The program
Day 1
09:00 – 09:45 | Opening, welcome o European Commission, Executive Vice-president Teresa Ribera o Government of Catalonia o “la Caixa” Foundation o CBA, CEO Marc Palahí o CTFC, CEO Antoni Trasobares |
09:45 – 10:15 | Context worldwide Keynote – Extreme Wildfires Events worldwide |
10:15 – 11:30 | The WRLN and the FIRE-RES programme. Our approach and current network Keynote & panel moderator: Antoni Trasobares, CTFC Director Panellists: o Multifunctional landscape design with local communities – José Borges o Integrated Fire Management – Edgar Nebot o Technologies – Carmen Kohler o Governance – panellist |
11:30 – 12:00 | COFFEE |
12:00 – 14:00 | FINANCING IMPLEMENTATION: Creating robust public-private partnerships Moderator & co-note: Justin Adams The challenge of incorporating avoided losses into the financial system Co-notes – panellists: o Public funds and philanthropy o Rewarding of Environmental Services – Elena Górriz o Incorporating risk: public-private insurances – Rowan Douglas o Financing mechanisms |
14:00 – 15:00 | LUNCH |
15:00 – 19:00
| THE 2026 GAVARRES WILDFIRE: Field visit Interventions by: o David Meya, Deputy Director General for Forests, Generalitat de Catalunya o Edgar Nebot, sotsinspector o Forest owner/s |
| FREE TIME |
20:30 – end | DINNER |
Day 2
09:00 – 10:00 | GOVERNANCE FOR WILDFIRE RESILIENCE Keynote o Breaking the silos o Capacity building o Training |
10:00 – 11:00 | Living Labs perspectives – 3-5 slides o Kelsey Winter, Canada o Ross Kettles, The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, South Africa o Australia o LIFE programme LLs (France, Sardinia, Spain, Bulgaria) |
11:00 – 11:30 | COFFEE |
11:30 – 13:30 | INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESILIENT LANDSCAPES Keynote: Joaquín Ramírez, CEO Technosylva o Earth Observation o Early warning o Wildfire and smoke behaviour simulation tools o Wildfire health impact monitoring o Integrated management systems |
13:30 – 14:00 | NEXT STEPS and CLOSING REMARKS |
14:00 – 15:00 | LUNCH |