September 28, 2006

 

Arrival to Lodz
9:00 – 10:00
The registration

10:00 – 11:30
The opening workshop

•  Andrzej B. Legocki ( President of the Polish Academy of Sciences ) Welcome

•  Mariusz O. Jedrysek (Vice- Minister of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Poland)

•  Marcos Cortesão (The Brazilian Academy of Sciences ) Introduction

•  Marek Gromiec ( Institute of Meteorology and Water Management ) Controlling non-point pollution in Polish catchment
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee break

12:00 – 13:30
Plenary presentations and discussions

•  Jon W. Finch (The Royal Society, the Climate and Land Surface Group) The UK Lowland Catchment Research (LOCAR) programme - experiences of integrated surface and ground water research.

•  Francisco G. Novo (T he Spanish Academy of Sciences) Longstanding research on the relationships of surface and groundwater in Doñana National Park and the contemporary efforts for its restoration..

•  Viliam Novak (The Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology) Evapotranspiration of different canopies and its influence on soil water balance structure.

•  Artur Magnuszewski (Warsaw University) Hydrological control of the ground water quality

13:30 – 15.00
Lunch

15:00 – 17:00
Plenary presentations and discussions

•  Ghislain de Marsily (The French Academy of Sciences, University Paris VI) An overview of the world's water resources problems in 2050

•  Georgia Destouni (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; Dept of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University) The subsurface water system role for nutrient and pollutant loading to surface and coastal waters

•  Andrzej Jodlowski (Technical University of Lodz) Changes of the City of Lodz water supply system sources as a result of new economical conditions

•  Miroslav Tesar (The Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, the Academy's Department of Hydrology and the Environment) : Percolation of water through the soil profile as a factor affecting both the ground water recharge and runoff formation: experimental research in the headwater regions of the Czech Republic

•  Iwona Wagner ( Polish Academy of Sciences, European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology u/a UNESCO / University of Lodz) Ecohydrology for sustainable city – the SWITCH Project, Lodz

19.00
Welcome reception in the European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology u/a UNESCO, Polish Academy of Sciences (3 Tylna Str.)

 

September 29, 2006

 

8:30 – 9:00
Welcome coffee

9:00 – 10:30
Plenary presentations and discussions

•  Hubert Savenije (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department of Water) Surface and Groundwater Interactions in the Okavango River Delta, a key process for understanding the wetland's functioning

•  Vlasta Stekauerova (The Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology) Soil water regime evaluation with respect to the vegetation need.

•  Maciej Zalewski ( Polish Academy of Sciences, European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology u/a UNESCO) Ecohydrology – trans-disciplinary science bridging the ecological and hydrological processes for sustainable development of society

•  Dariusz Gronek, Maria Kilinska ( Hydroprojekt Ltd.) Co-operation between scientists and engineers for the solution of environmental problems by the designing and construction of water engineering objects

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break

11:00 – 13:00
Plenary presentations and discussions

•  Lubomir Solín (Institute of Geography, Slovak Academy of Sciences) Regional variability of flood hazard and estimation of flood risk in small basins of Slovakia.

•  Edmund Kaca, Leszek Labedzki (Institute for Land Reclamation and Grassland Farming) Surface and groundwater management in a river valley – a case study of the upper Notec river.

•  Fatos Hoxhaj (Albanian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrometeotology): Modeling of salt water intrusion and its influence on the water resources in the Adriatic Albanian coastal area.

•  Giovanni Seminara ( Lincei Academy, Italy ) Coastal wetlands: fragile ecosystems at risk. The case of the Venice lagoon

•  Izabela Ratman-Klosinska ( Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas) Supporting the involvement of New Member States (NMS) and the Associated Candidate Countries in FP7 Priority Environment: The Integration4Water Project.

13.00 – 14.30
Lunch

14.30 – 16.00
Discussion
Elaboration of conclusions, publications and plans for follow up actions

 

September 30, 2006

 

10:00 – 13:00
Technical trip