Programme
Meeting programme of the THESEUS Science Meets Policy (SPI) Event, Brussels October 18th, 2013
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration and welcome coffee | ||
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9:00-9:50 |
Introduction |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Coastal research in H2020 |
Panagiotis Balabanis, EU DG Research & Innovation I2 Environmental Technologies |
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| 9:15-9:30 |
Coasts@Risks in a changing climate: THESEUS project |
Barbara Zanuttigh, University of Bologna |
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| 9:30-9:45 | The European flood directive |
Mark Adamson, Chair of the EU Working Group on Floods ‐ WG F |
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| 9:45-10:00 | SPI and its implications for governance of climate and disaster risks | Demetrio Innocenti, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction | |
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10:00-11:30 |
Towards resilient coasts: THESEUS key results |
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10:00-10:25 |
Understanding and mapping risk |
Robert Nicholls, University of Southampton & Site Managers from the study areas |
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| 10:25-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
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10:45-11:00 |
Innovation and best practices in coastal engineering | Hans Burcharth, Aalborg University | |
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11:10-11:15 |
Ecologically based mitigation measures and design | Richard Thompson, University of Plymouth | |
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11:15-11:30 |
Resilient societies and economies | Jean-Paul Vanderlinden, Université de Versailles St-Quentin | |
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11:30-12:45 |
Working groups – Risk assessment , mitigation and EU Directives | ||
| 12:45-13:00 | A decision support tool for coastal risk assessment and mitigation | Barbara Zanuttigh, University of Bologna | |
| 13:00-14:30 | THESEUS lunch and networking - with a poster exhibition | ||
| 14:30-15:55 |
Working groups - Decision making for sustainable coastal management |
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| 15:55-17:00 |
Feedback from groups, discussion and preparation of the concept paper to be submitted to the EC |
Chaired by Philippe Quevauviller, DG Enterprise |
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| 17:00 | Meeting closure | Simon Claus, Flanders Marine Institute | |
| 17:10 | Reception provided by the Flanders Marine Institute | ||
