TEEBelgium D0 conference

Prospects for an efficient, sustainable and equitable economy.
April, 27th 2012 – Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium – Brussels

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The University of Antwerp, the Belgian Science Policy office, and the partners of the Belgium’s ecosystem services (BEES) project are proud to announce the TEEBelgium D0 conference.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) are profoundly changing the way society manages and uses its natural resources. In a broad range of policy domains, questions are raised concerning the dependency on sound ecosystem functioning, and how to cope with opportunities and externality costs caused by erosion of ecosystem services.
The scale and magnitude of this problem calls for cross-policy domain involvement and cooperation of scientists, policy makers and major economic stakeholders.

The TEEBelgium D0 conference will:
- Present the prospects and challenges for development of a TEEBelgium initiative, based on the results of the BEES project (Belgium’s Ecosystem Services).
- Debate conclusions of ecosystem service prospects for the finance, business, agriculture and nature conservation domains with international experts and Belgian policy makers.

Program:

8:30 – 9:00 : registration & coffee

9:00 – 9:30 : official opening and introduction

• prof. Patrick Meire

 Morning session: findings of the BEES project (Belgium’s ecosystem services)

• Chair: Hendrik Segers

9:30 – 9:45 : ES research in Belgium: an overview

• Dimitri Brosens, Belgian Biodiversity Platform

9:45 - 10:00 : ES in Belgium: how to set priorities

• Hans Keune (Belgian Biodiversity Platform) & Francis Turkelboom (INBO)

10:00 – 10:15 : Measuring ES: science or pragmatism

• Sander Jacobs, University of Antwerp (UA)

10:15 – 10:30 : The Biology of Ecosystem services

• prof. Luc De Meester, University of Leuven (KUL)

10:30 – 11:00 : coffee

11:00 – 11:15 : Counting the benefits of Biodiversity: opportunities and challenges

• Inge Liekens, Flemish Institute of Technological development (VITO)

11:15 – 11:30 : Think global: international trade of ES

• Alain Peeters, natural resources, human environment and agronomy (RHEA)

11:30 – 11:45 : ES in policy making: what knowledge is (not) needed?

• prof. Tom Bauler, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

11:45 – 12:15 : discussion/questions from the audience

12:15 – 13:30: lunch + poster session

Afternoon session: future of ecosystem services in Belgian policy and practice

• Chair: prof. Patrick Meire

13:30 – 14:00 : KEYNOTE 1: Economy of ecosystem services: possibilities and expectations

• dr. Anil Markandya

Resource economist and scientific director of the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC³)

14:00 – 14:30 : KEYNOTE 2: “EU prospects on assessment of ecosystem services"

• Anne Teller

Administrator at EU DG Environment

14:30 - 15:15 : ES and business: risks and opportunities for enterprises and finance

• dr. Nick Bertrand (TEEB-UNEP Genève)

co-editor of The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Business and Enterprise (2011), reviewer of Demystifying Materiality: Hardwiring biodiversity and ecosystemservices into finance.

• Frederic Ghys

Analyst Social Responsible Investments department at VIGEO

• Caroline Godts

Project manager environmental issues at Business&Society

15:15 – 15:30 : Coffee

15:30 – 16:00 : ES and Agriculture

• Corrado Pirzio-Biroli

CEO of the RISE Foundation (Rural Investment Support for Europe)

and Chairman of the Consultative Committee of the ELO (European Landowners Organisation)

• Leen Franchois

Advisor Water, Nature and rural policy of the Farmer's Union (Boerenbond)

• Alain Peeters

Professor agronomy, director Natural resources, Human Environment and Agronomy(RHEA)

16:00 – 16:30: ES and environment

• Sarolta Tripolszky

Policy policy officer of the European Environmental Buro (EEB)

• Karlien Vandecasteele

Expert Spatial policy Bond Beter Leefmilieu, Flemish umbrella organization for the environment

• Walloon CBD representative to be confirmed

16:30 – 16:45: Conclusive talk

• Representative for Minister Paul Magnette

 16:45 - 18:00: reception

Registration fee is 30€ until April 1st, and 35€ from 2 to 15 April.