PROGRAMA- Miércoles 16 mayo


Horizon 2020 European Dialogue and Clustering Action Transforming cities, enhancing wellbeing: innovating with nature-based solutions

A Coruña (Spain), 16-18 May, 2018 - Fundación Barrié, Cantón Grande, 9, A Coruña

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Wednesday 16th May 

TIME

Topic of the day

SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION IN CITIES AND RESTORATION OF DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS

8:00

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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

8:45- 09:20

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OPENING AND WELCOME

Julio Abalde Alonso, Rector of the University of Coruna, Spain

Ricardo Garcia Mira, President of the International Association of People-Environment Studies, University of A Coruña, Spain

Adina Dumitru, CONNECTING NATURE, University of A Coruña, Spain

Nikos Nikolaidis, THINK NATURE, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Miguel Aymerich, Deputy Director General of Natural Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment, Spain

Beatriz Mato Otero, Conselleira de Medio Ambiente e Ordenación do Territorio, Xunta de Galicia, Spain

Xulio Ferreiro, Mayor of A Coruña City Council, Spain

09:20- 9:30

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INTRODUCTION TO THE EUROPEAN DIALOGUE ON NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS

Adina Dumitru, CONNECTING NATURE, University of A Coruña, Spain

09:30-10:00

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EUROPEAN RESEARCH AGENDA FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS

Josefina Enfedaque, DG Research and Innovation,European Commission, Belgium

ArianaNastaseanu, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), European Commission, Belgium

Giovanni Fini, Co-Chair of the EU Urban Agenda Partnership on Land-use and Nature-based solutions, City of Bologna, Italy

Moderator:Marcus Collier, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Note taker:Siobhan McQuaid

10:00-11:30

CITIES SUMMIT (I) 1

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Nature-based solutions at different scales

Anna Levonmaa, City of Tampere, Finland

Maria Rosario “Cherry” Chan, Lafarge Holcim, Switzerland

Christian Artelt, European Construction, built environment and energy efficient building Technology Platform, Belgium

Tom Armour, Arup Landscape Architecture, United Kingdom

Discussant: Denia Kolokotsa, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Note taker: Katerina Lili

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The role of Cultural Heritage in renaturing cities: Learning from the past, designing for the future

Matthias Ripp, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

Aitziber Egusquiza Ortega,Tecnalia, Spain

Giovanni Fini, City of Bologna, Italy

Discussant: Sara Van Rompaey. E2ARC, Belgium

Note taker:Eleni Goni

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Actions on the regional and local levels. What can ThinkNature do – the Platform, the regional Think&Do Tanks and the Local Representatives?

Mihai Razvan Nita, University of Bucharest, Romania

Zuzana Hudekova, Bratislava Municipality, Karlova Ves, Slovakia

Alice Reil, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Europe, Germany

Gillian Dick, City of Glasgow, Scotland

Discussant:Juraj Jurik, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), Switzerland

Note taker:Marleen Lodder

11:30- 12:00

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COFFEE BREAK

12:00-13:30

CITIES SUMMIT (II)2

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The role of ecosystem restoration in increasing resilience and contributing to human wellbeing

Peter de Ruiter, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Marco Fritz,European Commission, Belgium

Frederic Lemaitre, Biodiversa, France

Discussant: Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Note taker:Maria Lili

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Benefits of ecosystem restoration

Fernando Magdaleno, Centre for Studies and Experimentation on Public Works (CEDEX), Spain

Victor Beumer, Deltares, Netherlands

Veronica Ruiz, IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland

Discussant: Stavros Stagakis, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece

Note taker: Nektarios Chrysoulakis

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Innovative techniques for restoring and reclaiming rural land

Paula Novo, Scotland Rural College, UK

Heather Elgar, West England Nature Partnership, UK

Polona Pengal, Revivo Institute for Ichthyological and Ecological Research, Slovenia

Discussant: Steve Banwart, University of Leeds, UK

Note taker: Benjamin Rabb

13:30-14:30

NH Restaurant

LUNCH

14:30-15:30

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Nature-based Enterprise Expo & Pitch Battle3

Coffee will be served here

Poster Exhibition

Coffee will be served here

15:30- 16:15

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EU-BRAZIL SECTOR DIALOGUE ON NBS

Tiago Freitas, DG Research and Innovation,European Commission, Belgium

Guilherme Wiedman,Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication, Brazil

Cristiano Cagnin, CGEE – Strategic Studies and Management Centre, Brazil

Cecilia Herzog, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carmen Rosado, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland

Augusto Mozine, Vila Velha University, Brazil

Moderator: Nikolaos Nikolaidis, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Note taker:Niki Frantzeskaki

16:15- 17:00

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PAVING THE WAY FOR SHARING THE EUROPEAN NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS EXPERIENCE WITH THE WORLD

Kate Reilly, Grow Green project, IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature, Belgium

Raúl Sánchez, URBAN GreenUP project, Cartif, Spain

Sami Kazi, UNaLab project, VTT Technical Research Center, Finland

Alice Reil, Connecting Nature project, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Europe, Germany

Moderators: Alice Reil, ICLEI Europe, Germany

Note taker:Shreya Utkarsh

17:00-17:30

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OVERCOMING BARRIERS, ENHANCING BEST PRACTICE

Nick Pearce, University of Bath, UK

Presenter: Ricardo García Mira, University of A Coruña, Spain

Wrapping up, key messages of the day

Denia Kolokotsa, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Note taker: Marcus Collier

17:30-20:00

ENTRANCE

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GUIDED EXCURSION TO VISIT A LOCAL NATURE-BASED SOLUTION4

Organized by the Council of A Coruña


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