Room:
Meeting room 18 (M 18)
Topic:
Managing multiple functions of the subsurface
Form of presentation:
Free Session Proposal
Duration:
90 Minutes
This session will illustrate how the soil-water-sediment system is interconnected, influenced by land use and land management (the connectivity concept) and thus impacts solutions of
great societal challenges such as climate change adaptation, food and drinking water security, resource efficiency, energy transition and the circular economy. Information about the H2020- project INSPIRATION will be shared; this project is a coordination and support action aiming at developing a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for Europe on Integrated Spatial Planning, land use and soil management. Information will be exchanged on the main societal
challenges in different regions of Europe related to the sustainable use and management of land’s soil-water-sediment system. An outline will be given on shared national and European research priorities and potential funders and stakeholders (willing to invest).
An aim is also to contribute to (or enable) the formation or strengthening of transnational networks on similar themes and to anticipate on possible cooperation within consortia for Horizon 2020.
Program:
• Connectivity of the complex soil-water-sediment system in relation to land use and land management
Key note presentation – speaker to be confirmed
• Introduction on INSPIRATION
Detlef Grimski, project coordinator (Federal Environmental Agency, DE)
• Discussion in groups on societal issues related to land use, land management and the use of the soil-water-sediment system that are high on national and regional (research) agendas
• Plenary reporting back
• Discussion in groups on priority research subjects and potential stakeholders and funders for these main themes
• Plenary reporting back
• Closing remarks
04:00 pm
Get inspired – help shape the European strategic research agenda on soil, land use and land management
Margot De Cleen | Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat | Netherlands
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Authors:
Margot De Cleen | Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat | Netherlands
Sandra Boekhold | RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | Netherlands
Organizers on behalf of the H2020-INSPIRATION project team: Margot de Cleen (Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) and Sandra Boekhold (Soil Technical Committee), the Netherlands
Session convenor: Paul Nathanail (University of Nottingham)
Contact person: Margot de Cleen, margot.de.cleen@rws.nl
With: INSPIRATION project team members (Detlef Grimski, Jos Brils, Dominique Darmendrail, Linda Maring, Paul Nathanail, Sandra Boekhold, Stephan Bartke), Margot de Cleen and Co Molenaar and attendants from east, north, south and west, as well as central Europe.
Theme: Managing multiple functions of the subsurface
Subtheme: Ecosystem services based management, combined with spatial planning of the subsurface
Goal of the session
This session aims to:
- Illustrate how the soil-water-sediment system is interconnected, influenced by land use and land management (the connectivity concept) and thus impacts solutions of great societal challenges such as climate change adaptation, food and drinking water security, resource efficiency, energy transition and the circular economy;
- Share information about the H2020-project INSPIRATION: a coordination and support action aiming at developing a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for Europe on Integrated Spatial Planning, land use and soil management;
- Exchange information on the main societal challenges in different regions of Europe related to the sustainable use and management of land’s soil-water-sediment system;
- Outline shared national and European research priorities and potential funders and stakeholders (willing to invest);
- Contribute to (or enable) the formation or strengthening of transnational networks on similar themes and to anticipate on possible cooperation within consortia for Horizon 2020.
The results of the discussions will be gathered and edited as important input for the INSPIRATION Strategic Research Agenda. The attendants will be invited to become part of the wider INSPIRATION Coordination and Support Action (CSA). In particular, they may be invited to liaise with INSPIRATION’s national focal points to take part in country-focused sessions later on.
Session outline
The session
1. Starts with a key note on connectivity of the complex soil-water-sediment system in relation to land use and land management, presenter to be selected from the attendees of ACS.
2. A short introduction on INSPIRATION by Detlef Grimski, the project coordinator.
3. Continues with facilitated delegate discussions using the World Café format.
Discussion round 1.:
• Attendants from North, South, West and East Europe identify societal issues related to land use, land management and the use of the soil-water-sediment system that are high on national and regional (research) agendas.
• Plenary reporting back on main topics from each group and identifying common main themes by convenor.
Discussion round 2.:
•Attendants identify priority research subjects and potential stakeholders and funders for these main themes.
•Plenary reporting back.
4. Concludes with closing remarks by the chairman on the session results.