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15 November 2021 - 17 November 2021
Brussels, Belgium
LIFE in the New European Bauhaus

15 November 2021 - Day 1

Changing the mindset and providing incentives for behavioural change – at all levels of society

Opening and Introduction

Session 1 Engagement of citizens in the process of co-creating the vision for the sustainable cities of tomorrow

  • Giovanni Ferrero - Architect, CO-CITY (UIA) Project manager at City of Torino (Presentation)
  • Kinga Kovacs - Project management and Overall coordination at Energy Cities at Energy Cities (Presentation)
  • Antoine Le Bos - Founder and CEO at Le Groupe Ouest (Presentation)
  • Eamon O'Hara - Executive Director at ECOLISE (Presentation)
  • Kyriakos Parpounas - Managing Directror at Parpounas Sustainability Consultants
  • Maya Vetri - Project manager at Casetta Rossa (Presentation)
  • Stanislas d'Herbemont - Development Manager at REScoop.eu (Presentation)
  • Eleonora de Sabata - MedSharks President / coordinator Clean Sea LIFE project at MedSharks - beneficiary of Clean Sea LIFE

Session 2 Incentivising behavioural change towards more sustainable practices

  • Luisa Crisigiovanni - Secretary General Altroconsumo - Euroconsumers Fundraising Program manager at Altroconsumo (Presentation)
  • Simona D'Oca - H2020 Project Coordinator at Huygen Engineers and Consultants (Presentation)
  • Zuzana Hudekova - Environmental expert at Bratislava Municipality Karlova Ves
  • Celina Kacperski - Post-doctoral researcher at University Mannheim (Presentation)
  • Christian Klöckner - Professor in environmental psychology at Norwegian University Of Science And Technology (Presentation)
  • Joanna Romanowicz - Director of Engagement at Students Organising for Sustainability UK (Presentation)
  • Michael Schembri - Energy and Water Agency (Presentation)
  • Michael Scoullos - Chairperson at Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development (MIO-ECSDE)

        Session 3 Monitoring and measuring behavioural change

        • Laura Bouwman - Assistant professor at Wageningen University - Health and Society Group
        • Ernesto Faubel-Cubells - Smart City Project Coordinator at Municipality of Valencia (Presentation)
        • Corinne Faure - Professor of Marketing at Grenoble Ecole de Management (Presentation)
        • Zissis Samaras - Professor at Aristotle University, Lab of Applied Thermodynamics (Presentation)
        • Johan Sandström - Head of Sustainable development at City of Umeå (Presentation)
        • Johannes Slacik - Senior Expert/Researcher at Energy Institute at the JKU Linz, Austria (Presentation)
        • Andrä Stigger - Executive Director at Klimabündnis Tirol

        Closing of Day 1: How to implement NEB principles in LIFE projects?


        16 November 2021 - Day 2

        Transforming urban areas - including energy efficiency, the use of sustainable materials in buildings, and promoting sustainable transport 

        Opening and Introduction

        Session 1 Energy performance in buildings

        • Giuliana Bonvicini - Head of Environmental Department at Centro Ceramico (Presentation)
        • Sebastien Delpont - Director EnergieSprong France at GreenFlex / EnergieSprong France (Presentation)
        • Eddy De Ruwe - Project Coordinator at LIFE IP BE REEL! - Flemish Energy and Climate Agency (VEKA) (Presentation)
        • Raquel Diez Abarca - Responsible of Projects Area at Green Building Council España (GBCe)  (Presentation)
        • Zita Kakalejcikova - Manager, Residential Energy Programs (CEE/CIS) at Habitat for Humanity International (Presentation)
        • Josefina Lindblom - Policy Officer at DG ENV - European Commission
        • Filipe Neves da Silva - R&D engineer at EDP NEW 
        • Anette Persson - Policy officer at European Commission
        • Eduard Puig MacLean - COO at GNE Finance
        • Marta Maria Sesana - Assistant Professor in Building Engineering Architecture at Assistant Professor in Building Engineering Architecture at University of Brescia (Presentation)

        Session 2 Circular economy

        • Sami Akkach - Architect at Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH (Presentation)
        • Cris Ballester Perets - General Manager at IBAVI (Presentation)
        • Christina Böckl - Project Coordination & Public Relations at GrAT - Center for Appropriate Technology (Presentation)
        • Jan Debenjak - Project Manager at ZEOS, d.o.o. (Presentation)
        • Christina Marouli - Urban Innovative Actions expert; Professor at Deree - American College of Greece (Presentation)
        • Carles Gabriel Oliver Barceló - Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Institut Balear de l'Habitatge (IBAVI)
        • Eleonora Paris Mineralogy professor - University of Camerino - Italy at University of Camerino (Presentation)
        • Cristiana Parisi - Associate Professor and PI/Overall Project Coordinator Horizon 2020 project REFLOW at Copenhagen Business School
        • Gonzalo Sanchez - Policy Officer for Circular Economy and Carbon Neutrality in the Building Sector at European Environmental Bureau (Presentation)
        • Borja Izaola - Project Manager at GBCE (Presentation)

        Session 3 Sustainable cities and districts

        • Judith Borsboom-van Beurden - Action Cluster Coordinator at Smart Cities Marketplace/Locality
        • Christina Del Pozo - Architect at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
        • Boris Hinojo - Project Manager at City Council of Lugo (Presentation)
        • Laura Martelloni - Strategic Designer at ANCI Toscana (Presentation)
        • Jose Antonio Mateos - Cooperation and Funds at EMASESA (Presentation)
        • Francesco Molinari - ANCI Toscana at ANCI Toscana (Presentation)
        • Katia Raffaelli - Project Manager at Regione Emilia-Romagna (Presentation)
        • Rudy Rooth - Project manager at Municipality of Amsterdam (Presentation)

        Closing of Day 2: How to implement NEB principles in LIFE / Horizon projects


        17 November 2021 - Day 3

         Promoting nature-based solutions in the fight against climate change

        Opening and Introduction

        Session 1 New European Bauhaus Changemakers

        1. Behavioural Change represented by:

            • Catarina Selada - AYR Sustainability Platform WINNER of the Candidate category in Products and Lifestyles (Portugal)
            • Ludovica Gregori - Social Reconstruction in Post Emergency WINNER of the Rising Stars category in Reinvented Places to meet and Share (Italy)
            • Elisabetta Migoni - Follow the Lighthouse FINALIST in the Rising Stars category in Interdisciplinary Education Models (Italy)

                2. Urban Transformation represented by:

                • Siddartha Rodrigo - Inhabiting Enclosed Landscapes FINALIST in the Rising Stars category in Techniques for Reconstruction (Spain)
                • Andrej Fideršek - Zero Waste House FINALIST in the Rising Stars category in Buildings Renovated in the Spirit of Circularity (Slovenia)
                • Rupert Weinmann - IF FINALIST in the Candidate category in Mobilisation of culture, arts and communities (Poland)

                3. Nature Based Solutions represented by:

                • Sergio Carratala Lamarca - Floating Wild Garden FINALIST in five Candidate categories including Preserved and Transformed Cultural Heritage and WINNER in the category Buildings Renovated in the Spirit of Circularity (Spain)
                • Helena Ortiz - La Fábrica FINALIST in the Rising Stars category Regenerated urban and rural spaces (Spain)

                Session 2 Beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive nature-based solutions to transform Europe into a greener society

                • Andreas Beckmann - Regional CEO at WWF-CEE
                • Ben Delbaere - Technical Monitor at NEEMO
                • Silvia Donato - Project Manager at European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
                • Jose Fermoso Dóminguez - Researcher at CARTIF Technology Center
                • Sandra Naumann - Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute
                • Salustiano Torre Casado - General Coordinator of the LIFE My Building is Green project at CSIC-Royal Botanical Garden
                • Chantal Van der Linden - Program manager at LIFE IP Deltanature (Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality)
                • Paul Van der Sluys - Senior advisor at Vlaamse Landmaatschappij
                • Tiago Freitas - Policy officer at European Commission

                (Panel's Presentation)

                Session 3 How it all comes together – final discussion featuring projects addressing behavioral change, energy efficiency, principles of circularity and nature-based solutions in their activities

                • Judith Borsboom-van Beurden - Action Cluster Coordinator at Smart Cities Marketplace/Locality
                • Laura Bouwman - Assistant professor at Wageningen University - Health and Society Group
                • Sebastien Delpont - Director EnergieSprong France at GreenFlex / EnergieSprong France
                • Sami Akkach - Architect at Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH
                • Sandra Naumann - Senior Fellow at Ecologic Institute
                • Gonzalo Sanchez - Policy Officer for Circular Economy and Carbon Neutrality in the Building Sector at European Environmental Bureau

                Closing of the event

                Registration
                Closed since 14 November 2021
                Location
                Venue: Event Lounge - Bd. Général Wahislaan,
                1030 Brussels, Belgium
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                Participants
                Belgium 165
                Italy 95
                Spain 91
                Greece 60
                Portugal 58
                Germany 55
                Netherlands 30
                France 20
                Austria 17
                United Kingdom 12
                Ireland 11
                Denmark 11
                Sweden 10
                Latvia 10
                Poland 9
                Romania 9
                Finland 8
                Lithuania 7
                Bulgaria 7
                Norway 7
                Slovakia 7
                Croatia 6
                Estonia 5
                Malta 5
                Türkiye 5
                Slovenia 4
                Egypt 3
                Hungary 3
                Switzerland 3
                Czech Republic 3
                Serbia 2
                Ukraine 2
                China 1
                Argentina 1
                Australia 1
                Luxembourg 1
                Guatemala 1
                Moldova, Republic Of 1
                Cyprus 1
                Brazil 1
                Colombia 1
                Belarus 1
                Jordan 1
                Lebanon 1
                Aruba 1
                Israel 1
                Total 754
                Participants
                University/Research Center/Think Tank 162
                Consultancy 90
                European institution 67
                Local authority/ administration 60
                Small or Medium-size company 52
                Other 47
                Ministry/Central administration 46
                Regional authority/administration 46
                NGO (European or international level) 45
                NGO (national level) 37
                Student 35
                Third sector body (social enterprise) 13
                Self employed 13
                Large company 12
                Business community 10
                Professional body (business assoc., trade union) 9
                Press 4
                Not employed (incl. retired) 3
                Embassy/ Permanent representation 3
                Total 754
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