Grand Finale 2024 - Programme

09:30 – 10:00   Arrival and List of Attendance

Curators: 

• Nienke de Jong
• Mirre Prinsze

10:00 - 10:30  Welcome and presentation of the program: “Capstone Challenges Presentation”

Speakers: 

• Dr. Sergio Villanueva (UB Rector's Delegate for CHARM-EU)
• Dr. Annisa Triyanti (Capstone Coordinator, UU)

Session 1

Moderators: 

• Dr. Annisa Triyanti (UU)
• Dr. Avelina Tortosa (UB)

10:30 - 11:05 CHALLENGE 3: Environmental monitoring for reconciling humanity and the planet: human-livestock-wildlife

• Students: Eloise Ferreira, Ipo Kok, Miisa Rantala, Sophie Groenewegen, Tijs Bergmans and Yasmijn Wakker
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Patrick Caron and Dr. Tahmer Sharkawi (UM)
• Stakeholder: University of Pretoria

11:05 - 11:40 CHALLENGE 1: The role of technology in enhancing the water-energy-food nexus in Albania

• Students: Maud Slangen, Mirjam Leibrecht, Nathanael Laffan, Rachel Cunningham and Laura Morales
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Unnikrishnan Brijitha Madhavan (TCD)
• Stakeholder: UNFCCC secretariat 

11:40 - 12:00 Break

12:00 - 12:35 CHALLENGE 8: Boosting sustainable circular economy in the peri-urban farming system of Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park (Barcelona Metropolitan Area)

• Students: Amy O'Leary, Andras Kovaloczy, Anouk Kelhout, Jacqueline Kantor and Sophia Wallraff
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Enric Tello (UB)
• Stakeholder: Consorci del Parc Agrari del Baix Llobregat

12:35 - 13:10 CHALLENGE 6: Sustainability of the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU CEPA)

• Students: Alfie Devine-Wright, Beatrice Viscardi, Gregoire Neveu, Marijn Engelen and Sophia Healy
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Ádám Tóth (UU)
• Stakeholder: Institute for European Environmental Policy

13:10 - 14:15 Lunch break

Curators: 

• Beatrice Viscardi
• Irene Ferigo

Session 2

Moderators: 

• Dr. Tahmer Sharkawi (UM)
• Dr. Yuanfei Huang (UM)

14:15 - 14:50 CHALLENGE 4: Boosting Gender-related Financing to achieve SDG15. 

• Students: Liv Angerer, Melissa Dachrodt, Emma Pistarino and Katrina Drake
• Academic supervisors: Dr. Pascal Nguyen (UM) and Dr. Valerie Borrell (UM)
• Stakeholder: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

14:50 – 15:25 CHALLENGE 5: Reduce the environmental impact of a small company.

• Students: Constanze Connearn, Klaartje Leemans, Darja Šaronova and Vera Zonneveld
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Patricia Cucchi (UM)
• Stakeholder: Andromède Océanologie

15:25 - 15:45 Break

15:45 - 16:20 CHALLENGE 7: Ecocide as a fifth international crime.

• Students: Diede Kok, Britt Peters and Take Wester
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Julia Tschersich (UU)
• Stakeholder: Utrecht University

16:30 En of Day 1

Closed by the moderators.

9:30 - 10:00 Arrival and list of attendance

Curators: 

• Nienke de Jong
• Mirre Prinsze

Session 3

Moderators: 

• Dr. Avelina Tortosa (UB)
• Dr. Yuanfei Huang (UM)

10:00 - 10:35 CHALLENGE 13: Reducing the climate and environmental impact of a local street food market.

• Students: Armelle Leclercq, Hazel Byrne, Aisa Batista, Eoghan Connolly and Gina Advena
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles Iglesias (UB)
• Stakeholder: Samudra.world

10:35 - 11:00 CHALLENGE 11: Sustainability of Spanish food production / consumption.

• Students: Daniela Vazquez De La O, Rosana Orengo, Viktoria Worther, Mirre Prinsze, Adrian Gonzalez
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Oscar Nuñez (UB)
• Stakeholder: International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

11:10 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 12:05 CHALLENGE 10: Creating from scratch a socially responsible company whose mission is greening Barcelona and other towns.

• Students: Irene Ferigo, Nienke De Jong, Yonca Kaya and Puk van Spall
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Liz Arroyo (UB)
• Stakeholder: Enverdim Barcelona

12:05 - 12:40 CHALLENGE 2: Gender Sensitive Peacebuilding: Does it Help with the Sustainability of Peace Processes?

• Student: Laura Finn, Sana Taqdees, Stephen Liam Downey and Nadira Alia Kamal Azlan
• Academic supervisor: Nandini Gupta and Dr. Gillian Wylie (TCD)
• Stakeholder: Irish School of Ecumenic, Trinity College Dublin. 

12:40 - 13:00 Official group photo

Curators:

• Beatrice Viscardi
• Gregoire Neveu

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break

Curators: 

• Meritxell Chaves
• Sophie Groenewegen
• Darja Šaronova

Session 4

Moderators: 

• Dr. Avelina Tortosa (UB)
• Dr. Annisa Triyanti (UU)

14:00 - 14:35 CHALLENGE 12: Science from Africa to the world in the context of the decolonizing global health movement.

• Students: Elinor Duhamel, Marijn Soede, Helena Vitria, Luka van der Zwan
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Quique Bassat (UB) 
• Stakeholder: Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

14:35 - 15:10 CHALLENGE 9: True Climate Platform/CLIMATE ACHIEVE.

• Students: Britt Van Litsenburg, Amanda Biver, Krista Trendafilova, Danielle Ballemans and Etienne Dugue
• Academic supervisor: Dr. Juanjo Boté  (UB)
• Stakehodler: WWF

15:10 - 15:30 Break

15:30 – 16:45  Closing Ceremony 
Speakers: 

• Tine Delva, Deputy Head of Unit DG EAC (European Commission)
• Itziar Salazar (CHARM-EU Alumni, Manager at UB Global Sustainability Hub)
• Dr. Viktor Mihucz  (Chair of the Programme Master's Board, ELTE) 
• Dr. Sergio Villanueva (UB Rector's Delegate for CHARM-EU) 

16:45  Students Final Video and clossing words from CHARM-EU capstone student Beatrice Viscardi.

10:30 – 11:00 Arrival and List of Attendance 
Curators:   

• Nienke de Jong
• Mirre Prinsze

Session 5
Moderator:    

• Dr. Avelina Tortosa (UB)
• Dr. Yuanfei Huang (UM)

11:00 – 12:00 Filling out online Phase Review Survey

12:00 – 13:30 Evaluation of the Capstone: break-out focus groups - Not hybrid

13:30 – 14:00 Closing Speech by students