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SustainMV 2021

The Sustainability Summer School

The Summer School SustainMV took place for the first time in 2021. Look back on our week full  of inspiring talks, exciting workshops, interactive sessions with current students, university representatives and student sustainability initiatives, and more. Click on a session for more details.

Programme (16 – 20 August)

12:00 - 12:20🙌Opening and Welcome
This very first joint sustainability summer school will be opened by its patron Mrs Bettina Martin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Minister of Education, Science and Culture, and the Rectors of the universities hosting SustainMV: Neubrandenburg, Greifswald, Stralsund, Rostock, and Wismar.
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12:20 - 12:30⏸️Break
12:30 - 13:30🌍Keynote
"Sustainability – From a Fuzzy Concept to a Guiding Principle"
A recent online article is aptly titled: “Sustainability – confusing term for a clever concept“. This nicely summaries both the beauty and challenge in dealing with this important concept. The idea of sustainability first emerged with regards to forestry, where it means never harvesting more than what the forest yields in new growth.
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Prof. Dr. Jörn Dosch
University of Rostock
13:30 - 13:45⏸️Break
13:45 - 14:45🎓Uni Showcases
The universities hosting SustainMV give short presentations to introduce themselves and the different study options they offer for sustainability-related and international programmes.
14:45 - 15:45🎓Uni Showcases Q&A
Question and answer session following on from the university showcase. Here you have the chance to connect to representatives from the hosting universities and find out more about their institutions.
15:45 - 16:00👋Closing of the Day
A brief closing statement to the day’s programme and pointers to extracurricular activities available.
16:00 - 17:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
The Student Lounge is a place for open exchange, networking and conversation. Meet other sustainability enthusiasts from our MV universities and around the world to review the day's sessions and deepen the discussions.

11:00 - 12:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
The Student Lounge is a place for open exchange, networking and conversation. Meet other sustainability enthusiasts from our MV universities and around the world to review the day's sessions and deepen the discussions.
12:00 - 12:10👋Welcome to the Day
A brief introduction to the day’s programme and organisation
12:10 - 12:15⏸️Break
12:15 - 13:15🌍Seminar
"Economics of Battery Use in Agriculture"
The production of renewable energy fluctuates in terms of sun and wind and must be supplemented by storage in the system. On an individual basis, i.e., for centralized electricity production and predominantly self-consumption, the use of batteries is considered here. Possible future development scenarios were simulated based on current
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Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuchs
University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg
🌍Seminar
"Enzymatic Degradation and Recycling of Plastics"
This lecture will show recent examples for the enzymatic degradation of waste plastic materials, such as PET, aiming at a circular bioeconomy.

Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer
University of Greifswald
13:15 - 13:30⏸️Break
13:30 - 14:30🌍Seminar
"Sustainability in the Baltic Sea Region"
The Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted seas in the world. At the same time, the region has the ambition to become one of the first truly sustainable regions on earth. In the lecture, we look at what role agricultural policy can play in the sustainability transformation. We will take a special look at the peatlands, which as intact ecosystems can function as "kidneys of the Baltic Sea".

Dr. Stefan Ewert
University of Greifswald
🌍Seminar
"Sustainable Mobility/Hydrogen Cars"
What are the options towards a sustainable mobility solution? Hydrogen cars will be compared and options for maritime applications are described.

Prof. Dr. Johannes Gulden
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
14:30 - 14:45⏸️Break
14:45 - 15:45🌍Seminar
"The Myth of Sustainable Tourism"
More than 30 years ago, the “Journal of Sustainable Tourism” was published, the first time, along with the Rio Conference a new area seemed to start back then. This session will address questions such as: What have we achieved the last 30 years in terms of sustainable tourism?
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Prof. Dr. Werner Gronau
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
🌍Seminar
"Wind Energy Technology & Research at the University of Rostock"
In this Lecture the present status of wind energy technology is reported. Fundamentals of wind turbines, the aerodynamics, mechanical and electrical concepts, are explained. A brief overview is given on research activities of the Institute of Wind Energy Technology.

Prof. Dr. Uwe Ritschel
University of Rostock
15:45 - 16:00👋Closing of the Day
A brief closing statement to the day’s programme and pointers to extracurricular activities available.
16:00 - 17:30👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Pub Quiz
Take part in our pub quiz and get to know Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the different university towns.

11:00 - 12:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
The Student Lounge is a place for open exchange, networking and conversation. Meet other sustainability enthusiasts from our MV universities and around the world to review the day's sessions and deepen the discussions.
12:00 - 12:10👋Welcome to the Day
A brief introduction to the day’s programme and organisation
12:10 - 12:15⏸️Break
12:15 - 15:45🌍Workshop
"Carbon Footprints"
The workshop provides an introduction into methods and practical tools to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions ("carbon footprints") of (nearly) everything e.g. products, people, organisations, countries and globally. In the workshop participants will calculate and discuss greenhouse gas footprints using online tools. Finally the relevance of greenhouse gas accounting for a successful international climate policy will be discussed.

Dr. Tiemo Timmermann
University of Greifswald
12:15 - 14:30🌍Online Lab Tour
"World of Hydrogen"
How can green hydrogen be produced? How can it be stored? How much energy is in it? How far can you get with a hydrogen vehicle? What else can hydrogen be used for? And what does all this have to do with the energy transition? Have you always wanted
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Romy Sommer
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
12:15 - 13:15🌍Seminar
"Resource saving Technologies for Building Maintenance"Many aging structures have lost load-bearing capacity due to dynamic loads. The simplest solution here is often to deconstruct and rebuild the structure. With innovative technologies, many old buildings can be saved and a high consumption of resources can be avoided.
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Prof. Dr. Kersten Latz

Natalie von Butler
University of Applied Sciences Wismar
13:15 - 13:30⏸️Break
13:30 - 14:30🌍Seminar
"Hybrid Energy Storage System as Active Power Filter"
The presentation is about the use of a hybrid energy storage system (HESS) as an active power filter for advantageously stabilize the volatile power output of a wind turbine. For this purpose, a HESS (25 kW / 25 kWh) consisting of lithium-ion batteries (200 x 3.2 V / 40 Ah) and
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Ramy Soliman
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
14:30 - 14:45⏸️Break
14:45 - 15:45🌍Seminar
"Smart Bioenergy & Waste Management"
Waste Management – history, current status and development towards a sustainable circular economy: One of the central global tasks for the future is to supply national economies with raw materials and energy in a way that is sustainable from an economic, environmental and social viewpoint. The circular economy can and must
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Prof. Dr. Michael Nelles
University of Rostock
🌍Seminar
"Turning the Power of the Sun into Hydrogen Molecules"
Being a source of unlimited power, the sun is ideal for producing electricity. However, the energy system of tomorrow does not only require electrons but also molecules, most importantly hydrogen. Is it possible to turn solar energy directly into H2 molecules? The talk will start with some foundations of photovoltaics (PV),
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Prof. Dr. Jan-Christian Kuhr
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
15:45 - 16:00👋Closing of the Day
A brief closing statement to the day’s programme and pointers to extracurricular activities available.
16:00 - 17:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
The Student Lounge is a place for open exchange, networking and conversation. Meet other sustainability enthusiasts from our MV universities and around the world to review the day's sessions and deepen the discussions.

11:00 - 12:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
The Student Lounge is a place for open exchange, networking and conversation. Meet other sustainability enthusiasts from our MV universities and around the world to review the day's sessions and deepen the discussions.
12:00 - 12:10👋Welcome to the Day
A brief introduction to the day’s programme and organisation
12:10 - 12:15⏸️Break
12:15 - 13:15🌍Seminar
"Using Light to Perform Chemistry"
Chemical production chains have traditionally been designed to rely on fossil resources, which are needed both as a chemical feedstock, but also as energy source. For the chemical feedstock, various research initiatives target the use of biomass or greenhouse gases as alternatives to oil and gas. However, the use of
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Prof. Dr. Jennifer Strunk
University of Rostock
🌍Seminar
"When Tourists don’t walk their Talk: Bridging the Intention-behavior Gap among Sustainable Tourism Services"
Consumers are paying increasing attention towards sustainable products and services such as ecological food, ethically produced clothes, or touristic offers. The tourism industry, can on the one hand lead to a global paradigm shift, but at the same time also causes serious negative ecological as well as ethical impacts.
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Dr. Maxi Bergel
University of Rostock
13:15 - 13:30⏸️Break
13:30 - 14:30🌍Seminar
"The World of Recycling"
The world is sinking into the garbage of the affluent society and humanity is mercilessly exploiting the world's resources! Especially young people have recognized, that things cannot go on like this. So, they look for ways to change the world and they become active. Upcycling, Downcycling and preferred Precycling are
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Prof. Dr. Henrik Schnegas
University of Applied Sciences Wismar
🌍Seminar
"Human-centered AI and Digital Innovations for Sustainability"
How can we use the potential of artificial intelligence and digital technologies for designing innovative solutions that can support more sustainable personal, economic and societal practices? This talk will give examples of AI applications and practical digital innovations for sustainability and discuss their design principles. This includes e.g. digital assistants,
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Prof. Dr. Jasminko Novak
University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
14:30 - 14:45⏸️Break
14:45 - 15:45🌍Seminar
"Sphagnum Moss as 'a very cheap and useful Bandage' (obtainable at Apothecary Beckström in Neu-Strelitz). Compostable Bandaging Material around 1900."
In the 19th and 20th century, the making of dressings used to be a task performed by nurses. Material like stypes, plasters and non-adherent dressings were mostly made from organic and renewable material and with due regard to asepsis. What kind of resources did they use and how could some ideas be interesting today?

Dr. Anja Katharina Peters
University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg
15:45 - 16:00👋Closing of the Day
16:00 - 17:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
The Student Lounge is a place for open exchange, networking and conversation. Meet other sustainability enthusiasts from our MV universities and around the world to review the day's sessions and deepen the discussions.

11:00 - 12:00👨‍👩‍👦‍👦Student Lounge
12:00 - 12:10👋Welcome to the Day
A brief introduction to the day’s programme and organisation
12:10 - 12:15⏸️Break
12:15 - 13:15🌍Round Table
"Tipping Points for Sustainable Development - A Regional Perspective in MV"
Here, potentials and challenges for sustainability in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are discussed from different perspectives with panel guests from business, science and society.
13:15 - 13:30⏸️Break
13:30 - 15:00🌍Exhibition
"Sustainability Initiatives"
Meet MV sustainability initiatives and find out what student engagement on sustainability topics in MV can look like. Representatives, some current or former students of our MV universities, introduce their initiative and tell you more about their engagement, goals, target groups and which campaigns they are currently running.
15:00 - 16:30👋Closing Concert
SustainMV 2021 closes with a concert presented by the Rostock University of Music and Drama. Just take a seat and listen to the wonderful music.

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