Witten in Transition

‘Witten im Wandel’ brings together initiatives, committed individuals, researchers, local authorities and businesses from Witten, offering an opportunity to network. The event will be supported by, amongst others, Dirk Leistner, Mayor of Witten, and Patrick Schulz from the Witten Climate Alliance.

The festival comprises a ‘Market of Opportunities’ where initiatives and projects can showcase themselves. There will also be several themed ‘matching islands’ where researchers and stakeholders can exchange ideas and make contacts on the spot. The aim is to raise the profile of existing projects and kick-start new ones. As part of the supporting programme, following a welcome address by the mayor, there will be several keynote talks on civic engagement, participatory research and change in Witten.

The event will be rounded off with a buffet of finger food and drinks.
Researchers from Witten/Herdecke University, staff from the city council and the local business community, stakeholders from the civic engagement sector and all interested members of the public are invited to the festival.

Programme

2.00 pm: Welcome by Mayor Dirk Leistner, Prof. Dr Petra Thürmann, Vice-President for Research at UW/H, and Dr Sonja Knobbe from the International Centre for Sustainable and Just Transformation [tra:ce]
2.30 pm: Presentation by Dr Sonja Knobbe, [tra:ce]: Why participatory research? Added value(s) for Witten’s transformation
3.00 pm: Presentation by Patrick Schulz: The Witten Climate Alliance – How do we want to live tomorrow?
4.00 pm: Presentation by Kathrin Brommer, WittenLab. Zukunftslabor Studium fundamentale: (Young) civic engagement in Witten
5.00 pm: Presentation by Stella Bünger, Sustainability Networking Centre: Field trial – Witten’s experimental field for the food transition
6.00 pm: Presentation by Heike Bergemann, City of Witten: Healthy City Witten – Working together for better health in our city

If interested, participants have the opportunity to submit their own contributions (e.g. short presentations, posters or project presentations) and send them by 20 November 26 to the email address: trace@uni-wh.de.

Attendance at the event is free of charge. Registration is not required.