Programme ELLS SCientific Student Conference
Climate Change - Global Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation
University of Hohenheim, Germany
5-6 November 2009
Venue:
Congress Hall (Aula) and Seminar Rooms at Hohenheim Palace
Thursday, 5 November 2009
| 09:00 |
Welcome and opening (Rector Liebig) |
| 09:10 |
Climate Change - observed impacts, unavoidable adaptation and necessary mitigation Prof. Hartmut Graßl Chair: Lutz Graeve |
| 10:00 |
Session 1: Environmental modelling Chair: Stefan Ignar WULS Introduction: Land use changes, mitigation strategies and climate change effects on the water regime? Willibald Loiskandl, BOKU Vienna |
| 10:20 |
Management Practises and Evaluation of Performance Indicators for Concept of Sustainable Development within Stormwater Management Master Plan / Case Study Tehran Annette Ziller BOKU Vienna |
| 10:35 |
Groundwater monitoring on wetland areas – description of hydrological status of fens, bogs and marshes of the Red Bog (Biebrza Valley, Poland) Alicja Zajączkowska, WULS Warsaw |
| 10:50 |
Impact of climate change on discharges in the Czech Republic Adam Vizina, CULS Prague |
| 11:05 |
Analysis of precipitation extremes in transient RCM runs Martin Hanel, CULS Prague |
| 11:20 |
Life cycle assessment (LCA) on various rice cropping systems and their impacts on environment in Asia. Barbara Dannenmann, UHOH Hohenheim |
| 11:35 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:55 |
Session 2: Impacts on agriculture, food security and food quality Chair: Lutz Graeve Introduction Susanne Knöchel, LIFE Copenhagen |
| 12:10 |
Antimicrobial compounds from protective cultures and their quantification Eva Clara Wegscheider, LIFE Copenhagen |
| 12:25 |
Can Integrated Water Resources Management help subsistence agriculture farmers adapt to Climate Change? Kok Boon Wee, SLU Uppsala |
| 12:40 |
Poverty impacts of climate change in Linares province of Chile Evgeny Latynskiy, UHOH Hohenheim |
| 12:55 |
Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in soybean-based cropping systems in the Brazilian Cerrados Laura Batlle Bayer, WUR Wageningen |
| 13:10 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 |
Session 3: Impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Chair: Willibald Loiskandl Introduction Dr. Jörgen Rudolphi SLU Uppsala |
| 14:20 |
Effects of climatic changes on the hydrology, chemistry and vegetation of the Red Bog Ewelina Kosela, WULS Warsaw |
| 14:35 |
Method for measuring nature conservation values on drained peatlands from a landscape perspective Hanna Engström. SLU Uppsala |
| 14:50 |
Analysis of a river training structure according to Schauberger Daniel Maurer, BOKU Vienna |
| 15:05 |
Impact of climate change on cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea Maria Lund Paulsen, LIFE Copenhagen |
| 15:20 |
Does elevation of atmospheric CO2 affect the abundance and function of denitrifiers in a grassland ecosystem? Kathleen Regan, UHOH |
| 15:35 |
Coffee break and guided poster session 1 (Posters related to session 1 and 2) Chair Johannes Steidle, UHOH |
| 16:30 |
Session 4. Bioenergy and biofuels Chair: Bjarne Strobel, LIFE Copenhagen Bioenergy - boon or bane Joachim Müller, UHOH Hohenheim |
| 16:50 |
Certification as a means for sustainable biofuel production? - potentials and constraints Umejesi Emeka, UHOH Hohenheim |
| 17:05 |
Development of works with energy crops in Department of Plant Physiology WULS, with a special emphasis on CO2 absorption by these crops Tomasz Horaczek, WULS Warsaw |
| 17:30 |
Guided poster session 2 (Posters related to session 3,4,5) Bjarne Strobel, LIFE Copenhagen |
| 18:30 |
Buffet dinner |
Friday, 6 November 2009
| 08:30 |
Session 5: Climate change impact on economics Chair: Wim Heijman, WUR Wageningen Impact of Global Climate Change on Economy and Economics Petr Prochazka, CULS Prague |
| 08:50 |
Carbon sequestration in forests as a method of climate change mitigation based on examples in Poland and Iceland. Joanna Dziankowska, WULS Warsaw |
| 09:05 |
Adaptation to Climate Change among rural People in South Bangladesh Mette Skamris, LIFE Copenhagen |
| 09:20 |
Using GMO to Combat the Effects of Global Warming Olga Sramkova, CULS Prague |
| 09:35 |
Emission Trading in the EU Zuzana Macháčková, CULS Prague |
| 10:00 |
Workshop on student mobility "Looking beyond your own backyard - Benefits of a study abroad period" Moderation: Anna Lauritz, SLU Uppsala |
| 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 |
Discussion with Rectors of the ELLS universities How do life science universities meet the challenges of a changing world? - Student mobility and possibilities for taking up hot new subjects at your university. Moderation: Anja Pedersen, SLU (Chair of the Euroleague Student Association ELSA) |
| 12:30 |
Award ceremony ELLS Distinguished Fellowship Appreciation of the first degree holders of the MSc. EnvEuro Bjarne Strobel, LIFE Copenhagen ELLS Prize Hans-Peter Liebig, Rector University of Hohenheim |
| 13:00 |
Closing Lunch |