The final conference was held in early September 2025 and presented the project’s results and how a method for restoring cold-water corals has been developed. Researchers from three other marine restoration projects in Europe also participated and talked about their projects: REDRESS, LIFE ECOREST, and LIFE DREAM. The presentations were recorded and can be viewed below.
These videos are automatically subtitled and may contain translation errors.
Program for the LIFE Lophelia Final conference
10.00-10.30 Welcome and introduction– Director Anders Tysklind
10.30-10.45 Overview of the LIFE Lophelia project – Anita Tullrot
10.45-11.00 Cold-water coral ecology and restoration – Ann Larsson
11.00-11.10 Status of our coral reefs today – Anita Tullrot
11.20-11.45 Environmental conditions and selection of restoration sites – Iga-Maria Nestorowicz
11.45-12:00 Biodiversity at restoration sites – Susanna Strömberg
13:00-14.00 Restoration of Lophelia reefs – Anthony Grehan and Simone D’Alessandro
14.10-14.40 The project Life Dream – Federica Foglini
15.40-16.05 Testing different concrete mixes in lab and field experiments – Susanna Strömberg
16.05-16.30 Effect of surface structure on larval behaviour and settlement – Ann Larsson
16.30-16.50 Artificial reef design and relative spacing – Ann Larsson
17.00-17.15 AR manufacturing and deployment – Susanna Strömberg
17.15-17.35 Monitoring coral reefs and AR – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences/Anita Tullrot
08.30-09.00 Introduction to the Nature restoration Regulation and to the workshop – Karin Pettersson, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
Nature restoration Regulation (PDF)
Summary of group discussions (PDF)
