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Thursday June 23, "De Reehorst", Ede


SENSE Summer Symposium 2005:
 "Kyoto and Beyond: A Good Climate
 for Responding to Climate Change?"
featuring Dr. LAURIE GELLER and Dr. BERT METZ

Climate Change: perhaps the single most challenging (and threatening ?) environmental problem of all time. No wonder that SENSE decided to focus this year's SENSE Summer Symposium, hosted by WIMEK, on the broad range of aspects that are involved with the climate change problem. The organizing committee is working hard to put together a symposium that covers as much of the climate change related research that is conducted within SENSE as possible. Additionally, the programme will be completed with researchers and other professionals from outside SENSE and thus a broad day is composed, which will be interesting for anyone who is working or just interested in the field of Climate Change.

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The keynote speakers: 

Geller Dr. Laurie Geller from the International Council for Science in Paris (http://www.icsu.org/) serves as ICSU�s Science Officer for Scientific Planning and Review, and coordinates ICSU�s activities in the realm of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development. Previously, she served as a Study Director at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council, and as an AAAS Science Policy Fellow working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Her scientific background is in atmospheric sciences and global change, and she has a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Colorado.



Metz Dr. Ir. Bert Metz was leading the Netherlands delegation to the negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol to the Climate Convention. In 1997 he moved to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency at RIVM to head the group on climate change and global sustainability and was elected as co-chairman of the Working Group on Climate Change Mitigation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (http://www.ipcc.ch/) of the UN for the preparation of the Third Assessment Report. In 2002 he was re-elected in that position for the 4th Assessment Report cycle. Currently he is senior researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.



The Programme:


Time Programme
9:30Arrival and coffee
10:00Welcome by Prof. Herman Verhoef (General Director SENSE)
10:05 Introduction by Chair of the morning programme,
Prof. Helias Udo de Haes (General Board SENSE)
10:10 Dr. Laurie Geller on "Meeting the challenges of Climate Change and Sustainable Development: New Roles and Opportunities for Science?"
Followed by short response by SENSE referent and plenary discussion
11:10 Coffee Break
11:40 Dr.Ir. Bert Metz on "Meeting the challenges of Climate Change and Sustainable Development: What can Science, Society and Politics Do?"
Followed by short response by SENSE referent and plenary discussion
12:40Lunch
13:30 Afternoon programme with parallel sessions/workshops (see below)
17:00 Drinks and announcement of SENSE PhD Award 2005


The parallel sessions and workshops:

TimeSession + ContactSpeakerInstituteTitle
13.30 Climate & Decision Making (1)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ekko C. van Ierland Gijs Janssen 		Vlasis OikonomouUUEU SAVE "White and Green" project
    Sander van den BurgWUREnvironmental governance and political consumerism: the case of fuel efficiency labeling in europe
    Marleen van de KerkhofIVM "H2 Dialoog" - A participatory project to explore the prospects for a hydrogen economy
     
  Global Environmental Change & Ecosystems Dynamics (1)
Angela Breeuwer		Jasper van BelleUUSimulation of future landscapes from present-day land use patterns in a peatland region
    Bjorn RobroekWUR Differential effects of water level and temperature on production and evaporation in four Sphagnum species
    Roy van Grunsven WUR The role of soil pathogens in the succes of exotic plant species
    Angela Breeuwer WUR Transplantation of peatmosses over a north-south gradient in Europe
     
  Ecogenomics (1)
Farai Maphosa		Prof. Nico van StraalenVUGenomics Perspectives on Stress Analysis in Polluted Ecosystems
    Neslihan TasWURAnaerobic biodegradation of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in soils and sediments of European river basins
    Bart van HouteVU Towards Ecogenome-informatics
     
  Modelling Climate Change (1)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ir. Sjoerd E.A.T.M. van der Zee
Bert van der Stelt & Gijs Janssen		Sybren DrijfhoutKNMIThe thermohaline circulation and its role in (rapid) climate change
    Monica GorskaWURExchange of temperature, moisture and carbon dioxide between the boundary layer and the free troposphere
    Mathijs SchoutenIMAUMeasuring the uncertainties of sea level rise
   
  Energy from Water
Gert-Jan Euverink & Bert Hamelers		Jan PostWURSalinity gradient energy
    Korneel RabaeyUniv. GentMicrobial fuel cells: core technology for biowaste treatment
    Rene Rozendal WURBio-electrochemical processes for the production of energy from wastewater
    Kirsten SteinbuschWURAlcohol production from waste water
     
  Climate Change & River Systems
Ruud Hurkmans		Shakeel HasanWURDetection of Water Storage Change from Temporal Gravity Variation
    Aafke SchipperRUNEcological risks of heavy metal pollution in river floodplains under current and future boundary conditions
    Marjolijn HaasnootWL DelftImpact of climate change and anticipating flood management strategy on floodplain ecosystems of the river Rhine, The Netherlands
     
15.00Break     
15.30Climate & Decision Making (2)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ekko C. van Ierland Gijs Janssen		Willemijn TuinstraWURScience-policy interaction: lessons from air quality policy in Europe
    Ries BodeIVMHydrogen strategies: how to address the interplay between technological and institutional developments?
    Jeroen NeuvelWURLuctor et Emergo. Experiences from Dutch case studies in water management about decision making for climate change adaptation.
     
  Global Environmental Change & Ecosystems Dynamics (2)
Angela Breeuwer		Sarian KostenWURClimate induced shifts in lake ecosystems
    Stef BokhorstNIOOEffects of environmental change on carbon and nitrogen Fluxes in Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystems (FATE)
    Odair AlbertonWURTaking mycocentrism seriously: mycorrhizal fungal and plant responses to elevated CO2
    Kees-Jan van GroenigenDAVISThe impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil C and N dynamics: a meta-analysis  
     
  Ecogenomics (2)
Farai Maphosa		Dr. Juliette LeglerVUEcotoxicology meets genomics: profiling the effects of environmental contaminants on gene expression in the zebrafish
    Barbara DrigoNIOOEffects of increased atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on microbial community dynamics associate with rhizosphere carbon flow: ecogenomics approach
    Sander WeelinkWURAnaerobic biodegradation of benzene and aromatic intermediates under different redox conditions
    Mark Smits WUR Rock-Eating Mycorrhizae
     
  Modelling Climate Change (2)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ir. Sjoerd E.A.T.M. van der Zee
Remco van de Beek		Caroline KatsmanKNMIMixing of heat in the ocean: impacts on the circulation and sea level
    Aurore VoldoireMeteo FranceThe CNRM-CM3 climate model and IPCC climate simulations of the 21st century
    Guy CalluyIMAUMeasuring the mass balance of glaciers by using satellite images
    Penny KloproggeUUDealing with value-ladenness in Integrated Assessment modelling of Climate Change
 
  Energy & Climate
Ruud Hurkmans		Frauke UrbanRUG Energy transition in rapidly developing countries - fact or fiction?
    Barbara HermannUUTechno-economic Assessment of the Biotechnological Production of Bulk Chemicals from Renewable Resources
    Kay DamenUU A comparison of hydrogen and electricity production systems with CO2 capture and storage
    Walter SchenkeveldWURThe behaviour of iron chelates as influenced by soil properties related to plant uptake


Route Description

A detailed route description to "De Reehorst" in Ede can be found here.

Links

Do you want to know more about the latest developments concerning Global Warming? Are you looking for some more background information? Here are some links that you might find interesting. Do you have suggestions for more links? Please contact Gijs Janssen.
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  • www.climateark.org is a Climate Change Portal and Search Engine dedicated to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.
  • www.edgcm.org enables you to download and run climate models to see for yourself what effects are expected in a variety of scenarios.
  • www.ipcc.ch, the website of the International Panel on Climate Change, provides a series of very interesting Power Point presentations on evidence, risks, measures etc., related to the climate change problem.
  • At www.novatv.nl you can find an interview with former minister of Environment Pieter Winsemius about all possible doom scenarios. The item also contains a documentary in which the consequences of global warming are investigated for our planet and for the Netherlands in particular.IMG4.JPG
  • www.exploratorium.edu/climate: at this Web site, you can explore scientific data relating to the atmosphere, the oceans, the areas covered by ice and snow, and the living organisms in all these domains. You�ll also get a sense of how scientists study natural phenomena�how researchers gather evidence, test theories, and come to conclusions.


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