News and events News Summit Innovation Cafes announced As part of the exciting Connecting Nature Innovation Summit we are delighted to share the line up of 19 different Innovation Cafe sessions on day 1 and 2 of the 3 day summit. A pick and mix format with presentations from 22 different speakers that are intended to stimulate conversation, connections and inspire ideas. The programme is highlighted below. Full Innovation Cafe Programme There is still time to book a ticket for the summit on the Hopin platform registration https://hopin.com/events/connecting-nature-innovation-summit Reducing the risks innovation cafes - Tue 23 Mar 2021 14:00-14:25 Challenges of Retrofit Surface Water Management in Glasgow - James Murray, MGSDP Glasgow City Council GrowGreen in Wroclaw, our learning on nature-based solutions - Malgorzata Bartyna-Zielinska, Grow Green A green wall for kids in kindergarten - Shushanik Asmaryan, Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies 14:25-14:50 10,000 Raingardens for Scotland - Emilie Wadsworth, Green Action Trust Malls Mire Community Woodland, Scotland - Emma Iller, Urban Roots What do citizens think about urban environments? - Mamuka Gvilava, GIS and RS Consulting Center GeoGraphic 14:50-15:15 Orchards, agroforestry: how to create urban food forests? - Fergus Walker, The Orchard Project Creative approaches to nature-based solutions, Scotland - Gemma Lawrence, Creative Carbon and Hannah Imlach, PHD Student Towards a carbon conscious place: The Shetland Islands - Laura Hainey, A&DS UNaLab: urban nature labs - Piersaverio Spinnato and Maria Dubovik, UnaLab Healing sick cities innovation cafes - Wed 24 Mar 2021 14:00-14:25 Green health pathways to healthier cities - Ian MacKenzie, Edinburgh & Lothians Health Foundation and Theresa Martin, Glasgow City Council From natural playgrounds to floating gardens, Poznań, Poland - Natalia Madajczyk, City of Poznan Horticultural Therapy as a path to employment and wellbeing - Richard Walsh, SACRO The Garden Project 14:25-14:50 Community growing – networks for nature - Abi Mordin, Glasgow Community Food Initiative The Children’s Wood Glasgow, Scotland - Emily Cutts, The Children's Wood Creating a metropolitan park in Pavlos Melas - Maria Mavroudi, Municipality of Pavlos Melas 14:50-15:15 Glasgow – a National Park City? - Dominic Hall, Glasgow National Park City Young Placechangers programme, Scotland - Ea O'Neill, greenspace scotland URBAN GreenUP, new strategy for renaturing cities - Spain - Raul Sanchez, Urban Green Up Manage Cookie Preferences