Programme at a glance
There will be three thematic topics over the course of the three days; each day will deal with one aspect of global change: climate, urbanization and population growth. It will be discussed how the integrated management of environmental resources guided by nexus approach may help to achieve the potential targets of the post-2015 agenda.
Day 1: Climate Change
8:00 - 8:45
Registration
8:45 - 10:30
Plenary: Opening Remarks & Keynote Speeches
Volker Rieke, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Director General of the Directorate General
Eva-Maria Stange, Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts (SMWK), State Minister
Hans Müller-Steinhagen, Technische Universität Dresden, Rector
Franz-Birger Marré, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Head of Division for Water, Urban Development and Transport
Keynote: Addressing climate change in the context of sustainable management of natural resources, Elena Manaenkova, WMO
Keynote: Systems thinking for advancing a nexus approach to water, soil, & waste, Joseph Alcamo, Center for Environmental Systems Research
10:30 - 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:30
Sessions-in-parallel
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
Sessions-in-parallel
15:30 - 16:00
Break
16:00 - 18:00
Plenary
Panel discussion including reports from the sessions, moderator Janos Bogardi, GWSP
Concluding talk of Day-1: Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University
19:30 - 22:00
Reception by the City of Dresden in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
Day 2: Urbanization
9:00 - 10:00
Plenary
Keynote: Urbanization, a Threat or an Opportunity? - Water and Waste Nexus Approach, Saeed Nairizi, ICID
Keynote: Is Urban Sustainability Possible? Biophysical and Political Considerations, William Rees, University of British Columbia
10:00 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 12:00
Sessions-in-parallel
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Sessions-in-parallel
15:00 - 16:00
Poster Session
16:00 - 18:00
Plenary
Panel discussion including reports from the sessions, moderator Bernard Müller, IOER
Concluding talk of Day-2: Steven Curwell, Heys Environmental Consultants Ltd
Day 3: Population Growth and the Increasing Demand for Environmental Resources
9:00 - 10:00
Plenary
Keynote: Three Policy Priorities for a Sustainable Nexus, Michael Herrmann, UNFPA
Keynote: The Integrated Managment of the Land Resources: Institutional Tools, László Miklós, Technical University Zvolen
10:00 - 10:30
Break
10:30 - 12:00
Sessions-in-parallel
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Sessions-in-parallel
15:00 - 15:30
Break
15:30 - 17:30
Plenary
Panel discussion including reports from the sessions, moderator Danka Thalmeinerova, GWP
Concluding talk of Day-3: Timothy Williams, IWMI
17:30 - 17:45
Break
17:45 - 18:30
Plenary: Wrap-up & Closing
Conference Synthesizing by:
Rattan Lal, Ohio State University
Closing Remarks by:
Verena Klinger-Dering, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
Bernhard Müller, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)
Karl-Heinz Feger, Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the TU Dresden
Reza Ardakanian, UNU-FLORES