Programme

The Waterfront Management and GI

14th - 18th November 2006
Genoa, Italy

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14/11/06

Opening Session

Implementing coastal data into projects (ESRI award)

The Network Development

15/11/06

Experiences in European cities

Technical visit to the Museum

The Genoa Waterfront

16/11/06

Field trip to the Genoa Waterfront

Visit to the Aquarium of Genoa

17/11/06

GI Technical Session

Sea, waterfront and environment

Mediterranean experiences: coasts and waterfronts

SDI for coastal areas / GI-INDEED Session

18/11/06

International vs regional context

Closing Session

DETAILED PROGRAMME and ABSTRACTS

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Tuesday, 14th November 2006
AMGA Congress Centre

Afternoon
REGISTRATION
OPENING SESSION
Emanuele Roccatagliata, ICCOPS and Giorgio Saio, GISIG	GISIG and ICCOPS welcome address
IMPLEMENTING COASTAL DATA INTO PROJECTS (ESRI AWARD)
Presentation by participants
THE NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
Giorgio Saio, GISIG	ICAM-GI & GI-CLAN: the Thematic Network development approach/GISIG meeting

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Wednesday, 15th November 2006
Galata Museo del Mare

Morning
Welcome address by Maria Paola Profumo, Galata Museo del Mare
EXPERIENCES IN EUROPEAN CITIES
Marta Moretti, Citiesonwater	New Urban Routes for Port Cities
Katherine Kopke, CMRC - University College Cork	Applying GIS to Coastal Management in Cork Harbour: the Corepoint Experience
TECHNICAL VISIT TO THE MUSEUM
Afternoon
THE GENOA WATERFRONT Introductory to the field trip and presented by Annalisa Maniglio Calcagno, President of ICCOPS and Landscape Architect.
The session aims at offering an outline of the waterfront challenge in Genoa, between urban renovation, economic and infrastructure opportunities & threats, quality of daily life.
Bruno Gabrielli, Urban Planner, Councillor for Urban Planning - Municipality of Genoa
Mario Margini, Councillor for Economic Development and Infrastructures - Municipality of Genoa
Luigi Barone, Director for Port Development and Infrastructures - Genoa Port Authority	Port-City Planning: the Genova Case
Stefano Fera, Urban planner and professor, on behalf of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop	The "fresco" by Renzo Piano, the new proposal for a wide scale master plan of the port, and town, infrastructures
Maurizio Gnudi, Designer and builder - Studio Gnudi	The "Marina Genova Aeroporto"
Gino Parodi, Associazione Prà Viva	The town is changing: which role for the citizens?

Thursday, 16th November 2006
Field trip

Morning & Afternoon
FIELD TRIP TO THE GENOA WATERFRONT
Three exemplar cases were visited: the Old Port (Porto Antico), waterfront of the historical town a new Marina to requalify a decayed area between the airport and the shipyards the leisure area between the new container port and the town ("Canale di calma di Prà")
VISIT TO THE AQUARIUM OF GENOA

Friday, 17th November 2006
AMGA Congress Center

Morning
GI TECHNICAL SESSION
David Green, Centre for Marine and Coastal Zone Management - University of Aberdeen	Opportunities for GI and the Waterfront - Technology in Practice
Gediminas Vaitkus, Institute of Ecology - Vilnius University	Application of Marine Remote Sensing technologies for waterfront studies in the Baltic Sea
Giorgio Manzoni, R.G. Rizzo, L. Rizzo, C. Robiglio, University of Trieste	Mobile mapping system for coastal survey and landscape. The new tools, software and projects in regards also of the economic frame in the Balcans
SEA, WATERFRONT AND ENVIRONMENT
Mauro Fabiano, Chiara Paoli, University of Genoa	A multilevel approach for the environmental management of marinas
Lorenzo Papa, Marina Pizzo, University of Genoa	Sea waves and long period vertical seismometers
Claudia Lasagna, Iride Acqua Gas S.p.A.	Improvement of sea water quality by means of WWTP revamping
Afternoon
MEDITERRANEAN EXPERIENCES: COASTS AND WATERFRONTS
Corinna Artom, Regione Liguria, Luca Isgro', IBR Sistemi	Liguria on the fly. Perspective aerial photos for coastal area management
Samuel Robert, CNRS University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis	The coastal visible environment. A key issue on the French Riviera
Roberto Bobbio, POLIS - University of Genoa	MEDPLAN in the context of European project Beachmed-e. From the protection of the coast to integrated coastal planning.
SDI FOR COASTAL AREAS / GI-INDEED SESSION
Giorgio Saio, GISIG	The GI-INDEED Project
Pär Liljergren, University of Gävle	GI & training: the e-learning platform
Emanuele Roccatagliata, ICCOPS	Training module "Use of SDI for Coastal Areas"
Pär Liljergren, University of Gävle; Roderic Molina, GISIG	Use cases in SDI for Coastal Areas

Saturday, 18th November 2006
AMGA Congress Center

Morning
INTERNATIONAL VS REGIONAL CONTEXT
Ivica Trumbic, PAP/RAC	Urban regeneration in the Mediterranean Coastal Cities
Stefano Belfiore, IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission	The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and global cooperation in the study of the ocean
Juan Luis Suarez de Vivero, University of Seville	Maritime Europe and the EU Green Paper on Maritime Policy. A Geographical Perspective
Gerardo Brancucci, Guido Paliaga, University of Genoa	The hazard assessment in a terraced landscape: preliminary result of the Liguria (Italy) case study in the Interreg III Alpter project.
CLOSING SESSION
ESRI AWARD - Results and awarding of prizes
Giorgio Saio, GISIG	The ECO-IMAGINE toward the last year
David Green, Centre for Marine and Coastal Zone Management, University of Aberdeen	The ECO-IMAGINE next event in Aberdeen

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