22 May 2012

Opening session: Water resources: policies for Europe and the world

22 May - 14:30 - 16:00

GASP

Speakers:

Commissioner Potočnik, , Commissioner for Environment, European Commission
Ida Auken, Minister for the Environment, Denmark
Ruth Mathews, Executive Director, Water Footprint Network
Ghislain de Marsily, Professor, University Paris VI and Member French Academy of Sciences

Chair:

Karl Falkenberg, Director-General for Environment, European Commission

Coffee break

22 May - 16:00 - 16:30

1.1 Where are we now? EU waters and policy implementation

22 May - 16.30 - 18.00

Speakers:

Peter Kristensen, European Environment Agency
Sybille Grohs, Unit A2 Compliance Promotion, Governance & Legal Issues, DG Environment, European Commission
Jorge Rodriguez Romero, Team Coordinator - Water Framework Directive, DG Environment, European Commission

Moderator:

Rene Wyndham, T-Media

2.1 Water and agriculture in the EU. How blue is the Common Agricultural Policy?

22 May - 16.30 - 18.00

Speakers:

Karl Falkenberg, Director-General for Environment, European Commission
Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, Deputy Director General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General COPA-COGECA
François Veillerette, Board Member PAN Europe, President MDRGF

Moderator:

Aminda Leigh, AMROS Media Solutions

3.1 Water and energy: exploring the links between essential resources

22 May - 16.30 - 18.00

Speakers:

Rebecka Segerström, Research Engineer, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
Claudia Baranzelli, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Bo N. Jacobsen, WISE Water Data Centre Manager, European Environment Agency

Moderator:

Anya Sitaram, T-Media

4.1 Sustainable navigation on the Danube: challenge or opportunity? In partnership with DG Mobility and Transport

22 May - 16.30 - 18.00

Speakers:

Nicolas Bour, Director, Seine-Nord Europe Project
Karin De Schepper, Secretary General, Inland Navigation Europe
Gavin Roser, Secretary General, European Freight & Logistics Leaders Forum
Nikolina Nikolova, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Bulgaria

Chair:

Karla Peijs, European Coordinator, Inland Waterways Transport

Networking cocktail

22 May - 18:00 – 19:30

2nd floor of the Charlemagne building

Film: "La Soif du monde" (A Thirsty World) by Yann Artus-Bertrand Introduction by Marin Spetic, Vice-President World Youth Parliament for Water

22 May - 18.30 – 20.00

GASP