Final Conference, November 8
The bus tour taking 31 participants around Skåne stopped in Ystad/Saltsjöbaden, Lomma/Bjärred and Helsingborg/Fortuna. Some municipalities as well as other authorities from Skåne, other parts of Sweden and other countries, eg Latvia were represented. Helsingborgs dagblad covered the visit in Fortuna well in an article a few days later.
Final Conference, November 9
Know-how versus knowledge: learning by practice, ie things to know which cannot be learned any other way than through practical projects. A change of focus is needed, from creating knowledge and awareness to creating action and know-how. A testing project like LIFE Coast Adapt is a valuable example.
Reflections
Understanding was a recurrent word at the conference, eg understanding coastal marine and aeolian processes and sediment transport, subaquatic and subaerial biological processes, aspects of gaining permits, finding equipment and contractors, how to communicate. Some reflections:
- the unexpected drives learning
- indications to have asked the right questions
- opened many new questions and possibilities
- found good methods
- experience in collaboration
Powerpoint presentations at the conference session on November 9:
Dirk Jan Walstra, DELTARES - coming, pdf below
LIFE Coast Adapt - lessons learned - CAB, municipalities and Lund University, pdf below
Bradley Goodfellow, SGU - Reflections, pdf below
The final conference program
A bus will take us around Skåne to visit some of the test sites, ie in Ystad, Lomma and Helsingborg. The conference includes the bus tour and is free of charge. The lunch is at your own cost.
The pick up and drop off will be just outside Best Western Arena Hotel in Hyllie, Malmö.
Schedule:
AM
08.20 The bus will be outside BWA Arena Hotel, Hyllie.
08.30 The bus will leave.
09.40 Arrival in Ystad, Saltsjöbaden
10.45 Departure from Ystad
11.45 Arrival in Lomma/Bjärred, lunch (at own cost)
PM
12.45 Departure from lunch venue Bjärred
1.00 Arriving at the site in Bjärred
1.25 Departure from Bjärred
2.00 Arrival Helsingborg/Fortuna
3.00 Departure from Helsingborg back to Hyllie, Malmö
The conference is free of charge as well as coffee and lunch at the Best Western Malmö Arena Hotel.
Venue: Best Western Malmö Arena Hotel, Hyllie, Malmö
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Welcome
9.10-9.55 Dirk Jan Walstra, Director, Deltares, NL, on nature-based solutions
09.55 -10.20 LIFE Coast Adapt actions - lessons learned, obstacles and possibilities
10.20-10.35 Coffee break
10.35-11.15 LIFE Coast Adapt actions, lessons learned, obstacles and possibilities
11.15-11.30 Questions
11.30-11.45 Bradley Goodfellow, State Geologist at SGU, Geological Survey of Sweden, reflects on the project
11.45-11.55 Interview with Magnus Qvant, Nordic Urban Resilience Institute
11.55-12 Stretch and share
12-12.30 Expert panel discussion with:
Dirk Jan Walstra, Director, Deltares
Björn Risinger, General director, Naturvårdsverket/Environmental Protection Agency
Mette Lindahl Olsson, Head of Unit for Natural Disasters and Decision Support Systems at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency / Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap; member of the Expert Council for Climate Adaptation
Conference moderator: Catarina Rolfsdotter Jansson
12.40 - 14 Lunch