Welcome to #ECCA2025!

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