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Prof. Marthe Nyssens (Prorector transition and society, UCLouvain)

"Opening"

Prof. Ralf Seppelt (Lead Author of the 2019 IPBES Global assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem services, UFZ, Germany)

"Biodiversity loss: its drivers and ways towards solutions: insights from the IPBES global assessment»"

Prof. Mark Urban (University of Connecticut, USA)
" Improving the forecast for biodiversity in the Heat Age”

Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (former IPCC vice-Chair, Earth and Life Institute, UClouvain)
“Human activities, climate change and biodiversity loss: impacts and interactions?"”

Prof. Patrick Meyfroidt (Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain)
“The role of land use change on land degradation and restoration, and the underlying drivers of land use change
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Dr. Jorge Ventocilla, Policy Expert at the science and policy interface for the Belgian Biodiversity Platform/IPBES Belgian Focal Point
"IPBES Rolling work programme up to 2030 : Opportunities for Belgian experts to get engaged"

Prof. Teja Tscharntke (Göttingen University, Germany)
“Integrating biodiversity, biocontrol and pollination in agriculture ”

Prof. Klaus Birkhofer (Brandenburg University, Germany)
"Conservation of functional diversity in agricultural landscapes – does it promote ecosystem service provision?”

Prof. Sven Wunder (European Forest Institute, Barcelona, Spain)
“Biodiversity conservation in tropical forests based on the REDD+ strategy”

Prof. Philippe Baret (Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain)
“Transition : scenarios, lock-ins and enablers”