Plenary presentations 1
Partnerships for technical cooperation
venue: Huaxia Hall (annex building)

• The development process and prospects of the International Mangrove Center
  - Dr. Lyu Cai, Associate Professor, Beijing Forestry University; and Deputy Director, Center for East Asian-Australasian Flyway Studies
• MedWet: A multi-scale approach for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands
  - Mr. Chris Rostron, Coordinator, The Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative
• Capacity building for nature-based disaster risk reduction: Wetlands and partnerships
  - Dr. Missaka Hettiarachchi, Senior Fellow, Environment and Disaster Management Program of WWF; and Adjunct Professor, School of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Australia
• Realization of the value of ecological products in national parks
  - Mr. Xu Weihua, Vice President, National Forestry and Grassland Administration - National Park Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Moderator: Mr. Jay Aldous, Deputy Secretary General, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

(15 minutes per presentation followed by 15-minute panel discussion)

coffee/tea break

Plenary presentations 2
Current wetland topics
venue: Huaxia Hall (annex building)

• Scaling up wetland conservation and restoration to deliver the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: Guidance on including wetlands in NBSAPs
  - Dr. Matthew Simpson, Director, 35 Percent
• Wetland School Network in China and Asia
  - Dr. Chen Kelin, Director, International Wetlands and Rivers Beijing
• Wetland ecological restoration based on Nature-based Solutions - The dance of collaborative symbiosis between humans and nature
  - Mr. Yuan Xingzhong, Professor, Chongqing University
• Developing bird-friendly Wetland Cities to facilitate Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
  - Dr. Shi Jianbin, Advisor and Director of Conservation Program, Paulson Institute

Moderator: Ms. Libuse Vlasakova, incumbent Chair, Independent Advisory Committee of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands; Ramsar National Focal Point of Czechia; and Standing Committee member representing Europe

(15 minutes per presentation followed by 15-minute panel discussion)

lunch break
venue: Yellow River (Huanghe) Hall (2F of main building)

Meeting of the Wetland City Network
venue: Meeting Room 301 (3F of main building)

Closing program
venue: Huaxia Hall (annex building)

• Handover ceremony by the current host city (Dongying, China)
• Message from the host city of the next meeting (Tata, Hungary)
• Message from current host city (Dongying, China)

Buffet supper
venue: Yellow River (Huanghe) Hall (2F of main building)