Programme at a glance

There will be three thematic topics over the course of the three days; each day will deal with one aspect of global change: climate, urbanization and population growth. It will be discussed how the integrated management of environmental resources guided by nexus approach may help to achieve the potential targets of the post-2015 agenda.

Global Change, SDGs and the Nexus Approach DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 Opening Wrap-up and Closing Keynotes and Q&A Parallel Sessions S1 - S5 Plenary Plenary Parallel Sessions S6 - S11 Poster Session Parallel Sessions S12 - S18 Panel Discussion / Wrap-up of the Day Climate Change Urbanization Population Growth

Day 1: Climate Change

8:00 - 8:45

Registration

8:45 - 10:30

Plenary: Opening Remarks & Keynote Speeches

Details

Volker Rieke, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Director General of the Directorate General

Eva-Maria Stange, Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts (SMWK), State Minister

Hans Müller-Steinhagen, Technische Universität Dresden, Rector

Franz-Birger Marré, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Head of Division for Water, Urban Development and Transport

Keynote: Addressing climate change in the context of sustainable management of natural resourcesElena Manaenkova, WMO

Keynote: Systems thinking for advancing a nexus approach to water, soil, & wasteJoseph Alcamo, Center for Environmental Systems Research

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:30

Sessions-in-parallel

Details

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Sessions-in-parallel

Details

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 18:00

Plenary

Details

Panel discussion including reports from the sessions, moderator Janos Bogardi, GWSP
Concluding talk of Day-1: Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University

19:30 - 22:00

Reception by the City of Dresden in the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

Day 2: Urbanization

9:00 - 10:00

Plenary

Details

Keynote: Urbanization, a Threat or an Opportunity? - Water and Waste Nexus Approach, Saeed Nairizi, ICID
Keynote: Is Urban Sustainability Possible?  Biophysical and Political Considerations, William Rees, University of British Columbia

10:00 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 12:00

Sessions-in-parallel

Details

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Sessions-in-parallel

Details

15:00 - 16:00

Poster Session

16:00 - 18:00

Plenary

Details

Panel discussion including reports from the sessions, moderator Bernard Müller, IOER
Concluding talk of Day-2: Steven Curwell, Heys Environmental Consultants Ltd

Day 3: Population Growth and the Increasing Demand for Environmental Resources

9:00 - 10:00

Plenary

Details

Keynote: Three Policy Priorities for a Sustainable Nexus, Michael Herrmann, UNFPA
Keynote: The Integrated Managment of the Land Resources: Institutional Tools, László Miklós, Technical University Zvolen

10:00 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 12:00

Sessions-in-parallel

Details

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Sessions-in-parallel

Details

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 17:30

Plenary

Details

Panel discussion including reports from the sessions, moderator Danka Thalmeinerova, GWP
Concluding talk of Day-3: Timothy Williams, IWMI

17:30 - 17:45

Break

17:45 - 18:30

Plenary: Wrap-up & Closing

Details

Conference Synthesizing by:

Rattan Lal, Ohio State University

Closing Remarks by:

Verena Klinger-Dering, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)

Bernhard Müller, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)

Karl-Heinz Feger, Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the TU Dresden

Reza Ardakanian, UNU-FLORES