Lead Chair: Nuria Extremera Llamas | CoChair: Ana Vázquez
Session Format: Theme forum – Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Closed
Presentación y bienvenida al encuentro. Exposición y debate sobre novedades legislativas. Exposición y debate sobre problemática en la aplicación práctica de la ley tanto en proyectos como en planes y de ámbito regional y/o nacional. Conclusiones finales y evaluación.
Lead Chair: Julia Gallu
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
Reprisals against individuals defending social, environmental, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights are at record levels. At the same time, firms are pursuing opportunities in markets where reprisals risks are especially high. Practitioners in these environments face difficult challenges. This workshop explores how to address these risks in IAs.
Lead Chair: Stephen O’Driscoll | CoChair: null
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The session discusses the latest developments regarding International Financial Institutions' (IFIs) approaches to ESG and focuses on how the new policies trigger a comprehensive approach integrating governance and equality issues in the environmental and social aspects throughout the whole project cycle.
Lead Chair: Kiichiro Hayashi | CoChair: Jong-Gwan Jung
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
The advancement of remote sensing technology, information technology, and spatial analysis with a variety of environmental, social, and economic items has received big attention. This session will focus on IA examples which support strategic decision making, including SEA and utilizing the well-organized spatial scale analysis for achieving SD in Asian regions.
Lead Chair: Samir Whitaker | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
This session aims to compile and summarize a set of practical guiding lessons in assessing impact significance from the perspective of several key stakeholder groups, including lenders, consultants, companies, government, and NGOs, based on ongoing and completed projects.
Lead Chair: Dr Cathryn MacCallum | CoChair: Jonathon Russill
Session Format: Solution room | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Participants will be engaged in a participatory consensus building session, with representatives from the INFACT EU-funded H2020 project. to explore and inform solutions to reinvigorating European mining for green growth and a sustainable future.
Lead Chair: Christopher Ibeh
Session Format: Theme forum – Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The session draws on benefit sharing processes across nations and cases to illustrate (i) the need for clarity in processes to assure stakeholder responsiveness, (ii) the enablers for benefit sharing aiming at SDGs and (iii) exploring mechanisms that reduce conflicts.
Lead Chair: Hakan Lucius | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Following the substantial changes of the EU policy framework on Sustainable Finance, the sector is increasingly moving towards mainstreaming environmental, social and governance considerations throughout their strategies and processes. This session will focus on best practices in implementing sustainable finance based on examples from leading financial players in Europe and beyond.
Lead Chair: Rebecca Hall
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Wind energy is expanding rapidly, notably in the developing world, potentially impacting sensitive biodiversity. This session exhibits the value of going beyond project-focused approaches; larger-scale strategic views to project siting, impact assessment, and offset could create greater certainty for developers and improved outcomes for biodiversity.
Lead Chair: Jen Howell
Session Format: | Accepts Submissions: open
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Lead Chair: Ralf Aschemann
Session Format: Theme forum – Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
This workshop is pooling different EA tools, in particular EIA and SEA, and key tools in industrial ecology, namely life cycle assessment (LCA) and material flow analysis (MFA), in order to identify potential synergies between those tools and to learn how they could contribute to each other.
Lead Chair: Juan Palerm | CoChair: Bernard Crabbe
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
In financing infrastructure projects, environmental and social safeguards are useful to ensure we are “doing things right." But are we also “doing the right things?", or are we simply minimizing impacts of carbon-intensive and unsustainable projects? Find out about successful experiences and help us identify innovative solutions to this challenge.
Lead Chair: Luis Montañez-Cartaxo | CoChair: To be determined
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
You will be glad to have come to this workshop and learned from the main speakers and the participants’ experiences how to be more effective in translating impact assessment results into a language that can smarten up decision makers and, in the end, produce better projects.
Lead Chair: Anne Merrild Hansen | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session provides a platform for sharing of good practices in relation to addressing and managing the impacts on local communities and Indigenous livelihoods when extractive industries are implemented.
Lead Chair: Matthew Cashmore | CoChair: Daniel Slunge
Session Format: Theme forum – Debate | Accepts Submissions: Closed
This session sets a new agenda for capacity development research, policy and practice. It comprises of a mixture of traditional paper presentations and panel discussions that bring together leading international experts and policy makers. The session has a global focus, rather than concentrating solely upon low income countries.
Lead Chair: None None
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The session explores the impacts of capacity building on promoting human capital development for securing natural capital in impacted environments.
Lead Chair: Ed Ellis | CoChair: null
Session Format: Theme forum – Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Would you like to better understand biodiversity risks and opportunities at an early stage for your projects? Is accessing and interpreting biodiversity information often a challenge? Do you want to be inspired by a new generation of technologies and approaches? If yes, then this session is for you.
Lead Chair: TBD
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
This session will discuss the reshape of the current EIA process in China and its connection with the pollutant discharge permit system to address the environmental impacts of development projects in order to safeguard the environment, integrate the need of community, and develop sustainable development strategy.
Lead Chair: Lea den Broeder
Session Format: Pecha Kucha | Accepts Submissions: Open
How can citizen science, resident involvement, and personal smart technology be integrated into IA to improve and validate data; involve and empower communities; and contribute to a healthy, sustainable, vibrant society? Participants may prepare a 6-minute presentation, or join discussion for overview of issues, solutions, and remaining questions.
Lead Chair: Sharon Brooks | CoChair: Ragnvald Larsen
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
This will be a discussion on the availability and accessibility of biodiversity data for national-level decision making, related to the impact assessment and mitigation processes at project and strategic-level. It will combine insights from national-level support under the Oil for Development program to build capacity around data management.
Lead Chair: Melissa Mayhew | CoChair: Mark Gough
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Drawing on case studies, the session explores how local communities could participate in impact assessments and how the process can build consensus, trust, and social acceptance for projects. By facilitating decision making and contributing to reconciliation, the effectiveness of assessments in enriching community well-being is strengthened.
Lead Chair: Ryngan Pyper | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Closed
What does it mean to be a "competent expert" in EIA? This participatory workshop will use scenarios and ethical dilemmas to identify defining qualities. We will focus on health, but the relevance is broad. Learn about professional virtues and help identify and navigate tensions that arise during assessments.
Lead Chair: Rauno Sairinen | CoChair: Daniel Franks
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The session calls for papers that discuss the possible role of EIA and SIA in managing natural resources and energy conflicts. The session will also explore the insights from collaborative processes as well as environmental conflict resolution and mediation to help IA to understand conflict dynamics and design better processes.
Lead Chair: Angeles Mendoza-Sammet | CoChair: Leon Hermans
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The emergence of dynamic and adaptive planning approaches implies that impact assessments, monitoring, and evaluation will be more and more connected. This session invites papers that look into this connection between impact assessment, monitoring, and evaluation, to learn about recent advances and possible future improvements.
Lead Chair: Alex Blood | CoChair: Christine Charles
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
Despite COVID19 consultation has continued on impact assessments, legislation, and projects. This diverse session will share and consider learnings on adapted approaches; their strengths and weaknesses. Has changed consultation altered who is empowered during engagement or who is marginalised? Can consultation in a time of COVID19 be meaningful?
Lead Chair: Astrid Knoblauch | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Case studies and approaches using primary and secondary data to strengthen evidence-based health impact assessment are presented.
Lead Chair: Amanda Chisholm | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Environmental assessment plays an important role in decision making—but its effectiveness is often evaluated in terms of whether a plan or project will result in environmental damage. Is that a fair appraisal? Let’s explore the other factors influencing decision making! Can/should we work to influence the outcome?
Lead Chair: Aaron Goldschmidt | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
As smartening is applied to IA, goals have been identified to facilitate focused analyses, enhanced engagement, and streamlined decision-making through digital EIAs. Documentation is visual, interactive, succinct, and readily understandable. How is digital EIA working? Case studies are requested to identify and share experiences.
Lead Chair: Paul Eijssen | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session highlights the latest achievements and innovations in digital impact assessment reporting, reviewing and communication. Our paper-based session shares and discusses state-of-the-art IA projects and interactive tools to support informed decision making.
Lead Chair: PatrÃcia Rodrigues | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Big data analytics is increasingly being used to assess and monitor wildlife and ecosystems. This session will present digital tools developed to facilitate collection, management, and reporting of these data in the IA context and also bring to discussion problems, needs, and future directions in processing this kind of data.
Lead Chair: Charles Kelly | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Disaster, conflict, and crises challenge lives, the economy, and society. These events may catalyze change, but impact assessment should lead avoidance or mitigation of negative impacts before they occur. Papers on whether impact assessment achieving this goal, or on any aspect of impact assessment, disasters, conflict and crisis, are welcome.
Lead Chair: Liborio Castro | CoChair: Alvaro Enriquez
Session Format: Theme forum – Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Discuss the effectiveness of EIA in transport projects, show some of the outcomes of the EIA tool, and evaluate its contribution to the main goals and objectives of sustainability. Find out the reasons that can spoil the success of EIA in its role as a key tool.
Lead Chair: | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
To be confirmed.
Lead Chair: Michael Clarke | CoChair: Jason Smith
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Papers are invited that describe the unique challenges associated with implementing EIA for deep sea mining projects.
Lead Chair: Manuel DÃaz MartÃn | CoChair: Juan Miguel MartÃnez Orozco
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
La evaluación ambiental en España tiene su origen en la década de los 80, desde entonces se han producido numerosos cambios en la normativa asà como en los procedimientos, por lo que se pretende hacer un análisis de estos cambios a través de la presentación de casos prácticos o de éxito que nos permitan ver el conocimiento acumulado.
Lead Chair: James Lea-Cox
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
As a condition of financing, IFI-financed projects must adhere to a set of stringent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) safeguards. This session will explore emerging issues that the banks and their clients are currently facing from the ESIA stage to operations. Perspectives will be sought from consultants, lenders and business on various emerging issues including ESG reporting, ESIA to implementation, climate change risk management and adaptation, labour, social issues and biodiversity, including natural capital.
Lead Chair: John Sinclair | CoChair: Timothy J. Peirson-Smith
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
Public participation is a cornerstone of IA. In this session we will explore next generation advancements in IA participatory practices as recognized by the public, proponents, practitioners and academics.
Lead Chair: Cristian Perez
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session will explore how to secure promised mitigation and avoidance throughout all projectphases, draft enforceable conditions, ensure ESIAs requirements are completed in a timely fashion, and better tailor legal consequences for violations to ensure compliance with ESIAs conditions written into enforceable obligations.
Lead Chair: Gunnar Baldwin | CoChair: To be determined
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session examines how environmental journalists are helping to catalyze the incorporation of climate change and related concerns into the impact assessment process at the policy and strategic level as well as the project-specific level, as they draw increasing attention to the finite carrying capacity of our planet.
Lead Chair: Nancy Saich | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The European Commission has issued the Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth aiming at reorienting and increasing capital flows towards a more sustainable economy, mainstreaming sustainability into risk management and fostering transparency and long-termism. What does it mean for IFIs and IA practitioners?
Lead Chair: Miguel Abascal
Session Format: Debate | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Example of a unique urban project in the city of Madrid from a 360º vision
Lead Chair: Carlos Iglesias-Merchan | CoChair: Elvira Dominguez-Ares
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
La Evaluación del Impacto en la Salud (EIS) se considera incorporada al ordenamiento jurÃdico español desde 2011. Pero su desarrollo práctico y normativo está resultando desigual entre territorios y puede generar inquietud entre actores y/o sectores de actividad. Esta sesión pretende ilustrar casos prácticos y sus perspectivas de futuro.
Lead Chair: Ana Vázquez Valverde
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
l seminario constará de dos charlas de expertos y posteriormente la presentación de 3 casos de éxito, en el que se pondrán en común los puntos que hacen que el proyecto pueda considerarse una buena práctica. Finalmente habrá un debate abierto, entre asistentes y ponentes.
Lead Chair: Jacqueline Tedaldi
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
What works and what doesn’t when assessing gender impacts in human rights impact assessment? Does gender perspective make a difference? Can these lessons learned be applied to other types of impact assessment, like social, environmental, health? A session to share experiences, discuss approaches and challenges, and identify opportunities for collaboration.
Lead Chair: Julio Jesus | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
In 1999 IAIA started the publication of the International Best Practice Principles series, covering several impact assessment instruments. The analysis of these documents shows many common principles.The session will discuss the concept of a general set of international best practice principles applicable to all forms of impact assessment.
Lead Chair: Jos Arts | CoChair: null
Session Format: Debate | Accepts Submissions: Closed
In this session we take stock of the critical lessons from 21st century literature for smartening impact assessment. Share with us what you consider to be key wisdom from IA publications since 2000. What were the main debates, trends, concepts, cases, and publications? What are lessons for future IA?
Lead Chair: Mari Lise Sjong | CoChair: Arne Dalfelt
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Developing countries need more energy and revenues thereof, but also suffers disproportionally from climate change and environmental degradation. However, the ministries responsible for environmental regulation is normally the weakest part in negotiating solutions. Can this be changed with technological and digital advances in communication?
Lead Chair: Weston Fisher | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Closed
The IAIA Climate Change Section has produced a “2020 Draft Report on IA & Climate Change Actions and Next Steps.†This draft report will be used to build on past “IA and Climate Change: Actions and Next Steps†discussions at IAIA19 in Brisbane, and posted on IAIAConnect. The report will be used as the starting point for a roundtable discussion.
Lead Chair: Laurence Levaque | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The panelists are representatives of the IFIs and their accountability functions. They will discuss how lessons learned through the handling of environmental and social complaints have contributed to raising awareness of specific issues related to the assessment and monitoring of E&S impacts and to improving the IFIs' E&S procedures.
Lead Chair: Katharine Gotto Walton | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
Case-based workshop exploring population-scale genetic engineering projects addressing urgent environmental and health problems. Participants will be invited to design an assessment with related engagement process to examine potential impacts (environmental, socio-economic, health, human rights and others) of such proposal.
Lead Chair: Miguel Repas | CoChair: null
Session Format: World Café | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
How can we avoid trading off wildlife for renewable energy? This session will draw on the knowledge and expertise of participants to prioritise issues and frame guidance to help proponents and assessors to maximise the environmental benefits of renewable energy while protecting biodiversity values.
Lead Chair: Eugene Jo | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The session will serve as the basis of disseminating the content of the new holistic guidance for recognizing natural and cultural world heritage in impact assessments and understanding how best to implement it on the ground.
Lead Chair: Jon Hobbs | CoChair: Diego Juffe
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
This session will present and discuss the current status and future prospects of impact assessment tools in large-scale linear infrastructure projects. Case studies from Kenya, Tanzania, and China will be included and the interaction between strategic environmental assessment and environmental impact assessment will be considered.
Lead Chair: MARIA ESTHER VALDIVIA | CoChair: ROBERTO CARDENAS
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
To prove how a socio-environmental impact assessment in complex and high socio-environmental conflictive zones in Colombia can be done while promoting the improvement of local relationships and trends in sustainable regional development, moreover, to review how the structural context deficiencies can affect the assessment process.
Lead Chair: TBC TBC
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Urbanisation is a global trend, giving pressure to the local communities, from land use, town planning to infrastructure. This session aims to invite experience sharing with case studies on the latest impact assessment practices, particularly what and how smart technologies are adopted on smart city development projects.
Lead Chair: Bridget Durning | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Are the social and economic impacts on local communities during the construction and operation and maintenance (O&M) phases of offshore renewable energy generating developments really understood?
Lead Chair: Miles Scott-Brown | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
La gestión de impactos acumulativos sigue siendo un desafÃo para la evaluación ambiental. Esta herramienta, por lo general, no forma parte de los marcos legales e institucionales vigentes en Iberoamérica, también hay poca experiencia práctica en su aplicación. Únase a nuestro panel para intercambiar lecciones aprendidas.
Lead Chair: TBC TBC
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
To be developed by session chair.
Lead Chair: Scott Bailey | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
What are your theories and realities of implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in IA? Participants will hear a range of views and have the opportunity to explore different experiences, approaches and methods, and their results.
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Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The session will focus on the importance of transparency in decision making for the effectiveness of IAs, including the basis for which decisions are made. Panelists will present approaches in IA processes in various jurisdictions related to decision making and how science, Indigenous knowledge, and community knowledge are considered.
Lead Chair: Arlene Fleming | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Case studies, analysis, discussion, and proposals aimed at improving coverage of cultural heritage in EIA.
Lead Chair: Patrick Francis | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The true value of environmental and social management measures lies in their effective implementation. This session explores ways to improve their performance on infrastructure projects, drawing on examples of practical application of advancements in science, technology and governance to deliver better environmental and social results.
Lead Chair: Colleen Purtill | CoChair: Dierdre Treissman
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Concerns raised by Indigenous communities align strongly with issues examined in HIA. Given these shared concerns, how best should HIA practitioners approach engagement and consultation programs, baseline health and susceptibility, traditional land use, and vulnerabilities related to food security and climate change?
Lead Chair: Philippe Hanna
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
To be developed by the Indigenous Peoples Section.
Lead Chair: Meinhard Doelle | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session will consider how to effectively integrate the assessment of GHG emissions and opportunities to reduce emissions into IA at four critical stages: the application of the process, scoping, decision making, and follow-up.
Lead Chair: TBC TBC
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
This interactive session will present cases of impact assessment in the AFF sectors, followed by the presentation of a fictitious case that illustrates the challenges of conducting an ESHIA of a large fisheries project. The audience will be involved by asking questions using the mobile phone tool Menti.
Lead Chair: David Livingstone
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
From Indigenous land claim agreements to community-based regional strategic environmental assessments, this session will present various ways of incorporating Indigenous rights and Indigenous traditional and local knowledge into impact assessments. We invite you to share your experiences and involvement of successful incorporation.
Lead Chair: Ivar Lyhne
Session Format: Theme forum – Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Closed
Are you intrigued by the possibilities within digitalization of impact assessment? Following three short expert presentations highlighting key developments, opportunities and examples, participants in this session will share views and experiences and help to develop a common IAIA prioritization of key challenges and opportunities for digital IA.
Lead Chair: Jordan Tam | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session explores how technology is shaping how Indigenous groups assert and draw attention to their environmental and land rights. Are there examples of how technology has enhanced the ability of Indigenous communities to engage in EA? What is needed for technology to work well?
Lead Chair: Milena Novakova
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Closed
Since the adoption of the SEA Directive 20 years ago it has ensured that the different environmental assessment systems operating within the 27 European Union Member States should contain a set of common of procedural requirements necessary to contribute to a high level of protection of the environment. In 2019 the European Commission concluded the its first evaluation of the application of the SEA Directive. It addresses and concludes on the effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, relevance and the EU added value of the directive.
Lead Chair: Madeleine Koalick | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
Meaningful stakeholder engagement and effective follow-up are two main challenges for impact assessments, such as HRIA. We want to explore how technology can help us listen better to stakeholders and support the long-term impact of assessments. Following practitioner input, participants will be invited to work in groups on scenarios.
Lead Chair: Jeanne Ellis | CoChair: Jeff Geipel
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
In this session we will explore the tools and frameworks around local content and how they can be used to identify, implement, and measure local content within an operation, and explore where there is room for improved governance frameworks, technological advances, and further integration with the impact assessment and management cycle.
Lead Chair: Pippa Howard | CoChair: null
Session Format: Debate | Accepts Submissions: Closed
Companies prefer a risk-based approach compared to a No-Go framework to decision making on where and how they develop and operate projects. This debate will test this in highly sensitive environments such as the Arctic, deep seabed, high seas, and KBAs. Evidence-based decision making applying precautionary principle, no-go in PAs and NPI targets.
Lead Chair: Maria Dacunha | CoChair: Ana Maria Esteves
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
How can we make substantial changes to how livelihoods restoration is considered in project design and throughout the evaluation cycle, in order to ensure displaced people are better off as a result of being impacted by development projects? This session will focus on lender incentives as instruments for change.
Lead Chair: Yina Xiao | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Capacity on health impact assessment is limited among national authorities, safeguards divisions of IFIs, and elsewhere. National pools of HIA experts are limited or non-existent. We will take stock of old, new, and innovative learning approaches for HIA capacity strengthening, from WHO-sponsored training to recent approaches adopted across the world.
Lead Chair: Susan George | CoChair: Olivia Rumble
Session Format: Theme forum – Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Presenters from different parts of the world will discuss the IA implications of groundbreaking IA and climate change law at the global, national, and local levels, with 30 minutes reserved for audience interaction.
Lead Chair: Andrea Peña | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
Odor emissions of a project or activity are susceptible to causing environmental impacts on communities or human health.This session will explore the state of the art in odor impact assessment, focused on methodology, analysis, and technologies available in odor matters.
Lead Chair: Lucie NGuessan | CoChair: null
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
This forum will provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities of developing world-class projects in sensitive environments and emerging nations, where biodiversity and cultural diversity shape the IA processes. In addition, lessons learned from various project experiences will be shared to encourage an open forum discussion of evolving IA.
Lead Chair: Catherine H.K. Smith | CoChair: Abulele Adams
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session is designed to help early careers and researchers find their feet, present and test their ideas and experiences, bring something new to IA perspective, and provide information on the early career/researcher experience.
Lead Chair: John Carstensen | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session will explore the key lessons from the OECD peer learning process on integration of climate and environmental concerns into development programs, particularly the lessons associated with the use of impact assessments and safeguards.
Lead Chair: Nicholas King | CoChair: Miguel Coutinho
Session Format: Theme forum – Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Closed
The magnitude of change brought about by human activities, which is precipitating a number of intersecting planetary crises, requires a revolutionary leap to effect transformation in decision making from "impact" assessment to assessing "contribution" to the full spectrum of requirements for a sustainable future.
Lead Chair: Charla Patterson | CoChair: Aurora Torres
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
The conservation of landscape connectivity is one of the most valuable tools for protecting biodiversity in times of climate warming, and yet available tools used to measure and evaluate connectivity have still not been integrated into environmental assessment in many countries. This workshop will review best practices in connectivity research.
Lead Chair: Cristian Contreras
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The session focuses on the progress made during the last 25 years in impact assessment in the region and the challenges still ahead facing impact assessment in Latin America.
Lead Chair: Will Rifkin | CoChair: null
Session Format: Pecha Kucha | Accepts Submissions: Open
Short presentations on psycho-social impact assessment will outline experiences and key concepts. Even if you do not see yourself as a PSIA expert, learn about revealing assessment practices, what mental health impacts are the most common, and how to "sell" the idea of PSIA to clients and authorities.
Lead Chair: Janet Blackadar | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
As IA practice and information presentation improves, stakeholder input remains limited to those who are able to provide input in a timely fashion. Does this mean we are missing important input from certain groups of stakeholders? Case studies are requested to identify and share experiences with streamlining stakeholder participation and feedback.
Lead Chair: Cheryl Wasserman | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session will explore the process and content of reforms to EsIA governance and implementation systems and how and whether they are affecting BOTH efficiency and effectiveness. Explore lessons from pressures for timeliness, lower costs, stakeholder engagement, transparency, and greater accessibility and utility of EsIA documents.
Lead Chair: Justine Lacey | CoChair: Yuwan Malakar
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session discusses the operationalization of "responsible innovation" in the advancements of disruptive technologies within cyber-physical systems. It will include presentations followed by a panel (group) discussion.
Lead Chair: Michele Kvistad | CoChair: null
Session Format: Game - Gaming | Accepts Submissions: Closed
Online resources and social media have shown themselves to be a useful tool, necessary to communicate in society at present, which could enhance public participation in EA. In this interactive session, a game aims to show the existing and untapped potential to implement online resources and social media into communicating EA.
Lead Chair: Iñigo Sobrini
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
El análisis de los riesgos y vulnerabilidades ambientales deviene obligatoria en las evaluaciones ambientales a partir de la Directiva 2014/52/UE. Los estudios de impacto ambiental deben incluir un análisis sobre la vulnerabilidad de los proyectos ante accidentes graves o catástrofes, sobre el riesgo de que se produzcan dichos accidentes o catástrofes, y sobre los probables efectos adversos significativos sobre el medio ambiente, en caso de ocurrencia de los mismos. Su novedad en España motiva cierta confusión, por lo que invitamos a presentar casos concretos de éxito y metodologÃas de trabajo
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Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
To be developed.
Lead Chair: Charlotta Faith-Ell | CoChair: Johanna Gordon
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session aims to explore the experiences practitioners and researchers are making with regard to conflict resolution within the existing SEA processes as well as fresh ideas on ways to adapt SEA to be more suited for dealing with conflicts in land use planning.
Lead Chair: Ainhoa Gonzalez | CoChair: Riki Therivel
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
This participative session will explore dimensions of SEA effectiveness, identify practical ways of improving the process, and highlight good practice examples.
Lead Chair: Marie Grimm | CoChair: Gesa Geissler
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This session covers technological opportunities and governance approaches that can improve the design and implementation of biodiversity offsets.Topics include scientific reviews and evaluations of best practice examples from across the world, as well as ideas for innovative approaches for the future.
Lead Chair: Phil Le Gouais
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Money talks, and the role of finance in delivering a sustainable future is growing. The industry is increasingly reliant on the use of technology-driven “analytics†to understand E&S Performance. This session explores the need to develop the necessary technical and technological skills mix to meet future demands.
Lead Chair: Ben Cave | CoChair: null
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The session discusses the most recent guidance for including health and well-being in impact assessment. This has been developed by IAIA members with other institutions to satisfy the requirements of the amended EU Directive on EIA, the UNECE Protocol on SEA, and the revised international best practice principles on HIA.
Lead Chair: Francois Retief | CoChair: Angus Morrison-Saunders
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Closed
It has been 50 years since the enactment of NEPA, so it is an ideal time to reflect on the learning and wisdom from the wealth of IA literature and follow up developed since. This session serves as a culmination of previous conference sessions discussing IA wisdom from different decades.
Lead Chair: Susanna Price | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The session explores current and future potential for benefit sharing as part of “smarter†governance frameworks for resettlement, particularly for livelihood restoration and enhancement. Theoretical or conceptual papers and case studies illustrating the negotiation of benefits, and positive or negative impacts on livelihoods, are all welcome.
Lead Chair: Eddie Smyth | CoChair: null
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
National legal and regulatory frameworks play a central role in resettlement governance for displacement by development. This session will explore “smarter†country governance approaches as well as challenges and issues for protecting human rights and mitigating impoverishment risks in countries that lack robust regulatory frameworks.
Lead Chair: Katherine Witt | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Open
In the real world, does social impact assessment contribute to balanced decisions, or are other forces more influential, such as politics, economics, and a system biased towards biophysical measurement? How can we build the capacity of impact assessment to be more truly multidisciplinary and meet the expectations of diverse stakeholders?
Lead Chair: Ana Maria Quintero | CoChair: Arend Kolhoff
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
TNC and NCEA are partnering to offer their international expertise and experiences in strategically planning hydropower development that avoids and minimizes impacts on people and nature. This session is open to all interests and experiences with strategic planning of hydropower at transboundary, national and river basin levels.
Lead Chair: Nathan Braun | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
The session will focus on how jurisdictions can cooperate to create regulatory clarity and improved IA practice for resource development. What tools are needed? What can agreements look like? How do parties manage conflicts? What are the pitfalls? Just a few questions to be discussed in this interactive session.
Lead Chair: Iñigo Sobrini
Session Format: Theme forum – Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
The aim of the panel debate is to understand what the common roadblocks are in upgrading grid infrastructures and enhancing biodiversity, what tools could be needed to overcome these, and to propose ways in which grid infrastructure can be better developed and implemented.
Lead Chair: Heikki Kalle
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
In this session we will discuss various aspects related to the notion of tiering in IA and planning—how the evolution of planning/IA has developed our understanding of the concept of tiering and how tiering contributes to the overall effectiveness of planning/IA systems.
Lead Chair: TBC TBC
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
The spill-over of viruses like SARS-CoV-2 from animals to humans is influenced by human activities. Agricultural methods, resettlement and urbanization can weaken barriers between natural reservoirs and human society. This session provides the opportunity to present examples how impact assessment identifies and measures such risks and provides management responses.
Lead Chair: Rob Verheem | CoChair: null
Session Format: Workshop | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Come join this workshop on a possible new "IAIA Special Publication" on independence in IA. What are the building blocks that could be the core of more independent IA systems? The workshop will discuss a draft special publication, prepared by the Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment.
Lead Chair: Fernando Vicente
Session Format: Theme forum – Debate | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
Borders in Iberoamerican countries are hot spots of biodiversity and natural resources. There is a lack of international procedures and information between countries. Several countries have just begun international cooperation agreements. The previous experience between Spain and Portugal, both under Espoo regulations, is an example of good practices for the merging systems of the Iberoamerican communities. The main objective is to share experiences which can be used as a model.
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Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
Trends of Impact Assessment in Developing Countries: How is Impact Assessment developing in your country? What are the hurdles to jump over? Are ESIA Reports truly implemented? Are Local and International Funded projects implemented to address inherent environmental challenges on the same scale? Welcome to share your experience.
Lead Chair: Try THY | CoChair: Ratana PEN
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
With little public input, corruption, and the influence of private gain, Cambodia’s closed EIA process is not protecting vulnerable communities or the environment. A local open data NGO is putting simplified and searchable EIA data online where communities and civil society groups can find it and act on it.
Lead Chair: José MarÃa Casillas
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Invitation Only
¿Cómo puede beneficiarse la E.I.A. del desarrollo tecnológico? El uso de nuevas herramientas facilita la toma de datos y su posterior interpretación durante el seguimiento y vigilancia de los impactos ambientales, lo que permite aumentar la eficacia en la toma de decisiones.
Lead Chair: Ana Roque de Oliveira | CoChair: null
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
How can our knowledge of visual tools’ technical, cultural, cognitive, or emotional advantages/limitations determine their selection and design to ensure inclusive dialogues in EIA processes? Who should be involved in this process? Debating case studies may enlighten EIA practitioners about the adequacy and effectiveness of visual tools.
Lead Chair: Holle Linnea Wlokas
Session Format: Panel discussion | Accepts Submissions: Open
Renewable energy projects are increasing globally and there is growing/emerging evidence (e.g., from mega projects like the Egyptian Benban solar project) that negative social impacts can be avoided or minimised. Is this possible? We invite practitioners with project experience to join this panel to exchange views and discuss field evidence.
Lead Chair: Filipe Silva
Session Format: Paper session | Accepts Submissions: Open
This case-based session will explore various elements needed for effectively institutionalizing HIA as an effective approach in support of the SDGs—political leadership, legal, policy and regulatory frameworks, capacity and competency within key institutions, stakeholders and impact assessment professionals, and supportive institutional arrangements.