12th European Forum on Urban Forestry
Tuesday, May 26th, Villa Sonsbeek
19.30–22:00 Registration at ‘Villa Sonsbeek’ in park Sonsbeek and
welcome icebreaker at Villa Sonsbeek.
Wednesday, May 27th, Villa Sonsbeek/Meinerswijk
08.30 Registration in the main lobby in “Villa Sonsbeek” continues 09.30 Opening Plenary Organisation and EFUF
Welcoming words by the organizers -Introducing Arnhem Cool City
10.30 Departure to Meinerswijk
11:00 Start of field study
(an interactive, ‘real life’ urban forestry exercise) in Meinerswijk
Opening words by Municipal councillor Cees Jansen
13.00 Field lunch
17:00 End of fieldwork
19:00 Diner at the Visitors’ centre of park Sonsbeek
20:30 Presentation of field findings
22:00 Drink at the visitors’ centre
Thursday, May 28th, Villa Sonsbeek
8.30-10.30 Green City Marketing
- Tom Wild
Making places profitable-the role of urban green space.
- Cecil Konijnendijk
Green cities, Competitive cities-Green city branding in past, present and future.
- Lars Andersson
Urban forestry in a green city in Sweden.
- Max Hislop
Glasgow: the “Dear Green Place”? Partnership working to build a Green Network for economic competitiveness.
10:30 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Children and nature
- Peter Bentsen
Teaching outside the classroom: what teachers want from forests, woodlands and green spaces.
- Agnes van den Berg
Green opportunities for children.
- Kirsten Vilbaste |
Green city values begins from schoolyard.
- Roger Worthington
Urban woodland and nature play.
- Renate Spaeth
The importance of "wild urban forests in the Ruhr Area for people.
13:00-14:30 Lunch and short walk through park Sonsbeek
14:30-16:30 Participatory urban forestry
- Ann van Herzele
How maps work in participatory planning.
- George Borgman
Practical experiences with urban forestry participation projects in the Netherlands.
- Maija Sipilä
Adapting participatory urban forest planning to interculturalism.
- Sue Hobley
Bringing Back the Bush to Inner Sydney: The Rozelle Community Native Nursery and Leichhardt Council.
- Roos van Doorn
Energizing Participation in forest and nature area’s.
16:30-17:15 Poster session
18:00 Dinner at Café Brasserie Dudok
Friday, May 29th, Villa Sonsbeek
8.30-10.30 Strategic and innovative urban forestry
- Wim Timmermans
The meaning of urban forestry for city life.
- Clive Davies
The utility of urban forests in green infrastructure planning.
- Alan Simson
Integrated Infrastructure and the Polycentric City Region – where the principles of Urban Forestry meet the Green Infrastructure.
- Jasper Schipperijn
Evaluating the quality of urban green space – a tool for planning and management.
- Hans Kasperidus
Strategy development for Leipzig’s urban forest and green space management.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break and poster session
11:00-13:00 Strategic and innovative Urban Forestry
- Fred Tonneijck
Assessing the removal of fine dust (PM10)by urban trees in the Netherlands.
- Vegard Gundersen
Strategic and innovative urban forestry - Public values and management (a case study from Norway).
- Philip van Wassenaer
“Sustainable Urban Forest Management Planning using Criteria and Indicators”.
- Marie Stenild
Close-to-nature forest management close-to-people – development plan for the urban forests of Aarhus, Denmark.
- Gustav Richnau
Developing multilayered canopy structures in young nature-like woodlands – aspects of species mixture and initial management.
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Afternoon closing session
Clive Davies: Summary
Selecting next location
15:00-18:00 Long walk through the parks and urban greening of Arnhem city region
20:00-23:00 Conference dinner at Arnhem City Hall
Saturday, May 30th
Post conference excursion in Southern Veluwe region