Sustainability and Media Technology 2012 line-up

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I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of all guests and all the great lectures in my just-concluded brand-new course DM2573 "Sustainability and Media Technology". 

I don't know why I haven't thought about doing this before, in my other courses. I actually think this is such a good idea that I just created and "retroactively" published (backdated) two new blog posts listing the 2010 line-up and 2011 line-up of guest lecturers in my course DM2578 "Social Media Technologies" (which I will not be responsible for any longer because of new commitments - i.e because I switched to responsibility to the new course about sustainability).

The "Sustainability and Media Technology" course ended with a "gripe session" yesterday and I got a lot of feedback that will help us improve the course for next year! Here is the 2012 line-up of our 12 guests (plus my own and colleague/course co-planner Jorge Zapico's lectures):

- Nils Brandt, Ph.D., Associate professor in Industrial Ecology, KTH, "Sustainable development - and the role of technology?"

- Josefin Wangel, Ph.D., FMS/CESC, KTH, Idealistic researcher with a Ph.D. from KTH in Planning and Decision Analysis with a specialization in Environmental Strategic Analysis, "This is not sustainable development"

- Göran Finnveden, Ph.D., FMS/CESC, KTH, Professor and Vice-President for Sustainable Development at KTH, "Global environmental and sustainability challenges"

- Daniel Pargman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Media Technology MID/CESC, KTH, "Global resource challenges and implications for ICT and media"

- Sabine Höhler, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment, KTH, "Spaceship Earth: Sufficiency and Efficiency Ideals in the Environmental Age"

- Nate Hagens, Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont, USA, US Director of the Institute for Integrated Economic Research (IIER), "Human behavior meets limits to growth: Constraints and opportunities"

- Malin Picha, Ph.D. student in Media Technology/CESC, KTH, "Printed and digital media and their environmental impacts"

- Shakila Umair, Guest researcher at FMS/CESC, KTH, "Recycling of Electronic Waste in Pakistan"

- Baki Cakici, Ph.D. student at Stockholm University, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences and Researcher at the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Software and Systems Engineering Laboratory, "Designing ICT for future generations: The case of the Stockholm Royal Seaport"

- Jorge Zapico, Ph.D. student, MID/CESC KTH, "Hacking sustainability: using ICT for sustainability"

- Daniel Pargman, Ph.D., MID/CESC KTH, "Rebound effects"

- Concluding panel discussion"Images of the future". 

Moderator: Daniel Pargman, KTH/CSC/MID. 

Panelists: 

- Mattias Höjer, KTH/Environmental Strategies Research (FMS) and the Center for Sustainable Communication (CESC)

- David Webb, Retired financial analyst, investment banker and hedge fund manager

- Peter Nöu, Senior Program Manager at The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova)

- Ambjörn Næve, KTH/Knowledge Management Research group

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