Programme

Tentative Programme 

Programme (pdf)

Sunday 23 May 2010

Arrival to Joensuu

Icebreakers, Regional Council of North Karelia

Monday 24 May

Morning

Registration 

Welcome address
Risto Päivinen, Director, European Forest Institute 
 
Keynote on European issues on forests and water on economical, technical, societal
and ecological viewpoint  ( part I, part II)
Franz Prinz zu Salm-Salm, the Forest Owners in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany  
 
Policy overview on EU Water Framework Directive ( presentation)
Johanna Ikävalko, Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners, Finland

Afternoon

Group work: case studies by region: Boreal, Mediterranean, Alpine, Temperate conditions

Poster session

Dinner in Villa Vainoniemi

Tuesday 25 May

Morning 

Keynotes
Role of forests in regulating the water cycle, and vice versa, and impacts of water and
drougth on forests in different regions in Europe.

Climate change impacts in different regions in Europe ( presentation)
Marcus Lindner, European Forest Institute

Peatland forestry; permanent excess water ( presentation)
Ari Lauren, Finnish Forest Research Institute

Process-based modeling on drought stress in trees ( part I, part II)
Carlos Gracia, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry, University of Barcelona 

Water footprint as an environmental tool ( presentation)
Helena Wessman, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland 

Afternoon

Group work

Wednesday 26 May

Introduction to the field trip: Monitoring of water quality
Leena Finér, Finnish Forest Research Institute

Departure for the field trip to Tohmajärvi (whole-day)

Thursday 27 May

Morning 

Keynotes
Role of forest management in affecting the quantity and quality of (ground)water

Boreal conditions ( part I, part II)
Martyn Futter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 

Mediterranean conditions ( presentation)
Ramon Vallejo, Foundation CEAM

Central European conditions ( presentation)
Michael Bredemeier,  COST Action FP0601 Forest Management
and the Water Cycle (FORMAN) 

Keynote 
Restoration of flooding on the functioning of alluvial forest and especially on
change of groundwater quality ( presentation)
Michèle Trémoliéres, University of Strasbourg


Afternoon
 
Group work

Friday 28 May

Morning 

Keynotes
Role of forests in storage of (ground)water and regulating floods

Role of forests in runoff generation and flooding in cold regions ( presentation)
Harri Koivusalo, Helsinki University of Technology

Role of forests in sustaining drinking water of high quality ( presentation)
Irina Nordman, City of Turku, City Planning and the Environment, Finland

Paper industry perspective to the topic ( presentation)
Ulrich Leberle, Confederation of European Paper Industries

Afternoon

Presenting group work
Closing ceremony
Departure


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