Conference “Growing Connections” nature meets economy 4 November 2014, Almere City (NL) Draft programme Tuesday 4 November Joint conference “Growing Connections – nature meets economy” Venue: Van der Valk Hotel Almere Moderator: Mr Ian Hill 9:00 9:30 9:45 10:00 10:15 Registration Welcome and opening by host (province of Flevoland) “Ice breaker” with the audience INTERREG IVC – State of play and perspectives – Akos Szabo (JTS) Presentation of SMART EUROPE and GreenInfraNet with a short movie Partners from both projects explain on stage their highlights of interregional cooperation 11:00 Coffee break 11:30 Key note speakers: Johan van den Bosch and Dinand Ekkel Discussion and interaction with the participants Announcement “Green Infrastructure Knowledge Network”, wrap up morning programme, explanation afternoon programme 12:30 13:00 Lunch 14:00 GreenInfraNet Workshop 1 Monitoring of nature values through GIS schemes SMART EUROPE Workshop 1 A peer review experience Workshop 2 Landscape planning & participatory processes Workshop 2 Demola, innovation hub in Finland 15:00 15:30 15:40 15:50 16:50 18:00 Political debate Award ceremony Innovens photo contest Wrap up and closure Good practice market Networking cocktail End of conference European Union European Regional Development Fund