PROGRAMME- Wednesday 16th
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
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Topic of the day SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION IN CITIES AND RESTORATION OF DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS |
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8:00 |
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REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10:00-11:30 |
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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 |
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11:30- 12:00 |
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COFFEE BREAK |
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12:00-13:30 |
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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 |
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13:30-14:30 |
NH Restaurant |
LUNCH |
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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17:30-20:00 |
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GUIDED EXCURSION TO VISIT A LOCAL NATURE-BASED SOLUTION Organized by the Council of A Coruña |
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