WORLD URBAN PARKS CONGRESS 2015
9th IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS OF PARKS
AND PUBLIC GARDENS – PARJAP PORTUGAL 2015
Smart Parks and Gardens
26 to 30 May 2015
Preliminary Program
Meetings
25 May | Monday
08H30 am|12H00 pm Joint Yardstick and World Parks Academy workshop
12H00 pm|01H30 pm Lunch
01H30 pm|02H00 pm World Urban Parks Europe Region meeting
02H00 pm|02H30 pm Ifpra World Commissioners and World Urban Parks board meeting
02H30 pm|05H30 pm World Urban Parks board meeting
08H30 pm World Urban Parks and AEPJP Board of Directors dinner
Pre-Congress
26 May | Tuesday
09H00 am|04H00 pm Visit to the Peneda-Gerês National Park
04H00 pm Registration and submission of documentation
05H00 pm Congress Opening
05H30 pm Opening Conference
Victor Mendes, Mayor of the Municipality of Ponte de Lima
Emanuel Trueb, Interim Chair, World Urban Parks
Francisco Bergua Vizcarra, President of the Asociación Española de Parques y Jardines Públicos (AEPJP)
Domingos Simões Pereira, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
Member of the Portuguese Government
06H00 pm Signing of the Protocol of Gemination between the Cacheu Region and the Alto Minho Intermunicipality
Community
06H30 pm Inauguration of the Green Spaces Fair of Ponte de Lima 2015
Congress Program
First Day | 27 May | Wednesday Smart Design
Moderator – Teresa Andresen, Landscape Architect
08H00 am
09H00 am
09H00 am
09H30 am
10H00 am
10H30 am
10H50 am
12H40 pm
01H30 pm
02H30 pm
03H30 pm
Registration and submission of documentation
Keynote Speakers
Digby Whyte, CEO of World Urban Parks (WUP) (Australia)
José Arrieta, Director of Vivirlosparques and Tatiana Restrepo, Subdirector of Vivirlosparques, Asociación
Española de Parques y Jardines Públicos - Vivirlosparques: The inteligent instrument for the construction
of the gardens and parks network (Spain)
Sami Bouhmidi, Head of Marketing and Communications of Marchica Med (Morocco)
Coffee Break
Presentations
.“A remediation and rehabilitation strategy for Manuel Street Park, Johannesburg” - Emmanuel Maphorogo,
Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (South Africa)
.“City Park - from the vegetation point of view” - Eliete de Pinho Araujo, UniCEUB - Centro Universitário
de Brasília (Brazil)
.“Inteligent green spaces layout: Aplication of indicators of tree performance” - Laura Roldão Costa,
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal)
.”City of Whittlesea Melbourne markets stormwater harvesting project” - Stephen Comben, City of
Whittlesea (Australia)
.”Patrimonial parks - The "Castro of São Miguel-o-Anjo"” - Isabel Couto, Faculdade de Ciências da
Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
.”Evaluating the understanding of the "Lagoas da Veiga de Chaves"” - André Nascimento, CIBIO - Centro
de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
.”Generations square” - Junia Caldeira, UniCEUB - Centro Universitário de Brasília (Brazil)
.”Management plan for blue and green structures in Bergen” - Sissel Lerum, Green Agency from
Municipality of Bergen (Norway)
.”Operational management regarding disaster prevention parks in Tokyo Metropolitan Parks Toshikazu Uesugi and Takumi Hosokawa, Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association (Japan)
Discussion
Lunch
Commemorative Tree Planting Ceremony
Visit to the Historic Centre and Parks and Gardens of Ponte de Lima
*Program subject to change
Second Day | 28 May | Thursday Smart Maintenance
Moderator – Christy Boylan, Chair, World Parks Academy and Secretary Europe Region, World Urban Parks (WUP)
09H00 am Keynote Speakers
09H00 am António Rodrígues Simão Júnior, Director of the Department of Parks and Gardens of the Municipality of Maputo
09H30 am
10H00 am
10H30 am
10H50 am
- “Sustainability and public green spaces requalification of the city of Maputo” (Mozambique)
Peter Scott, Manager of Urban Planning & Landscape Architecture Department, Khatib & Alami - "Smart
and sustainable parks and public realm design" (Dubai, UAE)
Paulo Farinha Marques, Associated Professor of the Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto - Wild
Gardens: design, diversity and mainenance" (Portugal)
Coffee Break
Presentations
.”Managment plans - Inteligent tools for public green spaces qualification” - Diogo Santo Matos,
Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
.”Rosengård urban pathway” - Sten Göransson, Malmö city, Streets and Park Department (Sweden)
.”Kitchen garden of knowledge - An inteligent park” - Maria de Lurdes Silva, Escola Superior Agrária,
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
.”Innovative green spaces managment experience of the city of Vila do Conde” - Fernanda Órfão, Município
de Vila do Conde (Portugal)
.”Brasilia's park maintenance and green quality” - Gabriela Teixeira da Costa, UniCEUB - Centro Universitário de
Brasília (Brazil)
.”Park quality focus through nordic green space award” - Goran Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural
Sciences (Sweden)
.”The importance of inteligent maintenance in public green spaces” - Rui Alexandre Castanho,
Universidade de Extremadura (Spain)
.”Maintenance in historical gardens: the case of the castle in Fosdinovo - Toscany, Italy” - Virginia Neri,
Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)
.”Water managment strategies of green spaces: Complex gardens vs lawn” - Maria Isabel Valín, Escola
Superior Agrária, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
.”Urban forest management through the prism of smart, safe, healthier, green and biophilic cities” - Pedro
Calaza Martínez, Research Centre for Landscape Architecture “Prof. Caldeira Cabral” (Portugal)
.”Definition of a mathematical model compatible with growth of trees in the cities” - Antonio Ugidos
Álvarez (Spain)
01H00 pm Discussion
01H30 pm Lunch
03H00 pm Visit to the Protected Landscape of Lagoas de Bertiandos and S. Pedro d’Arcos , Ponte de Lima and Monte de Santa
Luzia in Viana do Castelo
Third Day | 29 May | Friday Smart Promotion
Moderator – Pedro Calaza, Ph.D. Agricultural engineering. Spanish Association of Parks and Public Gardens (AEPJP)
09H00 am Keynote Speakers
09H00 am Gloria Aponte Garcia, Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana - "Medellín:
Parks in five contexts" (Colômbia)
09H30 am Steve Wolter, Indiana University - “Innovative Technology for “Smart” Park Management” (USA)
10H00 am Coffee Break
10H20 am Presentations
.”Barcelona's master plan for road networks trees 2015-2035” - Xavier Hernández Marcet, Departmento de
Conservación de Parques y Jardines, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona (Spain)
.”The Granada's Norm: The value of ornamental grove” - Jose Arrieta Leon, Ayuntamiento de Ciudad Real
(Spain)
.”The fingal smoke-free playground initiative” - Kevin J. Halpenny, Fingal County CouncilSenior (Ireland)
.”The use of recreational urban parks in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia: Perceptions between different ethnic
groups” - Nor Akmar Abdul Aziz, University Putra Malaysia (Malaysia)
*Program subject to change
11H40 am
12H00 pm
12H30 pm
01H30 pm
05H00 pm
09H00 pm
.”Patrimonial education and qualified turism: The botanical garden of Caxias do Sul” - Aline Valéria
Fagundes da Silva, Universidade de Caxias do Sul (Brazil)
.”Promotional activities using large-scaled flower landscaping in national government park” - Etsuko
Takahashi, Parks and Recreation Foundation (Japan)
.”Tokyo's Challenge! Shift from park administration to park management” - Kenzo Oguchi, Parks and
Recreation Foundation (Japan)
.”Torre de TV: Providing well-being” - Ivana Moreno Santos, UniCEUB - Centro Universitário de Brasília (Brazil)
Presentation of the new congresses and the theme for the 12th International Garden Festival of Ponte
de Lima
Francisco de Calheiros, Director of International Garden Festival of Ponte de Lima and Caldeira Cabral
Closing
World Urban Parks General Assembly
Lunch
Opening of the 11th International Garden Festival of Ponte de Lima
Jorge Moreira da Silva, Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy of Portugal
Congress Dinner
Atributtion of World Urban Parks Distinguished Individual Award
Post-Congress
30 May | Saturday
09H30 am
11H30 am
02H30 pm
04H00 pm
Visit to the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
Visit to Casa dos Biscainhos in Braga
Visit to the Santa Barbara Garden in Braga
Visit to the Monastery of Tibães in Braga
Sponsors
Partner Entities
Media Partners
*Program subject to change