NbS Italy Hub Annual Meeting

NbS Italy Hub Annual Meeting

When

19 November 2024 - 21 November 2024    
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Where

Palermo
Palermo, Palermo

Draft program currently being finalized

November 19, 2024

Participation reserved for partner representatives

Modern Art Gallery (GAM)
Via Sant'Anna 17 – 90133 Palermo (PA)

4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Founding partners meeting

Self-paid dinner open to all partner representatives

November 20, 2024

In-person participation (up to 100 seats) or streaming via MS Teams

Conference Room Aula Lanza, Botanical Garden Palermo
Via Lincoln, 2 – 90133 PALERMO

9:00-9:30 Registration

Session I: Rebirth and Renewal with Nature
9:30-10:00 Opening remarks
  • Roberto Lagalla (Mayor of the Municipality and Metropolitan City of Palermo)
  • Pietro Alongi (Environmental Policy Councillor)
  • Giuseppina Liuzzo (Director of the Environmental Policy Department)
10:00 – 10:15 Introductory speech
  • Carlo Calfapietra (CNR-IRET)
  • Chiara Baldacchini (UNITUS)
10:15 – 11:00 Thematic interventions 1/2 (English):
  • Paola Lepori (Policy Officer – Biodiversity & Nature-based Solutions, European Commission) – The future of NbS in Europe
  • Susanna Gionfra (Senior Officer, Nature-Based Solutions at IUCN) – Building the NbS community: the role of platforms and standards
  • Francesca Bretzel (CNR-IRET) – Terminology and NbS: towards the definition of the European standard
  • SPEAKERS TBD (UNIBO/CNR) – The Mediterranean NbS platform of the National Biodiversity Future Center
11:00 -11:30 Round Table I (Italian) – Education and training on NbS topics (research partners, city partners, Ministry of Universities and Research)
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break – Poster session of Horizon NbS projects
12:00-13:00 Thematic interventions 2/2 (English)
  • TBD – Business and Biodiversity in Europe
  • Giuseppe Dodaro (Nature Positive Network) – Business and Biodiversity in Italy (Title tbc)
  • Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza (The Biocities Facility of the European Forest Institute) – Title tbd
  • Laura Airoldi (UNIPD – Department of Biology) – NbS in marine environments: the experience of the Venice lagoon
13:00–13:30 Round Table II (Italian) – NbS policies in Italy (Ministry of the Environment, city partners or metropolitan city, private sector representative)
13:30-14:30 Lunch – Poster session of Horizon NbS projects
Session II: Natura naturans and the “urban nature” of Palermo. Possible itineraries and reconnections

The structure and form of Palermo reclaim the “basic nature”

14:30-15:30 Introductory speeches
  • Francesco Picciotto (Service 3 Natural and Protected Areas, Environmental Department of the Sicilian Region) – Palermo and the Conca d'Oro: a bioregional perspective
  • Salvatore Pasta (CNR-IBBR Palermo) – Santa Rosalia suspended and contested between science and religion
  • Valerio Noto (UNIPA) – Green and blue infrastructure
  • Gianluigi Pirrera (AIPIN) – title tbd
15:30 – 16:30 NbS project interventions
  • Giuseppe Barbera (UNIPA?) – Presentation of the Parco della Favorita project
  • Liuzzo team (Palermo Municipality) – Projection of flyovers and presentation of NbS projects and experimental sites along the municipal coastal area
  • Liuzzo team (Palermo Municipality) – Presentation of NbS projects and experiments related to Villa Turrisi Park (EUpolis) and urban reforestation projects
16:30 – 17:00 Conclusions and farewells
17:30 – 19:00 Final partner hub meeting

Report and perspectives derived from the day's work

Streaming participation will be via MS Teams.

November 21, 2024

Restricted in-depth day

9:00 AM Meeting point for transfer to Villa Niscemi. All transfers will be made using AMAT vehicles

9:30 AM Arrival at Villa Niscemi and start of site visits
9:30 – 10:15 AM Barbera – Site visit to Parco della Favorita
10:15 – 10:30 AM Walking transfer
10:30 – 11:00 AM La Barbera – Site visit to Teatro della Verdura
11:00 – 11:15 AM Coffee break (Teatro della Verdura)
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Transfer to Villa Turrisi (EUpolis project)
12:00 – 1:00 PM Site visit to Villa Turrisi Park
1:00 – 1:20 PM Transfer back to the city center to the meeting point

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20 novembre 2024
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21 novembre 2024

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