The Summer School is intended for 35 graduate and doctoral students from all disciplines and countries. No prerequisite is needed. We will seek to create a group as diverse as possible, in order to maximise the interactions between students.
All participants shall receive an official certificate upon completion of the program.
The program features the diverse dimensions of the impacts of climate change on the nature and address four key issues : water, forests, biodiversity and new methods in integrated biovinary. These issues are brought together through cross-cutting lectures and seminars. Each day will feature lectures by renowned experts, workshops and social activities. All sessions will be conducted in English. The program subject to be precise.
10 SEP 2017 (Sunday) - Official opening - Welcome dinner in the old town center
11 SEP 2017 (Monday) Impacts of Climate Change
8:00 – 9:15 Registration of participants – Aula of University of Economics, Dolnozemská cesta 1/b, Bratislava
9:15 - 10:45 Milan Lapin (Comenius University, Bratislava) - „Global Climate Change Physics, Possible Impacts, Adapting and Mitigation Options“
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Francois Gemenne (Sciences Po, Paris) - „The Anthropocene and the Global Environmental Crisis“
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13.30 - 15:00 Richard Filčák (Slovak Academy of Sciences) – „Global Megatrends and Local Trends/Forward Looking Information and Scenarios: Slovakia 2020 and 2030”
15:15 - 16:45 Daniel Moran (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) – „Environmental Impact (Footprints) Through Trade”
12 SEP 2017 (Tuesday) - Water
09:15 - 10:45 Martin Gális (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic) – „Proactive & Efficient Flood Prevention”
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Zdenka Kelnarová (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic) – „Water Management in the Slovak Republic in the context of the EU Directives and V4 experiences”
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:30 Field trip to Gabčíkovo water dam and lowland forests by boat
13 SEP 2017 (Wednesday) - Forests
9.15 - 10:45 Diarmuid McAree (UN/ECE/ILO, Ireland) – “New Trends and Threats in the Green Forest Jobs Sector”
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Villiam Pichler (Technical University in Zvolen) „Current Issues in Central European Forest Science“
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:30 Field trip Železná studnička: Andrea Melcerová – “Forest Pedagogy - The Way of Communication with Public About Forestry Issues”
17:00 BBQ/ Bonfire meeting in the forests
14 SEP 2017 (Thursday) - Biodiversity - Success Stories
9:15 - 10:45 Vladimir Kováč (Comenius University, Bratislava) – “Why corals do not smile any longer – Coral bleeching – a global biodiversity problem”
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Milan Chrenko (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic) – “Environmental Policies on Biodiversity - EU Regulations Context and Slovak Experiences
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 17:30 Field trip to the Insemination Station and Cryobank Vištuk – Jaroslav Pokorádi
15 SEP 2017 (Friday) - Integrated Viticulture and Viniculture
9:30 – 12:30 Field trip to the Small Carpathian wine region
Ondrej Matula – “Trends and Challenges of the Integrated Viticulture”
Michal Bažalík vinary – “Technology of Ecological Winemaking in Conditions of Small Winery in Svätý Jur”
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch at restaurant Vinohradnícka izba, Svätý Jur
17:00 Closing ceremony – dinner at the restaurant Primi River Lounge, Eurovea, Bratislava
