Monday is all about arriving and settling in. It will be possible to register for the conference at the main hotel “martas” between 12 and 5 p.m. From 5.30 p.m. you can register at Panorama LUTHER 1517 (see “Get-together”).

For those who would like to explore the city of Wittenberg on Monday, we offer an optional city tour. The tour will start at 4 p.m. in the courtyard of the Leocorea Foundation. Further information is available at registration.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Panorama in the evening. Over dinner and drinks, you will have the opportunity to catch up with old friends and colleagues from the network and make new ones. If you arrive late, it will be possible for you to register here between 5.30 and 10 p.m.

You will also have the opportunity to experience the Asisi Panorama LUTHER 1517. In a circular building specially built for this purpose, you will find a somewhat different excursion destination in Lutherstadt Wittenberg: the Asisi Panorama “Luther 1517”. In an impressive way, you are granted a 360° view of medieval life in Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Be enchanted by the small scenes, look for Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon and climb the three-story viewing platform in the middle of the panorama to catch a whole new perspective. The scenery ranges from historical incidents like the posting of the theses to everyday depictions like the hustle and bustle of Wittenberg’s marketplace.

Opening remarks

• Torsten Zugehör, Mayor of Lutherstadt Wittenberg

• Dr Stefanie Hedtkamp, Chairperson of the MAB National Committee of Germany

• Dr António Abreu, Secretary of the MAB Programme at UNESCO

• Guido Puhlmann, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Elbe River Landscape

Biodiversity loss and climate change – local solutions for global crises

Prof Dr Josef Settele (Dept. of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ)

Followed by Q&A

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and Climate Change

• Anke Hollerbach (Germany)

• Rosana Cerkvenik (Slovenia)

• Jeremy Dertien (USA)

• Natalia Beltrán Díaz (Spain)

• Marie Curtet (tbc, France)

UNESCO Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable Futures

• 5 short presentations of good practice examples on how biosphere reserves act for sustainable futures

• Moderated talk with the 5 presenters

 Road to Hangzhou 2025

• Impulse by Dr António Abreu (UNESCO)

• Interactive input session – expectations from the EuroMAB Community to the WCBR 2025

Optional activities (no registration needed):

• Optional programme element 1: Guided city tour

• Optional programme element 2: Walking excursion to the Elbe river

07.00 p.m. – Welcome & opening remarks

• Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of Germany

• Prof Dr Maria Böhmer, President of the German Commission for UNESCO  

• Prof Dr Armin Willingmann, Deputy Minister-President of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt

08.00 p.m. – Networking, dinner and drinks

10.00 p.m. – End of Reception

Programme

Today we will explore the Middle Elbe Biosphere Reserve and its surroundings together. For a more detailed overview, please refer to the field trip programme. The busses will depart at 9 a.m. sharp.

Programme

We are pleased to be able to offer a wide variety of workshops. More detailed information on the workshops on offer can be found here: https://www.euromab2024.de/workshops

The workshops will talke place at the Leucorea Foundation and at marta’s. Please refer to the workshop programme for the specific locations.

Retrospective of the days in Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Sharing key findings

Discussion ‚Message from EuroMAB‘

Adoption of ‚Message from EuroMAB‘                             

 Outlook and wrap-up