Welcome to #ECCA2025!
The day is finally here – after months of planning and scheduling we welcome 550+ delegates to the Palacongressi di Rimini, an award-winning conference venue in Italy’s beautiful Emilia-Romagna region on the Adriatic Coast.
Our three-day European Climate Change Adaptation Conference opens with a remarkable line-up of opening plenary speakers, welcomed by your popular host, broadcaster and journalist, Karen Coleman, who we are delighted is returning to ECCA as our Master of Ceremonies.
Use Entrance A and be ready in your seat in the Anfiteatro Hall ready for a 14:30 start.
If you are joining online, you will have received the link for the plenary live stream.
Not registered yet? No problem – our registration is open for the duration of the conference, in-person and online (which is free and offers live streaming from 16 plenaries and parallel sessions – details in the programme).
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Here’s the opening day timetable:
Monday, June 16th | DAY 1
14:30 - 16:15 OPENING PLENARY
Anfiteatro Hall - Livestreamed
Master of Ceremony, Karen Coleman, Conference Moderator, Broadcaster and Journalist
Message from Jan Dusík, European Commission Deputy Director-General, DG Climate Action (CLIMA)
Speakers:
Anna Montini, Councillor for Ecological Transition and Blue Economy, Municipality of Rimini
Antonio Navarra, President CMCC Foundation and Chair of JPI Climate
Matthias Langemeyer, Head of Green research and Innovation Department, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
Alessandro Guerri, Director General for European, International, and Sustainable Finance, Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security
Morena Diazzi, Director-General for Knowledge, Research, Labour and Enterprises, Emilia-Romagna Region
Carlo Buontempo, Director of Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF
Susanne Mecklenburg, Head of Climate Office, European Space Agency
ADAPTATION ON THE GROUND
Live message from 78°13′ N 15°33′ E
Speakers:
Blaz Kurnik, Acting Head of the Climate Risk and Resilience Unit, European Environment Agency
Anna Montini, Councillor for Ecological Transition and Blue Economy, Municipality of Rimini
Giulia Garavaglia, Head of the 2030 Sustainable Development Metropolitan Agenda Office, Metropolitan City of Milan
Sabrina Dekker, Regional Climate Action Coordinator, City Council of Dublin
Joško Klisović, President, City Assembly of Zagreb
Ronan Dantec, Vice-President of the Committee of sustainable development in French Senate – Région Loire Atlantique, and President of Climate Chance
Antonio Navarra, President CMCC Foundation and Chair of JPI Climate
16:45 - 18:30 PLENARY PANELS
Anfiteatro Hall - Livestreamed
Funding and Financing Adaptation: EU, Banking and Insurance Perspectives
Moderator: Kit England, Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist, Paul Watkiss Associates
Speakers:
Céline Ollier, Senior Auditor, European Court of Auditors
Giulia Balugani, Sustainability Manager, UnipolSai Assicurazioni S.p.A
Yvonne McCarthy, Head of Sustainability Research, The Alliance of Irish Banks
Roberto Rando, Senior Climate Officer, European Investment Bank
Yassine Saidoun, Head of Zurich Resilience Solutions France
Lindsey Jones, Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank
Water Innovation and Beyond in Food, Beverage and Agribusiness
Moderator: Miria Pigato, Visiting Professor, Ca' Foscari University
Fatma Trabelsi Bouchendira, Director of International Cooperation, IRESA - Tunisia
Massimo Fortunato, Sustainable Development Manager, Birra Peroni
Andrea Anselmi, Food Value Chain Manager, Horta srl
Simona Castaldi, Full professor of Ecology, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’
María José Sanz Sánchez, Scientific Director, Basque Centre for Climate Change
Sandro Bottega, CEO, Bottega S.p.A.
Energy, Infrastructure, and Heavy Industry: Technology and Innovation for a Climate Resilient Transition
Moderator: Giulio Boccaletti, Scientific Director, CMCC Foundation
Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director, DG ENER Energy Transition
Borana Kullolli, Natural Hazards & Climate Change Officer, ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling, ArcelorMittal Europe
Ana Patricia de Rodrigues Quemel e Assis Santana, Climate Change Analyst, Petrobras
Sam Longman, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Environment, Transport for London
Francesco Maffini, Head of Asset Management, Water Division, HERA Group
Words from the Organizers
Giulia Galluccio, Director Advanced Training and Education Center, CMCC Foundation
Petra Manderscheid, Executive Director, JPI Climate
18.30-19.30 PERONI RECEPTION


