Kick-off Meeting in Wageningen

The kick-off meeting of BENCHMARKS, will take place on the 13th-15th February 2023 in Omnia Building at Wageningen Campus (Wageningen, the Netherlands).  It will be the first time that the entire consortium meet since the start of the project, in early 2023. The schedule for the meeting is as follows:

Monday 13th Feb @ Auditorium (4 break out rooms available all day)

8:30 Meet and Greet
• Welcome with coffee and cookies.

9:00 Plenary – Three talks from advisory panel members
Agriculture
• Forestry
Urban system

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 Break out groups, one for each land use

12:30- 13:30 Lunch

13:30 Plenary
• Project overview by Rachel
• Titia on scales
• Questions

14:30-15:50 Break out groups, dealing with indicators across spatial scales.

15:50-16:15 Coffee break

16:15 – 17:00
• Project officer presentation 15 min
• Policy officer presentation 15 min
• Questions & Close of Day – Rachel

17:10-18:00 Welcome drinks at Faculty Club Novum

Tuesday 14th Feb Rooms: 2 Quantum and 3 (2 small + 1 big Momentum)

9:00 – 12:30 WP1 and WP2

12:30- 13:30 Lunch

13:30-17:00 WP4 and WP5

18:00-21:00 Dinner at Beekdalhoeve (Bennekomseweg 160, 6871 KJ Renkum)

Wednesday 15th Feb @ Auditorium (4 break out rooms available all day)

9:00 – 12:30 Plenary
• Presentations by WP leaders on what they discussed on Tuesday (vision, goal set-up)
• Presentation summarizing CA and agreement with JRC by Paolo

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 Break out groups, interactions between WPs

15:00 – 17:00 Management team for wrap-up session

15:00 – 17:00 Visit the World Soil Museum (Optional)