FInal Programme

Wednesday 28.5.2003

18.00 Welcome Reception in Thessaloniki Electra Palace Hotel

* Unable to attend in person, but presentational material can be accessed as pdf

Thursday 29.5.2003
9.00-9.30

Welcome speeches

Chairpersons: Dr. Dimitrios Deniozos [photo], General Secretary of Research and Technology
Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Chairman of the Organising Committee

The Patriarch of Constantinople, His Holiness Bartholomew [photo] [speech]
Mr. Akis Tsochatzopoulos, Greek Minister of Development [photo][speech]
Mr Panagiotis Psomiadis, Prefect of Thessaloniki
Mr Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, Mayor of Thessaloniki

9.30-1030

Introductory Session

Chairpersons: Dr. Dimitrios Deniozos, General Secretary of Research and Technology
Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Chairman of the Organising Committee

Dr. Achilleas Mitsos [photo], Director General of Research DG, European Commission:
Opportunities of 6th FP towards environmental sustainability of the E. Mediterranean and Black Sea regions in the context of European Research Area

Dr. Dimitrios Deniozos [presentation], General Secretary of Research and Technology: RTD Policies in Greece for competitivenss and sustainable development

Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Chairman of the Organising Committee: Aims and Objectives of the Conference on Sustainable Development of the Mediterranean and Black Sea(presentation)

10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
 

SESSION I. Climate Change and related processes: Impact and Feedback

Chairpersons: Prof. Alex Laskaratos, Head of Dept of Physical Oceanography, University of Athens, Greece
Dr. Yannis Papanikolaou, Director General of the International Centre for Black Sea Studies

11.00 Dr. Eelco Rohling (UK) Mediterranean Palaeoceanography and palaeoclimate (Abstract)
11.20 Dr Jos Lelieveld (DE) Atmospheric Changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea (Abstract)
11.50 Prof. Nadia. Pinardi (IT) Operational oceanographic forecasting and modelling of the Mediterranean Sea
12.10 Dr. Alexander Theocharis (GR) Variability of circulation and sea water properties in the Eastern Mediterranean
12.30 Prof. Gennady Korotaev (UKR) Black Sea water circulation. Synthesis of the results (Abstract)
12.50 Dr. Emin Ozsoy (TR) Black Sea -Aegean Sea: Interconnected basins (Abstract)
13.20-14.45 Lunch
  SESSION II. Sustainable land use and coastal management
  Chairpersons: Dr. Yuval Cohen, Director General, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Prof. Yannis Krestenitis Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
14.50 Prof. Wim Salomons (NL) Catchment basins and coastal management. Lessons to be learned from coastal management in the northern EU seas (Abstract)
15.10 Dr. Xenia Loizidou (CY) Land use and coastal management in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Cyprus example (Abstract)
15.30 Dr. Waleed Hamza (EG) Land use in the Mediterranean third countries: Egypt as a case (Abstract)
15.50 Dr Marco Prem (CRO) Attempts of coastal zone management in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. (Abstract)
16.10 Dr. Nicolae Panin (RO) Coastal management and sustainable land use in the Black Sea region
16.30 Dr. Ruben Kos’yan (RU) Erosion problems in the eastern Black Sea region (Abstract)
17.00-17.30 Coffee Break
  SESSION III. Deep Sea: Sustainable Management of resources and interactions with coastal zone
  Chairpersons: Prof. Phil Weaver, Head of Challenger Division for Seafloor Processes, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Dr. Vassilis Lykousis, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, National Centre for Marine Research, Athens
17.30 Dr. Constantine Perissoratis (GR) Deep sea management of abiotic resources in the eastern Mediterranean (Abstract)
17.50 Prof. Inmant G. Priede (UK) Deep sea resources in the Mediterranean (Abstract)
18.10 Dr. Michael Turkay (DE) Biodiversity and productivity of the deep eastern Mediterranean (Abstract)
18.30 Dr. Anastasios Tselepides (GR) Deep sea ecosystems in the Mediterranean (Abstract)
18.50 Dr. Francisco Sardà (ES) The ecology scenario of deep sea fisheries (Abstract)

Friday 30.5.2003
9.00 Summary Report from Sessions I, II and III
9.10 Dr. Christian Patermann (Director, Directorate Environment. Research DG European Commission):
FP6 – Global Change and Ecosystems priority and international cooperation
  SESSION IV. Biodiversity Changes
  Chairpersons: Prof. John S. Gray, University of Oslo, Norway
Dr. Epaminondas Christou, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oceanography, National Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
9.30 Professor John. Gray (NO) Habitat loss with emphasis in the marine coastal environment
9.50 Dr. Argyro Zenetos (GR) Marine biodiversity changes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions (Abstract)
10.10 Dr. Laura Giuliano (IT) Bacterial diversity in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: A comparative approach (Abstract)
10.30 Dr Andrian Vaso (AL) The state of marine biodiversity in the Albanian coast
10.50 Dr. Christos Arvanitidis (GR) The status of Marine Biodiversity in Europe (Abstract)
11.15-11.40 Coffee Break
  SESSION V. Biotechnology towards environmental sustainability
  Chairpersons:Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz, Abteilung fuer Evolutionsgenetik, Universiet zu Koeln, Germany
Dr. Antonios Magoulas, Principal Researcher, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Greece
11.40 Dr. Antonios Magoulas (GR) Identification of fisheries stocks using genetics (Abstract)
12.00 Prof. Dr Diethard Tautz (DE) Development of a DNA taxonomy system for monitoring species diversity (Abstract)
12.20 Dr. Joel Querellou (FR) Biotechnologies of marine Extremophiles (Abstract)
12.40 Prof. Dr. Franz Bruemmer Sustainable use of marine resourses in the Mediterranean Sea - a case study for sponges (porifea)
13.00-14.30 Lunch
  SESSION VI. Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture
  Chairpersons: Dr. Gabriel P. Gabrielides, Director, Fisheries Dept., Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr. Costas Papaconstantinou, Director, Institute of Biological Resources, National Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
14.30 Dr John H. Steele (USA) [photo] Are fisheries sustainable? (Abstract)
14.50 Prof. Jacques Bertrand (FR) Fisheries indicators and resources in the Mediterranean
15.10 Dr. Argyris Kallianiotis (GR) Sustainable fisheries of small pelagic fishes in the North Aegean Sea. The connection with the Black Sea stocks.
15.30 * Prof. Kamen Prodanov (BG) Commercial fishery of small pelagic fishes along the Bulgarian Sea coast during 1925-2002 (pdf)
15.50 * Dr Bernardo Basurco (CIHEAM) The aquaculture situation in the Mediterranean Sea. Predictions for the future. (pdf)
16.10 Prof. Eva Roth (DK) Fisheries economy and management. Mediterranean and Black Sea regions in comparison with other EU Seas. (Abstract)
16.30-17.00 Coffee Break
  SESSION VII. Thresholds of environmental sustainability
  Chairpersons: Dr. Elisabeth Lipiatou, Environmental Research, Policy Aspects Unit, Research DG, European Commission
Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Director of the Institute of Oceanography, National Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
17.00 Dr. Dan Conley (DK) Thresholds of environmental sustainability: theory and application
17.20 Dr. Paul Wassmann (NO) Eutrophication effects on phytoplankton and thresholds of environmental sustainability. (Abstract)
17.50 Prof. Michael. Karydis (GR) Eutrophication thresholds in the Eastern Mediterranean (Abstract)
18.10 Prof. Edna Granéli (SE) Nutrient thresholds favouring harmful algal blooms in coastal regions (Abstract)
18.30 Dr Andrea Ricci (IT) Valuation of externalities for Sustainable Development (Abstract)
18.50 Prof. Evan Vlachos (USA) Cumulative and diachronic processes in developing policy guidelines for critical thresholds (Abstract)
21:30 Conference Dinner (photos)

Saturday 31.5.2003
8.30 Summary Report from Sessions IV, V, VI and VII
  SESSION VIII. Impact of Anthropogenic Activities
  Chairpersons: Prof. Christo Balarew, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Oksana Tarassova, Pollution Monitoring and Assessment Officer, Black Sea Commission
8.40 * Prof. Michael Scoullos (GR) Impact of anthropogenic activities in the coastal region of the Mediterranean Sea (pdf)
9.00 Dr. Ivona Marasovic (CRO) Eutrophication problems in enclosed gulfs and bays in the Mediterranean Sea (Abstract)
9.20 Dr. Snezana Moncheva (BG) Marine pollution problems in the Black Sea
9.40 Dr. Ulrich Horstmann (DE) The impact of Danube river in the system of the Black Sea
10.10 Prof. Ilkay Salihoglu (TR) Contrasts and similarities in marine pollution between Mediterranean and Black Sea basins
10.30 Dr. Wolfram Schrimpf (JRC) Monitoring and assessment of water quality (in particular eutrophication) in coastal and marine waters of the Mediterranean and Black Sea (Abstract)
10.50-11.10 Coffee Break
  SESSION IX. Information Management
  Chairpersons:Dr Catherine Maillard, Chef de Service SISMER, France
Dr. Efstathios Balopoulos, Principal Researcher, National Oceanographic Data Centre, National Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece
11.10 * Dr. Christina Daousi (GR) Networking and information management in the Mediterranean basin
11.30 Dr. Efstathios Balopoulos (GR) Oceanographic data and information management in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: recent advances and future perspectives. (Abstract)
11.50 Dr. A.M. Suvorov (UKR) The development of new marine information systems and technologies for managing operational data of the Black Sea.
12.10 Dr. Sunhild Wilhelms (DE) Management of biological data in the German marine environmental data base. (Abstract)
12.30 Dr. Ronan Uhel (EEA) Transfer of research into policy-making (Abstract)
13.00-14.15 Lunch
14:15 Dr. Elisabeth Lipiatou, Environmental Research, Policy Aspects Unit, Research DG, European Commission: Scientific Support to policies-Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) (Presentation)[photo]
  SESSION X. Environmental Economy
 

Chairpersons:Prof Pantelis Capros, Director of Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE), Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (Abstract)

Mr. Pierre Valette, Environmental Research, Policy Aspects, Research DG, European Commission (Abstract)

14.40 Prof. Anil Markandya (UK) Economic and environmental valuation for sustainable development
15.00 Prof. Pierre Zagamé (FR) Economics of the research : endogenous growth and impact of RTD on economic growth
15.10 Dr. Nikolaos Kouvaritakis (GR) Integrated assessment methods approach
15.30 Prof. Michael Skourtos (GR) Management scenaria for sustainable development in the Mediterranean Sea
15.50 Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (UK) Choices taking into account costs not reflected in the market: the case of water in Cyprus (Abstract)
16.15-16.45 Coffee Break
  SESSION XI. Round Table on ways to achieve Environmental Sustainability for the Mediterranean and Black Sea Environment
  Chairpersons: Dr. Christian Patermann, Director, Directorate Environment. Research DG European Commission [photo]
Dr. Evangelos Papathanassiou, Chairman of the Organising Committee
16.45 Dr. Christian Patermann Director, Directorate Environment. Research DG European Commission Ways to improve environmental sustainability issues - The 6th FP and how to enhance collaboration at European level. (Presentation)
17.00 Dr. Tatiana Hema MEDPOL Officer- UNEP/MAP Environmental needs for sustainability in the Mediterranean
17.15 Mr Gordon McInnes, Executive Director ad interim of EEA Environmental needs from research
17.30 Dr. Steven J. Eisenreich, Head of Unit Inland and Marine waters, Environment Institute, JRC Coastal Seas and research challenges for sustainability
17.45 Mr. Yannis Papanikolaou. Director General of International Centre for Black Sea studies The role of the International Centre for Black Sea studies and its potential towards environmental sustainability (Abstract)
18.00 Dr. Oksana Tarassova Pollution Monitoring and Assessment Officer, Black Sea Commission Environmental needs for sustainability in the Black Sea region
18.15-18.30 Summary Reports from Sessions VIII, IX, X and XI
18.30-19.00 General Discussion
 
Concluding Remarks
19.00 Prof. A. Eleftheriou, University of Crete Lessons learned from the past and ways to go forward (Conclusions)
19.15 End of Formal Conference Sessions

Sunday 1.6.2003
8.30-16.30 Excursion to Vergina (Lunch Included)

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