GREEN CITIES URBAN NATURE «Crossing Boundaries»

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1 EFUF 2014 GREEN CITIES URBAN NATURE «Crossing Boundaries» 3-7 June 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland 17 th European Forum on Urban Forestry CONFERENCE PROGRAMME ( s t a t u s 2 8 / 0 5 / ) REPUBLIQUE ET CANTON

EFUF 2014 3-7 June Lausanne CH www.efuf2014.org 2/6 Conference Venue and Location The EFUF 2014 will be hosted at the University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, IDHEAP (1) and Géopolis (2) Buildings.

2 EFUF June Lausanne CH 2/6 Conference Venue and Location The EFUF 2014 will be hosted at the University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, IDHEAP (1) and Géopolis (2) Buildings. By train from Lausanne Railway Station > Metro m2 going to "Croisettes" > Change at station "Lausanne-Flon" > Metro m1 going to "Renens CFF" > Get off at "UNIL-Mouline" 1 2 By train from Renens Railway Station > Metro m1 going to "Lausanne Flon" > Get off at "UNIL-Mouline" or > Bus 31 going to "Venoges sud" > Get off at "UNIL-Mouline" By car from the Motorway A1 > Direction "Lausanne-Sud" > Leave at "UNIL-EPFL" > Follow "UNIL-Mouline" 3 Parking Car park "UNIL-Dorigny" (3) is available for participants to the Conference (5 min walk) NO PARKING FOR THE PUBLIC CLOSE TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER!!! Tuesday, 3 rd June 2014, Preliminary Programme Preliminary Session: University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, Idheap and Géopolis, Ecublens 14:00-18:00 FPS COST Action FP Chair: Carlo Calfapietra 18:00-19:00 Dislocation Special COST Action FP1204 meeting and workshop (detailed programme in annexe) Conference Warm Up: Centre Général Guisan, av. Général-Guisan , Pully (map in annexe) 17:00-21:00 Registration for EFUF participants 19:00-20:00 Welcome Addresses Yves Kazemi, Chairman EFUF 2014 Dr. Carlo Calfapietra, Institute of Agro-Environmental & Forest Biology, National Research Council, Italy European Forum on Urban Forestry 20:00-21:00 Welcome and Networking Cocktail

3 EFUF June Lausanne CH 3/6 Wednesday, 4 th June 2014: Conference Day 1 All Day Sessions: University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, IDHEAP and Géopolis, Ecublens 08:00-12:00 Registration 09:00-09:30 Opening of the Conference, Chair: Yves Kazemi Silvio Schmid, President of the Conference, Forest Division, Federal Office for the Environment, Bern Benoît Frund, Vice-Rector, University of Lausanne Clive Davies, European Forum on Urban Forestry 09:30-10:30 Opening Plenary Session, Chair: Clive Davies 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break Dr. Carlo Calfapietra, Institute of Agro-Environmental & Forest Biology, National Research Council, Italy A1 - Actual State of Work COST Action FP1204 Shela Patrickson, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, Cities Biodiversity Centre, South Africa B2 - Greening the Concrete Jungle - Urban Forests and Green Infrastructure 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions and Workshops (see detailed programme in annexe) Session 1 A1 -Ecosystem Services Provided by Urban Forests and Green Spaces Session 2 A3 - Economic Benefits and Value of Urban Green Infrastructures Session 3 D1 - Effects of Urban Green Infrastructures on Social Health and Wellbeing Session 4 (workshop) D2 - Social Diversity in Urban Forests Session 5 (workshop) Room 2129 B2 - Management of Open Areas in Cities and Densely Urbanized Agglomerations 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Plenary Session, Chair: 15:30-16:00 Coffee Break Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Rey, Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies, EPF, Lausanne B1 - Green Density - How much Green Do we Need in Cities? Prof. Dr. Arne Arnberger, Institute for Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning, BOKU, Vienna E1 - Urban Development and Urban Recreation - a Neglected Relationship? Andreas Bernasconi: Introduction to Poster Forum and Open Space Debate 16:15-17:45 Poster Forum and Open Space Debate 18:00-19:00 Side Events Poster Forum with short poster presentations (special programme) B3 - Presentation of the Exhibition Carott City B2 - Invitation to Lausanne Jardin 2014 F2 - Swiss Forum on UF Kick-Off-Event

4 EFUF June Lausanne CH 4/6 Thursday 5 th June 2014, Conference Day 2 Morning Session: University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, IDHEAP and Géopolis, Ecublens 08:30-09:30 Plenary Session, Chair: 09:30-10:00 Coffee Break Top 10 Results of Day 1 Prof. Nicolas Babey, Management Institute for Cities and Territory, HE ARC Management, Neuchâtel, Switzerland A3 - Green Infrastructures as an Asset to Urban Marketing 10:00-11:30 Parallel Sessions and Workshops (detailed programme in annexe) Session 6 A2 - Effects of Green Infrastructures on Urban Environment and Climate Session 7 B1 - Towards Sustainable Green Cities Session 8 (workshop) Room 2207 B2 - Integration of Environmental and Nature Conservation Issues in City Development (f) 11:45-13:15 Parallel Sessions and Workshops (detailed programme in annexe) Session 11 Room 2137 B3 - The role of suburban Green, Nature, Forest and Agriculture Areas Session 12 B2 - Planning and Developing Urban Green Infrastructures in Cites Session 13 Room 2227 C7 - Management of Harmful Organisms in Urban Areas Session 9 C2 - Social Perceptions, Cultural Values and Recreational Uses of Urban Forests Session 14 (workshop) Room A Forest Experience for Planners, Foresters and all Those who Care about Wellbeing Session 10 Room 2129 C1 - Enhancing Biodiversity and Naturalization of Urban Green Infrastructures Session 15 (workshop) Room 2208 C1 Nature in the City : Participatory Actions (f) 13:15-14:15 Lunch Afternoon Session: Salle polyvalente de Prazqueron, Romanel-sur-Lausanne 14:30-19:00 Field Exercise, Chair: Yves Kazemi (detailed programme in annexe) 14:30-15:00 Transfer by bus to Romanel-sur-Lausanne 15:30-18:00 Field Exercise: Integrated Urban, Forest and Agriculture Planning 18:00-19:00 Results of the working groups 18:00-19:00 Side Event to the Conference, Chair: Jacques Baudet and Nadia Christinet B2 Vernissage du Guide Environnemental du Projet d Agglomération Lausanne-Morges (f) 19:30-20:00 Opening of the Gala Dinner, Chair: Silvio Schmid Denis Favre, Municipal Councillor, Romanel-sur-Lausanne Jean-François Métraux, Director, Cantonal Forest Service, Canton of Vaud Josef Hess, Vice-Director, Federal Office for the Environment 20:00-22:00 Official Gala Dinner

5 EFUF June Lausanne CH 5/6 Friday, 6 th June 2014: Conference Day 3 All Day Sessions: University of Lausanne, Quartier Mouline, IDHEAP and Géopolis, Ecublens 08:30-09:45 Plenary Session, Chair: Andréa Finger-Stich 09:45-10:15 Coffee Break Georg Schoop, Director, Division of Urban Forest Management and Ecology, Baden, Switzerland C2 - Urban Forests - the Other World Laurence Roux-Moschetto, Project Manager (Parc Blandan) and Julien Lahaie, Project Manager (Espace Mazagran), Directorate for Urban Development, Grand Lyon, France E2 Landscape Urbanism: Participatory Experiences in Designing the Parc Blandan et the Espace Mazagran 10:15-11:45 Parallel Sessions and Workshops (detailed programme in annexe) Session 16 E1 - Monitoring and Managing Multi- Stakeholders Conflicts Session 17 C3 - Planning Urban Forests Session 18 C6 - Ecology of Urban Trees 12:00-13:30 Parallel Sessions and Workshops (detailed programme in annexe) Session 21 Room 2129 E2 - Conflict Management through Participation and Capacity Building Session 22 Room 2137 C4 - Managing Urban Forests Session 23 C8 - Threats and Diseases Affecting Urban Trees Session 19 (workshop) Room 2207 C1 - City Gardens and Urban Forests Session 24 Room 2227 F2 - Crossing Boundaries through Research and Communication Session 20 (excursion) C4 Guided visit of the Recreational Forest and Biodiversity Reserve of Dorigny (f) Session 25 (workshop) Room 2224 C4 - Managing Urban Forests Practical Experiences (f) 13:30-14:30 Lunch 14:30-16:00 Parallel Sessions and Workshops (detailed programme in annexe) Session 26 E3 - Governance of Urban Green Spaces and Forests Session 27 C5 - Assessing Urban Forests 16:00-16:30 Coffee and Goodbye Break (for the busy ones) Session 28 F1 - Crossing Boundaries through Education and Training Session 29 (workshop) F2 - Challenges for Research and Science towards Sustainable Green Cities Session 30 (workshop) Room 2224 C4 - Managing Urban Forests Practical Experiences (f) 16:30-17:00 Closing of the Conference, Chair: Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Urban Forestry Project Award 2014 & Young Urban Forester Award 2014 Clive Davies, Summary and Main Findings of EFUF 2014 Jean Rosset, Head of the forest Conservation Unit, Cantonal Forest Service Dr. Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch, Coordinator, European Forum on Urban Forestry 19:00 20:00 EFUF 2014 Final Cocktail (Tour of Sauvabelin, Lausanne) Florence Germond, Municipal Councillor, Finance and Parks, Lausanne 20:00-23:00 EFUF 2014 Final Dinner (Chalet Suisse, Lausanne)

6 EFUF June Lausanne CH 6/6 Saturday 7 th June 2014: Excursion in Geneva Host Directorate General Nature and Landscape (DGNP), Canton of Geneva Organisation Patrick Fouvy, Director, Cantonal Forest Service, DGNP, Canton of Geneva Programme From 08:45 Meeting at the railway station in Lausanne 09:00 Departure to Geneva by bus 10:00 Arrival at the Quai des Moulins de l Ile and departure to the Dam pf Verbois by Boat 10:15 Presentation of the Directorate General Nature and Landscape (DGNP) by P. Fouvy and S. Sciacca 11:15 Arrival at Dam of Verbois 11:30 Departure to Bernex by bus through Geneva s countryside 12:00 Arrival at the Maison du Terroir in Bernex 12:15 Presentation of the Argro-Urban Parc of Cressy Murcie and the Renaturation Project of the Aire River 12:45 Buffet lunch with local products 14:00 Bus departure to Geneva 14:30 Arrival at Geneva International Airport and Railway Station 15:30 Arrival in Lausanne (railway station) Practicalities Conference Language The official language of the Forum is English. Plenary sessions will be translated in French. Some of the workshops will also be held in French (f). Registration and Conference Fees Registration form and conference fees are available on our website: Registration closes on Mai 28, Accommodation You find further information on your conference website: Contact and information Internet : info@efuf2014.org Tel. : ++41 (0)

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