EU Research and Innovation @ GREEN WEEK 2012
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From 22 to 25 May 2012 representatives from government, business and industry, NGOs, academia and the media will converge to Brussels for the new edition of Green Week, the largest annual conference on European environment policy. Green Week 2012 is mobilised around the theme of water to debate and exchange experience and best practice.
In this debate, research and innovation are considered key to provide the knowledge base on the issues at stake, investigate future scenarios, propose new solutions and translate them into technological breakthroughs and effective policy options for a sustainable and inclusive growth. At the eve of the Rio+20, the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation organises the side session:
Water resources for sustainable development:
An overview of the international dimension of EU research results from Johannesburg to Rio+20
Thursday 24th May, 11.30 -13.00
Charlemagne Building – Salon Rouge
Introductory note by Rudolf Strohmeier, Deputy Director General Research Programmes, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Chaired and moderated by Luisa Prista, Head of Environmental Technologies Unit, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
Stefan Uhlenbrook, Vice Rector Academic Affairs, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
- Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Institute of Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrück
- Benedict Mutua, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Egerton University, Kenya
- Leen Hordijk, Principal Adviser to the JRC Director General and Head of Modelling Task Force, EC Joint Research Centre
- Hugh Goldsmith, Head of Water & Waste Management Division, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
For Green Week 2012 detailed programme: www.greenweek-2012.eu
Silvia DONATO
Research Programme Officer
European Commission
DG Research & Innovation
I2. Environmental Technologies
CDMA 03/042
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 85603
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