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Below is the agenda for The Global School of Sustainability Forum 2026.

GSoS Forum Day One, Thursday 18 June 2026

Location: On campus

TimeSessionSpeakers
09.15Guests arrive
09.30 – 10.00Opening Remarks and Welcome: Introduction to LSE & the Global School of SustainabilitySir Andrew Steer
Susana Mourato
10.00 – 11.30High-level panel: Key challenges to sustainability: global, regional and national perspectives
See full details		Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Amina Mohammed
Teresa Ribera
11.30 – 12.00Views from the Co-Founders: A fireside chat with GSoS's Co-FoundersLord Nicholas Stern
Lei Zhang
12.00 – 13.30Lunch
13.30 – 14.30Generating Sustainable Economic Growth and Development panel
See full details		Jonathan Leape
Anna Valero
14.30 – 15.30Creating Sustainable Finance and Business panel
See full details		Kyung-Ah Park
Tom Gosling
Rob Patalano
15.30 – 16.00Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00Breakout Discussions for Sessions 1 & 2
17.30The artist formerly known as climate change (In collaboration with LSE Festival)Adam Met

GSoS Forum Day Two, Friday 19 June 2026

TimeSessionSpeakers
08.00 – 09.00Morning Coffee & Networking
09.00 – 10.00Protecting and Enhancing Nature and Biodiversity panel
See full details		Giles Atkinson
Nicola Ranger
Marisa Drew
10.00 – 11.00Building Sustainable Societies and Behaviours panel
See full details		Ganga Shreedar
Liam Beiser-McGrath
Catherine McKenna
11.00 – 11.30Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.30Breakout Discussions for Sessions 3 & 4
12.30 – 14.00Lunch
12.30 – 13.00THE HERDS: The life-size puppet animals of THE HERDS have stormed through towns and cities and now they are coming to LSE.
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14.00 – 15.30Mobilising Political, Legal and Governance Systems panel
See full details		Joana Setzer
Veerle Heyvaert
Sue Biniaz
15.30 – 16.15Conclusion of Conference & Reflections on Next Steps
16.15 – 17.15Networking & Refreshments
17.30 – 18.30GSoS x LSE Festival Event:
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