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

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Chantal Zeegers (City of Rotterdam) Wolfgang Teubner (ICLEI Europe) Blaz Kurnik (EEA) Natalia Alonso Cano (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia) Tetiana Bardina (City of Poltavam) Irene Bonvissuto (DG CLIMA, European Commission)
Moderator
Vasileios Latinos (ICLEI Europe)
Master of Ceremony
Naomi Lloyd
10.30 - 11.15

Coffee break and networking

11.15 - 12.30

Panel discussions

Weathering the Future: Integrated Water Resilience Approaches

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Patrizia Bianconi (Emilia Romagna Region, Italy) Arnoud Molenaar (Square Floating City) (TBC) Green Metropolitan Region Arnhem Nijmegen Loic Charpentier (Water Europe) Grammatiki (Emmy) Papazoglou (City of Athens)
Moderator
Goksen Sahin (ICLEI Europe)

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

Location
Hall 3, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Kristen Guida (City of London) Ana Ardelean (City of Tiblisi) Eduard Carrasco (City of Barcelona) Cedric S. Grant (Grant Management Group) Natalia Alonso Cano (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia) Maarten Nypels (City of Rotterdam)
Moderator
Karl Astbury (R-Cities)

Shaping the future of Risk Reduction and Affordable Insurance

Location
Hall 4, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Lukas Sundermann (Swiss Re) Mikael Ardell (UIB Nordic) Maksym Terletsky (City of Lviv) Wouter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen (The City of Hague) Anders Ramäng (Kommunanssurans Försäkring AB)
Moderator
Magnus Qvant (NURI) Silvia Haslinger Olsson (NURI)
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

Location
Half of the Auditorium 0.704 at Timmerhuis
Speakers
Jaime Nivala (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment) Mila van Druten (Resilience Consultant) Joanna Heyda (Head of Climate Policy Unit) Iryna Vlasiuk, City of Lviv
Moderator
Elena Petsani (ICLEI Europe)

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

Location
Half of the Auditorium 0.704 at Timmerhuis
Speakers
Sylvie Duthoit (TerraNIS) Brooks Patrick (ESRI Europe) Sophie Arens (City of Dortmund) Dr. Heli Ponto (Firum Virium Helsinki) Dr. Vanessa Reinhart (Bochum Urban Climate Lab)
Moderator
Marcelo Lampkowski (ICLEI Europe) Cristobal Revecco (Hereon - GERICS)

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

Location
5.023 Kapsalon at Timmerhuis
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)
Moderator
Marcelo Daniel Gerlach (ICLEI Europe) Karen Naciph (ICLEI Europe) Simon Racé (ICLEI Europe)

Local Action to Address Extreme Heat - CitiesHitRefresh

Location
Room 22.29 at De Rotterdam
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) Selene Angelone (ICLEI Europe)
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

Location
Hall 3, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Sulafa Abushal (Greater Manchester) Eduard Carssco (Barcelona City Council) Maria Stamati (MVRDV) Sarah Wright (Deltares)
Moderator
Christiane Walter (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) Karl Astbury (Resilient Cities Network)
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

Location
Hall 3, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Neda Kostadinovic (Barcelona City Council – Office of the Chief Architect) Elisabeth Hoffmann (Velux) Emily Bankert (BPIE) Julen Astudillo (AEGIR)
Moderator
Goksen Sahin (ICLEI Europe)
17.00 - 18.00

Closing plenary - European stories of resilience-making & Local Sustainability Award Ceremony

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
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) Stefan Kuhn (ICLEI Europe)
Moderator
Holger Robrecht (ICLEI Europe)
Master of Ceremony
Naomi Lloyd
from 18.00

Local Sustainability Award Reception

Location
Main venue (LantarenVenster)

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

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Birgit Georgi-Haake (Strong Cities in Changing Climate) Bilal Taner (City of Rotterdam)
Moderator
Alison de Luise (Climate Alliance)
Master of Ceremony
Naomi Lloyd
9.45 - 11.15

Coffee break, Marketplace, pitches, and networking

11.15 - 12.30

Panel discussions

Our future with the Missions

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Irene Bonvissuto (European Commission - DG CLIMA) Wiebke Pankauke (European Commission - DG RTD) Renata Haseth (Bankers Without Boundaries) Luis Hebrero (European Investment Bank) Markku Markkula (Region of Helsinki-Uusimaa) Xavier Tiana (Metropolitan Area of Barcelona)
Moderator
Luca Arbau (ICLEI Europe) Nupur Prothi (ICLEI Europe)

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

Location
Hall 3, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Mirjam Wolfrum (CDP) Miguel Diaz-Cacho Dafonte (SERGAS - Servizo Galego de Saúde) Annastina Sarlin (Nordic Archipelago Corporation) Iñigo Urrutikoetxea Alvarez (Ihobe, Public company for Environmental Management of the Basque Government) Sophie Arens (City of Dortmund)
Moderator
Celina Solari (RINA) Selene Angelone (ICLEI Europe)

Small in Size, Big on Climate Action – Climate Resilience in Smaller Municipalities

Location
Hall 4, LantarenVenster
Speakers
György Laki (Kajárpéc, Hungary) Marcel Meijer (Samsø, Denmark) Rainer Handlfinger (Ober-Grafendorf, Austria) Lucy Gregerson (EEA)
Moderator
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?

Location
5.023 Kapsalon at Timmerhuis
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

Location
Hall 4, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Pauline Guerecheau-Desvignes (ADEME Guadeloupe) Prisca Haemers (DG RTD) Patricia del Mar Caro Ruiz (University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) Vincent Omarjee (Energies Reunion) Chiara Savina (Ecorys)
Moderator
Nadège Seguel (FEDARENE) Erika Palmieri (ICLEI Europe)
13.30 - 15.15

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

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Enora Bruley (Université de Genève) John Murray (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

Location
Hall 3, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Marthe van Gils (City of Rotterdam) Otto Trienekens (City of Rotterdam) Eleonora Esposito (City of Milan) Sarah Tosca Levy (City of Milan) Giulia Melis (Links Foundation)
Moderator
Nilofer Tajuddin (Resilient Cities Network) Catalina Díaz (Fraunhofer) Nadine Burbar (Resilient Cities Network) Tommaso Bassetti (Icatalist) Constanza Vera (University of Stuttgart IAT) Federico Aili (Resilient Cities Network)
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

Location
Hall 4, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Rebecca Moody (Erasmus University) Maite Sellart (CIMNE) Josefine Hintz (Technical University of Berlin) Giorgos Chalios (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – NKUA)
Moderator
Tanya Baycheva-Merger (ICLEI Europe)
15.15 - 17.00

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

Location
Hall 3, LantarenVenster
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) Marie Monjauze (Ecole du Breuil, City of Paris School of Horticulture and Landscaping)
Moderator
Paola Lepori (ICLEI Europe)
17.00 - 18.00

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

Location
Hall 1, LantarenVenster
Speakers
Harriet Tiemens (Green Metropolitan Region Arnhem-Nijmegen) Anoud Allouzi (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Mirjam Wolfrum (CDP) Artem Hanushchak (Rivne City Council)
Moderator
Holger Robrecht (ICLEI Europe) Lina Liakou (Resilient Cities Network)
Master of Ceremony
Naomi Lloyd

Day 3 - 27. June 2025

Time
Content
8.40 - 9.00

Pick up packed lunch

Location:
Main venue (LantarenVenster)
9.00 - 10.00

Transportation to site visit location

10.00 - 13.00

Site Visit - Oud-Mathenesse Neighborhood

Site Visit - BoTu

13.00 - 14.00

Transportation Back to Main Venue