Grand Opening of EFI’s Biocities Facility and "Cities in the Age of Forests"
Rome and online, 20 April 2023
Registration and networking
High-level opening
Moderator: Marco Marchetti, Chair of EFI Board
- Sabrina Alfonsi, Councilor for Environment
- Maria Tripodi, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Patrizio Giacomo La Pietra, Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Forestry
- Stefano Vaccari, DG of Research Council for Agriculture and Bioeconomy, CREA
- Jan Björklund, Ambassador of Sweden in Italy
ThinkForest seminar – Forests and the cities of the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DlMWr19rJk
Moderator: Helga Pülzl, EFI Assistant Director
Keynote: “The Age of Forests”
Marc Palahí, EFI Director
Panel Discussion: Challenges and opportunities for cities and the role of forests
Moderator: Gesche Schifferdecker, EFI
Panelists:
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Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architetti – Architecture / Urban planning
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Rossella Ravagli, Giorgio Armani SPA – Sustainable fashion
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Yvonne Lynch, International Green Cities Expert
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Sandra Frank, Co-founder Arvet - Cities made of wood
Closing of the session
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
Introductory Remarks: "Rome's History and Trees”
Francesco Rutelli, President of the Foundation Centre for a Sustainable Future
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)
Panel discussion “The future of cities: Research on Biocities”
Moderator: Ivana Živojinović, Senior researcher, University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU)
Panelists:
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Liz O´Brien, Society and Environment Research Group, Forest Research, UK
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Riccardo Valentini, University of Tuscia & Nobel Peace Prize
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Mònica Ubalde, Barcelona Institute for Global Health
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Fabio Salbitano, University of Sassari
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Dan Lambe, The Second World Forum on Urban Forest by Arbor Day Foundation, Smithsonian Institute and FAO
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Clive Davies, European Forum on Urban Forest
Closing of the session
Alessandra Capuano, Director Department of Architecture & Design, University of Rome-Sapienza
Mingle and networking