Programme
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Last update: Jan 18, 2021
During the Potsdam Summer School each participant should assign to one of the following working groups:
- Group 1: Modelling Hydrology
- Group 2: Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
- Group 3: Climate Change; Land & Water Interaction
- Group 4: Water Dynamics in our (un)frozen World
- Group 5: Water as an Economic Good
Week 1
Day 1
WELCOME DAY
09/08/2021
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome of Participants
09:30 - 10:30
Framing Talk (Johan Rockström/PIK)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Integrating Civil Society in Water Management (Veronica Manfredi/IKSR tbc)
12:00 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00
Introduction of Participants and Icebreaker (Tom Bruhn/IASS)
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
Introduction of Participants and Icebreaker (Tom Bruhn/IASS)
17:00 - 17:30
Check Out (Tom Bruhn/IASS and Josef Zens/GFZ)
17:45 - 20:30
Dinner at IASS Roof Top Terrace
Day 2
THE HYDROSPHERE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
10/08/2021
09:00 - 09:45
Water: The Precious Good (Dieter Gerten/PIK)
09:45 - 10:30
Introduction to the Working Groups: Themes, Objectives, Expectations and Organisation
Working Group 1: Modelling Hydrology
Working Group 2: Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
Working Group 3: Climate Change, Land & Water Interaction
Working Group 4: Water Dynamics in our (un)frozen World
Working Group 5: Water as an Economic Good
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
Water-Land Interaction in West Africa (Christoph Gornott/PIK)
11:45 - 12:30
Water Resources Management in Central Asia & Europe (Anastasia Lobanova/PIK)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30
Group Works
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
Group Works
17:00 - 17:30
Plenary/Check Out
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner at IASS Roof Top Terrace
Day 3
THE ROLE OF THE CRYOSPHERE
11/08/2021
09:00 - 10:00
Reports from the Working Groups and Plenary Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Introduction (Bernhard Diekmann/AWI)
10:30 - 11:00
The Cryosphere (Josefine Lenz/AWI/APECS)
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00
Wetting versus Drying of Arctic Land (NN/AWI)
12:00 - 12:30
Ocean - Ice - Atmosphere - Interaction (NN/AWI)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30
Arctic Governance (Volker Rachold/Arctic Office/AWI)
14:30 - 15:30
Group Works
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30
Group Works
17:30 - 18:00
Plenary/Check Out
18:45 - 20:30
Dinner at IASS Roof Top Terrace
Day 4
EXCURSION
12/08/2021
09:00 - 16:00
Excursion to the IGB including Talk on Inland Waters & Lakes
16:00 - 00:00
Evening at own Leisure
Day 5
WATER AS A NATURAL HAZARD
13/08/2021
09:00 - 10:00
Reports from the Working Groups and Plenary Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Introduction (Bruno Merz/GFZ)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Flash Flooding (Maik Heistermann & Annegret Thieken/University of Potsdam)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30
Group Works
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
Group Works
17:00 - 17:30
Plenary/Check Out
17:30 - 00:00
Evening at Own Leisure
Day 6
WATER - LAND - HUMANS
14/08/2021
09:00 - 10:00
Reports from the Working Groups and Plenary Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Introduction (Christine Bismuth/GFZ)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Land Subsidence & Human-Induced Geo Hazards (Mahdi Motagh tbc)
13:00 - 15:00
Workshop: Public Participation in Water Management (NN/International Water Secretariat tbc)
15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00
Workshop: Public Participation in Water Management (NN/International Water Secretariat tbc)
17:00 - 17:30
Plenary/Check Out
17:30 - 00:00
Evening at Own Leisure
Week 2
Day 8
POTENTIAL OF MODELS & UNCERTAINTY OF PREDICTION
16/08/2021
09:00 - 10:00
Reports from the Working Groups and Plenary Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Introduction (Axel Bronstert/University of Potsdam)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
Big Data - Data Assimilation with Satellites (Bodo Bookhagen/University of Potsdam tbc)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30
Group Works
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
Group Works
17:00 - 17:30
Plenary/Check Out
17:30 - 20:30
Reception with High School Students from Potsdam at WIS
Day 9
THE OCEANS - FROM COASTLINE TO HIGH SEAS
17/08/2021
09:00 - 10:00
Reports from the Working Groups and Plenary Discussion
10:00 - 10:30
Introduction (Sebastian Unger & Team/IASS)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
Ocean Governance (Oceans Team/IASS)
11:45 - 12:30
Dynamics of Continental Ice Masses & Sea Level Change (Ronja Reese/PIK)
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch Break
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break
17:30 - 18:00
Plenary/Check Out
18:30 - 20:30
Dinner at IASS Roof Top Terrace
Day 10
DAY OF CONCLUSION
18/08/2021
09:00 - 10:30
Communicating with Policy Makers & Society: The Agenda 2030 (SDG Platform/IASS)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45
Citizen Science (Martin Vohland/Museum for Natural Science tbc)
11:45 - 12:30
Closing Talk (Antje Boetius/AWI tbc)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30
Presentation of the Findings from the 5 Work Groups
15:30 - 16:00
Closing Session & Feedback
16:00 - 16:30
Farewell Coffee
19:00 - 22:00
Farewell Dinnerparty at IASS
