EURESFO25 programme

Day 1 - 25. June 2025

Time
Content

Morning: Sessions at Main Venue

8.00 - 9.00

Registration

9.00 - 10.30

Opening plenary - Resilience in Crisis: Accelerating Action for a Just Future

Speakers
Chantal Zeegers (City of Rotterdam) Wolfgang Teubner (ICLEI Europe) Blaz Kurnik (EEA) Kamal Kishore (United Nation’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
10.30 - 11.15

Coffee break and networking

11.15 - 12.30

Panel discussions

Weathering the Future: Integrated Water Resilience Approaches

Speakers
Patrizia Bianconi (Emilia Romagna Region, Italy) Arnoud Molenaar (Square Floating City) (TBC) Green Metropolitan Region Arnhem Nijmegen

Building Urban Resilience in an Era of Polycrisis: The Holistic Agenda

Speakers
Kristen Guida (City of London) Ana Ardelean (City of Tiblisi) Eduardo Carssco (City of Barcelona) Ahmed AbuLaban (City of Ramallah) Cedric S. Grant (Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans) Kamal Kishore (United Nation’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
Moderator
Lina Liakou (R-Cities)

Shaping the future of Risk Reduction and Affordable Insurance

12.30 - 13.30

Lunch break

Afternoon option 1: Mobile workshops

13.30 - 14.00

Transportation to mobile workshop location

14.00 - 16.30

Mobile workshops

Planning Places, Shaping Futures: Co-Creating Transformative Resilience Pathways Through Strategic and Spatial Planning

Speakers
Jaime Nivala (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment)

Digital Tools for Climate Resilience: Harnessing Geospatial Data and Local Insights

Speakers
Sylvie Duthoit (TerraNIS) Cristobal Revecco (Hereon - GERICS) Sophie Arens (City of Dortmund) Dr. Heli Ponto (Firum Virium Helsinki) Dr. Vanessa Reinhart (Bochum Urban Climate Lab)

From Practice to Policy: Innovating Water Resilience through Nature-based Solutions (NbS)

Speakers
Marie-Caroline Vallon (Provence Alpes Côtes d'Azur (PACA), France) Silke Nauta (Fryslan province, The Netherlands) Jan Dzurdzenik (Kosice region, Slovakia) Elisa Costamagna (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Afroditi Mathioudaki (CDP)

Local Action to Address Extreme Heat - CitiesHitRefresh

Speakers
Esther Wienese (City of Rotterdam) Josine van den Bogaard (City of Rotterdam) Zdravko Maximovic (City of Kraljevo) Andrea Porcelluzzi (City of Reggio Emilia) Julie Berckmans (EEA) Marie Rouaux (City of Paris) Patrizia Bianconi (Emilia Romagna Region)
Moderator
Luca Arbau (Covenant of Mayors - Europe) Alison de Luise (Convenant of Mayors - Europe) Yigyeong OH (UNDRR)
16.30 - 17.00

Transportation back to main venue

Afternoon option 2: Sessions at main venue

13.45 - 15.00

Panel discussion - Towards climate-resilient cities: Co-creating tools & services for local action

Speakers
Christiane Walter (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) Karl Astbury (Resilient Cities Network) Sulafa Abushal (Greater Manchester) Eduardo Carssco (Barcelona City Council)
15.00 - 15.30

Coffee break

15.30 - 16.45

Panel discussion - Resilience Starts at Home: Advancing Affordable, Low- Emission and Climate-Adapted Housing in the EU

Speakers
Mar Jiménez (Barcelona City Council) Emily Bankert (BPIE) Julen Astudillo (AEGIR)
17.00 - 18.00

Closing plenary - European stories of resilience-making

Location
Main venue
Speakers
Daniel Borup (City of Aalborg) Kostas Bakoyannis (City of Athens) Linda Romanovska (Materra) Andreas Grau (Center for Sustainable Communities, Bertelsmann Stiftung) Chantal Schrijver (EIB)
from 18.00

Reception

Location
Main venue

Day 2 - 26. June 2025

Time
Content

Morning: Sessions at Main Venue

8.40 - 9.00

Registration

9.00 - 9.45

Opening plenary - Building a Just and Resilient Future: From Knowledge to Action

Speakers
Birgit Georgi (Strong Cities in Changing Climate) Alison de Luise (Climate Alliance)
9.45 - 11.15

Coffee break, Marketplace and networking

11.15 - 12.30

Panel discussions

Our future with the Missions

Speakers
Irene Bonvissuto (European Commission - DG CLIMA) Wiebe Pankauke (European Commission - DG RTD) Renata Haseth (Bankers Without Boundaries) Luis Hebrero (European Investment Bank)
Moderator
Luca Arbau (ICLEI Europe) Nupur Prothi (ICLEI Europe)

Climate adaptation from Buildings to Regions: governance and solutions across scales and sectors

Speakers
Mirjam Wolfrum (CDP) Miguel Diaz-Cacho Dafonte (SERGAS - Servizo Galego de Saúde) Annastina Sarlin (Nordic Cross Border Committee) Iñigo Urrutikoetxea Alvarez (Ihobe, Public company for Environmental Management of the Basque Government)

Small in Size, Big on Climate Action - Advancing Climate Resilience in smaller municipalities

Speakers
György Laki (Kajárpéc, Hungary) Marcel Meijer (Samsø, Denmark) Rainer Handlfinger (Ober-Grafendorf, Austria) Pernille Martiny Modvig (Climate-KIC)
12.30 - 13.30

Lunch break

Afternoon option 1: Mobile workshops

13.30 - 14.00

Transportation to mobile workshop location

14.00 - 16.30

Mobile workshops

Nature Restoration Regulation and local level implementation: How much green is enough?

Speakers
Xavier Tiana (Metropolitan Area of Barcelona) Athina Chontolidou (City of Thessaloniki) Joanna Heyda (City of Warsaw)
Moderator
Leon Kapetas (Resilient Cities Network) Elena Petsani (ICLEI) Ine Vandecasteele (EEA) Nadine Burbar (Resilient Cities Network)
16.30 - 17.00

Transportation back to main venue

Afternoon option 2: Sessions at main venue

13.45 - 15.00

Panel discussion - Outermost regions driving climate resilience in the EU

13.30 - 15.15

Workshop - Bridging Knowledge and Practice: A Deep Dive into Regional Climate Resilience

Speakers
Enora Bruley (Université de Genève) Ximena Michemberg Conti (Ricardo) Anna Lea Eggert (World Climate Foundation) Ann Marie Nienaber (Coventry University) Thomas Koetz (Climate-KIC)
Moderator
Luca Arbau (ICLEI Europe) Erica Manuelli (ICLEI Europe) Sebastien Kaye (IEED Europe) Anka Stankovic (RCCC) Konstantinos Dellis (AUEB)
13.30 - 15.15

Workshop - It’s Time for Action: An Approach to Building Climate-Just and Resilient Neighbourhoods in Rotterdam

Moderator
Nilofer Tajuddin (Resilient Cities Network) Catalina Díaz (Fraunhofer) Nadine Burbar (Resilient Cities Network) Tommaso Bassetti (Icatalist)
15.00 - 15.30

Coffee break

15.30 - 16.45

Panel discussion - AI for Climate Resilience in European Cities: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

15.15 - 17.00

Workshop - Collaborate, Educate, Transform: Building the Future of Nature-Based Solutions in Cities

Speakers
Eleonora Lekavičiūtė (PPMI) Shreya Utkarsh (ICLEI Europe) Gregorio Sgrigna (Italy NbS Hub) Małgorzata Bartyna-Zielińska (City of Wroclaw) Ana Mitić-Radulović (Centre for Experiments in Urban Studies (CEUS)) Irene Bonvissuto (European Commission - DG CLIMA)
Moderator
Paola Lepori (ICLEI Europe)
17.00 - 18.00

Closing plenary - Our way forward: strengthening the European Resilience Partnership

Location
Main venue
Speakers
Harriet Tiemens (Green Metropolitan Region Arnhem-Nijmegen) Anoud Allouzi (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Moderator
Holger Robrecht (ICLEI Europe) Lina Liakou (Resilient Cities Network)

Day 3 - 27. June 2025

Time
Content
8.40 - 9.00

Pick up packed lunch

Location:
Main venue
9.00 - 10.00

Transportation to site visit location

10.00 - 13.00

Site visit

Site visit

Site visit

13.00 - 14.00

Transportation back to main venue