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Plastic in the environment is a topic of immense significance, which has only grown in relevance since the Coronavirus pandemic.
Water pollution (oceans, rivers, lakes, ground water) and plastic/microplastics in the environment are among the top environmental... Read more
Conference:Plastic in the Environment – Final Conference of the BMBF Research Programme
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The final event of the dialogue forum "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz" took place on 11 March 2020 at the Turbinenhalle in Berlin.
Over the past two years, representatives from more than 100 companies have jointly developed ideas, projects and concrete steps to promote... Read more
Conference:Business Mitigates Climate Change – Final Event of the Dialogue Forum
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- Berlin, Germany
On 9 and 10 May 2019 the REFRESH conference took place in the Disseny Hub Barcelona. It brought together 150 participants from all across Europe, China, Australia and the US to present and discuss innovative ideas for food waste reduction and valorisation options across... Read more
Conference:REFRESH Food Waste Reduction Conference
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- Barcelona, Spain
On 24 September leading voices from European Union and United States civil society converged on the Square in Brussels to share ideas and experiences to move the transatlantic energy transition forward in pursuit of a clean, climate-friendly energy future. Presentations... Read more
Conference:Experience the Future of Energy – EFEX Conference 2019
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- Brussels, Belgium
On 9 and 10 April 2019, the status conference of the research focus "Plastics in the Environment – Sources • Sinks • Solutions" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) took place in the Kalkscheune in Berlin. The conference was organized by... Read more
Conference:Plastics in the Environment – Status Conference
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- Berlin, Germany
EventConferencePreventing and Remediating Degradation of Soils in Europe – RECARE Final Policy Conference
What is the best way forward for soil protection in the EU? How can we improve EU policies to secure the delivery of soil ecosystem services? These questions were the focus of the final policy conference of the RECARE project which took place on 27 September 2018 in... Read more
Conference:Preventing and Remediating Degradation of Soils in Europe – RECARE Final Policy Conference
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- Brussels, Belgium
EventConferenceEcosystem-Based Management for the Protection of Aquatic Biodiversity – AQUACROSS Final Conference
On 10 and 11 October 2018, the AQUACROSS Final Conference on "Ecosystem-Based Management for the Protection of Aquatic Biodiversity – Practice and Lessons Learnt" took place in Brussels. AQUACROSS project team members presented different tools and results on aquatic... Read more
Conference:Ecosystem-Based Management for the Protection of Aquatic Biodiversity – AQUACROSS Final Conference
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EventConferenceSmartSOIL: Sustainable Soil Management Aimed at Reducing Threats to Soils under Climate Change - Final Conference
On 30 September 2015, the conference "SmartSOIL: sustainable soil management aimed at reducing threats to soils under climate change" took place in Brussels. The conference concluded the 4-year research project SmartSOIL funded by the 7th Framework Programme.Farming... Read more
Conference:SmartSOIL: Sustainable Soil Management Aimed at Reducing Threats to Soils under Climate Change - Final Conference
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- Brussels, Belgium
On 29 June 2017 Ecologic Institute, together with the multEE consortium and the Energy Community Secretariat, held their final conference at the Sofitel in Vienna. The event served as an interactive forum for exchange and joint learning. A lively participatory approach... Read more
Conference:Multi-level Governance of Energy Efficiency – multEE final conference
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- Vienna, Austria
Ecologic Institute supported the Federal Environment Agency in organising the 3rd European Resources Forum from 9 until 10 November 2016. The conference took place in the "Ludwig Erhard Haus" in Berlin. The ERF addressed European decision-makers and experts... Read more
Conference:3rd European Resources Forum 2016
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- Berlin, Germany
Workshops
On 21 October 2019, the event "Re-Use Berlin – neue Perspektiven für Gebrauchtwaren" (new perspectives for used goods) took place from 6 to 9 PM in Berlin's Urania. Ambassadors of reusing from Berlin presented their "stories" and visions, while business, administration... Read more
Workshop:Re-Use Berlin – New Perspectives for Used Goods
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What are the most promising options for result-based carbon farming schemes and what mechanisms can we apply to scale up these schemes in Europe? More than 75 stakeholders explored these questions at a Roundtable on 9 October 2019 in Brussels. A video recording of the... Read more
Workshop:Carbon Farming Schemes in Europe – Roundtable
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- Brussels, Belgium
Consumption levels of meat are high in Germany and increasingly become the subject of controversial public debates around environmental problems, health effects, animal welfare and the climate impact of food and diets. In this context, meat alternatives are discussed as... Read more
Workshop:Meat of the Future?
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The European CIRCASA stakeholder workshop took place in Brussels on 5 December 2018. The workshop was part of a series of workshops that took place in eight regions across the world in. Ecologic Institute was responsible for designing the interactive workshop concept... Read more
Workshop:Soil Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture – CIRCASA Stakeholder Workshop
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On 17 June 2019 the workshop "Federal and regional governments in dialogue on sustainable food systems. From individual projects to a holistic strategy?" took place at the EUREF Campus in Berlin with 30 participants. The aim of the event was to discuss how... Read more
Workshop:Federal and Regional Governments in Dialogue on Sustainable Food Systems
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- Berlin, Germany
The development of regional food strategies and cooperative approaches between urban and rural areas to reduce land take represent a suitable approach to the development of sustainable rural-urban linkages. Concrete policy recommendations can be found in the discussion... Read more
Workshop:Policy Recommendations for Strengthening a Sustainable Rural-urban-nexus
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- Berlin, Germany
EventWorkshopSoils2Sea: Future Governance Approaches for Reducing Excess Nutrients at Local Farm Scale
The second BONUS Soils2Sea workshop in the Swedish case study region brought together project partners from BONUS Soils2Sea, as well as an engaged group of Polish and Swedish farmers, representatives from the community Mykanow, a representative from a fishing... Read more
Workshop:Soils2Sea: Future Governance Approaches for Reducing Excess Nutrients at Local Farm Scale
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- Jordberga, Sweden
The 2-day workshop, funded within the framework of the BMU’s (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) Environmental Research Plan, took place from 3 to 4 December 2019 in Augsburg at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment.
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Workshop:8th Workshop on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration
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- Augsburg, Germany
Digital Events
On the 4 April 2022 another online workshop on the socio-ecological transformation of the food system in Germany took place as part of the STErn project led by Ecologic Institute. The aim of the event was to discuss with 35 experts main behavioral drivers that are... Read more
Digital Event:Policy Options for the Promotion of More Plant-based Diets
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EventConferenceHarnessing the European Green Deal to Address the Climate Crisis – Think2030 Conference
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, Ecologic Institute, together with the Institute for European Environmental Policy and TMG, hosted the Think2030 conference "Harnessing the European Green Deal to Address the Climate Crisis: Anticipating Risks, Fostering... Read more
Conference:Harnessing the European Green Deal to Address the Climate Crisis – Think2030 Conference
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This webinar presented findings from two projects on strategies to reach ambitious low-emission levels in European industry. We looked at technological solutions, but also on strategies such as reduction of demand and increased rates of recycling. The webinar was... Read more
Digital Event:Scenarios for Deep Decarbonisation of the EU Industry
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In recent months, proponents of more ambitious climate action have rallied behind the concept of a "Green New Deal" (GND) in the US – and the notion of a "European Green Deal" is now on the agenda in the EU. But what would such green deals imply? Originally, the concept... Read more
Digital Event:State of Play on the "Green Deals" in the EU and US
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Procuring sustainable urban transport systems in cities around the world is a challenge made all the more difficult by rapidly increasing levels of urbanization and congestion. Already, promising changes to existing systems to make room for car and bike sharing and a... Read more
Digital Event:Sustainable Urban Transport Systems: Innovations from Antwerp
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On the 25 November 2021, more than 70 actors dealing with food waste reduction in Germany met for an exchange on how to plan and implement measures that create an impact. The event was part of the so-called dialogue forum "Private Households" that is part of the German... Read more
Digital Event:Increasing Impact for Food Waste Reduction Measures
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Visitors Programs
The EFEX study tour from 25 to 29 June 2018 complements our 2018 International Symposium on Energy Efficiency on 26 June with an in-depth exploration of energy lighthouse projects in the US American capital region. The program includes presentations and field trips on... Read more
Visitors Program:EFEX Study Tour on Energy Efficiency
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- Washington, DC, United States
EventVisitors ProgramThe New EU Commission's Climate Drive: What does it mean for member countries? – Research Tour for Journalists
In December 2019, a new European Commission took office in Brussels, and president Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to put climate policy at the center for the next five years. But how ambitious are the Commission's plans? What is the business sector's take on the new... Read more
Visitors Program:The New EU Commission's Climate Drive: What does it mean for member countries? – Research Tour for Journalists
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EventVisitors ProgramEnergy Policy in Germany – Information Tour for Canadian and US American Legislators
Shortly before Christmas 2017, decision makers from the Midwest in the USA and Canada took the opportunity to come to Germany and get a feel for the many different facets and recent developments of German energy policy. The group consisted of US representatives from... Read more
Visitors Program:Energy Policy in Germany – Information Tour for Canadian and US American Legislators
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Summer Schools
From 10 to 14 February 2020, the five-day PhD-WinterSchool "Plastics in the Environment" of the BMBF research focus "Plastics in the Environment – Sources ● Sinks ● Solutions" took place in Döllnsee, Brandenburg.
The aim of the WinterSchool... Read more
Summer School:Plastics in the Environment – PhD-WinterSchool
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Emissions trading is a market-based instrument for climate change mitigation. From the EU to South Korea and from China to California, more and more jurisdictions around the world use emissions trading as a tool to achieve their climate goals. At the beginning of 2022,... Read more
Digital Event:ICAP Online Training Course on Emissions Trading
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EventSeminarPutting Climate Change Adaptation in Europe into Practice – Transnational BASE Training Course
On 29 and 30 October 2015, the Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FFCUL) and Ecologic Institute, Berlin, convened a training course in Palmela (Portugal) on behalf of the BASE project. Designed for 16 carefully selected adaptation practitioners... Read more
Seminar:Putting Climate Change Adaptation in Europe into Practice – Transnational BASE Training Course
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Further Event Formats
What does Germany actually have to do with the Arctic and what impact do our daily decisions have on it? These and further questions were discussed on 22 October 2018 during Ecologic Institute's evening event on Germany's activities in protecting the Arctic,... Read more
Discussion:Footprints in the Arctic – Evening event
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Media Dialogue
EventVisitors ProgramTransatlantic Sister City and Media Dialogue: Local Initiatives in Climate Protection and Renewable Energies in Germany and the US
Four German-American pairs of sister cities met in Chattanooga, TN (USA) from 29 November to 2 December 2011 in order to compare local efforts on climate protection and explore best practices in renewable energies. The Dialogue that also included German and American... Read more
Visitors Program:Transatlantic Sister City and Media Dialogue: Local Initiatives in Climate Protection and Renewable Energies in Germany and the US
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Plastic waste in cities, in the landscape, in rivers, on beaches, and eventually in the oceans – the presence of plastics in the environment is immediately and negatively visible. Entry pathways into the environment and environmental impacts of plastic are diverse and... Read more
Digital Event:Plastics in the Environment (PlastikNet) – Webinar Series
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