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Stakeholder workshop - 11.03.2015 - Graz

The ToPDAd consortium organised a stakeholder workshop about climate change adaptation in the tourism, energy and transport sectors at Joanneum Research in Graz, Austria.

ToPDAd presented its integrated assessment tools, which will allow decision makers to compare costs and implications of different adaptation strategies, and received input to these from stakeholders.

Programme:

11:00 What are the energy sector’s adaptation challenges and what input is needed from science? 
Lee Hyde, Bouygues
Dr. Douglas Crawford-Brown, University of Cambridge
Plenary discussion, facilitated by Christian Bjørnæs, Center for international climate and environmental research Oslo

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Adaptation challenges at national and regional level - Andrea Gössinger-Wieser,
Office of the government of Styria  - click here to view the presentation

13:10 What are the transport sector’s adaptation challenges and what input is needed from science?
Juha Schweighofer, Viadonau - click here to view the presentation
• Günther KundelaÖBB-Infrastruktur -  click here to view the presentation
Rachel Burbidge, Eurocontrol  - click here to view the presentation
Christophe Heyndrickx, Transport and Mobility Leuven  - click here to view the presentation
Plenary discussion, facilitated by Christian Bjørnæs, Center for international climate and environmental research Oslo

14:40 coffee break

15:00 What are the tourism sector’s adaptation challenges and what input is needed from science?
Skigebiet Stuhleck (cancelled)
Dr. Franz Prettenthaler, Joanneum Research Graz  - click here to view the presentation
Plenary discussion, facilitated by Christian Bjørnæs, Center for international climate and environmental reseach Oslo

15:40  Wrap-up and presentation of the ToPDAd project - Dr. Tony Rosqvist, project coordinator, VTT Finland

15:50 Presentation of ToPDAd's interactive tool - Dr. Rob Lokers, Alterra Wageningen

16:00  Presentation of ToPDAd's activities at the European Climate Change Adaptation conference, 12-14 May 2015, in Copenhagen, Denmark 

16:15 Break

19:00 Dinner

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Logos of the participants of ToPDAd
Participants of ToPDAd: Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT, The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, CICERO Senter Klimaforskning Stiftelse, Stichting Dienst Landbouwkundig Onderzoek, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftlich Strukturforschung MBH, University of East Anglia, Transport & Mobility Lueven NV, Ilmatieteen Laitos, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft MBH
7th Framework Programme (FP7)