Future Perspectives of GI for ICM

Genoa, 21st - 23rd November 2007

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

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Wednesday, 21st November

9:00 - 9:30

Arrival and Registration
9:30 - 11:15 Opening Session
  Opening welcome and Conference Outline by GISIG/ICCOPS
  Progress in Applying the Geospatial Technologies to Coastal Management: An Overview
David R. Green, Senior Lecturer & Director CMCZM and the MCRM Degree Programme and Guillaume De La Fons, University of Aberdeen
  INSPIRE: the Directive, the process and the expected impact on environmental management
Danny Vandenbrucke, K.U. Leuven
11:15 - 13:00 ESRI Award Session First Part
  Presentation by the proposers
Lunch break
14:30 - 18:00 Session ECO-IMAGINE future perspective I: the VESTA-GIS training framework
  ECO-IMAGINE Community, the future perspectives and the VESTA-GIS project
Giorgio Saio, GISIG
  The opportunity of the VESTA-GIS technological platform (with examples)
Anders Ostman, University of Gavle
  ECDL-GIS to enlarge the GIS Community
Laura Berardi and Mauro Salvemini, Università La Sapienza, Roma - LABSITA
  Integrated solid waste management aspects in the frame of coastal zone management and landscape protection and restoration
Avraam Karagiannidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  Experience of coastal management
Title to be communicated (Philippe Goubersville, University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis)
  GISIG General Assembly
  Celebration of the 15th Anniversary of GISIG

Thursday, 22nd November

9:00 - 11:00

ICM: a lesson from Prof. Adalberto Vallega

  In memory of Adalberto Vallega
Annalisa Calcagno Maniglio, University of Genoa
  Adalberto Vallega and the revitalization of Marine Geography
Juan Luis Suarez De Vivero, University of Seville
  Changing role of integrated coastal management institutions in the Mediterranean: selected issues
Aleksandar Bjelica, UNEP-MAP/PAP-RAC
  Vallega’s lesson and methodology for integrated coastal management in the new developing Countries
Camilo Mateo Botero, University of Algarve
  Port Cities and Urban Waterfronts. A Bibliographical Research
Marta Moretti, International Centre Cities on Water, Venice
11:00 - 12:00 ESRI Award Session Second Part
  Presentation by the proposers
Lunch break
14:30 - 18:00

Session: Genoa and the Urban Planning in a sea city

 

Visit to the Urban Lab promoted by the Municipality of Genova and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in the old harbour of Genova

Friday, 23rd November

9:00 - 11:30

Session ECO-IMAGINE future perspective II: the European dimension
  1. Interregional Cooperation and the Interreg Experience
  - BeachMed experience
  The Beachmed-e project and its components
Emanuele Roccatagliata, ICCOPS
  The synthesis of the experience of Regione Liguria and its contribution to Beachmed-e
Corinna Artom, Regione Liguria
  GIS and indicators in coastal management
Paola Salmona, University of Genoa
  Medplan and the projects for the coastal re-qualification in Western Liguria
Roberto Bobbio, University of Genova, Polis Department
  The Regione Liguria webgis
Anna Cerrato et al., Regione Liguria
  - Med-Isolae
  The project MEDISOLAE
Panos Boutsis, Epsilon
11:50 - 13:00 2. ICZM data and EU Initiatives
  The ECONET project
Panos Boutsis, Epsilon
  Building the European SDI: recent developments and future insights
Gediminas Vaitkus, Institute of Aerial Geodesy
  E-content+ experience and opportunities
Giorgio Saio, GISIG
Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00 3. GMES and INSPIRE
  The GMES initiative (structure and activities)
Paolo Villa, CNR-IREA
  The Humboldt project for data Harmonisation in Europe and its scenarios
David Ludlow, University of West England
15:00 - 15:30 4. ICZM and Networks
  The ENCORA network
  SEIS - Shared Environmental Information System and the NESIS Network proposal.
Giorgio Saio, GISIG, with the contribution of the European Environment Agency
16:00 - 17:00 Closing session
  ICZM & ECO-IMAGINE Development
by the ECO-IMAGINE events organisers
  GISIG and ICCOPS: a final balance of the project (including ESRI Awards)