Water Research Horizon Conference

CONFERENCE PROGRAM (final)

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Tuesday, 10 July 2012: Conference Day 1

Venue: Venue: Umweltforum Berlin, Pufendorfstr. 11, 10249 Berlin

8:30 - 9:30am	Registration
09:30 - 10:15am	Opening of the conference Welcoming by BMBF (Helmut Löwe) BMU (Fritz Holzwarth) DFG (Ute Weber)
10:15 - 10:45am	Introduction to WRHC 2012 - Goals and concept (Georg Teutsch)
10:45 - 11:15am	The structural concept of the Water Science Alliance (Peter Krebs)
11:15 - 12:15am	Opening lectures "New Perspectives in Integrated Monitoring, Assessment and Management in the Water Sector" Anthony Jakeman Joachim von Braun
12:15 - 02:00pm	Lunch		Special Event: Status der Wasserforschung in Deutschland / Water Science Alliance
02:00 - 04:00pm	Session 1: Integrated resources management in urban and rural environments: Water, Food, Energy and Ecosystems Chairs: Dietrich Borchardt Janet Hering Speakers: Jörg Drewes Daniel Hering Eberhard Morgenroth Thomas Harter	Session 2 Integrated monitoring strategies to observe states and processes across scales and compartments Chairs: Harry Vereecken Jeff McDonnell Speakers: Yoram Rubin Harald Kunstmann Susan Hubbard Mark Gessner	Session 3 Economic and political aspects of Integrated Water Resources Management and Governance Chairs: Bill Cosgrove Erik Gawel Speakers: Michael Ahlheim Moritz Reese Maja Schlüter Ad De Roo David R. Steward
04:00 - 04:30pm	Coffee break
04:30 - 06:30pm	Session 4 Optimizing monitoring approaches for modelling and management of urban and rural systems - Core Water Data Chairs Axel Bronstert Reed Maxwell Speakers: Valentijn Pauwels Gert Schädler Frieder Haakh Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski Andrew Barry	Session 5 Merging remote sensing and ground based observation systems Chairs Susanne Crewell Wolfram Mauser Speakers: Matthias Drusch Marek Zreda Volker Wulfmeyer Jürgen Fischer Irena Hajnsek	Session 6 Setting, meeting and monitoring targets and indicators for integrated water resources management Chairs Klement Tockner Claudia Pahl-Wostl Speakers: Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen Stephan von Keitz Harald Horn Thomas Berendonk
06:30 - 08:30pm	Conference reception		Treffen der AG Nachwuchs

Wednesday, 11 July 2012: Conference Day 2

Venue:Venue: Umweltforum Berlin, Pufendorfstr. 11, 10249 Berlin

Open-Space-Workshops on possible "Thematic Cluster"-activities (EU-projects, DFG-SPP/SFB, BMBF projects, etc.)
08:30am - 09:30am	Introduction to Open Space Workshops (5’ each)
09:30am - 12:00am	Open Space Workshop 1	Open Space Workshop 2	Open Space Workshop 3	Open Space Workshop 4	Open Space Workshop 5
12:00am - 01:15am	Lunch break
01:15pm - 03:30pm	Open Space Workshop 6	Open Space Workshop 7	Open Space Workshop 8	Open Space Workshop 9	Open Space Workshop 10
03:30pm - 04:00pm	Coffee break
04:00pm - 05:30pm	Closing Session Summary of Open Space Workshops (3' each) Summary, Conclusions, Outlook: Alexander Zehnder (Chair of Scientific Advisory Committee) Georg Teutsch (Coordinator of Helmholtz Water Network) Peter Krebs (Chair of KOWA / Water Science Alliance)