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Opening ceremony |
14. May 2008 |
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Welcome: Silvo ŽLEBIR, Replaced by Tomaž POGAČAR, Deputy Director general of the Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, |
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| Opening speeches: | ||||||
| Janez PODOBNIK, Slovenian Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning |
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| Zoran STANČIČ, Deputy Director General, DG Research |
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| Timo MAKELA, Director for Sustainable Development, DG Environment |
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| Mary KELLY, Director general of the EPA Ireland |
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Alberto MANZIN, Deputy Mayor, Piran |
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| Ten years of the Bridging the Gap conferences | ||||||
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Chair: Introduction to discussion
Franc LOBNIK,
Biotechnical Faculty, Agronomy Department, Centre for Soil and
Environment Science,
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John SEAGER, Environment Agency for England and Wales Assessment of last 10 years of BtG |
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John HOLMES, University of Oxford Dissemination and implementation of Environmental Research |
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Fred LANGEWEG, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Review of EU's environmental agenda and outstanding environmental issues |
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Flashblack of Bridging the Gap Conference, Dublin 2004 |
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Keynote speeches: |
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Chair: Introduction to discussion Mary KELLY, EPA, Ireland |
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Lorents LORENTSEN, Director, OECD The OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030 |
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Hans Joachim SCHELLNHUBER, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PICIR Climate Stabilization & Energy Security in the 21st Century |
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Frank RAES, Head of Climate Change Unit, DG Joint Research Centre Three Easy Pieces |
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Parallel sessions for five topics |
15. May 2008 |
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Information gathering and sharing |
Adaptation to climate change | Biodiversity and ecosystem services | Sustainable consumption and production | Energy and the environment | ||
| Introduction to the final day and plenary reporting of the second day, summary |
16. May 2008 |
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Chair: Introduction to discussion Jacqueline MCGLADE, Executive Director, European Environment Agency |
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| 5 reports from parallel sessions: | ||||||
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Rapporteur: Anca-Diana BARBU Energy & Environment |
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Rapporteur: Robert LOWSON Information Gathering and Sharing |
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Rapporteur: Marc BONAZOUNTAS Sustainable Consumption and Production |
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Rapporteur: Swenja SURMINSKI and Pieter DE POUS Adaptation to Climate Change |
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Rapporteur: Sybille VAN DEN HOVE Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
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| Policy perspectives on the conference | ||||||
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Jacqueline MCGLADE, Executive Director, European Environment Agency Reflections |
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| Janez POTOČNIK, DG Research Commissioner |
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Mitja BRICELJ, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning Bridging the Gap by Implementing Subregional Approach |
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| From words to deeds - round table discussion | ||||||
| Timo MAKELA, Director for Sustainable Development, DG Environment, Manuela SOARES, Director of Environment Directorate, DG RTD, H.E. Ahmed FAROUK, Ambassador of the Arab Rebublic of Egypt, Christophe BOUVIER, Director of UNEP's Regional Office for Europe, John SEAGER, Environment Agency for England and Wales, Mitja BRICELJ, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning |
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| Closing of the conference | ||||||
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Mitja BRICELJ, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning |
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| Media side event | ||||||
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MEDIA - Bringing the conference closer to the general public and experts |
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| Interviews by Franc LOBNIK |
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| Janez POTOČNIK, DG Research, Commissioner |
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Jacqueline MCGLADE, Executive Director, European Environment Agency |
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| Richard BLACK, Environment Correspondent, BBC News |
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Hans Joachim SCHELLNHUBER, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, PICIR |
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| Timo MAKELA, Director for Sustainable Development, DG Environment |
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Manfred GRASSERBAUER, former Director of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC |
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Fred LANGEWEG, Deputy Director of Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
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| H. E. Ahmed FAROUK, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
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| J. Christophe BOUVIER, Director of UNEP's Regional Office for Europe |
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This conference is organised by Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia
in co-operation with the European Commission (DG ENV, DG RTD, DG JRC), the
European Environment Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland, the
Environment Agency for England and Wales and the Swedish Environmental
Protection Agency.
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© 2008 Bridging the Gap: Responding to Environmental Changes - from Words to Deeds. All rights reserved.