Conference EWACC/Building Bridges 2012

10-12 December 2012
Hilton Hotel, Nicosia, Cyprus
 http://ewacc2012.cyi.ac.cy

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
(Version 13 – October 17, 2012)

We assume in the plenary sessions 20-minute slots per presentation, resulting in five presentations for 100-minute session blocks. During panel discussion sessions, we assume one 15-minute presentation and four 10-minute presentations.
Sunday, 09 December 2012
18:00 Welcome Reception
Monday, 10 December 2012
09:00 Arrival/Registration
09:30 Opening Session
Chairs: Costas Papanicolas (CyI), Helmut Dosch (DESY)
Edouard Brezin, Chair of the Board of Trustees, CyI Titos Christofides, Undersecretary to the President of the Republic of Cyprus NN EC Commission (tbc) Representatives from international organizations
- Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General, UNESCO (tbc)
- Ghassem Asrar, Director World Climate Research Programme of WMO
- Jan Dusik, Regional Director of UNEP office in Europe, UNEP (tbc)
10:30 Refreshments
11:00 EWACC Plenary: Climate Change, Weather Extremes, Air Pollution and Human Health
Chair: Jos Lelieveld, CyI Martin Claussen, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg
Desert Mediterranean and Green Deserts? Climate and Vegetation Change in North Africa
Mark Lawrence, IASS Potsdam
High leverage, high risks: short-lived climate pollutants, climate engineering and the MENA region Georgiy Stenchikov, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Climate change in the MENA region Pinhas Alpert, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Weather Extremes in the East Mediterranean Milan Dacic, Director Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
12:40 Lunch
14:00 EWACC Plenary: Water availability, food security, hydro conflicts and human security
Chair: Manfred Lange, CyI Giorgos Kallis, UAB Spain
Hydro-climatic change, Conflict and Security Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University, United States of America
Mapping institutional resilience of international river basins to future climate change-induced water variability Halvard Buhaug, Peace Research Institute, Oslo
Food Insecurity and Political Violence in the Sahel Wajdi Najem, St Joseph Engineering School, Lebanon
Water availability, hydro conflicts and human security in the Middle East Ghislain de Marsily, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
The world water supply and the MENA region
16:00 Refreshments/Posters
17:00 EWACC Panel Discussion: Climate Change and Human Security
Chair: Leonard Barrie, CyI Simon Dalby, Carleton University, Canada Nüzhet Dalfes, Eurasia Institute of Earth Science, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Menas Kafatos, Chapman University, USA
Regional climate modeling for impacts on agriculture and hydrology Theodoros Panayotou, Cyprus International Institute of Management, CIIM
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
09:00 EWACC Plenary: Energy supply/demand scenarios - strategies, policies and challenges
Chair:
TBA Amel Bida, RCREEE, Egypt
Renewable Energy Potential in MENA
Ernest Moniz, MIT Energy Initiative
Natural Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean Manthos Santamouris, University of Athens
Energy Efficiency Kenneth Verosub, UC Davis, USA
Climate Change Mitigation, Fresh Water Availability and Energy Security
10:40 Refreshments
11:00 EWACC Plenary: Energy R&D and Technologies and Market Opportunities for the Region
Chair: Frank Lehner, DESY Amr Amin, Helwan University, Egypt
Concentrating Solar Power: Its potential contribution to a sustainable energy future Michael Epstein, Weizmann Institute, Israel
Perspectives of Solar Fuels Costas Papanicolas, President of The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
Concentrating Solar Power and Water Desalination Hichem M’Saad, CEO Volta PV & Solakta Solar, Tunisia
Boudghene Stambouli, Algeria (tbc)
Galal Osman, President Egyptian Wind Energy Association, Egypt
12:40 Lunch
14:00 EWACC Plenary: Regional Energy Roadmaps & Profiles
Chair: NN
Rabi Mohtar, Director Qatar Energy and Environment Institute, Qatar
The Energy-Water-Food Nexus Mustapha Bakkoury, Director MASEN, Morocco (tbc)
The Moroccan Solar Program Khaled Toukan, Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission, Jordan
Jordan’s Energy Program and Nuclear Power Tahar Sahraoui, Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et du Développement Technologique, Algeria (tbc)
The Algerian Renewable Energy Program Ibrahim Babelli, Chief Strategist of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA CARE), Saudi-Arabia (tbc)
Towards a Sustainable Energy Mix for Saudi Arabia
15:40 Refreshments/Poster
16:20 EWACC Panel Discussion: New perspectives on energy supply and demand in the MENA region
Chair: NN
Philip Godron, Manager Regulatory Concept, DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (Dii GmbH) Ruud Kempener , Innovation and Technology Center, IRENA Amb. Sotiris Varouxakis, Deputy Secretary General for Energy, Union for the Mediterranean Thomas Fink, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
19:00 Conference Pre-Dinner Talk: Richard Cooper, Harvard University
UNFCC Qatar meeting discussions and outcome
20:30 Conference Dinner
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
08:30 Building Bridges Plenary: Assessments, Opportunities and Challenges for EU-MENA Science Cooperation
Chair: Herman Winick, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University Ismail Serageldin, Director Bibliotheca Alexandria (tbc) Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Arab Water Council Robert Pitz-Paal, Head of Solar Institute, DLR, Germany Ghassem Asrar, Director World Climate Research Programme WCRP Anan Jayyousi, An Najah National University, Glowa Jordan River Project, Nablus, Palestine (tbc)
10:10 Refreshments
10:30 Building Bridges Plenary: Foundations for a common EU-MENA Knowledge Area
Chair: NN Sir Chris Llewellyn-Smith, Director Energy Research, U Oxford and President SESAME Council Ramon Wyss, Vice President KTH Stockholm Mouldi Miled, DESERTEC University Network DUN Catherine Cesarsky, former High Commissioner CEA, France Rafael Rodriguez Clemente, CSIC and Mira-Project, Spain
12:10 Lunch
13:15 Building Bridges Plenary: Paving the way towards a common EU-MENA Knowledge Area
Chair: NN Steven Wilson, Executive Director International Council for Science ICSU Michael Harms, Director DAAD Office Cairo, German Academic Exchange Service DAAD Friedbert Pflüger, Director European Centre for Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), King's College London, UK
Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education and Research in the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean Maged Al-Sherbiny, President ARST, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
15:00 Refreshments
15:30 Building Bridges Panel Discussion: Perspectives on EU-MENA Cooperation: Discussion and Adoption of the Cyprus Declaration
Chair: Klaus Toepfer, IASS Potsdam (tbc) Jos Lelieveld, CyI and MPI Mainz Representative for the Young Scholars Forum Dave Marks, MIT (tbc)
17:40 Closing Ceremony