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Welcome to the Nature of Cities Festival 2024! A gathering to get inspired, to learn, to present, collaborate, or to meet hundreds of new best friends and urban nature co-conspirators. The Berlin segment is an all-inclusive multi-day experience featuring field-trips, in person talks, workshops, art interventions, a film festival, Farm-to-Table dinners, various opportunities for socializing, and much more. All of it takes place at the Atelier Gardens venue, and various other locations around Berlin.

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Thursday, June 6 • 08:00 - 09:30
Berlin Plenary 4
Short talk: Paul Currie: Notes from RISE Africa 

Keynote: Dave Kendal: Experimenting with future urban natures through music

Poetry: Ania Upstill, poetry reading from SPROUT

Dialogue: How does NBS get mainstreamed?
Paola Lepori, Bettina Wilk, Laura Costadone, Andrew Grant

Keynote: Charles Karangwa: "Effective design of Healthy and resilient cities with Nature based Solutions"

Berlin (in person) Speakers
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Andrew Grant

Landscape Architect, Grant Associates
Andrew is a Landscape Architect whose work explores the connection between people and nature. He started his company, Grant Associates, in 1997 which has grown into an international design studio with offices in Bath and Singapore. He uses creative ecological design thinking to find... Read More →
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Ania Upstill

GenderWise
Ania (they/them) is a queer and trans performer, theatre maker, teaching artist and award-winning clown. A graduate of the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre (Professional Training Program), Ania’s recent work celebrates LGBTQIA+ artists with a focus on gender... Read More →
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Bettina Wilk

TNOC Europe
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Charles Karangwa

Global Head of Nature-based Solutions Centre, IUCN
Charles Karangwa is the Global Head of Nature-based Solutions Centre at IUCN. He was recently appointed to advise Her Excellency Razan Mubarak, IUCN President and COP28 High Level Climate Champion on Matters related to Nature-based Solutions.Before joining IUCN Head Quarter in Switzerland... Read More →
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Ferdinand Ludwig

Professor, TUM School of Engineering and Design
Professor Ludwig’s research is focused on architectural concepts in which plants play a central role. Integrating plants – both functionally and creatively – into construction designs not only provides answers to some of today’s most pressing ecological issues, such as the... Read More →
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Laura Costadone

Assistant Research Position, Old Dominion University
I am a broadly trained urban ecologist with expertise that spans from ecosystem services, human-environment interactions, and environmental data science.  My research focuses on identifying ways to enhance resilience in coastal and urban environments. I co-design and co-create pathways... Read More →
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Paola Lepori

Policy Officer, European Commission
Paola Lepori is a Policy Officer for Nature-based Solutions at the European Commission, DG Research & Innovation. Her core professional objective is building alliances to trigger transformative change towards an inclusive nature-positive future. Before joining the Biodiversity and... Read More →


Thursday June 6, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
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