PROGRAMME

Energy Vulnerability in Czechia: Micro-scale Mapping as a Tool for Effective Policy Targeting DR. MACHáčEK, Jan Ostravská univerzita

Rewilding as a tool for biodiversity in post-industrial areas in Czechia MR. OUHEL, Tomas ZOO Liberec

SISUcities: Resilient by Design, Self-sufficient in Practices PROF. KAZI, Sami VTT Technical Research Centre Prof. Dr. Kazi leads strategic initiatives on climate neutral, circular, smart and resilient urban systems. His work connects cities, industry, and investors to accelerate large scale transformation. Dr. Kazi focuses on turning long term sustainability ambition into measurable impact and value.

Green Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation Technologies PROF. KIM, Junbeum Seoul National University of Science and Technology Dr. Junbeum Kim is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology. He previously spent 14 years at the CREIDD Research Centre on Environmental Studies & Sustainability, within the Department of Humanities, Environment & Information Technology (HETIC) at the University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), France. His research focuses on life cycle assessment, industrial ecology and sustainable engineering, and climate change adaptation technologies. He holds a Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) from the École Doctorale des Sciences Chimiques at the Université de Bordeaux, France, and a Ph.D. in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering from Arizona State University, USA, awarded in December 2008. He also earned a Master’s degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, and a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Inha University, South Korea. Following two years of postdoctoral research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Minnesota, he joined the University of Technology of Troyes.

Solutions for better linking ecosystem services, biodiversity, and multifunctionality in urban environments PROF. LATA, Jean-christophe Sorbonne University, Paris, France Dr. Jean-Christophe Lata is a 1st Class Senior Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris at Sorbonne University, France, from 2008. He previously spent 7 years at the ESE Laboratory of Ecology, Society and Evolution at the University of Saclay, France. His research focuses on nitrogen and carbon cycling, and the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in natural (savannas, forests) and anthropized (urban systems, agroecology) ecosystems. He is among others Deputy Director of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Head of the Master course Ecological Engineering of the Master's program in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution at Sorbonne University, Member of the Pedagogical Committee of the International Master's program in Soil Sciences "MIS-Sol", Member of the Steering Committee of Côte d'Ivoire-France International Joint Laboratory EDD-Biodiv "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services", Member of the Steering Committee of the INEE Hwange (Zimbabwe) Zone Atelier, Member of the BNI International Consortium (based in Japan) on the biological inhibition of nitrification by plants, and Member of the CoS of the Observatory of Sciences of the Universe (OSU) EcceTerra (CNRS/Sorbonne University).