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Thursday 26 June
Help communicate the global climate crisis! Work with colleagues from all over the world!
You will be spending the afternoon of June 26 in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Busses will take you across the beautiful Öresund Bridge from Swedish Malmö to the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
In Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) will be hosting the program for the afternoon. Dean of Research at CBS, Alan Irwin will welcome you.
The Danish Minister of Climate and Energy, Connie Hedegaard, a former journalist and skilled communicator, will be the keynote speaker, addressing the challenges of climate change communication. Climate change is very high on the Danish political agenda, as the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) will be held in Copenhagen in November 2009.
Climate change is a communication challenge
Theme for the afternoon is how to communicate climate change — the keyword is communicate.Climate change is truly a global issue. It affects the entire world population, and communication of climate issues is therefore a top priority in most countries. Therefore, your advice on communication is needed - your knowledge as a communication professional is in very high demand.
You will work with a specific communication challenge in a small group with colleagues from all over the world, and the recommendations you come up with will be PCST´s contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. All recommendations will also be posted at the PCST website.
Drinks, food - and ghosts!
In the evening, busses will take you to downtown Copenhagen to the National Museum where you may enjoy well-deserved drinks and food. You will also get acquainted with the ghosts of the great Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr (1885-1962), his wife Margrethe Bohr and German physicist Werner Heisenberg. And of course you will have the chance to study Danish history in the exhibitions of the museum. After the program, you may choose to stroll around Copenhagen, visit the famous Tivoli Park or return to Malmö. Busses will be returning to Malmö at 9:00 pm, but you can easily stay longer and take a train to Malmö from Copenhagen central station. The Copenhagen Challenge will give you:
- A chance to expand your network across cultures and professions
- An opportunity to share your knowledge — both theoretical as well as practical
- A chance to make a difference for the climate
- An introduction to an untraditional conference method
