First International ASTRA Conference
" Are we prepared to cope with climatic changes? - Consequences of the winter storm
2005"
May 18-20, 2006, Klaipeda
Thursday, 18 May
| 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:30 | Opening of the conference | Elena Talockaite,ECAT |
| 09:40 | Welcome of the conference participants | Mr.Vidmantas Pleckaitis, Vice-Mayor of the City of Klaipeda Mr.Keith Shannon, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy in Lithuania Mrs.Lina Virviliene, Deputy Head of Klaipeda Region EPD under the Ministry of Environmnet |
| 10:00 | Introduction to the ASTRA project | Philipp Schmidt-Thome Geological Survey of Finland(GTK) |
| 10:10 | Introduction to the project "Awareness raising campaign on climate change" | Vaiva Ramanauskiene, ECAT, Lithuania |
| 10:20 | Climate change in Lithuania | Gintautas Stankunavicius, Vilnius University,Lithuania |
| 10:50 | Promoting Trans-European Risk Management in the framework of EU's territorial agenda-What about local and regional stakeholders? | Andre Mueller, Ferderal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban areas, Germany |
| 11:20 | Coffee | |
I SESSION - Climate change in the BSR
| 11:50 | Climate impact research in the BSR-state of the art | Dr.Juergen Kropp, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany |
| 12:20 | An overview of adaptation strategies for climate change existing in the BSR | Elena Talockaite, ECAT, Lithuania |
| 12:50 | The winter storm 2005 as an example of an extreme event- a scoping study for ASTRA | Dr.Lasse Peltonen, Helsinki University of Technology, Centre for Urban and Regional Studies |
| 13:20 | Questions and discussion | |
| 13:30 | Lunch | |
II SESSION - European dimension of climate change
| 14:30 | Climate change and European Union | Andrus Meiner, EEA, Denmark |
| 15:00 | Adaptation to climate change from th perspective of EU NGOs. | Ruta Bubniene, Climate Action Network CAN-E, Belgium |
| 15:30 | Questions and discussion | |
| 16:00 | Coffee |
III SESSION - Climate change and spatial planning
| 16:30 | Strategic and spatial planning in Lithuania | Ms. Rita Palciauskaite, Land Management Institute, Lithuani |
| 17:00 | The Management of the Lithuanian Coast of the Baltic Sea | Mr. Gintautas Zilinskas, Institute of Geology and Geography, Lithuania |
| 17:30 | Questions and discussion | |
| 18:00 | Closing of the day | |
| 19:00 | Dinner | Restaurant of the hotel "Klaipeda", 2nd floor |
Friday, May 19
| 09:00 | Review and preview of the day | Chair: Audrone Alijosiute, ECAT |
| 09:10 | ESPACE- European Spatial Planning: Adapting to climate events | Bryan Boult, The ESPACE project, Environmnetal Department, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
IV SESSION - PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
| 09:40 | Workshop A | Workshop B |
| Scientific Workshop Facilitator: Gintautas Stankunavicius Vilnius University, Lithuania |
Awareness raising on climate change Facilitator:Dr.James Hindson Field studies council, UK |
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| 11:30 | Coffee | |
| 12:00 | PARALLEL WORKSHOPS | Continuation |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
V SESSION - PLENARY
Chair: Philipp Schmidt-Thome(GTK) and Lasse Peltonen (CURS)
| 14:30 | Reporting form the work shops and panel discussion with the keynote speakers | "Are we prepared to cope with climate change? |
| 16:30 | Closing of the conference | |
| 19:00 | Dinner | Restaurant "Kurpiai", Klaipeda |