YAP WORKSHOP
Wednesday, June 19 2024
Atelier Bouwmeester,
Ravensteingalerij 54-59, Brussels
& Brussels Royal Library, Boulevard de l’Empereur 4, 1000 Brussels
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Info and program can be visualized here
CONFERENCE DAY 1
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Herman Teirlinck Building, Tour & Taxis, Brussels
9 AM – 6 PM
9:00
Registration
9:30- 10:00
Welcome & Introduction “20 Years of Sustainable Food Planning“ by Prof. Michiel Dehaene and Prof. Chiara Tornaghi
10:00-11:00
Keynote by Florent Lardic
11:00-11:45
Debate on challenges for agriculture policy and visioning in metropolitan regions in France & Belgium, with Florent Lardic, Jan Pille & Eva Kerselaers
Networking lunch
13:30-15:00
Paper session 1
Coffee break
15:15-16:45
Paper session 2
17:00-18:00
Keynote Dr. Ana Moragues Faus
19:00
Conference Dinner at Belmundo and visit to Atelier Groot Eiland (Belmundo, Groot Eiland)
CONFERENCE DAY 2
Friday, June 21, 2024
STAM, Ghent city museum
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
9:30
Registration
10:00-10:30
Introduction: why are we in Ghent & STAM specifically: a word on the expo ‘Gentse Gronden’ on public farmland by Dr. Hans Vandermaelen
10:30-12:00
Paper session 3
Networking lunch & free visit of the exhibition ‘Gentse Gronden’
13:30-15:00
Paper session 4
Coffee break
15:15-16:15
Keynote by Prof. Valentine Cadieux
16:15-17:00
Coproductive closing session with an outlook on the lessons and key topics for the next 10 years of Sustainable Food Planning
17:00-17:30
Closing of the conference and outlook on the excursion
EXCURSION
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Boeren Bruxsel Paysans (Neerpede)
9:15 AM – 3 PM
9:15
Meeting point at metro stop ‘Eddy Merckx’ (Brussels)’
9:30-12:30
Guided walk (6,5km) by Catherine Fierens, showing the project “Boeren Bruxsel Paysans” and the Neerpede Valley
The Boeren Bruxsel Paysans project aims to realise production, processing and distribution projects in a short supply chain for local, healthy and quality food accessible to all residents of the capital. The field visit will allow to explore efforts to protect land and develop agro-ecological agriculture, together with the triggers for a re-localised food system in the peri-urban area of Brussels. More info about Boeren Bruxsel Paysans can be found on their website or in their publication “Agropolis – From Pilot Project to Metropolitan Food Network”.
12:30-13:30
Lunch at Kattenkasteel
13:30-15:00
Visit to agriculture testing site of “Graines de Paysans”
AESOP 'Sustainable food planning' group 