Programme 20.04.2023

Grand Opening of EFI’s Biocities Facility and "Cities in the Age of Forests"

Rome and online, 20 April 2023

 

Registration and pre-coffee network (Rome)
8:30-09:15

Registration and networking

High-level opening (Rome)
09:15-10:30

High-level opening

Moderator: Marco Marchetti, Chair of EFI Board 

ThinkForest seminar (Rome and online)
10:30-12:30

ThinkForest seminar – Forests and the cities of the future 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DlMWr19rJk

Moderator: Helga Pülzl, EFI Assistant Director  

10:30-10:50

Keynote: “The Age of Forests”

Marc Palahí, EFI Director

10:50-12:15

Panel Discussion: Challenges and opportunities for cities and the role of forests 

Moderator: Gesche Schifferdecker, EFI 

Panelists: 

  • Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti – Architecture / Urban planning 

  • Rossella Ravagli, Giorgio Armani SPA – Sustainable fashion 

  • Yvonne Lynch, Royal Commission for Riyhad City  

  • Sandra Frank, Co-founder Arvet - Cities made of wood  

12:15-12:30

Closing of the session

Transforming Biocities seminar (Rome and online)
14:00-17:00

Transforming Biocities: Designing urban spaces inspired by nature

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-nzrc9pt4I

Moderator: Francesco Rutelli, President of the Foundation Centre for a Sustainable Future

14:00-14:10

Introductory Remarks: "Rome's History and Trees” 

Francesco Rutelli, President of the Foundation Centre for a Sustainable Future

14:10-14:40

Keynote: Introduction of the Transforming Biocities book

Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza, EFI Head of Biocities Facility & University of Tuscia

Vicente Guallart, Founder IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) 

14:45–16:45

Panel discussion “The future of cities: Research on Biocities” 

Moderator: Jerylee Wilkes-Allemann, Research Associate at the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, Bern University, “Research Agenda: Biocities of the future”  

Panelists: 

  • Liz O´Brien, Society and Environment Research Group, Forest Research, UK 

  • Riccardo Valentini, University of Tuscia & Nobel Peace Prize  

  • Mònica Ubalde, Barcelona Institute for Global Health  

  • Fabio Salbitano, University of Sassari 

  • Dan Lambe, The Second World Forum on Urban Forest by Arbor Day Foundation, Smithsonian Institute and FAO  

  • Clive Davies, European Forum on Urban Forest 

16:45-17:00

Closing of the session

Alessandra Capuano, Director Department of Architecture & Design, University of Rome-Sapienza 

Mingle and network (Rome)
17:00-18:00

Mingle and networking