All-Hands Meeting 2022 Agenda

Nature-based solutions for Urban Resilience in the Anthropocene (NATURA) 

Theme: NBS at a Critical Crossroads: Finding Synergies for Global to Local Impact

April 4 - 6, 2022

The Phoenicia Malta, The Mall FRN1478, Floriana, Malta

(in the Grand Ballroom)

Day 1: Monday April 4, 2022

Day 1: Link to Notes and Resources

Check-In for Attendees (8:30am)

• Location: Grand ballroom, The Phoenicia Malta hotel

• See Tessa Martinez or Chris Kennedy

Welcome and Overview of Meeting (9:00am)

• Network updates and goal setting 

  • Moderators: Timon McPhearson and Nancy Grimm (NATURA Co-Directors)

• Overview of meeting with Tessa Martinez and Chris Kennedy (NATURA Project Coordinators)

Round Robin NATURA Network Exchanges (9:45am-12pm)

• Introduce yourself, your network(s), and what you’re working on!

• Moderator: Elizabeth Cook (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

Lunch (12:00-1:00pm)

• Lunch will be provided by the hotel

Keynote Presentations (1:00-2:00pm)

• Dr. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President Emeritus of Malta, President of the Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society 

• Gwendolyn “Wendy” Green, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Malta (link to bio)

• Moderator: Mario Balzan (NATURA AHM Planning Committee Member, ReNature)

Lightning Talks Session (2:00-3:00pm)

• NATURA members present relevant NBS-related research/projects that will provide opportunities for discussion during breakout group sessions. 

• Moderator: Marcus Collier (NATURA AHM Planning Committee Member, NATURA Coordinating Committee Member, Connecting Nature)

• Confirmed lightning talks

  • Chingwen Cheng/Z (Design for Justice TWG) – confirmed (video here)

  • Nancy Grimm or David Iwaniec (Nature-based pathways TWG) – confirmed

  • Jennifer Rae Pierce (Global to Local TWG) – confirmed

  • Thomas Elmqvist (Urban Nature TWG)

  • Duvan López (Urban Informality TWG) – confirmed

  • Erik Andersson (Urban Ecological Resilience TWG)

Break (3:00-3:30pm)

Breakout Group Plenary (3:30-3:45pm)

• This plenary will be time to reflect after lightning talks and to focus on gathering ideas for the small group discussion time that follows. 

• Moderator: Timon McPhearson (NATURA Co-Director, Urban Systems Lab)

Breakout Group Discussion (3:45-5:30pm)

• Opportunity for participants to organize into groups based on NBS ideas/specific topics gathered in the plenary. Groups should establish who will take notes for their group during discussion and who will speak on behalf of the group during the report back.

Breakout Group Report Back (5:30-6:00pm) 

• Group speakers will give a quick review on what was discussed in breakout groups to the rest of attendees. 

• Moderator: Elizabeth Cook (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

Wrap- Up (6:00pm)

• Moderator: Nancy Grimm (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

• Review of Day 2 Agenda with Tessa Martinez and Chris Kennedy (NATURA Project Coordinators)

Day 2: Tuesday April 5, 2022

Day 2: Link to Notes and Resources

Welcome and coffee (8:45-9:00am)

• Moderator: Elizabeth Cook (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

Network Presentation: NBS Roadmap (9:00-10:45 am)

• Presentation by NBS Roadmap TWG leads and members: Loan Diep, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, and Yeowon Kim 

• Moderator: Timon McPhearson (NATURA Co-Director, Urban Systems Lab)

Break (10:45-11:15 am)

Early Career Network Research Presentation (11:15 am - 12:30 pm)

• Presentations from members of the NATURA Early Career Network

• Moderator: Yeowon Kim (NATURA Executive Team member, UREx SRN)

Lunch (12:30-1:30)

• Lunch will be provided by the hotel

Concurrent Work Sessions (1:30-3pm)

• Session 1: Early-Career Network Gathering and Working Session (Early-Career people only: researchers, practitioners, faculty, students, and postdocs)

  • Moderator: Yeowon Kim (NATURA Executive Team member, UREx SRN)

• Session 2: Open work and discussion time for those not participating in Early-Career work session

Wrap- Up (2:45-3:00pm)

• Review Day 3 Agenda Overview with Tessa Martinez and Christopher Kennedy (NATURA Project Coordinators)

Field Trip (3:00-5:30pm)

• Meet in Lobby for a tour of the Valletta Design Cluster (Valletta Cultural Agency (gov.mt) and local Botanical Garden 

• Field Trip Guide: Mario Balzan (NATURA AHM Planning Committee Member, ReNature)

Day 3: Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Day 3: Link to Notes and Resources

Welcomes and Coffee (8:45-9:00am)

• Moderator: Nancy Grimm (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

Micro Talks (9:15am-10:25am)

• Brief presentations from NATURA members on topics and ideas gathered during Days 1 and 2 of the meeting. 

• Moderator: Marcus Collier (NATURA AHM Planning Committee Member, NATURA Coordinating Committee Member, Connecting Nature)

Network Presentation: NBS Roadmap Follow-Up (10:30-10:55am)

• Follow up to the NBS Roadmap session from Day 2 to discuss the way forward

• Moderator: Timon McPhearson (NATURA Co-Director, Urban Systems Lab)

Panel session: NBS Policy Around the World  (11:00am-12:00pm)

• Gather around a panel of practitioners to hear about national and international policy on NBS!

• Moderator: Elizabeth Cook (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

• Panel members

  • Jennifer Rae Pierce (Urban Biodiversity Hub, North America)

  • Baja (Urban Sustainability Directors Network, North America)

  • Natalie Gulsrud (European Forum on Urban Forestry, Europe)

Lunch (12:00 - 1:00pm)

• Lunch will be provided by the hotel

• Lunch session: steps forward for NATURA/future of NATURA 

• Moderator: Nancy Grimm (NATURA Co-Director, UREx SRN)

Working Meeting in Breakouts (1:00 - 2:00pm)

• Individual time to develop work with other network members (continued thematic manuscript, proposal, or other work development)

Break (2:00-2:30pm)

Breakout group discussion time (2:30 - 4:00pm)

• Continued individual time to further work with other network members (thematic manuscript, proposal, or other work development)

• Follow-up Early-Career Working Session (tbc)

  • Moderator: Yeowon Kim (NATURA Executive Team member, UREx SRN)

Wrap-Up and Concluding Remarks (4:00pm - 5:00pm)

• An opportunity for each group to talk about next steps and their future directions

• Moderator: Timon McPhearson (NATURA Co-Director, Urban Systems Lab)

Have a question? Contact us.

This meeting is being funded by the National Science Foundation research grant no. 1927167 and 1927468