Scientific Programme

1st Conference on Sustainability and Data
Governance and Management Experiences and Reflections
Connecting perspectives between practitioners and researchers

  • 09:30 - 10:15: Opening and Keynote

    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karin Buhmann
    Talk title: "Can we drive change for sustainability through data and transparency? Trends and challenges"

    Moderation: Prof. Dr. Tobias Brandt

  • 10:15 - 10:45 Session 1: Organizing Sustainability Data for Controlling Systems

    o What are the new developments in the existing enterprise systems?
    o Are there any new enterprise systems that are developed for sustainability purposes?
    o How are the new sustainability-related features and systems designed, developed, and implemented?
    o What are the challenges in designing, developing, and implementing them?

    Speaker Research: Prof. Dr. Christine Legner, Introducing a Data Perspective to Sustainability:How Companies Develop Data Sourcing Practices for Sustainability Initiatives

    Speaker Practicioner: Tilman Kemper from Codio Impact

    Moderation: Sibylle Seubert, LVM

  • 10:45 - 11:15 Session 2: Governance Complexity, IT, and Sustainability

    o Where do organizations receive compliance pressure in relation to the sustainability agenda?
    o Which regulations are organizations complying with?
    o Which governance structures do organizations use internally to address the sustainability agenda?
    o How do these new governance structures shape existing finance, business, and IT decisions?

    Speaker Research: Niklas Sundberg, CIO Assa Abloy and book author
    Speaker Practicioner: Ditte Klint Heede from Danish Standard
    Moderation:
    Cody Baird, PwC

  • 11:15 - 11:45 Session 3: CSR strategy and Organizational Processes

    o How are sustainable (IT) strategies formed?
    o What are the new organizational processes that stem from the strategic change?
    o What are the challenges in designing and implementing CSR strategies and related organizational processes?

    Speaker Research: Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke, A process science perspective on sustainability
    Speaker Practicioner: Dr. Shivam Gupta from Detecon

  • 12:15 - 12:45 Session 4: Current Sustainability Metrics and KPIs in Use

    o What are the emerging standards, approaches, and emphasis on sustainability metrics?
    o How are these standards translated into organizational KPIs?
    o What are we still missing?

    Speaker Research: Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons, Professor Sustainability Management and Chief Sustainability Officer
    Speaker Practicioner: Tarek Annan from Allianz Technology SE

  • 12:45 - 13:15 Session 5: Sustainable IT, the Other Way Around

    o What is IT’s impact on sustainability?
    o What are the emerging standards and metrics used for measuring IT’s impact on sustainability?
    o What are the primary challenges in understanding and measuring IT’s impact on sustainability?

    Speaker Research: Maria Sinziiana Astefanoaei
    Speaker Practicioner: Thomas Mardahl from Rejoose

  • 13:15 - 13:45 Session 6: Transformative Possibilities and Impact

    o What are the actual impacts of current corporate and research efforts in relation to sustainability?

    Speaker Research: Dr. Konstantin Klemmer, Microsoft Research and Climatechange Dataset Creator
    Speaker Practicioners: Gro Kardel experienced ESG manager in multinational corporations

  • 13:45 - 14:00 Closing and Online Exhbit

    Online Exhibit featuring the UNDP, Comuneo, Sustaind