TUM Sustainability Day
Be inspired, network and become active yourself. The Sustainability Day is for all interested: students, staff, professors and external guests. Only together can we shape the sustainable development of our university.
Save the date
- Date: Wednesday, 6/12/2024
- Time: 12 noon - 10 p.m.
- Location: Boltzmannstraße 15, Garching Research Campus (Mechanical Engineering)
- Lecture-free from 12 p.m., attendance counts as working time
- Language: English
- No registration necessary
- Festival schedule, PDF, 3,02 MB
- Site plan, PDF, 867 KB
Directions
From your Campus to Garching:
- Munich Campus: Departure bike tour: 11 am, Arcisstraße 17, 80333 München | U6 Garching-Forschungszentrum
- Campus Weihenstephan: Departure bike tour: 11 am, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, 85354 Freising | Expressbus x660
- Campus Straubing: Bus transfer from TUMCS (50 seats): Departure 9:45 am, Uferstraße 53, Departure from Garching appr. 9 pm, Registration information will follow via mail
The bike tours are organized by the student initiative ReparadTUM. Please bring your own bike.
What to expect
Program
The main hall of the Mechanical Engineering building in Garching will be transformed into a sustainability fair, our Market of Opportunities. Get to know more than 100 initiatives of the entire university community and associated partners in all fields of sustainability:
- Education and research
- Entrepreneurship
- Life on Earth
- Biotechnology
- Health
- Built Environment
- Energy
- Mobility
- Global Engagement
- Circular Economy
Please find information on the individual exhibitors in our program overview of the “Sustainability Fair”.
President Thomas F. Hofmann will present the status report on the sustainability transformation of our university. You can also look forward to inspiring keynotes by
- Prof. Dr. Sarah Billington from Stanford University on the role of universities shaping sustainable development and
- Isabella Hennessen, who, as a student representative, will talk about the role of students as "agents of change."
An extensive and interactive program with over 50 workshops, panel discussions, and various lectures awaits you. Here, you can dive deeper into different sustainability topics and actively participate in the discussions.
Get the most out of the TUM Sustainability Day and save your favorite events now! In our program overview, "Impulses for Sustainability," you can find all sessions. If you are interested in a session, click the heart icon next to the event to add it to your favorites. Your saved impulses will be easily accessible under the "Favorites" section, allowing you to plan and prioritize your day around the sessions that inspire you the most.
Highlights:
- 14:00 – 15:45: Central Panel Discussion around Sustainability at TUM: “Universitites driving Sustainability” and “TUM in Transformation”
- 14:30 – 14:45: Clean Tech Hub Launch + TUM Clean Tech Innovation Sprint 2024 Award Ceremony
- 16:30 – 17:30: Global Perspectives: CleanTech Research to Impact
- 17:00 – 18:00: TUM Speaker Series withNico Rosberg
Moderated by Prof. Dr. Werner Lang, Vice President Sustainable Transformation, our deans of TUM will discuss and reflect on sustainability in research and teaching and what we can take away from the experiences of the TUM Sustainability Day.
What would a festival be without a closing party? Organized by the student council of BauGeoUmwelt and Mechanical Engineering, we will end the day together at the bar or on the dance floor.