Kick-off for ”The Reflecting Engineer” lunch lectures

Info

Chalmers Student for Sustainability (CSS) hosts again The Reflecting Engineer (TRE), a series of lectures where students have the opportunity to discuss and reflect upon questions related to technology, sustainability and ethics.

TRE is a high profile event, successfully running for 4 years with universities from all over Sweden. The lectures are hold in English on the Chalmers campus, including a 40min presentation and 20min discussion. Usually 100+ guests attend those events and CSS provides free lunch for the first 100.

Goal

TRE has the vision to give students the opportunity to reflect upon issues related to technology, sustainability & ethics.

The event should broaden the knowledge of the next change agents by showing them successful examples of sustainability integration in businesses.

Timeline

25/03 | 12.00-13.00 | HC1 | Jan Jörnmark  

           Global evolution of dense cities

           Tickets available here:

           https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-reflecting-engineer-with-jan-jornmark-tickets-10733404903

02/04 | 12.00-13.00 | HA1 | ABB / Håkan P Johansson

            Infrastructure charging for electric vehicles / SMART grid

          Transport habits

06/05 | 12.00-13.00 | HA1 | Per Lanevik

           Car sharing - The mobility solution for the future city?

09/05 | 12.00-13.00 | HA1 | Terra Institute / Emma Peterson

           Circular economy

13/05 | 12.00-13.00 | HA1 | AddGender / Alice Marshall

           Reflecting on gender equality in engineering (Skype lecture)

16/05 | 12.00-13.00 | HC1 | Phonebloks / Tomas Halberstad

           Moral responsibility of engineers

21/05 | 12.00-13.00 | HA1 | Mistra Urban Futures / Ulrica Gustafsson & Björn Malbert ​    

          Mistra Urban Futures today | Challenges for making disciplines