• Welcome by moderator – Yurena Lorenzo, Wetlands International Europe
• Joint Keynote address – Annette Spangenberg, EuroNatur & Ulli Eichelmann, Riverwatch on Saving the Blue Heart of Europe followed by Q & A – Slides Ulli Eichelmann
• Keynote address – MEP Marie Toussaint – Inspiring environmental activism and Rights for Nature followed by Q & A –
• Keynote address – Martin Ohse, Environment Brussels – Slides Martin Ohse

• Bold Action Needed – The State of Europe’s Rivers – Claire Baffert, WWF EPO – Slides Claire Baffert
• Nature Restoration Law – New Opportunities for restoring rivers – Sergiy Moroz, European Environmental Bureau –
• The fight against hydropower in the context of the revision of the renewable energy directive – Marilena D’auria, EuroNatur – Slides Marilena D’auria
• The threats to rivers from transportation – Wouter Langhout, Frankfurt Zoological Society – Slides Wouter Langhout
• Panel moderator: Andrea Goltara, CIRF

• River activism around the world – Bonnie Barclay, International Rivers – Slides Bonnie Barclay
• Access to Justice – Ewa Dabrowska, ClientEarth – Slides Ewa Dabrowska
• Justyna Choroś, OTOP Polish Society for the Protection of Birds
• Neža Posnjak, Slovenian Native Fish Society – Slides Neža Posnjak
• Panel Moderator: Amelie Huber, EuroNatur

• Lunch provided at the conference venue

Our Demands – Environment, Energy, Accession, Human Rights, Youth, Cornelia Wieser, Riverwatch – Slides Cornelia Wieser

• Gaëlle Haut, Surfrider Foundation Europe – Slides Gaëlle Haut
• Man-made pollution of the Oder River – a story of (un)loved river and social mourning – Ewa Leś, Coalition Clean Baltic – Slides Ewa Lés

• Christer Borg, Älvräddarnas Samorganisation (River Saver´s Association) – Slides Christer Borg
• Dan Yates, Save our Rivers – Slides Dan Yates
• Åsa Renman and Nils Harley Boisen, The Norwegian Biodiversity Network (Sabima) – Slides Åsa Renman and Nils Boisen
• Making people give a dam about rivers – Sampsa Vilhunen, WWF Finland – Slides Sampsa Vilhunen

• Hydropower plant Komarnica Montenegro – Nina Pantović, Jelena Popović, Save Komarnica – Presentation Nina Pantović and Jelena Popović
• The struggle against small hydropower plants in Greece – Eleana Kazila, Greek rivers without barriers – Slides Eleana Kazila
• Mega-project Kaunertal in Austrian Alps – Bettina Urbanek, WWF Austria – Slides Bettina Urbanek
• Campaigning for Poland’s rivers: stop E40 waterway – Małgorzata Górska, OTOP Polish Society for the Protection of Birds – Slides Malgorzata Górska
• Resistance to expansion of inland waterways in Czech Republic – Vlastimil Karlík, ARNIKA – Slides Vlastimil Karlík

• Free pizza and drinks at Cinema Galeries!

The River Film Festival will feature the world premiere of “#DamBusters – The Start of the Riverlution”, followed by a question & answer session and cocktail reception

Location: Cinema Galeries in Central Brussels. Galerie de la Reine 28, 1000 Bruxelles.

https://galeries.be/en/

How to go from the venue to the cinema:

By metro: walk for 10 minutes to the metro station Merode, take line 5 or 1 to Erasme/Gare de l’Ouest and get off at Centrale (5 stops). Walk for 5 minutes.

By foot: 40 minutes.

• Day 2 Introduction by moderator – Yurena Lorenzo, Wetlands International Europe
• Keynote address – Saving the Loire, wild rivers and busting dams in France – Roberto Epple, European Rivers Network followed by Q & A – Slides Roberto Epple

• Scientists for Rivers – Inspiring scientists, students, and river defenders – Vera Knook, the River Collective – Slides Vera Knook
• Alessandro Caretto, Youth for the Rhine – Slides Alessandro Caretto
• River youth activism in legal and political EU advocacy​ – Giulia Testa, Global Youth Biodiversity Network Europe – Slides Giulia Testa
• Besjana Guri, EcoAlbania
• Adela Baratech Sánchez, World Fish Migration Foundation
• Panel moderator: Lisa Ruston, Wetlands International Europe

• An Introduction to the Endangered Landscapes Programme​ – David Thomas,
  Endangered Landscapes Programme at the Cambridge Conservation Initiative – Slides David Thomas
• Beth Thoren, Patagonia – Slides Beth Thoren
• Funding and support for river restoration and protection – Federico de Filippi, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency – Slides Federico de Filippi

• Creating a movement – Dam Removal Europe – Pao Fernández Garrido, World Fish Migration Foundation – Slides Pao Fernández Garrido
• Lawyers for Rivers – Maja Pravuljac, ClientEarth – Slides Maja Pravuljac
• Success Stories in the Balkans – Dragana Mileusnic, The Nature Conservancy – Slides Dragana Mileusnic

• Lunch provided at the conference venue

• The myth of clean hydropower – Gary Wockner, River Warrior – Slides Gary Wockner
• Trans-European Swimways Initiative – Heather Bond, Wetlands International Europe – Slides Heather Bond
• Restoring free flowing rivers: biodiversity conservation and adaptation to CC​ – Andrea Goltara, CIRF – Slides Andrea Goltara 
• Diving into river open science! – River University – Ewa Leś, Coalition Clean Baltic – Slides Ewa Leś

• Transboundary river protection, Mura-Drava-Danube Biosphere Reserve – Ivana Korn Varga, WWF Adria – Slides Ivana Korn Varga
• Vjosa Wild River National Park, Albania – Besjana Guri, EcoAlbania – Slides Besjana Guri
• Banning small hydropower in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Suncica Kovacevic, Foundation Atelier for Community Transformation (ACT) – Slides Suncica Kovacevic

• Danijel Lonĉar, Independent storyteller – Slides Danijel Lonĉar
• Rivers of people, people for rivers  ​– Camila Kuncar, Iberian Centre For River Restoration (CIREF) and Caminar El Agua – Slides Camila Kuncar

• The Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands – Lorena Segura, Tour du Valat – Slides Lorena Segura
• Transboundary Wild River National Park, Greece – Alexandra Pappa, MedINA – Slides Alexandra Pappa
• Protecting Rivers in Portugal – Catarina Miranda, GEOTA – Slides Catarina Miranda
• Introducing Wetlands 4 Mediterranean Resilience – Teresa Zuna, Wetlands International Europe – Slides Teresa Zuna

Join us for a drink!

Dinner and drinks at the conference venue, followed by a performance by Oktaba Paradise Band