PROGRAM
DAY 1 - MAY 24th
09:00 - 09:50h -
Opening presentation
Pedro Baganha | City Councillor for Urbanism, Public Space and Heritage, Municipality of Porto
The "Nature Based Solutions" in the municipal environment strategy of the city of Porto
Pedro Pombeiro | Environment Department Director, Municipality of Porto
Isabel Martins | Urban Planning Department Director, Municipality of Porto
Paulo Palha
09:50h - 11:00h | SESSION 1 - Cities demanding for green
Plant biodiversity on Green Roofs
Manfred Kholer | President of World
Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN), University of Neubrandenburg
Glades in the Sky - Green Roofs in London and beyond
Dusty Gedge | President of the EFB -
European Federation of Green Roof and Wall Associations, Director of
Livingroofs.org and the Green Infrastructure Consultancy
The Fifth Facade Project
Paulo Palha | President of Portuguese
Association for Green Roofs (ANCV)
11:00h -
11:30h - COFFEE BREAK
11:00h - 12:00h - SESSION 2 | Contributions of GI on ecology,
economy and food
NBS Projects for multinationals
Economic Evaluation of Green Roofs installation at a city scale: the case study of Lisbon
Cristina Matos Silva and Inês Teotónio | Instituto Superior Técnico
How edible is a roof?
Kelai Diebel | Makers of Sustainable Spaces
11:30h - 12:00 h - SESSION 3 | GI Policies incentive
strategies
London: A natural capital? The evolution of Green Infrastructure Policy
Peter Massini | Green infrastructure
Leader, Greater London Authority
Green Roof Policy and Guidelines in
the Czech Republic
Pavel Dostal | Czech Green Roof Association
Green roofs through the ages
Edmund Maurer | Linz City Council
13:30H -
14:30H - LUNCH
14:30 h - 15:45 h - SESSION 4 | Nature Based Solutions for
Resilient Cities
Green Roofs and Walls in the Sponge City
Gary Grant | Green Infrastructure
Consultancy
Vertical Green Infrastructure: Green Wall Projects and their Benefits
Vera Enzi | Innovationlab GrünStattGrau GmbH, Association for Green Roofs and Living
Walls Austria- VfB
Thermal performance of green roofs
and living walls
Bernard Scharf | BOKU University of
Natural Resources & Life Sciences Vienna
European green roof norms and guidelines through the lens of biodiversity
Chiara Catalano | ZHAW School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
15:45h - 16:00h - COFFEE BREAK
16:00H - 17:00H - SESSION 5 | Vegetation and Construction
The project of Praça de Lisboa
Pedro Balonas
Resiliant urban landscapes - Green infrastructure
contributions
Laura Costa | Laura Roldão Costa Arquitetura Paisagista
An overview of italian green roofs
experience, in different aplications, all along the territory, from north to
south
Maurizio Crasso | Harpo spa di
Trieste
Public perception of street trees and its implication on Porto´s green infrastructure design
Isabel Martinho da Silva and Cláudia Fernandes | Faculty of Science, University of Porto
17:10h - Closing ceremony
DAY 2 - MAY 25th - TOUR
9:00h - 13:00h
Meeting point: Lisbon Square Green Roof
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