Transforming Forests : 2-day conference in conjunction with the professorial inaugurations of Maria Tengö and Georg Winkel
What role do forests globally play in sustainability transformations - and what does it mean for the Dutch forests?
Date: November 16 and 17, 2023
Main objectives:
- Explore different visions on forest landscapes futures globally and connect them to the debates on transformative change/sustainability transitions (Day 1)
- Discuss consequences for The Netherlands – for Dutch forests/nature as well as for the Dutch position in forest/nature policy (Day 2)
- Professorial inaugural lectures by Maria Tengö and Georg Winkel (Day 1 mid-afternoon)
Who can attend:
- Forest and nature interested citizens, from academics to experts/stakeholders, (thesis) students and everyone interested
Main venue:
- Podium hall in the Omnia Building, Wageningen Campus, Hoge Steeg 2, 6708 PH Wageningen
Register before 27 October to assure yourself of a place.
Programme in brief
- Download detailed programme and flyer here.
| DAY 1 | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Arrival and registration | |
| 09.10 – 09.35 | Forests in the Circular Bioeconomy: a bioeconomy transition vision | Marc Palahi |
| 09.35 – 09.55 | Forests, biodiversity and water – a forest conservation vision | Douglas Sheil |
| 09.55 – 10.15 | Forests under climate change: a climate adaptation vision | Gert Jan Nabuurs |
| 10.15 – 10.35 | Forests and local people: a community-based transition vision | Carol Colfer |
| 10.35 – 10.55 | Coffee break | |
| 10:55 – 11:55 | Plenary discussion including speakers | |
| 11:55 – 12:50 | Lunch | |
| 12.55 – 13.15 | Sustainability transformations in a complex world - Shifting perspectives | Belinda Reyers |
| 13.15 – 13.35 | Knowledge and ethics in sustainability transformations – capacities for pluralism | Guido Caniglia |
| 13.35 – 13.55 | Co-producing sustainability transformations – fostering collective imagination | Josie Chambers |
| 13.55 – 14:45 | Plenary discussion including speakers and wrap up | |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee break | |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Professorial inauguration and speech: Towards sustainability – reciprocity and pluralism in human-nature relationships | Maria Tengö |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Professorial inauguration and speech: The Forest of Ours? Governing forest transitions | Georg Winkel |
| DAY 2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17 | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Arrival and registration | |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Interview of Princess Irene by Matthijs Schouten | |
| 09.30 – 10.00 | Recap of day 1 and introduction participatory workshops on forest ecosystems in The Netherlands, conducted by experts in the respective fields | |
| 10.00 – 11.45 | Workshops | |
| 11.45 – 13.00 | Lunchbreak and the Birgit Elands Thesis Prize award ceremony | |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Continuation of workshops | |
| 14:30 -- 16:00 | Feedback | |
| 16:00 | Closing event |
Day 2 Workshops
- Transforming Forests, Day 2 workshops: synopses
- Sign up here
Conference secretariat
- Mail to Conference Secretariat for more information about registration and accommodation if needed..
LIVEstream
- The livestream will appear at https://wur.yuja.com/ in a tab called EVENTS. Make sure you are logged out, click on the tab EVENTS, and click on the recording you would like to watch. Note that livestreams will only appear in the tab once the streaming session has begun. Before and after a streamed session the livestream will not appear in the tab.
- Day 1, 16 November: 09:00-12:00 and 12:50-15:00
- Inaugurations,16 November 15:55-17:00
- Day 2, 17 November: 08:55-10:10 and 14:00-17:10
- How to watch a livestream