International Conference “Closed cycles and the Circular Society 2023: The power of ecological engineering” (1-5 October 2023, Chania, Greece)

SureNexus will participate in the International Conference “Closed cycles and the Circular Society 2023: The power of ecological engineering” of the International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES). The conference will be held between October 1st – 5th, 2023 in Platanias – Chania on the island of Crete, Greece. SureNexus will be represented by researchers from the National Technical University of Athens (Dr. Andriani Galani and PhD candidate Alexandra Tsatsou).

This conference marks the 30th anniversary since the foundation of the IEES in 1993. In this frame, IEES aim is to deliver and spread the message of redefining the ecological engineering discipline and communicate the IEES’s vision of an ecology-inspired circular engineering, as declared in the Manifesto of Ecological Engineering. The extended spectrum of conference topics has been formed indicating this modern holistic approach of Ecological Engineering.

SureNexus will participate in the conference through the presentation of the following works:

Multi-criteria tool for Nature-based Solutions and Bioeconomy practices selection towards WEFE Nexus implementation: the case of Tinos Island (Alexandra Tsatsou, Andriani Galani, Isabella Georgiou, Josué González-Camejo, Constantinos Noutsopoulos, Simos Malamis).

The main message of this presentation is that the application of the SureNexus tool, especially in a multi-stakeholder environment, can enable further analysis and discussion based on the MCA results, ensuring a participatory and empowering transition towards climate change adaptation and sustainable development, based on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) and Bioeconomy Solutions (BES).

Applications of circularity and the WEFE Nexus across the Mediterranean: the four Demo Sites of the SureNexus project (Andriani Galani, Alexandra Tsatsou, Josué González-Camejo, Tadej Stepišnik Perdih, Constantinos Noutsopoulos, Simos Malamis, Jordi Morato, Karine Bolton Laor, Rachid Mrabet, Alessandro Villa, Nicolas Bedau)

This work will be presented in a poster format. The aim of this poster will be to present the four (4) demonstrators and analyse how the WEFE Nexus is applied in each of them, while also outlining the use of NBS, BES and circular economy principles in each demo site.

The conference is organized by the Laboratory of Environmental Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete.

Conference website: https://www.iees.tuc.gr/