The Conference is open to interested scientists, policy makers and end-users from the region. It also involves high level administrators, general secretaries for research and technology, and research directors from the EU Member States, the third countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region and countries from the Black Sea region.

The participating countries are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK; Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, and the USA. The European Environment Agency (EEA) and other International Organisations with a long history in the two regions, such as UNEP/MAP and Black Sea Commission, are also invited to participate in the Conference.

Invited speakers and conference contributors listed under Thematic Areas below. For alphabetical list, click here.

Dr Dimitrios Deniozos
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Ministry of Development
Mesogeion Av. 14-18,
GR 115 10 Athens
GREECE
P.O.Box 146 31
email: ddegno@gsrt.gr

Dr Achilleas Mitsos
Director-General of the Research DG
European Commission
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
email: Achilleas_Mitsos@cec.eu.int

Dr. Agni Spilioti
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Ministry of Development
Mesogeion Av. 14-18,
GR 115 10 Athens
GREECE
P.O.Box 146 31
email: aspi@gsrt.gr

Thematic Area: Climate Change and related processes: impact and Feedback
Chairpersons
Prof. A.Lascaratos
Department of Applied Physics
University of Athens
University Campus, Build. PHYS-5
Athens, 15784
Greece

Dr. Yannis Papanikolaou
Director General
International Centre for Black Sea Studies
Athens, Greece

Dr. A. Theocharis
Institute of Oceanography
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail: alekos@ncmr.gr

Dr. E. Ozsoy
Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi,
Deniz Bilimleri Enstitusu
Institute of Marine Sciences,
Middle East Technical University
P.K. 28 Erdemli
Icel 33731
Turkey
e-mail: ozsoy@ims.metu.edu.tr, ozsoy@metu.edu.tr

Prof. G. Korotaev
Deputy Director
Marine Hydrophysical Institute
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kapitanskaya 2
99011 Sevastopol
Ukraine
e-mail: ipdop@ukrcom.sebastopol.ua

Dr. E. Rohling
Southampton Oceanography Centre,
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
European Way Southampton SO14 3ZH Hampshire
United Kingdom
e-mail: ejr@soc.soton.ac.uk

Prof. N.Pinardi
Department of Physics
Bologna University
Viale Berti Pichat 6/2
40127 Bologna
Italy
e-mail: n.pinardi@ambra.unibo.it

Prof. Dr Johannes Lelieveld
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
(Otto Hahn Institute)
Joh.-Joachim-Becher-Weg 27
55128 Mainz
Germany email: lelieveld@mpch-mainz.mpg.de

Thematic Area: Sustainable Land Use and Coastal Management
Chairperson
Dr Yuval. Cohen
Director General
Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
447 Migdal 14 950
Israel
email: yuval@ocean.org.il

Rapporteur
Yannis N. Krestenitis
Professor of Coastal Engineering & Oceanography
Division of Hydraulics & Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
GR 54124 Thessaloniki
Greece
e-mail: ynkrest@civil.auth.gr

Prof. W. Salomons
IVM-VU
Kromme Elleboog 21
9751 RB Haren
The Netherlands
e-mail: wim.salomons@home.nl

Dr Marco Prem
PAP/RAC
Kraj sv. Ivana 11,
HR-21000 Split
Croatia
email: Marko.Prem@ppa.tel.hr

Dr. N. Panin
Romanian Center of Marine Geology and Geoecology
Dumitru Oncui Str., 70 318 Bucharest
Romania
e-mail: zlaaam@upe.ac.za

Prof. Waleed Hamza
Chairman
Biology Dept.
Faculty of Science
United Arab Emirates University
P.O.Box 17551 Al-Ain
United Arab Emirates
email: w.hamza@uaeu.ac.ae

Dr Xenia Loizidou
Public Works Department
Ministry of Communications and Works
Nicosia
Cyprus
email: xenia@zenon.logos.cy.net

Dr. R. Kos’yan
Oceanology, Blue Bay,
353467 Gelendzhik-7, Russia.
e-mail: rkosyan@hotmail.com

Thematic Area: Deep Sea: Sustainable Management of Resources and interactions with Coastal Zone
Chairperson
Professor Phil Weaver
Head of Challenger Division for Seafloor Processes
Southampton Oceanography Centre
Empress Dock,
Southampton SO14 3ZH
UK
e-mail: ppew@soc.soton.ac.uk

Rapporteur
Dr.V.Lykousis
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail: vlikou@ncmr.gr

Dr. M. Turkay
Forschungsinstitut Senckenberge
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt a.M.
Germany
email: michael.tuerkay@ senckenberg.de
e-mail: mturkay@sng.uni-frankfurt.de

Dr. A. Tselepides
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC)
P.O. Box 2214, Heraklion 71003
Crete
Greece
e-mail: ttse@imbc.gr

Dr. C. Perissoratis
Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration
Department of General Geology and Geological Mapping
Messoghion 70,
115 27 Athens
Greece
e-mail: prs@igme.gr

Dr. F. Sardà Amills
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar
(CMIMA-CSIC)
Departament de Recursos Marins Renovables
Passeig Mar?tim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
08003 Barcelona. Spain
e-mail: siscu@icm.csic.es

Professor I. G. Priede DSc FRSE
University of Aberdeen
Oceanlab
Newburgh
Aberdeen
AB41 6AA
Scotland UK
e-mail: i.g.priede@abdn.ac.uk

Thematic Area: Biodiversity Changes
Chairperson
Prof. J. Gray
Biology Institute
University of Oslo
Pb 1064 Blindern
N-0316 Oslo
Norway
e-mail: J.S.Gray@bio.uio.no
johnsg@bio.nio.no

Rapporteur
Dr. E.Christou
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail: edc@ncmr.gr

Dr. A. Zenetos
Institute of Oceanography
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail:

Dr. A. Vaso
Aquarius
PO BOX 7452
Tirana
Albania
E-mail: aquarius@icc-al.org
ALSO:
Association for the Preservation
and Protection of the Natural Environment in Albania
Rr. Luigj Gurakuqi P. 15/1, Shk.4, Ap.25
P.O.Box: 127
Tel: (355 42) 27 048

Dr. L. Giuliano
Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero (IAMC), sez. Messina
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Sp.ta S. Raineri, 84
98122 Messina
Italia
email: giuliano@ist.me.cnr.it

Dr. Christos Arvanitidis
IMBC
Tel: 302810337748
email: arvanitidis@imbc.gr

Thematic Area:Biotechnology towards environmental sustainability
Chairpersons
Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz
University of Cologne
Germany

Dr. Antonios Magoulas,
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete,
P.O. Box 2214, GR 710 03 Heraklion,
Crete
Greece
e-mail: magoulas@imbc.gr

Dr. J. Querellou
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Biotechnologie des Extrêmophiles, DRV/VP/LMBE,
IFREMER Centre de Brest, BP70,
F29280 Plouzané, France
e-mail: Joel.Querellou@ifremer.fr

Prof. Dr. Franz Bruemmer
Universitaet Stuttgart
Biologisches Institut / Abtlg. ZOOLOGIE
Pfaffenwaldring 57
D- 70569 Stuttgart
Germany
email: franz.bruemmer@po.uni-stuttgart.de

Thematic Area: Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
Chairperson
Dr. G.Gabrielidis
Director
Fisheries Dept.
Nicosia
Cyprus
e-mail: ggabriel@cytanet.com.cy

Rapporteur
Dr.C.Papaconstantinou
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece

Dr. A. Kallianotis
Institute for Fisheries Research
64007 New Peramos
Kavala
Greece
e-mail: akallian@otenet.gr

Prof. J. Bertrand
Head of Halieutic Resources Laboratory
IFREMER
155, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau F-92138 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France
e-mail: bertrand@ifremer.fr

Dr. J. H. Steele
President Emeritus
Marine Policy Center, M.S. 41
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1138
email: jsteele@whoi.edu

Dr. A.. Bologa
Scientific Director
Romanian Marinie Research Institute
Blvd. Mamaia 300 3 RO- 8700 Constantza
Romania
e-mail: abologa@alpha.rmri.ro

Prof. K. Prodanov
Institute of Oceanology
IO, BAS
POB 152
9000 Varna
Bulgaria

Dr Bernardo Basurco
International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza
Apartado 202
50080 Zaragoza,
Spain
email: basurco@iamz.ciheam.org

Associate Prof. E. Roth
Department of Environmental and Business Economics
University of Southern Denmark
Esbjerg Campus
e-mail er@sam.sdu.dk

Thematic Area: Thresholds of environmental sustainability
Chairperson
Dr. E.Lipiatou
Environmental Research, Policy aspects
European Commission, Directorate-General for Research
Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Office: Rue du Luxembourg 46, 1/75, B-1050 Brussels
e-mail: Elisabeth.Lipiatou@cec.eu.int

Rapporteur
Dr. E.Papathanassiou
Director
Institute of Oceanography
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail: vpapath@ncmr.gr

Prof. Daniel Conley
Department of Marine Ecology
National Environmental Research Institute
Denmark
email: dco@dmu.dk

Professor M. Karydis
University of Aegean
GR-810 00 Mytilini
Greece
e-mail: mkar@env.aegean.gr

Prof. E. Vlachos
B240 Clark
Department of Sociology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523 USA
e-mail: evlachos@engr.colostate.edu

Prof. E. Granéli
Department of Marine Sciences
Inst. of Natural Sciences
University of Kalmar
Barlastg. 1
S-392 29 Kalmar
Sweden
e-mail: edna.graneli@hik.se

Dr. Andrea Ricci
ISIS
Via Fleminia, 21
I-00196 Roma
Italy
email: Aricci@isis-it.com

Thematic Area: Impact of Anthropogenic Activities
Chairpersons
Prof. Dr. Christo Balarew
Inorganic Salts Laboratory
Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 11
1113 Sofia,
Bulgaria
email: balarew@svr.igic.bas.bg

Dr Oksana Tarasova
Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea
Against Pollution and Black Sea Environmental
Programme Implementation Unit
Dolmabahce Sarayi II. Hareket Kosku,
80680 Besiktas
Istanbul,
Turkey
email: otarasova@blacksea-commission.org

Prof. M. Scoullos
Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development
28, Tripodon str, Plaka, Athens 105 58 Greece
e-mail : mio-ee-env@ath.forthnet.gr

Dr. I. Marasovic
Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
21000 Split
Setaliste Ivana Mestrovica 63
P.O.Box 500
Croatia
e-mail: marasovic@izor.hr

Dr. S.Moncheva
Institute of Oceanology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
P.O.Box 152, Varna 9000
Bulgaria
e-mail: cesum-bs@io-bas.bg

Prof. I. Salihoglu
Institute of Marine Sciences,
Middle East Technical University
P.K. 28 Erdemli
Icel 33731
Turkey
e-mail: ilkay@ims.metu.edu.tr

Dr. U Horstmann
Christian-Albrechts Univarsitaet zu Kiel
24098 Kiel Germany
Forschungsbereich 2: Marine Biogeochemie
e-mail: uhorstmann@ifm.uni-kiel.de

Dr Wolfram Schrimpf
European Commission
Joint Research Centre
TP 690
I-21020 Ispra (VA)
Italy
email: wolfram.schrimpf@jrc.it

Thematic Area: Information Management
Chairperson
Dr. Cathrine Maillard
Chef de Service SISMER
France

Rapporteur
Dr. E. Balopoulos
Institute of Oceanography
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail: efstathios.balopoulos@hnodc.ncmr.gr

Dr. C. Daousi
Directrice Générale
Thrassyvoulou 13-15
Plaka
105 55 Athens
Greece
e-mail: cdaoussi@kepemep-cree.org

Dr. A.M. Suvorov
Marine Hydrophysical Institute
2, Kapitanskaya St., 335000 Sevastopol, Ukraine
e-mail: suvorov@mhi2.sebastopol.ua

Dr.S. Wilhelms
Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum (DOD)
German Oceanographic Data Centre
Federal Maritme and Hydrographic Agency
Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78
D - 20359 Hamburg
Germany
e-mail: wilhelms@bsh.d400.de

Dr Ronan Uhel
European Environment Agency
Kongens Nytorv 6
DK-1050 Copenhagen K
Denmark
email: Ronan.Uhel@eea.eu.int

Thematic Area: Environmental Economy
Chairpersons
Prof. P.Capros
Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
Greece e-mail: kapros@central.ntua.gr

Mr. P.Valette
Environmental Research
Policy Aspects
Research DG
European Commission

Prof. Michael Skourtos
University of the Aegean
Department of the Environment
Karantoni 17
GR-81 100 Mytilini
Greece
email: mskour@env.aegean.gr

Prof. A. Markandya
Professor of Quantitative Economics, Head of Economics and International Development Department
The University of Bath
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
UK
e-mail: A.Markandya@bath.ac.uk

Dr. P. Koundouri
School of Business
Department of Economics
University of Reading
Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences
P.O. Box 218 Whiteknights
Reading RG6 6AA
UK
AND
Department of Economics
CSERGE/Economics
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UK
e-mail: p.koundouri@reading.ac.uk

Prof. Paul Zagamé
Commissariat Général du Plan
18, rue de Martignac
F-75005 Paris
France
email: pzagame@plan.gouv.fr

Dr. N. Kouvaritakis
Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Section II
Lab of Industrial and Energy Economics
National Technical University of Athens
Greece

Dr. Manfred Grasserbauer
Director Environment Institute
JRC

Thematic Area: Environmental Sustainability in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
Chairpersons
Dr. Christian Patermann
Director
European Commission
DG Research
Directorate I - Environment
Office : LX46 1/119
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Tel : 32-2-2951815
Fax : 32-2-2994249
e-mail: chris.patermann@cec.eu.int

Prof. G.Chronis
Director
National Centre for Marine Research
P.O. Box 712
GR-19013 Anavyssos
Greece
e-mail: gchronis@ncmr.gr

Dr. Tatiana Hema
Coordinating Unit for the Mediterranean Action Plan
48 Vassileos Konstantinou Avenue
P O Box 18019
116 35 Athens
Greece
chabason@unepmap.gr

Mr G. McInnes,
Executive Director ad interim
Kongens Nytorv 6
DK-1050 COPENHAGEN K
e-mail: eea@eea.eu.int

Mr. Y. Papanikolaou
Director General
International Centre for Black Sea Studies (I.C.B.S.S.)
4, Xenofontos Str.
105-57 Syntagma
Athens, GREECE
E-mail : info@icbss.gr
icbss@otenet.gr

Concluding Remarks
Prof. A.Eleftheriou
Institute of Marine Biology of Crete
P.O.Box 2214
Heraklion 71003
Crete
Greece
e-mail: telef@imbc.gr

Prof. Papagianakopoulos Panos
Laboratory of Photochemistry and Kinetics (LAPKIN)
Department of Chemistry
University of Crete
GR-71409 Heraklion, Greece

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