Preliminary programme
Day 1 - Wednesday 29 January 2014
| 10:00 | Registration and coffee |
Opening session
Chair: Martin Kernan (University College London - UCL)
| 10:30 |
Societal challenges in managing freshwater ecosystems Klement Tockner (Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries - IGB)   Presentation (2.2 MB)
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| 10:45 |
Science and Policy: acting together to address societal challenges Birgit de Boissezon (European Commission, DG RTD) |
Session 1: Key Notes: Challenges from different perspectives
Chair: Martin Kernan (University College London - UCL)
| 11:00 |
Scientists and managers: the best of times and the worst of times Brian Moss (University of Liverpool) Presentation (6.5 MB)
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| 11:30 |
Reporting flows: informing ecological and conservation status Hans Bruyninckx (European Environmental Agency - EEA) Presentation (821 KB)
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| 12:00 | Questions & Discussion |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch |
Session 2: Future visions for Freshwater Ecosystems (Inputs and moderated discussion)
Chair/Moderator: Paul Jepson (University of Oxford)
| 13:30 - 15:30 |
How to deal with multiple stressors to freshwater biodiversity in the future Daniel Hering (University Duisburg-Essen) Discussion: What are the implications of these findings for policy? Presentation (2.8 MB)
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Research infra-structures: the case for integrating freshwater biodiversity data Aaike de Wever Wever (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences RBINS) Discussion: How can biodiversity datasets be more policy relevant? Presentation (4 MB)
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Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas as a critical tool in the conservation of freshwater biodiversity: application to strengthen the Natura2000 network William Darwall (IUCN) Discussion: Do existing EC environmental policies safeguard freshwater biodiversity? Presentation (2.4 MB)
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Impacts of climate change and land use on freshwater ecosystems Piet Verdonschot (Alterra Research Institute) Discussion: Is the Water Framework Directive prepared for global change? Presentation (943.6 KB)
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Integrated catchment modelling as a tool for managing freshwaters under global change Andrew Wade (University of Reading) Discussion: Freshwater ecosystems change: can we predict the future? Presentation (3.6 MB)
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The role of agri-environmental measures in achieving WFD compliance Demetris Psaltopoulos (University of Patras) Discussion: How can we better integrate policy to protect freshwaters? Presentation (291.9 KB)
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
Session 3: Science- Policy Café & Poster session
Chair: Martin Kernan (University College London - UCL)
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Science-Policy Dialogues: 1) Arguing for conservation and ecological status – how far brings us the ecosystem service approach? Moderator: Timo Kaphengst (Ecologic Institute); Scientist: Isabell Durance (Cardiff University); Policy maker: Patrick Murphy (European Commission, DG ENV) 2) Does the food-water-energy-nexus provide the basis for integrating different policies to protect freshwaters? 3) Do we use the knowledge generated by EU projects efficiently and meaningfully for the implementation of environmental policies? Moderator: Ana Cristina Cardoso (European Commission, DG JRC); Scientist: Josef Settele (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ); Policy Maker: Adrian Peres (European Commission, DG RTD) 4)   Launch of the Global Freshwater Biodiversity AtlasModerator: Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber (BOKU - University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences) 5) Poster session |
| 17:30 |
Wine reception Speech: Richard Seeber (MEP, President of the EP Water Group) |
| 20:00 |
End of Day 1 |
BioFresh (Co. 226874) and REFRESH (Co.244121) are funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme
