Program

September 10, 2017 (Sunday)

September 11, 2017 (monday)

19:00 Official opening - welcome dinner at the Restaurant Hrad (at Bratislava Castle)

Climate Change Impacts on modern Society

8:00 - 9:30 Registration of participants (Aula of the University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1, Bratislava)

9:15 - 10:45 Global Climate Change Physics, Possible Impacts, Adapting and Mitigation Options

Milan Lapin (Comenius University, Bratislava)

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis

Francois Gemenne (Sciences Po, Paris)

13:30 - 15:00 Global Megatrends and Local Trends/Forward Looking Information and Scenarios: Slovakia 2020 and 2030

Richard Filcák (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava)

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

15:15 - 16:45 Environmental Impact (Footprints) Through Trade

Daniel Moran (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim)

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September 12, 2017 (Tuesday)

9:15 - 10:45 Proactive & Efficient Flood Prevention

Martin Gális (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava)

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 Water Management in the Slovak Republic within the Frame of the EU Directives and V4 Territory

Zdenka Kelnarová (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic)

Water

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

14:00 - 17:30 Field trip to Gabcíkovo water dam and lowland forests by boat

September 13, 2017 (Wednesday)

Forests

9:15 - 10:45 New Trends and Threats in the Green Forest Jobs Sector

Diarmuid McAree (UN/ECE/ILO, Ireland)

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 Current Issues in Central European Forest Science

Viliam Pichler (Technical University in Zvolen)

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

14:30 - 16:30 Field trip to železná studnicka

Andrea Melcerová: Forest Pedagogy - the Way of Communication with Public about Forestry Issues

17:00 BBQ/Bonfire meeting in the forests

September 10 - September 15, 2017University of Economics in Bratislava

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12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 17:30 Field trip to the Insemination Station and Cryobank in Vištuk

Jaroslav Pokorádi

September 15, 2017 (Friday)

Integrated viticulture and viniculture

9:00 - 12:30 Field trip to the Small Carpathian wine region

Ondrej Matula: Trends and Challenges of Integrated Viticulture (Matula winary)

Michal Bažalík: Technology of Ecological Winemaking in Conditions of Small Winery in Svätý Jur (Bažolé winery)

12:30 Lunch at the restaurant Vinohradnícka izba, Svätý Jur

19:00 Closing ceremony - dinner at the restaurant Primi River Lounge, Eurovea, Bratislava

September 14, 2017 (Thursday)

Biodiversity - Sucess Stories

9:15 - 10:45 Why Corals Do Not Smile Any Longer – Coral Bleeching – a Global Biodiversity Problem

Vladimír Kovác (Comenius University, Bratislava)

10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:30 Environmental Policies on Biodiversity - EU Regulations Context and Slovak Experiences

Milan Chrenko (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava)

This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 692413

EDGE International Summer School“Green (R)evolution”

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the EDgE International Summer School

“green (r)evolution”

Bratislava

September 10 - September 15, 2017

University of Economics in Bratislava

is cordially inviting you to