Program
Venue – Tallinn University
Astra (A), Mare (M), Terra (T) buildings. View details
Address: Narva road 29, Tallinn Estonia 10120
Oral presentations & posters (in pdf, November 7 2017)
Full programm book (pdf)
Tuesday 24.10.2017 - Side events / meetings
Registration
Green Spider Network (on invitation)
JPI workshop
MAIN OUTPUTS OF THE WORLD CAFÉ DISCUSSIONS
Presentations
09:30 – 09:50 Introduction + JPI global objectives and activities
09:50 – 10:05 Representative from EC – Birgit de Boissezon
10:05 – 11:20 Short presentation of specific activities of each participating JPIs (10 min per JPI + general Q/A)
- Water JPI
- JPI Oceans
- JPI Climate
- FACCE JPI
- BiodivERsA
- JPI Urban Europe
11:20 – 11:50 Break
11:50 – 12:50 – Round table discussions
12:50 – 13:05 Reporting back on the feedbacks of the roundtables
13:05 – 13:30 Q/A and Plenary session
JRC, EnRoute: Mapping Urban Ecosystem Services as support of the impact - Evaluation of NBS (invitation only)
Local workshop: “Nature-based solutions in Estonia”
Side events / meetings
- Forest-based Sector Technology Platform: Innovation in the forest-based sector – From idea to practice (separate registration) Go to see uploaded Mr Reinberg presentation
- Deltares: NBS Products and Services for Flood Risk Reduction
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ThinkNature: Nature Based Solutions EU projects clustering (invitation only)
14.00-14.30:- introduction TN, DG RTD & EASME, projects presenting the Taskforces
14.30-19.00:
- Taskforce : “Data Management and EU NBS Knowledge Repository”
- Taskforce ” NBS Impact Evaluation Framework version 2.0″
- Taskforce “Governance, Business Models and Financial Mechanisms”
Children's film contest program
Children's film contest winners ceremony
Documentary Film program
Welcome reception in the Museum of Estonian Architecture
Wednesday 25.10.2017 - NBS Governance and policy
Registration
Welcome / Opening
- Siim Kiisler (Ministry of the Environment of Estonia), Tarmo Soomere (President of Estonian Academy of Sciences), Katrin Niglas (Tallinn Univestity)
Keynote presentations
- Patrick Child (European Commission), Joanna Drake (European Commission), Lena Ek (Södra)
Coffee
Panel discussion "Local governance in moving towards nature-based solutions"
- Moderator: Tom Heap
- Panellists: Siim Kiisler (Minsiter of Envrionment of Estonia), Lena Ek (Södra), Joanna Drake (European Commission), Kęstutis Navickas presentation (Minister of Environment of Lithuania), Eeva Furman (Finnish Environmental Institute SYKE).
Lunch
European Union funded nature-based solutions projects (EASME)
- Julien Guerrier
Joachim Maes (Joint Research Centre) - Enhancing resilience of urban ecosystems through green infrastructure (EnRoute)
Panel discussion "Future of nature-based solutions in the European Union"
- Moderator: Tom Heap
- Video message from Adina-Ioana Vălean
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- Panellists: Patrick Child (European Commission), Stewart Maginnis (IUCN), Marjolein Helder (Plant-E; European Innovation Council), Vasco Ferreira Costa (Senior Investment Officer at Infrastructure Funds and Climate Action Division of the European Investment Bank), Marina von Weissenberg (Ministerial Adviser for the Ministry of Environment of Finland).
ThinkNature platform launch
- Talk by Prof. Nikos Nikolaidis, coordinator of ThinkNature project
- Talk by EC project-officer (name TBC)
- Special act by ThinkNature partner ISOCARP, video etc.
Coffee
Parallel sessions 1.
Parallel sessions PS1 Blue-green infrastructure in smart cities
- Moderator: David Zetland
25.PS1.O1. A framework for assessing and implementing the co-benefits of nature-based solutions in urban areas Davide Geneletti
25.PS1.O2. Comprehending the multiple ‘values’ of green infrastructure – Valuing nature-based solutions for urban water management from multiple perspectives Tom Wild
25.PS1.O3. A helping hand or a thorn in the foot? European and national policy frameworks to support nature-based solutions and green/blue infrastructure McKenna Davis
25. PS1.O4. Water services Bruno Tisserand
Parallel sessions PS3. ICT as a supporting tool for nature based solutions and ecosystems
- Moderator: Kalev Sepp
25. PS3.O1. Eco-innovation through public involvement: everyman’s nature conservation Aveliina Helm
25.PS3.O2. Making Sense of Nature Based Solutions to different City Contexts through a Knowledge Platform Cristiano Cagnin
25.PS3.O3. Enhancing Performance Management and Sustainable Development through e-government policies in Urban Areas A System Dynamics Approach Diego Navarra , presentation please ask the author [email protected]
Parallel sessions PS4. Ecological restoration through eco-innovation
- Moderator: Stewart Maginnis
25.PS4.O1. Restoration of the sponge function in wetland soils as a measure for integrated river basin management in the Rhine catchment Eef Silver
25.PS4.O2. Biodiversity-enhancing solutions: combining ecological scientific knowledge with practical applications Mart Meriste
25.PS4.O3. Nature-based solutions: Typology, and uptake in the BiodivERsA Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for promoting eco-innovation Xavier Le Roux
Parallel sessions PS5. Nature-based solutions in circular economy
- Moderator: Victor Beumer
25.PS5.O1. The social, technical and political dynamics of NBS in European cities Björn Wickenberg
25.PS5.O2. Wood-based sustainable fiber solutions for a sustainable planet Marina Crnoja-Cosic, Berndt Köll
25.PS5.O3. Co-designing NBS for circular economy: practices and experiences in urban systems Marco Riva
Parallel sessions PS6. Linking NBS to Sustainable Development Goals
Moderator: Attila Katona
The session is targeted towards:
- making an explicit connection between NBS and SDGs;
- raising awareness about the significance and role of NBSfor the implementation of SDGs, particularly in terms of how NBS can contribute positively towards achieving multiple SDGs targets;
- discussing what it takes to go beyond raising awareness and how NBS can be operationalized within the SDGsimplementation framework in practice.
Presentations:
- The ‘big picture’ of SDGs and NBS: significance in the global and European context – Marco Fritz, EC
- The multiple connections between NBS and SDGs – Eeva Furman, SYKE
- Implementation mechanisms of SGDs from the NBS perspective, with some examples of alignment from a European database – László Pintér, CEU
- Short 5 min case examples of cities linking NBS in their urban areas to SDGs:
Parallel sessions PS7. ThinkNature special session
- EU project ThinkNature by Prof. Nikos Nikolaidis
- Holger Robrecht (ICLEI)
- Alexandra Vindfeld Hansen (SLA landscape architects Copenhagen)
- Prof. Constantinos Cartalis
- Prof. Denia Kolokotsa: the main conclusions from the 3 Taskforces in the EU projects clustering + short report from the communication meeting of the Green Spider Network
Dinner
Thursday 26.10.2017 - NBS research and innovation
Posters/exhibition/registration
Keynotes
- Hans Bruyninckx presentation (European Environment Agency),
- Stewart Maginnis presentation (Global Director of Nature-based Solutions Group in IUCN),
- Shardul Agrawala presentation (OECD),
- Cor Lamers (European Committee of the Regions)
Coffee
Panel disussion "Nature-based solutions in green economy"
- Video message from Karmenu Vella (European Commission)
- Moderator: Tom Heap
- Panelists: Birgit De Boissezon (European Commission), Victor Beumer (DeltaRes), David Zetland (Leiden University College), André Movilla Mariño (Architect and Green City Foundation Supporter), Kalev Sepp (Estonian University of Life Sciences).
Lunch
Parallel sessions 2.
Parallel session PS1. Blue-green infrastructure in smart cities
- Moderator: Marco Fritz
26.PS1.O1. Database of 1000 Nature-based solution from 100 European cities Laszlo Pinter
26.PS1.O2. Towards Smart Sustainable City as a Service: Case Espoo City, Finland Julia Nevmerzhitskaya
26.PS1.O3. “Adopt a flowerbed” in Milan: payment for ecosystem services through civic engagemen Edoardo Croci
26.PS1.O4. From grey infrastructure to green – blue hybrids: why it happened and how it works in Polish cities? Magdalena Glogowska
Parallel session PS2. Integrated water management through natural systems
- Moderator: Victor Beumer
26.PS2.O1. Building with Nature: integrating ecosystem services into infrastructure Rob Cornelissen
26.PS2.O2. Evaluating performance and placement of nature based solutions in peri-urban environments for achieving multiple benefits Mark Wilkinson
26.PS2.O3. Potential implementation of a FWS system within an Italian natural wetland for the area restoration and maintenance Gianpaolo Sabia
26.PS2.O4 Marker Wadden: adding value for nature. Building with and building for Nature in Lake Marken; construction of islands Sacha de Rijk
Parallel session PS3. ICT as a supporting tool for nature based solutions and ecosystems
- Moderator: Mattias Rennel
- 26.PS3.O1. Drone mapping as a tool for monitoring of mire ecosystems restoration Raimo Pajula
- 26.PS3.O2. Nature-based solutions for coastal flood and erosion risk reduction using Earth Observation Daphne van der Wal
- 26.PS3.O3. City Enabler: open technology giving awareness on data available in cities for NBS applications Giovanni Aiello
- 26.PS3.O4. Combining GIS environmental data analysis and expert knowledge in ecosystem services provision potential assessment Peter Bezák
Parallel session PS4. Ecological restoration through eco-innovation
- Moderator: Marjolein Helder
26.PS4.O1. Nature-Based technologies for soil and water remediation: competitive opportunities in the environmental industry sector and integration into the urban landscape for the benefit of local communitie Caroline Zaoui
26.PS4.O2. Green roof as mitigating tool of environmental problems in cities: case studies from Estonia Alar Teemusk
26.PS4.O3. Gypsum – An eco-innovation for the Baltic Sea Eliisa Punttila
26.PS4.O4. Development of nature-based solutions for marine oil spill response actions Jaak Truu
Parallel session PS5. Nature-based solutions in circular economy
- Moderator: Roman Zinchenko
26.PS5.O1. Why nature-based solutions and circular economics need each other in the built environment: the case of De Ceuvel Nadine Galle
26.PS5.O2. Economic value of urban nature: a meta-analysis Marija Bockarjova
26.PS5.O3. Winery wastewater valorisation system based on constructed wetlands Rocio Pena
26.PS5.O4. Nature-based solutions for valorization of Estonian black shale Anne Menert
Parallel session PS8. Well-being and public engagement
- Moderator: Steve Cindnerby
26.PS8.O1. How do urban nature based solutions foster human health and wellbeing? Aino Rekola
26.PS8.O2. Why we should prioritize green infrastructure within healthcare environments David Vernon Brasfield
26.PS8.O3. Public engagement for nature based solutions: citizens are on natures side Josefina Enfedaque
26.PS8.O4. Urban green infrastructure co-benefits for businesses & workers wellbeing? Steve Cindnerby
EEA photo contest winners / conclusions
- Hans Bruyninckx NATURE@work presentation (European Environment Agency),
- Tom Heap,
- Birgit De Boissezon (European Commission)
Closing
- Tiit Land (Tallinn University)
Coffee / Posters
Documentary Film program
- Go Tallinn (dir. Riho Västrik, Vesilind 2016, 3min15 sek)
- Woman and the Glacier (dir. Audrius Stonys, UKU Films, Vesilind, 2016, 56 min)