Speakers

Joan Iverson Nassauer

Landscape architect, Professor University of Michigan

Joan Iverson Nassauer

Landscape architect, Professor University of Michigan

Joan Iverson Nassauer, Professor, University of Michigan, is a groundbreaking scholar whose work has advanced theory and practice of urban ecological design. Her work shows that noticeable care of landscapes, attuned to local culture, is essential for sustainability. Distinguished Practitioner of Landscape Ecology, US (1998), Distinguished Scholar: International Association for Landscape Ecology (2007); Lifetime Achievement Award: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (2023).

Paulo Farinha Marques

Landscape Architect, Associate Professor FCUP

Paulo Farinha Marques

Landscape Architect, Associate Professor FCUP

Paulo Farinha Marques is a Landscape Architect and Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal.

He graduated in Landscape Architecture from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon (1988), obtained his PhD in Landscape Architecture from the Faculty of Architectural Studies - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (1999) and took his habilitation exams at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (2023).

His main areas of interest are the design of green outdoor spaces for public use, urban biodiversity and vegetation in the landscape. He is responsible for managing the Campo Alegre Botanical Park, which includes the University of Porto Botanical Garden.

Claudia West

Ecological Planting Designer

Claudia West

Ecological Planting Designer

Claudia West is a leading voice in the emerging field of ecological planting design. Known for her passionate advocacy of plant-driven design, Claudia is a widely sought out speaker and consultant who applies the technologies of plant systems to bring essential natural functions back into our cities and towns. She has worked on all sides of the green industry—as a designer, a grower, installer, and land manager—grounding her innovative work in pragmatic solutions that address the realities of our urbanizing world. She is the co-author of the critically acclaimed book, Planting in a Post-Wild World.

Noel Kingsbury

Gardening and planting designer, writer and teacher

Noel Kingsbury

Gardening and planting designer, writer and teacher

Noel Kingsbury is internationally known as an designer, innovator, writer and teacher in the fields of gardening and planting design. His 'New Perennial Garden' of 1994 helped launch the current wave of interest in naturalistic planting design. His doctorate in 2007 with the Landscape Department at Sheffield University, looked at the long-term performance of perennials, a research field he has continued with, along with a series of workshops to disseminate the findings to practitioners.

Kingsbury has published around 25 books, including editing a volume on the culture and politics of gardening. He currently co-runs gardenmasterclass.org as a global education portal, along with a sister organisation in Poland and academiapaisaje.org for the Spanish-speaking world; a Portuguese organisation is in the planning stage. After having gardened in the west of England for many years he is currently making an experimental low-irrigation garden in central Portugal.

Pedro Calaza-Martínez

President of Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens

Pedro Calaza-Martínez

President of Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens

Pedro Calaza-Martínez. PhD in Landscape Architecture from the University of Lisbon and PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the USC. Dean of the Official College of Agricultural Engineers of Galicia, President of Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens, Director of Galician School of Landscape, and vice president of the Galician Engineering Council. Collaborator of the WG7 of urban and peri-urban forests of FAO.

He develops his professional work as senior consultant in planning, design and management of urban green infrastructure. He complements his activity as a researcher and professor of landscape architecture. He has published articles and books and lectured in different countries. Director of Norma Granada (Spanish official Tree Appraisal Method) and the “Santander Charter” of the AEPJP and Director of the Green Infrastructure Guide of “Spanish Federation of Municipalities and provinces”.

His prizes include: Cecil Konijnendijk Award for Outstanding Research on Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (2022), 46º San Miguel National Prize of Agrarian Book (2017) for his work “Green infrastructure. Natural health system” and Juan Julio National Award (2012): “Woodland risk assessment: principles, indicators and methods”.

Maria Sanchez Blanco

Head of the Urban Tree Conservation Unit, City Hall of Madrid

Maria Sanchez Blanco

Head of the Urban Tree Conservation Unit, City Hall of Madrid

City Hall of Madrid, Spain.

Ingeniera técnica agrícola, por la Escuela Técnica de Ingeniería Agrícola de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (1991).

I have been working for the Madrid City Council in urban tree management since 1994. Currently, I ́m in charge of the tree evaluation and review service (SERVER). This service aims to find out the state of the trees from the point of view of risk, through inspection and evaluation, as well as the analysis of branch and tree failures that occur in the city of Madrid.

Direction of R&D studies:

“Guide to plantations urban trees in the city of Madrid”. Manual plantaciones arbolado viario Madrid 2011 (madrid.es) "Guide for defects and anomalies of Madrid's urban trees", 2016. Guía defectos árboles Madrid (madrid.es).

Coordinator of the Urban Tree Services Charter of the Madrid City Council. Carta de Servicios de Arbolado Urbano - Ayuntamiento de Madrid Director of the magazine "The Tree Culture" of the Spanish Association of Arboriculture (2009- 2015). https://aearboricultura.org/la-cultura-del-arbol/

Collaboration in “Madrid Green Infrastructure and Biodiversity Plan”, 2018. Bases, guidelines, diagnosis, improvements. Urban tree management plan. Plan de Infraestructura Verde y Biodiversidad - Ayuntamiento de Madrid Component of the "Tree Table" in Madrid, 2017-2019.

Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Arboriculture, 2018-2021. Books:

• “Técnicas de poda en altura”, Ed Paraninfo 2013. • “Técnicas y equipos de trepa”, Ed Paraninfo 2012.

Martí Franch Batllori

Founder and principal of EMF Landscape Architecture

Martí Franch Batllori

Founder and principal of EMF Landscape Architecture

Franch founder & principal of ‘EMF landscape architecture’ in 1999 is Diploma Landscape Architect and Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Greenwich in 1998 and 2016 respectively, and Horticulturalist by ESAB in Barcelona 1994.
Franch has imparted lectures in the 5 continents and been visiting teacher at ENSPV Versailles, RMIT Melbourne, Wellington, Santiago de Chile, Cape Town among others.
In the last decade EMF has contributed to re-naturalization of the city of Barcelona with some innovative projects such: Superblocks (C/Girona), Pi i Margall and Rambla Carmell green axis, Can Framis urban forest, Mar Bella Waterfront, 3 Turons, at different stages of execution.

Robert Ryan

Landscape Architect, Professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Robert Ryan

Landscape Architect, Professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Robert L. Ryan, PhD, FASLA is a professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he teaches courses on green infrastructure planning and environment and behavior research. His research explores the role of place attachment as a motivation for stewardship of urban green spaces. He is the co-author of the award-winning book, With People in Mind: Design and Management of Everyday Nature (Island Press, 1998), Planning for Climate Change (Routledge, 2018), as well as over thirty-five journal articles and book chapters.

Nigel Dunnet

Nigel Dunnet

Salvador Rueda

Urban Ecologist, President of Urban and Territorial Ecology Foundation

Salvador Rueda

Urban Ecologist, President of Urban and Territorial Ecology Foundation

Salvador Rueda is an urban ecologist. He is a Biologist and a Psychologist, and has also graduated in Environmental Engineering and in Energy Management. Doctor Honoris Causa from the Veritas School of Architecture of Costa Rica. He has directed the Urban Ecology Agency since its creation in 2000 and until 2020. He is currently the President and Director of the Urban and Territorial Ecology Foundation, created by himself in 2021. He has conceived the Ecosystemic Urbanism and the “superblock” concept. He has developed applied research projects in the fields of urban planning, mobility, public space, urban metabolism, biodiversity, economic development and social cohesion. He is the author of several books, among them: Urban Ecology, Ecosystemic Urbanism, Green Book on the Urban Environment, Barcelona a compact and complex Mediterranean city, Methodological guide for the calculation of urban planning indicators with ecological bases, or Regenerating the Cerdà Plan: From Cerdà’s Block to the Ecosystemic Urbanism Superblock (2020). Charter for ecosystem planning of cities and metropolises (2022).

Duarte Mata

Landscape Architect, Municipality of Almada

Duarte Mata

Landscape Architect, Municipality of Almada

Duarte d´Araújo Mata, Landscape Architect, 5Y. Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa (2000)

Environment, Climate and Sustainability Department of Almada Municipality – Director, since Feb 2022.

Ecological Thinker and Green Policy Advisor (2010-2021).

Adviser, Chief Coordinate at Environment, Green Structure, Climate and Energy Councilman´s office at Lisbon Municipality (2010-2021). Lisboa´s European Green Capital Award 2020 Application Contributor.

Freelancer Landscape designer (2005-2015).

Researcher on Green Infrastructure in Urban and Peri-Urban scale and Bicycle Planning at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (2003-2007).

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