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| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Welcome address by Rector
Paul Van Cauwenberge, Ghent University. |
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| 9:45 - 10:05 |
Address by Prof.
Dr. Walter Erdelen,
Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO:
'The
importance of UNESCO Chairs for international scientific cooperation'.
Inauguration of the UNESCO – Chair and appointment
of the
Chairholder
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| 10:05 - 10:20 |
Musical interlude: Flat
Earth Society |
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| 10:20 - 10:30 |
Mr. Geert Bourgeois,
Flemish Minister for Administrative Affairs, Foreign Policy,
Media and Tourism:
'Flanders and UNESCO: true partners' |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Dr. Filippo Giorgi,
Vice Chair Working Group 1, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change:
'Climate Change: implications for water stress
and desertification
processes' |
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| 11:15 - 11:25 |
Musical interlude: Flat
Earth Society |
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| 11:25 - 12:05 |
Prof. Jacqueline Mc
Glade, Director European Environment Agency: ‘Climate Change:
Impact on Biodiversity.’ |
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| 12:05 - 12:15 |
Musical interlude: Flat
Earth Society |
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| 12:15 - 14:00 |
Walking lunch |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Dr. Thomas Schaaf, UNESCO's
Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme: ‘Dealing
with Desertification.’ |
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| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Prof. Patric Jacobs
Ghent University: ‘Planet Earth:
Role of geology in the desertification
process.’ |
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| 15:15 - 15:25 |
Musical interlude: Flat
Earth Society |
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| 15:25 - 16:10 |
Prof. Michel Verstraete,
Joint Research Centre European Commission: ‘Climate and
desertification:
Scientific challenges and technological opportunities
to support policy making.’ |
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| 16:10 - 16:40 |
Prof. Donald Gabriels,
Ghent University (ICE):
‘Research priorities for combating
desertification:
the Tunis Declaration and how the UNESCO Chair
on Eremology can contribute’. |
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| 16:40 - 17:15 |
Closing concert: Flat Earth Society |
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| 17:15 |
Reception offered by Ghent University |
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