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Programme & abstracts

Current conference programme and abstracts

The main conference will take place from Tuesday 19 May to Wednesday 20 May 2015.

There are additional pre-conference events on Monday 18 May:

13:00 - 16:00: For ALTER-Net members: informal researcher meetings - This is an opportunity for the ALTER-Net community to organise informal meetings (at least 7 meeting rooms are available) on any issue relevant to discuss with colleague scientists, e.g. brainstorming on (forthcoming) calls for proposals, bringing together people who might be willing to step into proposal development, brainstorming on new ALTER-Net activities, e.g. shared training programmes, shared workshops, multi-site experiments, high impact actions, etc. See the programme overview below for current plans/contact persons. To organize such an event you should take the initiative yourself, and invite potential participants yourself; please also inform the ALTER-Net secretariat, in order to enable us to reserve a conference room.

16:00 - 18:00 Mini training course organised by ALTER-Net on concepts of nature-based solutions.This is open to all

Instructions for presenters, session organizers, chairs and reporters

If you have a role at the conference, please read and follow this information carefully. It will help to ensure the conference runs smoothly. Thank you.

Programme in detail

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An overview of the programme is shown below. The programme is subject to change. Please refer to this website for the most up-to-date programme. The final programme will be included in the delegate packs.

Programme overview

18 May - Monday - Pre-conference events

Time	Activity
13:00-16:00	Pre-conference event: For ALTER-Net members: informal researcher meetings - these can be organised by ALTER-Net members. See message above for details. Planned meetings so far: 13-16h in room Hippo: Brainstorm concerning the upcoming Biodiversa call (http://www.biodiversa.org/741) - contact [email protected] if you want to join 15-16h in room Nicolaas: Potential cooperation in NBS - Establishing linkages between initiatives - contact [email protected] if you want to join
15:00-16:00	Conference registration
16:00-18:00	Mini training course on concepts of nature-based solutions
18:30	Welcome reception

19 May - Tuesday - Main conference - Day 1

Time	Activity
08:00-09:00	Registration
09:00-11:00	Session 1: PLENARY I. Scene setting: Research and Innovation on Nature-Based Solutions
11:30-13:00	Session 2: PLENARY II. Learning from cases of Nature-Based Solutions in urban contexts
14:00-15:30	Session 3: Seven parallel sessions 3.1 Nature-based solutions should be socially inclusive 3.2 Nature, urban health and wellbeing 3.3 Waterscapes, blue infrastructure and urban health 3.4 Re-naturing citizens 3.5 Biodiversity and businesses, winning partners 3.6 Nature-based solutions for risk management 3.7 Discover the inside of sustainability
16:00-17:00	Session 4: Thematic poster sessions
17:30-18:00	Session 5: PLENARY III. Highlights from parallel sessions 3 and thematic poster sessions 4
19:30-21:00	Conference dinner in monastery With display of the video 'An Urbanized Planet'

20 May - Wednesday - Main conference - Day 2

Time	Activity
08:30-10:00	Session 6: PLENARY IV. Inter-disciplinary Operational Nature-Based Solutions
10:30-12:00	Session 7: Six parallel sessions 7.1 Europe’s urban health & equity challenge and the sustainable Development Goals: Is there a nature-based solution? 7.2 Access to nature: Environmental justice and Socio-Economic Health inequalities 7.3 Improving urban health by nature 7.4 Urban biodiversity for the delivery of ecosystem services 7.5 Urban designs and innovations for wellbeing 7.6 Green space and green growth potential 7.7 Thinking urban wellbeing in terms of nature-based agriculture
13:00-14:30	Session 8: Five parallel sessions 8.1 Using nature-based solutions to improve health and wellbeing for urban citizens 8.2 Open Space enquiries to identify future directions 8.3 Green infrastructure for nature-based solutions in urban planning 8.4 Evaluation of recreation and revitalization potential 8.5 Is there room for value integration over disciplines?
15:00-15:30	Session 9: PLENARY V. Highlights from parallel sessions 7 and 8
15:30-17:00	Session 10: PLENARY VI. Strategic actions on Nature-Based Solutions