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Thursday, May 12th, 2005
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09.00 - 09.40 |
Welcome and Introduction
Commissioners, Water Director, Minister |
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09.40 - 10.00 |
Challenges and opportunities for IWRM at the dawn of a new era
Dr. P. Balabanis, EC DG Research |
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10.00 - 10.20 |
Coping with drought - The experiences of Cyprus
C. Omorphos, Executive Engineer, Water Development Department, Cyprus |
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10.20 - 10.40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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10.40 - 11.00 |
Implementation of Articles 5 & 6 of the EU Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC - The perspective from a semi-arid Mediterranean island
C. Demetriou, Hydrologist, Water Development Department, Cyprus |
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11.00 - 11.20 |
Governance structure and environmental taxes as a policy instrument: the French experience
Prof. B. Barraque, CNRS Research Director, UNESCO International Hydrological Programme, French Commitee, President |
| 11.20 - 11.40 |
Vulnerability of Mediterranean islands to increasing water stress and adaptation strategies
Prof. M. Lange and Dr.-Ing. A. Donta, Dipl. Biochem., Centre for Environmental Research, University of Muenster, Germany |
| 11.40 - 12.00 |
Putting the WFD into practice: Strategy Formulation for IWRM under water scarcity conditions
Prof. D. Assimacopoulos, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece |
| 12.00 - 12.20 |
Governance regimes for responsive water management
Dr. S. Kuks, Senior Researcher, Center for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy, University of Twente |
| 12.20 - 12.40 |
Drought policy interfaces: from ideal to real
Prof. C. Karavitis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece |
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12.40 - 14.40 |
LUNCH BREAK |
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14.40 - 15.00 |
Water management and agricultural practices on Mediterranean islands
Dr. K. Chartzoulakis, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Crete, Greece |
An integrated modelling system to assess major hydrological processes on Mediterranean islands
Dr. R. Ragab, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology,NERC, Oxon, UK |
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15.00- 15.20 |
Freshwater management in Flanders, Belgium
Mr. S. Michielsen, MSc. Ing., Free University Brussels/Flanders Hydraulics Research, Belgium |
SCAPT: a Strategic Catchment Analysis and Planning tool
Dr. S. Hallet, Principal Environmental Information Scientist, National Soil Resources Institute, Cranfield University, UK |
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15.20- 15.40 |
Water management strategies for Cyprus
Dr. I. Glekas, Aeoliki Ltd., Cyprus |
Accounting for floods in IWRM
Prof. E. Todini, ProGeA S.r.L., Italy |
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15.40 - 16.00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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16.00 - 16.20 |
Water conservation and water protection plan in Emilia-Romagna
Dr. G. Bortone, Ing. T. Draghetti, Environment Direction, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
Sustainable development of water resources on small islands through making optimum use of local available water resources storage and renewable energy
Dr. de Vries A., Acacia Institute |
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16.20 - 16.40 |
Water management strategies for Ribeiras do Algarve, Portugal
Prof. R. Maia, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Porto, Portugal |
Water recycling and reuse - a water scarcity best practice solution
B. Durham, Alternative Water Resource Project Manager, Municipal Business Development Division, Veolia Water |
| 16.40 - 17.00 |
Italian approach to water quantity aspects: National key studies
G. Monacelli, Italian Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services, and G. Pineschi, Italian Ministry of Environment |
The reuse of treated urban wastewater: case studies in southern Italy
F. Melli, Technical Director, SOGESID |
| 17.00 - 17.20 |
Case study of long term management of water in the Beauce aquifer: forecasting future supply and demand
G. Boinel, French Ministry of Environment |
How to deal with irrigation demand in a context of water scarcity and water uncertainty: an example of combining tools in the Charente river basin in France
S. Loubier, N. Aubry, F. Christin, E. Giry, P. Garin, P.O. Malaterre, UMR G-Eau, Cemagref, France |
| 17.20 - 17.40 |
Rural Development and Water Management
M. Cherlet, F. Bouraoui, G. Bidoglio, JRC, and G. Pineschi, Italian Ministry of Environment |
Towards drought simulation on the European scale: Experiences with ERA40-driven LISFLOOD modelling results
S. Niemeyer, Floods and other Weather-Driven Natural Hazards, Land Management Unit, Institute for Environment and Sustainability |
| 17.40 - 18.00 |
Drought and Hydrological Indicator System in Spain
J. Mora, Water Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Spain and Javier Obarti, Consultant |
Aquarec project seeks best water reclamation and reuse practice
C. Thoeye, Coordinator Research, Aquafin NV, Belgium |
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Friday, May 13th, 2005
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09.00-09.20 |
Archaeological perspectives on the development of water exploitation strategies
Dr. A. Mihevc, ZRC SAZU, Institute of Karst Research, Slovenia |
Principles and issues of irrigation with recycled effluents in Israel
Prof. E. Feinerman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel |
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09.20-09.40 |
Public attitudes towards water policy tools: A cross-cultural study
Prof. A. Aledo, Dept. of Sociology & Education, University of Alicante, Spain |
Economic instruments for Integrated Water Resources Management in arid and semi-arid regions: Theory and applications
Dr. P. Koundouri, K. Karousakis, University College London, UK |
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09.40-10.00 |
Knowledge Integration: Why the whole is sometimes less than the sum of its parts
Dr. N. Winder, Senior Research Associate, School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK |
Economic modelling for water resources management
Prof. A. Xepapadeas, Dept. of Economics, University of Crete, Greece |
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10.00-10.20 |
Implementation of Water Reclamation and Reuse in Cyprus
M. Zachariou-Dodou, Chief Water Engineer, Water Development Department, Cyprus |
Economic valuation methods for deriving economic values for integration in water resources management: Theory and applications
Dr. P. Koundouri, K. Karousakis, University College London, UK |
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10.20-10.40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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10.40-11.00 |
Trans-border freshwater management in Europe within the framework of the WFD 2000/60
Prof. Y. Mylopoulos, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
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11.00-11.20 |
The Cyprus experience in planning water resources management: Past and future
I. Iacovides, Water Development Department, Cyprus - Ret. |
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11.20-11.40 |
Characterisation of coupled socio-natural systems
Prof. A. Bonet, Dept. of Ecology, University of Alicante, Spain |
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11.40-12.00 |
Closing Plenary
Prof. E. Vlachos, Dept. of Sociology and Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, USA |
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