Location: Energy Academy (EA), Strandengen 1, DK-8305 Samsø, tel. +45 87921022 Contact person: Malene Lundén, EA, mobile +45 20964458 Hotel: Ballen Badehotel, Åvej 21, DK-8305 Samsø (rooms booked for all participants)

Important! Please send an email to Jesper Roug Kristensen at jrk@energiakademiet.dk about 1) your arrival and departure time to/from Samsoe, 2) whether you’re planning to join us for dinner at the Energy Academy on Wednesday 18th, and 3) if you prefer to pay the fee (DKK 1000,- ex VAT) before or after the symposium (no fee for the speakers).

Wednesday 18 September – Get together!

17:00-20:00 – Homemade dinner: We make dinner together in the kitchen at EA20:00-22:00 – Welcome Drinks, Snacks & Surprise at Ballen Badehotel

Thursday 19 September – Inspiration & Dialogue!

The day will be a mixture of short talks at Speakers’ Corner and circle discussions in plenum. Søren Hermansen, Director at EA, will facilitate the day.

09:00-09:30 – Coffee/tea at Exhibition Area09:30-12:00 – Speakers’ Corner & Circle Discussions (see speakers below)12:30-13:30 – Lunch at Skipperly, the local restaurant in Ballen14:00-16:00 – Speakers’ Corner & Circle Discussions – continued ... 16:00-16:30 – Coffee/tea/fruit break16:30-18:00 – Speakers’ Corner & Salons (choose your Salon by following one of the speakers into smaller circles) 19:30-22:00 – Party Dinner at Ballen Badehotel

TETSunARi LiDA, DiRECToR of THE inSTiTuTE foR SuSTAinABLE EnERgy PoLiCiES in JAPAn: Community Power in Japan – from a global outlook

gunnAR BøJE oLESEn, infoRSE-EuRoPE CooRDinAToR: EU partnerships on climate improvements – do they work?

ARnE REMMEn, PRofESSoR, AALBoRg uniVERSiTy: Smart and sustainable communities – collaboration and partnerships. Arne will talk about how we get from theory to praxis.

Links to learn more about the speakers:

Gunnar Bøje Olesen: – http://www.inforse.org/europe/index.htm

Tetsunari lida: – http://www.isep.or.jp/en/about_message– http://energiakademiet.dk/viden/videoarkiv/

Arne Remmen: – http://personprofil.aau.dk/106418

Halfdan Muurholm: – http://www.filmdir.dk/da/content/halfdan-

muurholm– http://www.information.dk/halfdan-muurholm

Karen Blincoe: – http://iciscenter.org/about/ – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLubSDjJgPs

Erik Algreen-Petersen: – http://www.artfulpunch.com/pdf/Dowantyouwant.

pdf – http://danishdesignassociation.com/me-

dia/13190784/euroman%20jan2012%20erik%20algreen-petersen.pdf

– http://www.artfulpunch.com/pdf/AP_discourse.pdf

– http://energiakademiet.dk/ask-your-self-what-matter/

Else Marie Kaasboel: – http://lysbrocenteret.dk/eng%20version.htm

Program

HALfDAn MuuRHoLM, JouRnALiST, DR: Global media landscape – a reality check. Halfdan will talk about the global media landscape and why we have so few television programs about sustainability.

KAREn BLinCoE, DiRECToR, iCiS: A lighthouse in the sustainability wilderness. Schumacher College has been at the forefront of the sustainability agenda and has spread the message since 1991. Karen talks about the unique recipe that has made the College a success as well as the ripple effect this small place in the South of England has managed to create both in the re-gion, nationally and internationally. How can this inform and enable us moving forward?

ERiK ALgREEn-PETERSEn, ARTfuL PunCH: The Artful Punch Method. Artful Punch is about finding the courage to break the barriers and make the choices needed, paving the way for a fulfilled work life – and about supporting each other in the release of all our competences and resources, so that “the whole can become greater than the sum of its parts.”

Friday 20 September – Process!

09:00-10:30 – “Samsoe 2.0” by Søren Hermansen 10:30-11:00 – Coffee/tea/fruit break 11:00-13:00 – Open Space. next Practices & next Steps for EA. Malene Lundén, Pro-

ject Manager at EA will facilitate the open Space Process. Read more about oSP at http://www.openspaceworld.com/brief_history.htm and http://www.frivillighed.dk/Webnodes/da/Web/Public/Publikationer/frivilligfronten/open+Space+Conference

13:00-14:00 – Closing session / Wild Card 14:00-15:00 – Lunch

fRoM BEST To nExT PRACTiCE SyMPoSiuM 18-20 SEPTEMBER 2013