Starting with this episode, the first key topic in NBS is discussed. Collaborative planning is an important approach that seeks to include more key actors to identify key elements of a project such as needs, challenges and solutions. This concept is gaining more popularity as people are realizing how beneficial it could be to the success of an NBS. Josh and Marcelian are joined by Professor Gonçalo Canto Moniz from the University of Coimbra and Dr. Gerd Lupp from the Technical University of Munich to explore in-depth what collaborative planning is and how it is useful for NBS. The guest speakers also introduce their involvement and work in collaborative planning and how this concept can be upscaled.