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26 May 2009
Location: ‘Villa Sonsbeek’ in park Sonsbeek

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


 

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