Peatland Perspectives - restoring for tomorrow

8.30 - 9.00 uur | Reception | Lobby

Badge, programme booklet, coffee & tea

9.00 - 9.30 uur Welcome and symposium opening | State Room

• Welcome by the King’s Commissioner A. Heidema
• Symposium opening by the Chair N. Olland, Head of Nature & Environment province of Overijssel

9.30 - 10.15 | State Room | online video link

Restoring European nature together

• Angelika Rubin, Policy Advisor European Commission
  Directorate-General for the Environment

10.15 - 11.00 | State Room

Implementation of the Nature Restoration Law

• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature

11.00 - 11.30 | Opening information market

• An opportunity to visit the information market
• Coffee & tea buffet

11.30 - 12.30 | State Room

The role of peatlands in climate, biodiversity and restoration strategies

• Hans Joosten | Professor of Peatlands and Paleoecology at the University of Greifswald

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

• Lunch buffet, networking and an opportunity to visit the information market

13.30 - 14.30 | State Room

An inspiring perspective: the Danish green transition

• Inken Breum Larsen | Head of Nature Restoration Projects at the Ministry of Green Transition / Danish Nature Agency

14.30 - 15.00 | State Room

BOG4LIFE: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together

• Gert-Jan Hoeve | Project Manager, Natura 2000 in Overijssel province

15.00 – 15.45 | Break | De Hof and foyer

• An opportunity to visit the information market
• Refreshments buffet

15.45 – 16.45 | Panel discussion | State Room

Discussion moderated by chair Nicole Olland. The panel consists of:

• Maurits von Martels, Member of the Provincial Executive for Agriculture and Nature in the Province of Overijssel
• Egbert van Dijk, Member of the Provincial Executive for Nature and Europe in the Province of Drenthe
• Hans Joosten, Professor of Peatlands and Paleoecology at the University of Greifswald (Germany)
• Inken Breum Larsen, Head of Nature Restoration Projects at the Ministry of Green Transition / Danish Nature Agency (Denmark)
• Harm Schoten | Director of Eurosite
• Leonie Geerts | Quartermaster nature restoration regulation

16.45 - 17.15 | Plenary close | State Room

Rounding out the day, summary and initial conclusions drawn by the day’s Chair.

17.15 – 18.00 | Networking drinks | De Hof

• Opportunity for further discussion and to round off the day.
• Refreshments buffet.

18.15 – 20.30 | Symposium dinner | Restaurant in Zwolle

It is also possible to extend the day with a communal dinner in a convivial restaurant in central Zwolle city. This costs 60 euros per person (for dinner and two drinks), which is not included in your participation fee.