EFUF2023 Programme

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Last update: 17 May 2023 

EFUF2023 Programme (version2023017)

Venue: Centrum Kongresowe UR, al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków – Google Maps

DAY 0: TUESDAY 23rd MAY 2023

Meet and greet
Time Title
18:00-20:00 EFUF ICEBREAKER, Welcome cocktail and buffet, early registration
at the Conference Centre (Centrum Kongresowe UR), al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków – Google Maps

DAY 1: Wednesday 24th MAY 2023

Time Title Speakers
08:30-09:30 Registration of participants, coffee
09:30-11:10 Welcoming session (Chair: Tomasz Bergier)
09:30-09:35 Welcome remarks by the City of Krakow Jerzy Muzyk
09:35-09:40 Welcome remarks by the University of Agriculture in Krakow Agnieszka Filipiak-Florkiewicz
09:40-09:45 Welcome remarks on behalf of the EFUF Board of Directors Clive Davies
09:45-10:00 Nature-based Solutions in Krakow Piotr Kempf 
10:00-10:15 Setting the scene: the state of the art of urban forestry in Poland  Piotr Wężyk, Karolina Zięba-Kulawik, Piotr Matczak, Ewa Zaraś, Edyta Rosłon-Szeryńska, Monika Winczek
10:15-10:40 Keynote 1: Urban forests as a nature-based solution – CLEARING HOUSE and beyond Clive Davies & Rik De Vreese
10:40-11:10 Keynote 2: China National Forest City Programme  Cheng Wang, Jiali Jin, Clive Davies, Rik De Vreese, Wendy Y Chen & Luqin Yin
11:10-11:40 Coffee break  
11:40-13:00

Plenary session (Chair: Bianca Bärlocher)

 

  • Monika Pec-Święcicka & Łukasz Pawlik 
  • Jakub Kronenberg, , Edyta Łaszkiewicz, Erik Andersson & Magdalena Biernacka
  • Cecil Konijnendijk & Johan Ostberg
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-18:00 Study visit to Zakrzówek
18:00-19:00 EFUF International Steering Committee 

DAY 2: Thursday 25th MAY 2023

Time Title Speakers
08:15-08:30 Registration of participants, coffee
08:30-10:00

Plenary session (Chair: Clive Davies)

  • Public perceptions and preferences for urban forests in China and Europe 
  • Application of the MINECRAFT computer game to involve children and youth in the participatory management of urban forests, their planning, and popularisation 
  • The challenge of transforming our urban areas into green urban areas: Forestami, a case study.
  • Rik De Vreese & Zhang Chang
  • Agnieszka Arabas, Tomasz Bergie & Paul Mahony
  • Maria Chiara Pastore, Daniela Gambino, Claudia Ida Parenti
10:00-10:30

Poster/lightning talks, Congress hall (Chair: Andreas Bernasconi)

Planning urban forests as nature-based solutions 

People, ecosystem services and values

Managing urban forests and urban trees as nature-based solutions

Modeling, measuring and inventorying urban trees and urban forests

Trees, forests and water

  • Gray, Howard – Application of blue-green infrastructure as nature-based solutions: practical examples from England, the Netherlands, and Wales.

Biotic management aspects in the urban forest

10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:45

Parallel session Number 1, Theme: Planning urban forests as nature-based solutions (Chair: Alan Simson)

Parallel session Number 2, Theme: Human health and well-being aspects of urban green spaces (Chair: Renate Spaeth)

Parallel session Number 3, Theme: Trees, forests and water (Chair: Jakub Kronenberg)

Parallel session Number 4, Theme: Biotic management aspects in the urban forest (Chair: Nerys Jones)

12:45-13:45 Lunch
13:45-15:00

Option 1: Poster presentations

Option 2: Project idea seed session (speed dating – are you looking for a project partner?)

Option 3: Sharing urban forest stories: workshop on intersectional belonging in practice (limited to 24)

Option 4: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening Journal (meeting)

15:00-18:00 Study visit to the urban Wolski Forest
18:00-19:30 Free time and/or travel time to conference dinner venue
19:30-late Cruise and conference dinner (this is an additional paid for event)

DAY 3: Friday 26th MAY 2023

Time Title
08:15-08:30 Registration of participants, coffee
08:30-11:00

Parallel session Number 5, Theme: People, ecosystem services and values (Chair: Tessa Hegetschweiler)

Parallel session Number 6, Theme: Managing urban forests and urban trees as nature-based solutions (Chair: Eugenia Vidal Casanovas)

Parallel session Number 7, Theme: Modeling, measuring and inventorying urban trees and urban forests (Chair: Nery Jones)

Parallel session Number 8, Theme: Biotic management aspects in the urban forest (Chair: Rita Sousa Silva) 

11:00-11:30 Coffee break
Closing session (Chair: Jakub Kronenberg)
11:30-12:00 Keynote 3 – 25 Years of EFUF – how a European urban forestry community was built Cecil Konijnendijk
12:00-12:15 Keynote 4 – The Second World Forum on Urban Forests in Washington DC (WFUF) and Tree Cities of the World update Simone Borelli
12:15-12:30  Introducing EFUF 2024 (Zagreb) Silvija Krajter Ostoić, Vinko Paulić, Damir Dramalija and Martina Kičić
12:30-12:55 EFUF International Steering Group announcements
12:55-13:05 Announcement of European Young Urban Forester of the Year award
13:05-13:30 Forum summary 
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30  Early departures
14:30-18:00 Study visit to the urban Mogilski Forest and the Polish Airmen Park

DAY 4: Saturday 27th MAY 2023 optional excursion

Time Title
09:30-17:00 Post-conference excursion