Engagements
Falling Walls Engage X Hannover RE Foundation Online Panel, 22 April 2025
Sharing Best Practices for Climate Action
How Can Science Engagement Help Restore Biodiversity?
📅 Date: 22 April 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 – 6:00 PM (CET)
📍Location: Online via Zoom
What are best practices in science engagement that can really make a difference in climate adaptation?
In honour of Earth Day and Citizen Science Month, Falling Walls Engage and Hannover Re Foundation are joining forces to host a panel discussion exploring how Science Engagement can help restore biodiversity and which practices we can learn from each other to make a real difference. Inspired by the Science Breakthrough of the Year 2024 in the category Science Engagement, this panel focuses on ocean health innovation, climate resilience, and marine restoration.
We kindly ask you to register via the zoom link prior to the event.
Programme
5:00 – 5:05 PM | Opening Remarks
5:05 – 5:45 PM | Expert Panel Conversation
5:40 – 5:55 PM | Audience Q&A
5:55 – 6:00 PM | Closing & Final Thoughts
About this Event:
With this online event, we want to inspire science engagement practitioners by bringing them together, sharing case studies as well as methods and tools to learn from each other.
Falling Walls Engage and its hubs are committed to advancing climate change adaptation solutions through innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. This online panel will raise awareness of the topic by bringing together multiple perspectives, from marine research, to policy-making, sustainable development, and practical solutions. Experts and practitioners from various fields will share insights and strategies to foster innovation, helping participants develop a deeper understanding of adaptation challenges and opportunities for a more sustainable future.
No prior knowledge is required. This event is open and free to anyone curious to learn more and engage with the topic.
Speakers
Apple Pui Yi Chui
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Isayvani Naicker
Ulrike Pfreundt
Boris Worm
ENFORCE Kick-Off Meeting, 10-11 September 2024 - Nice, France
Evisights is one of the 25 partners in a four-year project to Empower citizeNs to join Forces with public authORities in proteCting the Environment (ENFORCE).
ENFORCE is project funded in the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) as a Research and Innovation Action in response to an call on Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01).
We gathered in Nice, France in September 2024 for the kickoff meeting.
Gender Summit Africa, 8-9 June 2023 - Accra, Ghana
Evisights led by Dr Isayvani Naicker was invited by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and Portia Limited, U.K., as a speaker and panelist at the Gender Summit Africa (GSA 2023) held on the 8-9th June 2023, in Accra, Ghana as part of the 23rd Gender Summit. The theme of GSA 2023 was “Africa’s energy transition pathways and vision of Green New Deal through a gender lens”. Speaker and panelist in a Plenary Session entitled "Lessons, opportunities, and challenges to integrating gender perspectives into research on energy transition and decarbonisation policies in Africa” on 9th June from 09:30h-11:00h (GMT).
Led a workshop on Equitable Funding Partnerships for grantees at the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa ( DELTAS Africa II) launched on March 13, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya, DELTAS Africa II is an ambitious initiative set to reshape and drive impactful science for Africa’s future development. DELTAS Africa II, is a continuing, multimillion-dollar programme supporting collaborative consortia led by Africa-based scientists to strengthen Africa-led development of world-class research and scientific leaders on the continent. It is being implemented by the Science for Africa (SFA) Foundation, supported by the Wellcome Trust and the UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
If Covid-19 is the 9/11 Moment for Global Science Advice, What Needs to Happen Next?
Science Advisory Mechanism (SAM) & Science Advice for Policy by European Academies (SAPEA)
https://scientificadvice.eu/
Thursday 28 April, 2022: Room 1,
14h00 – 15h30,
1st Floor, NHow Hotel Rue Royal 250, Brussels.
Special Question-Time Debate Organised By: The International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) & The International Science Council (ISC)
See Blog: Science Under Pressure Conference
https://www.evisights.com/post/science-advice-under-pressure-conference-brussels-27-28-april-2022