Second International ASTRA Conference
"Climate change adaptation and floodrisks in coastal areas"
October 26-28, 2006, Polish Geological Institute (PGI), Gdansk, Poland
Thursday, 26 October
| 8:45-9:00 |
Registration of participants |
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| 09:15-9:30 |
Opening of the conference, Welcome of participants |
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INTRODUCTION SESSION |
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| 09:30-09:50 |
Introduction to the ASTRA project |
Philip Schmidt-Thomé, Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
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| 09:50-10:20 |
Climate change: a global problem with local origins |
Dr. Jürgen Kropp, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany |
| 10:20-10:50 |
Climate changes in the Southern Baltic |
Prof. Miroslaw Mietus, Institute of Meterology and Water Management (IMGW),Poland |
| 10:50-11:10 |
Coffee |
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SESSION I - Flood Risks in coastal areas. Regional and local approach
| 11:00-11:30 |
Floods in Vistula Delta (no presentation availabale!) |
Halina Burakowska,Institute of Meterology and Water Management (IMGW),Poland |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Contemporary approach to flood protection. Flood in Gdansk 2001 |
Prof. Wojciech Majewski, Institute of Hydroengineering, Polish Academy of Science (IBW PAN),Poland |
| 12:00-12:30 |
Flood risk and decision making |
Andrzej Cieslak, Maritime Office, Gdynia, Poland |
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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WORKSHOP: HOW TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
| 14:00 |
Welcome and introduction to the workshop setting |
Convenor: Prof. Walter Leal, TuTech GmbH, Germany |
| 14:05 |
The Importance of Stakeholder Dialogues in Climate Change Adaptation |
Prof. Martin Welp, University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde, Germany |
| 14:30 |
Who in the Baltic Sea Region is affected by Climate Change? ASTRA's preliminary results of vulnerable sectors |
Dr. Klaus Eisenack, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany |
| 15:00 |
Workshop Local Level
Workshop Pan-Baltic Level |
Workshops facilitated by Prof. Jörg Knieling, HarbourCity University, Prof. Walter Leal, TuTech, Philipp Schmidt-Thóme, GTK, Prof. Martin Welp, UASE.Rapporteurs: Simo Haanpää, CURS, Samuli Lehtonen, CURS, Franziska Mannke, TuTech, Dr. Lasse Peltonen (CURS), Elena Talockaite, ECAT, Katrin Tresse, HarbourCityUniversity. |
| 15:45-16:00 |
Coffee |
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| 16:00 |
Stakeholder workshops continues |
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16:45 |
Preparation of results within workshop groups |
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17:00-17:15 |
Coffee |
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17:15 |
Presentation of group results to the plenary |
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17:45 |
Conclusion and outlook |
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18:00 |
End of day 1 |
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Friday, 27 October
SESSION IIA - Adaptation strategies, policy making and spatial planning
| 09:15-09:45 |
Climate Change adaptation around the Baltic Sea- a policy perspective |
Dr. Lasse Peltonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland |
| 09:45-10:05 |
Towards a Pan-Baltic Adaptation Strategy- Challenges, Demands and Tasks for policy makers |
Katrin Tresse, HafenCityUniversity Hamburg, Germany |
| 10:05-10:25 |
Climate Change and land use planning in Kokkola Old Harbour Bay |
Juhani Hannila & Michael Hagsröm, City of Kokkola, Finland |
| 10:25-10:45 |
Flood characteristics and responsive spatial planning in Latvia |
Agrita Briede & Laila Kule, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia |
| 10:45-11:15 |
Coffee |
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SESSION IIB - Adaptation strategies and tools
| 11:15-11:45 |
Regional assessment of sea level rise and river floods by using computer-based expert systems |
Dr. Jürgen Kropp, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany |
| 11:45-12:05 |
KLARA-Net - regional network for climate change adaptation in the region Starkenburg, South Hesse, Germany |
Lena Herlitzius, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| 12:05-12:25 |
Preliminary flood risk assessment in relation to the project of Flood Directive |
Marcin Jacewicz, Regional Board for Water Management (RZGW), Gdansk, Poland |
| 12:25-12:45 |
Numerical Terrain Model in spatial planning |
Dr. Wojciech Staszek, Gdansk University, Poland |
| 12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION III - Climate Change impacts in the BSR
| 14:00-14:20 |
Gdansk case study area |
Dorota Kaulbarsz, Zbignierw Kordalski, Polish Geological Institute (PGI), Gdansk, Poland |
| 14:20-14:40 |
The case study of Pirkanmaa |
Tom Frisk, Ämer Bilaletdin, Heikki Kaipainen & Jari Rauhala, Pirkanmaa Environmental Centre, Finland |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Long-term changes in frequencies of wind directions on the western coast of Estonia |
Jaak Jaagus, University of Tartu, Estonia |
| 15:00-15:20 |
Some implications of coastal zone utilization and management in Estonia |
Valdeko Palginõmm & Are Kont, Tallinn University, Estonia |
| 15:20-15:40 |
Coffee |
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V SESSION III - CONT.
Saturday, 28 October
| 09:00 |
Field trip |
Gdansk-flood risk and protection; Old town |
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