Thursday, 11 Sept. 2025

Morning Plenary Sessions:

These sessions will be translated in English / French

Topic: The Living Nature in the City

Moderator: Marina Cervera (Spain)


09:00 - 10:30: Keynote Lectures

Marc-André Selosse, Professor (France)
Topic: The Microbial Fabric of Life and Landscape

Miguel Georgieff, Landscape Architect (France)
Topic: Renaturing the City

Cecil Konijnendijk, Researcher (The Netherlands)
Topic: The Global Forest City Journey: from the 3-30-300 Rule to Doorstep Trees


10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break in the exhibition, poster visit

11:00 - 11:30: Keynote Lecture

Rainer Stange, Professor, Landscape Architect (Norway)
Topic: Stream Urbanism in Oslo


11:30 - 12:00: Round Table "The Living Nature in the City"

Moderator: Pierre Darmet (UNEP, France)

With the participation of the Keynote Speakers

Conclusion by Special Guest: Véronique Mure, Botanist (France)


12:00 - 13:30 : Lunch break

Afternoon sessions:


13:30 - 14:30 : Interprofession session

With the participation of representatives of VALHOR, ELCA, IFLA partners


13:30 - 14:30 : Thematic Parallel Sessions (Brief Oral Communications)

Session topics:

  • Ecological and social issues addressed using public consultation tools
  • Art for reduced consumption
  • Water landscapes
  • Urban habitat rewilding: from sp. choices to infrastructure models
  • Tools for reinventing territories in situations of risk and environmental change   
  • Urban soils as resource
  • Organisation of large territories

14:30 - 15:45 : Thematic Parallel Sessions (Oral Communications)

Session topics:

  • Hydrological landscape
  • Ecological issues addressed using public consultation tools
  • Urban habitat rewilding: from sp. choices to infrastructure models
  • Spatial justice through Urban landscape
  • Soil management

15:45 - 16:15 : Coffee break in the exhibition, poster visit

16:15 - 17:30: Thematic Parallel Sessions (Oral Communications)

Session topics:

  • Urban water resilience
  • Social issues addressed using public consultation tools
  • Urban habitat rewilding: from sp. choices to infrastructure models
  • Heritage as a participative tool
  • Largescape, analysis and digital tools
  • Towards a right for nature

Session topics:


18:00 - 19:00: Public Lecture

Jean Viard, Sociologist (France)
Topic: Ecological Individual, birth of a Civilization


Evening : Get together Cocktail at the Cité des Congrès (exhibition hall)

Included in the registration fees - All participants and sponsors are invited to attend !

Wednesday, 10 Sept. 2025 Friday, 12 Sept. 2025