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Programme ´26
Programme
23 September, Wednesday
14-17
Field Trip
Lavassaare restoration
area
Buses from official
hotels
19-23
Ice-Breaking Reception
Pärnu Concert Hall
Pärnu town centre, 15-20 min walk from official hotels
24 September, Thursday
9-10
10-10.15
10.20-11.50
11.50-12.20
12.20-12.50
12.50-13.30
13.30-15.00
Registration and morning coffee
Pärnu Concert Hall
Pärnu town centre, 15-20 min walk fro official hotels
Opening remarks
SESSION1: SCIENCE AND POLICY
Advances in Canadian Methods for GHG Inventory of Peat Extraction - The Main Takeaways for the EU
Kelly Bona, Ph.D.
Research Scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada
Peat in EU politics
Sami Tulonen
Aula Europe
Coffee break
Horticultural peat in agriculture
Kerli Ats
The Estonian Chamber of Agriculture and Commerce
Panel discussion - Peat — obstacle or solution?
Kelly Bona, Sami Tulonen, Hando Sutter, Kerli Ats
Lunch break and exhibition
15.00-16.00
SESSION 2: ROADMAP
Finnish roadmap for peat
Niko Silvan Dr. (agr. & for.)
Senior researcher, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Estonian Roadmap for peat
Laura Remmelgas
Director General of Climate Department at Ministry of Climate
Latvian roadmap for peat
Ilze Ozola
Chairman of the board, Latvian National Peatland Society
16.00-17.00
SESSION 3: Regional updates
Rickard Axdorff,
Secretary General, Swedish Peat Industry Association
Hannu Salo,
Chair of the Board, International Peatland Society
Annika Päsik;
Estonian Peat Association
Ingrida Krigere,
Latvian Peat Association
Giedrius Kavaliauskas;
Lithuanian Peat Producers Association
19.00-00.00
Forum dinner party,
Club Sunset at the Pärnu Beach
25 September, Friday
9.30-10
Morning coffee & exhibition
10-12
Solar power and other renewable energy projects on former peat extraction areas: ecological and land-use considerations
Lauri Alanen
Neova Group
From Local Practice to International Policy - Climate Activities of the International Peatland Society
Anna Helena Purre
Second Vice President, International Peatland Society
"Sustainable growing media": Why we're using the term incorrectly and what to do about it
Alexander Sentinella
Director of Science, Growing Media Europe
12-12.30
Coffee break
12.30-14
Suistainable peatland management - lessons from tropical peatlands.
Dr. Lulie Melling
Founding Director of the Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute
Panel discussion
Peat - a problem or a solution for climate policy?
Allar Peek, Anna Helena Purre, Lulie Melling, Alexander Sentinella
14-15
Farewell lunch
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