Programme  SSi Water in Mountains
Date Begin End Translation Type Room
2008-09-0116:0017:30yesspecial session Einstein

SSi Water in Mountains

Organised by: Institut de la Montagne, France

Coordinator: Carmen de Jong (e-mail: carmen.dejong@institut-montagne.org)

 

 Special Session Water in Mountains”

 

Session Room: SSi, Einstein (translation French/English)

 

1st September 2008, 16:00- 17:30

 

Convenor: Carmen de Jong

 

TIME

TITLE

SPEAKER

 

 

 

16:00-16:05

Introduction : Stakeholder-driven Water Management strategies against Water Scarcity in the Alps and beyond

Carmen de Jong

Scientific Director, The Mountain Institute, University of Savoy, France

16:05-16:20

Adapting to increased climatic variability in mountain communities requires an assessment of the water footprint and a focus on green water management

Hans Schreier

Professor emeritus, Institute for Resources & Environment, University of British Columbia, Canada

16:20-16:35

Mountain Hydrology in a Changing Environment: Experiences from Austria

Hans Peter Nachtnebel

Director, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, BOKU, Vienna, Austria

16:35-16:50

Man-induced and natural changes in the level of three subalpine lakes of the Western Alps (Lakes Geneva, Annecy and Bourget)

Olivier Pellegrin(1) & Jean-Paul Bravard(2)

(1) PhD student and (2) Professor, Depart. Of Geography, University of Lyon, France

16:50:17:05

Climate change impact studies on water resources : application to glacier-fed hydropower production systems in the Swiss Alps

Bettina Schaefli

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

17:05-17:20

Snow pack in the Pyrenees: relevance for water management, observed trends and projections for the 21st century

José Ignacio López Moreno Postdoc, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Zaragossa, Spain

17:17-17:35:

Principles of large scale karst discharge modelling in the Mount Hermon region

Alon Rimmer

Associate Scientist, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd, Israel

 

Final Discussion (including publication)

 

 

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