ForumAlpinum '10

Programme, thursday october 7, 2010
8.00-10.00	Plenary Session 2: Climate change: from mitigation to adaptation. A common concern for the Alps and adjacent metropolises
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	Introduction and moderation	Heinz Veit (CH-Berne)

	Impacts of climatic change in the Alps and consequences for water availability and use	Martin Beniston (CH-Geneva)

	Assessment of weather and climate for health and tourism in the Alps	Andreas Matzarakis (D-Freiburg i. Br.)

	Energy systems of the future: New perspectives for efficiency and renewables	Stefan Schleicher (A-Graz)

	Policy: Climate action plan of the Alpine Convention: Climate-neutral Alps in 2050 - must or utopia?	Blanka Bartol (SI-Ljubljana) Patricia Quillacq (A-Innsbruck)

10.00-10.30	Coffee break

10.30-12.30	Workshops Plenary Session 2

	Workshop 2/1: Adaptation to climate change in the Alps (Alpine Space projects)	Moderation: Marion Damm (D-Munich)

	Workshop 2/2: Climate neutral development: discussion of expert studies for Munich and for the Alps	Moderation: Stefan Lechtenböhmer (D-Wuppertal) Johannes Venjakob (D-Wuppertal)

	Workshop 2/3: Climate Response Measures - we must think one step ahead - is everything we do in the name of climate change really sustainable?	Moderation: Wolfgang Pfefferkorn (FL-Schaan)

	Workshop 2/4: Alpine Club Yearbooks, journals and other heritage data: digitalisation and scientific analysis	Moderation: Martin Volk (CH-Zurich) Noah Bubenhofer (D-Mannheim)

12.30-14.00	Lunch

14.00-16.00	Plenary Session 3: Biodiversity benefits for and from the Alps

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	Introduction and moderation	Jean-Jacques Brun (F-Saint Martin d'Hères) Roland Psenner (A-Innsbruck)

	Does biodiversity affect the function of ecosystems?	Ulrike Tappeiner (I-Bolzano, A-Innsbruck) Erich Tasser (I-Bolzano)

	Biodiversity: an opportunity generator for mountain territories	Anna Giorgi (I-Milano) Massimo Pecci (I-Roma)

	Centres of biodiversity in the Alps and instructive comparisons within the city of Munich	Josef Reichholf (D-Munich)

	Urban life styles and resource use in the Alps: between Heidiland and wilderness	Mario Broggi (FL-Schaan)

	The EU Biodiversity and Nature Policy: opportunities for the Alps	Stefan Leiner (BE-Bruxelles)

16.00-16.30	Coffee break

16.30-18.30	Workshops Plenary Session 3

	Workshop 3/1: Biodiversity monitoring	Moderation: Thomas Spiegelberger (F-Saint Martin d'Hères) Eva-Maria Koch (A-Obergurgl)

	Workshop 3/2: Ecological Networks within and beyond the Alps	Moderation: Leopold Fuereder (A-Innsbruck) Chris Walzer (A-Vienna)

	Workshop 3/3: Mountain Sustainability. Transforming Research into Practice	Moderation: Axel Borsdorf (A-Innsbruck)

	Workshop 3/4: Future of Mountain Agriculture	Moderation: Urs Gantner (CH-Bern)

18.30-19.30	Apéro offerd by Christian Ude, Lord Mayor of the city of Munich

19.30-23.00	Official evening
	Official evening reception by Christian Ude, Lord Mayor of the city of Munich, at Altes Rathaus, Munich