PROGRAM

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Morning

MAIN AUDITORIUM - TECHNICAL SESSION (9H00 - 13H00)

8H30

Welcome coffee and registration

9H00 - 9H30

Opening Session
Rui Moreira | President of Porto City Council
Paulo Palha | President of ANCV

9H30 - 10H30 Panel 1

Building Sustainable Cities
Moderator – To be Announced

9h35 – Filipe Mesquita | This is Pacífica
GREENROOFS
9h55 – Francisco Rocha Antunes | MOME
NBS and the Descarbonization of Real
Estate Development
10h15 – Menno Lammers | PropTech For Good
Catalysing Life in Concrete Jungles: Why
Regeneration Beats Sustainability
10h35 – Questions & Answers

10H50 - 11H30 Break

Scientific Poster Session (jury visit)
+ Exhibitors

11H30 - 13H00 Panel 2

Strategic programs/funding in EU NBS
Moderator – Ruben Fernandes | Águas e Energia do Porto

11h35 – Paulo Palha | ANCV
The city’s Nature and the Importance of the Water Cycle
11h55 – Luigi Petito, Head of Secretariat WGIN | UE/Chapter
Policies and Initiatives to Boost Green
Infrastructure in the European Union
*Temporary Title
12h15 – Steven L. Peck | WGIN and Green Roofs for
Policies and Initiatives to Boost Green
Infrastructure in the European Union
*Temporary Title
12h35 – Questions & Answers

13H00 - 14H30

Lunch Break

Afternoon

MAIN AUDITORIUM - (14H30 - 20H00)

14H30 - 15H30

Scientific Panel
Parallel session 1 – Ana Cristina Rodrigues | ANCV Board Member
4 oral presentations + questions
Parallel session 2 – Cristina Matos Silva | ANCV Board Member
4 oral presentations + questions
Parallel session 3 – Armando Silva Afonso | ANCV, ANQIP
4 oral presentations + questions

15H30 - 16H45 Panel 3

NBS in urban environments
Moderator – Mercês Ferreira, Coordinator of the Regional Council | Colégio de
Engenharia de Ambiente

15h35 – Dusty Gedge | EFB Ambassador
Delivering and Mapping Urban Biodiversity
15h55 – José Miguel Lameiras, Landscape Architect | FCUP
Implementation of a Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS)
16h15 – Kevin Halpenny | World Urban Parks
Some Practical Uses of NBS in Fingal, North Dublin, Ireland
16h35 – João Torres | KMPG
The True Value of the Green Roof at Campanhã Intermodal Terminal
16h55 – Questions & Answers

17H10 - 17H50 Break

Scientific Poster Session (jury visit)
+ Exhibitors

17H50 - 18H50

Master Class 1 | Terminal Intermodal Campanhã
Nuno Brandão Costa

Moderator – Paulo Palha
Questions & Answers

19H00

Port of Honor and Summit Awards Ceremony

19H00

Presentation of the Porto NBS Circuit

20H00

Summit Dinner *subject to registration

Morning

MAIN AUDITORIUM - (8H30 - 13H00)

8H30

Registration

9H00 - 9H30

National and municipal policies/strategies
Moderator – Helena Freitas, Full Professor in Ecology and Biodiversity | UNESCO
CHAIR HOLDER in Biodiversity

Safeguard for Sustainable Development
09h05 – Filipe Araújo, Vice-President | Porto City Council
Enhancing NBS in Climate Change
Adaptation: The case of Porto
09h25 – Martin Koštál, Head of Department | City of Brno – City in the Czech Republic
Support for the Creation of Green Roofs on the Territory of the Statutory City of Brno
09h45 – Jürgen Preiss, Deputy Head | City of Vienna – Environmental Protection, City of Austria – Municipality of Vienna
Green Infrastructure Strategy and Implementation Process – learnings from Vienna!
10h05 – Edmund Maurer | Municipality of Linz , City in Austria
Big Impacts by Environmental
Necessity in Linz
10h25 – Questions & Answers

10H40 - 11H10 Break

Coffee Break – Scientific Poster
Session (jury visit) + Exhibitors

11H10- 12H10

Master Class 2 | Nature-based Infrastructure for Resilient Cities
Kongjian Yu, Landscape Architect

Moderator – Cristina Calheiros | ANCV, Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

12H10 - 12H30 Panel 5

NBS projects (buildings/communities)

Moderator – Adriana Floret, Architect | Ordem dos Arquitectos Região Norte
12h15 – Per Malmos, Landscape
Architect | MALMOS Copenhill green roof *Case Study
12h30 – Laura Gatti, Landscape Architect | Studio Laura Gatti
Bosco Verticale *Case Study

12H45 - 13H45

Lunch Break

Afternoon

MAIN AUDITORIUM - (13H45 - 15H00)

14H30 - 15H30

NBS projects (buildings/communities)

13h45 – João Jesus, Principal Architect | OODA Architectural Design Studio
Portuguese Football League headquarters
14h00 – Valentina Galiulo, Project Director | LAND
Nature-Positive Landscapes: Re-thinking Cities and Territories in the Climate Emergency with Nature-Based Solutions
14h15 – João Vaz, Manager | PointUp High Engenharia e Consultoria, Lda
Green roofs: The impact on the structure of buildings. *Case studies
14h30 – Questions & Answers

14H45 - 15H00

Closing Ceremony

15H00

Technical Visits *subject to registration

15h00 - 18h00

NBS projects (buildings/communities) Campanhã

A – Escola do Falcão | Horta da Oliveira | Parque da Alameda de Cartes | Parque Oriental
B – Parque da Asprela | Nó do Regado
C – Terminal Intermodal da Campanhã | Parque Oriental

18H00

Technical Visits Conclusion at Praça de Lisboa