Programme 10 - 13 November 2009:
(pdf) Day 1: Tuesday, 10 November BOKU UniversityGregor Mendel-Strasse 33 (main building)A-1180 Vienna 15.00 Preparatory meeting of advisory committee, keynote speakers and session chairs Meeting point: 14.50 Entrance hall, meeting on 3rd floor, Conference room
18.00 Welcome reception and registration at Festsaal, 3rd floor Day 2: Wednesday, 11 November Hotel Modul
Peter Jordan-Strasse 78, seminar rooms
A-1190 Vienna 8.30 - 9.00 Opening 9:00 – 13:00 Keynotes + discussions, incl. break Hazards from glaciers, permafrost and lakes in high-mountain regions: Processes and interactions (W. Haeberli, J. Clague, C. Huggel, A. Kaeaeb), pdf Criteria for hazard assessment (J. Reynolds), pdf Remote Sensing and international earth observation programs (J. Kargel), pdf Regional Aspects I - Glacial hazards in the Caucasus: Assessment, Prediction, Mitigation (S. Chernomorets), pdf Regional Aspects II - Central Asia and Himalaya (J.F. Schneider, M. Dhital), pdf Regional Aspects III - Andes (M. Zapata), pdf 13.00 - 14.00 Lunch 14.00 - 16.00 Break-out groups on keynote topics, 1st plenum report and discussion, break 16.00 - 18.30 Poster sessions with tour led by session chairs 19.00 Dinner at Viennese "Heurigen" Wolff Day 3: Thursday, 12 November Hotel ModulPeter Jordan-Strasse 78, seminar roomsA-1190 Vienna 8:30 – 12:30 Keynotes + discussions, incl. break Ground-based monitoring and technical early warning methods (A. Tamburini), pdf Monitoring and evaluating hazards (H. Delgado Granados), pdf Glacier Risks - Possibilities and Limits of Prevention and Mitigation (J. Hanisch, J. Reynolds), pdf International institutional and economic aspects - Ten years of adaptation practise in Mountain Ecosystems in Latin America (W. Vergara), pdf Social aspects - The social nature of exposure, vulnerability and responses to disaster (K.Hewitt), pdf 12.30 - 13.30 Lunch 13.30 - 16.00 Break-out groups on keynote topics, 2nd plenum report and discussion, break 16.00 - 18.30 Poster sessions with tour led by session chairs 18.30 Closing Day 4: Friday, 13 November BOKU University
Gregor Mendel-Strasse 33, 3rd floor, Conference room
A-1180 Vienna 8.30 Work on workshop products and conclusions by advisory committee, keynote speakers and session chairs