This event will bring together academics from our partner universities and policy makers from Natural Resources Wales and Welsh Government, with a focus on nature-based solutions.
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DRAFT Itinerary for NBS Knowledge Share Workshop
| Day 1 | 16th December 2025 | Session Theme | Presenter |
| Welcome | 13:00 | Brief housekeeping intro, EPW, workshop | Andy Schofield |
| Slido/Menti activity | |||
| Session 1 | 13:05 | Welcome and Introduction | |
| 13:05 | Welsh Government – current policy position | Chloe Bonnington (WG) | |
| 13:20 | Natural Resources Wales – role or NBS , regulatory challenges | Rob McCall, NRW | |
| Session 2 | 13:40 | Delivering Nature Based Solutions in Wales | Chair : Adriana Kiss-Davies |
| 13:40 | History of NBS | Laura Walters (WG – Flood) | |
| 14:00 | Retrofitting for the Future – AHRC funded | Victoria Jenkins (Swansea) | |
| 14:20 | Ecostructure – eco-engineering and biosecurity functions for coastal adaptation to climate change | Joe Ironside (Aberystwyth ) | |
| 14:40 | Bio-Matrix – Practical implementation – challenges and research needs | Gary Callachan/Nick/ Chris | |
| 15:15 | BREAK | ||
| Session 3 | 15:30 | Research Challenges and Solutions – Role of NBS in Flood Risk Management (Coastal and inland) | Chair: David James |
| 15:50 | tbc – Polders Project ? | tbc – Nicola Rimmington ? | |
| 16:10 | Coastal Engineering | Will Bennett (Swansea) | |
| Session 3 | 16:30 | Mapping out barriers and enablers to NbS in Wales | Izzy Love (Afonydd Cymru)/ Victoria Wilson (DCWW) |
| 17:30 | Finish – Day 1 | ||
| Day 2 | 17th December 2025 | Session Theme | |
| Session 4 | 09:15 | Research Challenges and Solutions – Bioremediation and role of NBS in treatment processes | Chair: |
| 09:15 | NbS approach to eradicating invasive species | Dong-Fan Xu (PhD Student @ Bangor) | |
| 09:35 | Use of natural coagulants to treat industrial wastewater | Chedly Tizaoui (Swansea) | |
| 09:55 | Bioremediation of industrial waste CO2 via algae and demonstration of products from that technology, | Darren Oatley-Ratcliffe (Swansea) | |
| 10:15 | Engineering of nature-based treatment technologies | Devin Sapsford (Cardiff) | |
| 10:45 | BREAK | ||
| Session 5 | 11:15 | Practical Realities | Chair: |
| 11:15 | Think small – Leverage points and nature-based solutions across variable-scale habitat patches | Martin Skov (Bangor) | |
| 11:35 | Woodland water benefits (tackling diffuse pollution, flooding and water cooling), | Tom Nisbet (Forest Research) | |
| 11:55 | Retrofit/highways drainage/climate change | Ian Titherington (Welsh Govt) David James (WLGA) | |
| 12:05 | |||
| 13:00 | LUNCH | ||
| Session 6 | 13:30 | Moving Forward | |
| Welsh Government Biodiversity Targets | David Lee (USW/WG) | ||
| Cimate Adaptation Challenge identification and cluster session’ discussion around recommendations for Welsh Government and future research initiatives. | Michelle Dellafield (Welsh Govt) | ||
| 15:00 | FINISH |