Launch event DISC (Digital Sustainability Center)

Launch of the DISC (Digital Sustainability Research Center) with keynotes and panel discussion. DiSC fits in well with VU Amsterdam's mission and core values: looking at the role of digitalization for sustainability, embracing the issue from different perspectives, making a contribution to society, taking responsibility for people and the planet. Everyone is invited to participate.

Programme:

[14.00 - 14.30] Arriving & coffee

[14.30 - 14.45] Welcome by Patricia Lago, Director of DISC, Jeroen Geurts (on video), Rector Magnificus and Philipp Pattberg, Director of Amsterdam Sustainability Institute

[14.45 - 15.00] Introduction to DISC by Patricia Lago

[15.00 - 15.30] Keynote speech by Rick Kazman, University of Hawaii and Software Engineering Institute at CMU

[15.30 - 16.00] Talk by Jeroen van der Tang, NL Digital

[16.00 - 17.00] Panel discussion on "Perspectives on Digital Sustainability” moderated by Ilias Gerostathopoulos and Ivano Malavolta

• Wiebren van der Zee of ABN AMRO on Industry
• Rick Kazman on Research
• Ivar Maas, Sustainability at VU Amsterdam on Higher Education
• Jeroen van der Tang on Government
• Mark de Hoop, Ambassador NCDD on Synergy

[17.00 - 19.00] Drinks and networking

Host or Publisher Amsterdam Sustainability Institute