Urban NBS Day 2022

Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) and Wageningen University & Research invite you to an Urban NBS Day for sharing practices and innovative ideas on how to integrate urban Nature Based Solutions (NBS) into Dutch cities in support of environmental and social objectives. The Urban NBS Day 2022 on May 31st will have two main themes: co-finance and digitalisation.

Getekende skyline van een stad met aankondiging Urban NBS day

While we all agree that urban nature-based solutions - such as green roofs or urban gardens - can contribute to more sustainable cities, many of these projects are not financed and realized due to lacking collaboration between different stakeholders. Digital solutions - such as platforms – can enable such collaborations, but often find limited acceptance by stakeholders and according application in practice.

Our goal is to facilitate knowledge exchange between research and practice, develop new ideas together, and initiate future collaborations for implementing urban NBS in cities. We invite researchers, practitioners, and students to discuss this issue and propose novel approaches to foster urban NBS.

Keynote speaker


We're particularly glad to announce Prof. Harriet Bulkeley as the keynote speaker for this event!

Organisation and location


This event will be hosted at the Social Impact Factory Utrecht (Vredenburg 40, Utrecht) on May 31st 2022, by Robbert Snep & Trond Selnes (WUR) and Helen Toxopeus & Katrin Merfeld (Utrecht University).

The event is enabled by the working group Circular and Inclusive Cities as part of the alliance TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht (EWUU) between Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht.

Agenda Outline:

 

  • 09:30-10:00 Welcome & Coffee
  • 10:00-10:15 Introduction and Objectives
  • 10:15-11:30 Urban NBS co-finance in practice (Dutch)
  • 11:30-11:45 Break
  • 11:45-12:15 Keynote: Prof. Harriet Bulkeley
  • 12:15-13:15 Networking Lunch
  • 13:15-15:00 Future of NBS: pitches and roundtables
  • 15:00-15:30 Wrap-up and Networking


Registration


Are you interested in participating or even presenting your own work? Please register using this form: https://lnkd.in/eU75uvam
 

Contact


Do you have any questions? Please contact Helen Toxopeus or Katrin Merfeld.