DAY 05

Restoring natural and productive ecosystems for climate and energy transition

Anfiteatro 23.1.5 - 11h15-12h45

Organization:

CHANGE e TERRA

Description:

The session will include an overview of the CHANGE and TERRA Associate Laboratories and 6 presentations on ongoing research. The work presented will highlight the critical role of science as an enabler of appropriate policy interventions and the need for collaborative, cross-institutional efforts involving scientists, governments, civil society and industry to achieve restoration goals. Both CHANGE and TERRA are deeply committed to advancing knowledge, designing new integrative approaches to research and development to actively contribute to society. Strengthening one of the pillars of the Associate Laboratories, the support to public policies.

Session opening with the Ciência Viva projects students:

Francisco Laranjeira, Gabriela Sofia Fonseca, Esc. Secundária Julio Dinis, Ovar, Salicórnia o futuro da dessalinização sustentável

Moderation:

Susana Filipe, MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture Environment and Development & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute University of Évora

Paulo Branco, Centro de Estudos Florestais Laboratório Associado TERRA Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Speakers:

Alice Nunes, cE3c - Centre for Ecology Evolution and Environmental Changes & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute Faculdade de Ciências

Ecological restoration of the coastal dune system in S. João da Caparica: scientific assistance and lessons learned in the Reduna project

Cristiana Nunes, LEAF - LINKING LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Blue Bioeconomy: The importance of microalgae as a food ingredient

José Muñoz-Rojas, MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture Environment and Development & CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute University of Évora

C farming and soil protection in the olive trees of Alentejo: why?, how?...and so what?

Gonçalo Duarte, Centro de Estudos Florestais Laboratório Associado TERRA Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Blue-green infrastructure in irrigated agricultural landscapes

David Fangueiro, LEAF - LINKING LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Soil organic matter: a key solution to several problems

Nazaré Couto, CENSE – Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Soil protection in the context of energy transition

Jobs and Sustainable Circular Blue Economy

Anfiteatro 23.1.6 - 11h15-12h45

Organization:

B2E CoLAB, CoLAB +ATLANTIC, S2Aqua, Greencolab

Description:

This session aims to promote discussion on employment and the circular and sustainable blue economy, highlighting the opportunities, challenges and solutions that science, business and innovation can offer for a more sustainable and resilient future for the oceans and the communities that depend on them.

Initial Intervention:

João Borga, Compete2030

Moderation:

Patricia Gonçalves, B2E

Speakers:

Joana Tomé, B2E CoLAB

Pitch ▪___ Valorização de Coprodutos de origem marinha e Economia Circular

Tiago Garcia, CoLAB +ATLANTIC

Pitch ▪___ A aquacultura para o futuro que queremos

Pedro Pousão-Ferreira, S2Aqua

Pitch ▪___ Aquacultura: a nova abordagem na produção de alimento

Daniel Silva, GreenCoLAB

Pitch ▪___ Biotecnologia Azul

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Mesa Redonda

Ricardo Calado, Universidade de Aveiro

João Navalho, Necton

Luís Carlos Coelho, INESC TEC

Bernardo Carvalho, Oceano Fresco

Innovation, sustainability and food safety: what is the positioning and roadmap of the Colabs in the Agro sector?

Anfiteatro 23.1.7 - 11h15-12h45

Organization:

FeedInov, Food4Sustainability, InnovPlantProtect, SmartFarmColab e Vines&Wine

Description:

The session aims to understand and debate the technological and strategic paths that these Collaborative Laboratories have defined to respond to the needs and demands of the agricultural sector. The session will be structured with an round table discussion moderated by a journalist, with the presence of the 5 CoLabs and opening the discussion to the attending public. The expected results will be the identification of innovations in progress and the understanding and possible adjustment of the strategic lines developed and to be developed, as well as greater efficiency in the interaction between the CoLabs in the area of Agriculture.

Moderation:

Filipa Mendes, Público

Speakers:

Ana Sofia Santos, FeedInnov

Ricardo Chagas, Food4Sustainability

Pedro Fevereiro, InnovPlantProtect

Cátia Pinto, SmartFarmColab

Nelson Machado, Vines&Wines

The sustainability of agri-food production in Northern Portugal: vulnerabilities and emerging challenges

Auditório Renato Araújo - 14h30-16h00

Organization:

Inov4Agro e SusTec

Description:

The sustainability of agricultural value chains in Northern Portugal faces specific challenges that require dedicated research and monitoring by decision-makers. Although decisive for the national economy, this region is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, namely droughts, rural fires, extreme precipitation, flash floods, landslides and the sharpest decline in precipitation in the country, threatening the availability and quality of water and soils. Agricultural parcels are generally small and in cases of steep slopes, the implementation of smart farming solutions is strongly conditioned. In coastal areas human pressure is high and soil health can be severely compromised, while mountainous regions are rich in biodiversity that can be severely threatened by agricultural practices. The low availability of labour in rural areas is a critical constraint to the necessary sectoral transformations. Thus, targeted practices and policies are urgently needed to minimize risks and increase resilience and biodiversity protection, ensuring the sustainability of important Portuguese socio-economic sectors and national food security. In this session, specific strategies to overcome the above mentioned challenges will be presented, based on the ongoing research in the four R&D units that compose the Inov4Agro and SusTec LAs.

Session opening with the Ciência Viva projects students:

Bianca Valente da Paz, Nuno Rogério Alves da Silva, Escola Julio Dinis, Ovar, Influência de halobactérias na germinação e desenvolvimento de alfaces em solos salinizados

Initial Intervention:

José Alberto Pereira, CIMO/SusTEC

Abertura

Moderation:

Pedro Couto, CITAB/Inov4Agro

Speakers:

João Santos, CITAB/Inov4Agro

Avaliação dos impactos climáticos na agricultura: adaptação

Ruth Pereira, GreenUPorto/Inov4Agro

Estratégias para a gestão sustentável de nutrientes, solo e recursos hídricos

José Alberto Pereira, CIMO/SusTEC

Estratégias sustentáveis de proteção de plantas em culturas mediterrâneas de Montanha

Paulo Leitão, CeDRI/SusTEC

Estratégias de combate ao desperdício alimentar e sustentabilidade do prado ao prato

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Debate

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João Santos, CITAB/Inov4Agro

Resumo e Encerramento

Sustainability in coastal cities

Anfiteatro 23.1.5 - 14h30-16h00

Organization:

Laboratório Colaborativo para a Sustentabilidade Urbana, Colab + Atlantic

Description:

TOPIC 1 - COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE In Europe, more than 200 million citizens currently live less than 50 km from the coast. This contributes to both increased pressures on coastal ecosystems and increased human vulnerability to climate change. Coastal environments are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, providing food, protection from erosion and flooding, carbon sequestration and increased biodiversity. Monitoring and predicting the evolution of these ecosystems, in the face of increasing human pressure and climate change, is crucial to ensure that their resilience is maintained and that their services remain unaffected. TOPIC 2 – EARTH/COASTAL OBSERVATION AND SENSORIZATION The +ATLANTIC approach seeks to leverage cutting-edge scientific knowledge in Earth Observation (OT) data acquisition, machine learning (ML) and forecasting to address the key environmental and climatic challenges we face in coastal settings and deliver user-friendly added-value information in formats that can be easily acknowledged by the common citizen. The concept is to deploy efficient semi-automatic data science workflows on top of large arrays of freely available data (e.g., remote sensing, in-situ citizen/voluntary networks, and numerical modelling) to feed a live platform with real-time environmental risk information, readily available to the community. In particular, the heatwaves module will be presented, as a proof od concept for this approach. TOPIC 3 - CARBON NEUTRALITY IN CONSTANT CITIES, FLOWS BETWEEN GREEN AND BLUE A fair and balanced management of the resources, needed to support a growing world population, is urgent, as humans we currently use 1.7 times more natural resources, annually than the planet, can support, and it is estimated that at this rate, the equivalent of 3 planets will be needed by 2050. To transform the cities of the future we need a shift in behavior and practice, working collaboratively and involving different actors in the urban ecosystem, especially the younger generations, using innovation and technology in combination with nature to reduce the human footprint, particularly the GHG footprint, accelerating carbon neutrality, in critical areas of urban management such as mobility and energy

Session opening with the Ciência Viva projects students:

Carolina Longo, Maria Mirhaliyeva, Esc. Sec. Amato Lusitano, Soube bem a microplástico?

Initial Intervention:

Tiago Garcia, Colab +Atlantic

Moderation:

Tiago Garcia, Colab +Atlantic

Speakers:

Catarina Selada, Laboratório Colaborativo para a Sustentabilidade Urbana

Neutralidade Carbónica em cidades costeiras, fluxos entre o verde e o azul

Ana Oliveira, Colab +Atlantic

Observação e sensorização costeira

Pedro Almeida, Colab +Atlantic

Ecossistemas Costeiros e resiliência climática

The contribution of CoLABs to decarbonisation and energy transition

Anfiteatro 23.1.6 - 14h30-16h00

Organization:

VG CoLAB, Smart Energy Lab, BIOREF, IST/HyLab, Net4CO2, c5Lab

Description:

6 CoLABs working on the themes of decarbonisation and energy transition organise this session presenting the relevance of their operation, results achieved and relevant scientific production. The session will take a snapshot of the sector today and promote the debate on key issues that urgently need to be solved in decarbonisation and energy transition. We intend to show what has been done in the CoLABs and respective impact in the value chain of cleaner and decarbonized energy in Portugal.

Speakers:

João Paulo Sousa, Business Developer VG CoLAB

Batteries: their role in the future

João Wang, Head of Strategy People and Finance Smart Energ Lab

Accelerating Energy Transition to the final user – Painpoints and Solutions

Joana Bernardo, Scientific and Techinal Director at CoLAB BIOREF

Unlocking opportunities to boost renewables gases towards energy transition

Gabriel Garcia Carvalho, Researcher at Centro de Química Estrutural IST and Resaercher at HyLAB

O oceano azul e o hidrogénio verde

Hugo Matias, CEO NET4CO2 CoLAB

CO2 geostorage in the Portuguese Atlantic margin: the good, the bad and the ugly

Catarina Brazão Farinha, Project Manager at c5Lab

Investigação para a descarbonização do sector cimenteiro

Wastewater as a Resource: Water, Nutrients and Energy Recovery

Anfiteatro 23.1.7 - 14h30-16h00

Organization:

LABBELS e ALICE

Description:

Promote discussion on the challenges of energy and climate neutrality in the RA sector, linking R&D&I with practical application. - Contribute to responsible practices in the industry regarding the treatment and zero discharge of micropollutants, through the search for innovative technological solutions.

Session opening with the Ciência Viva projects students:

Rui Nascimento, Thiago Silva, Escola Secundária de Rio Tinto, Reconstrutores da biodiversidade

Moderation:

Ana Júlia Cavaleiro, LABBELS

Ana Isabel Gomes, ALiCE

Speakers:

Pieter de Jong, EU Representative Wetsus & WaterCampus Leeuwarden at Wetsus European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology

Environmental Legislation Boosting Water Innovation

Norberta Coelho, Águas do Norte S.A.

AdNorte_s journey on the challenges of the water sector

Sara Reis, AquaInSilico

Digital and Climate Transformation of Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Alcina Pereira, CEB LABBELS

Novel Biotechnological Strategies for Wastewater Treatment and Valorization

Salomé Soares, LSRE-LCM/FEUP ALiCE

Advanced Water Treatments for Reuse

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Mesa Redonda

Com a participação de todos os oradores

Moderadores: Teresa Tavares, LABBELS e Ana Isabel Gomes ALiCE