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Impression of the symposium 8-10 December 2010

8 December 2010

Symposium information
Arrival of the participants
Welcome address by Ferd Crone, mayor of Leeuwarden
Welcome address by Jaap Verhulst on behalf of the Ministry of EL&I
Audience at the first symposium day
Welcome address by John Frederiksen, member of the Wadden Sea Board, on behalf of the Danish, Dutch and German governments involved in the trilateral cooperation on the Wadden Sea Area
Keynote: History and heritage for present-day society: current research perspectives Prof. dr Jan Kolen (Cultural Landscape and Urban Environment (CLUE), VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Interactions between landscape and settlement from Roman time until the 17th century at the North-Sea coast dr Dirk Meier (Wesselburen, Germany)
Landscape research in the Wadden Sea Area Prof. dr Hansjörg Küster (Institute of Geo-botany, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany)
Prof. dr Ludwig Fischer (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Discussion
Keynote: Development of the Wadden Area in time and space Prof. dr Salomon Kroonenberg (TU Delft, The Netherlands)
Geological framework of the Wadden Area dr Hanneke Verweij (TNO - Geological Survey Netherlands)
Evolution of Wadden Islands Prof. dr Morten Pejrup (Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Density-driven circulation in the Wadden Sea and its impact on net transport of particulate suspended matter Prof. dr Hans Burchard (Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Germany)
Discussion
The Wadden Academy award for the best Master thesis is handed to Bas van Leeuwen by dr. Hessel Speelman
The Korean Delegation
Reception
Klaas Deen and Bart Zeegers, winner of the encouraging award
Conference Dinner

9 December 2010

Overview of the parallel workshops
1. Workshop Economic valuation of the Wadden Sea: from theory to practice (organisation: Prof. dr Henk Folmer, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
2. Workshop Sediment dynamics of the Wadden Sea: getting a grip on present, past and future (organisation: Ir Floris van Bentum, Programme Towards a rich Wadden Sea/Rijkswaterstaat, The Netherlands)
3. Workshop Wadden Sea tidal basin inventory and analysis (organisation: dr Folkert de Jong, Programme Towards a rich Wadden Sea/CWSS, Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
4. Workshop Food web interactions and biodiversity (organisation: Hein Sas, Programme Towards a rich Wadden Sea, The Netherlands)
5. Workshop Towards a trilateral research agenda for archaeology in the Wadden Sea region (organisation: Prof. dr Jos Bazelmans
Participants return to it Aljemint after the parallel workshops
Chair of the afternoon: Prof. dr Jos Bazelmans, Wadden Academy
Audience
Keynote: Using social impact assessment to consider the social impacts of landscape change in the Wadden region by Prof. dr Frank Vanclay (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Audience
Rural development in the Wadden Sea Area by Prof. dr Flemming Just (Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark, EsbjergThe value of protected landscapes the Wadden Sea in focus by Prof. dr Ingo Mose (Universität O
Discussion, introduced by Prof. dr Jouke van Dijk (Wadden Academy)
Keynote: The subsidised Wadden Sea: regional differences and long-term changes in organic matter import by dr Justus van Beusekom (AWI, Sylt, Germany)
Fifty years of bird research in the Wadden Area by dr Bruno Ens (SOVON Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, The Netherlands)
Do alien species capture the Wadden Sea? by dr Christian Buschbaum (AWI, Sylt, Germany)
Discussion
Discussion
Discussion
Discussion
Keynote: Climate change and the need for sand results of the trilateral expert group CPSL by dr Jacobus Hofstede (Coastal defence division, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany)
Audience
North Sea winds and storm surges in a changing climate by dr Andreas Sterl (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, The Netherlands)
The importance of biogeochemical processes in tidal flats for the methane, DIC, and nutrient budget of the Southern North Sea by Prof. dr Hans Brumsack (ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Germany)
Discussion, introduced by Prof. dr Pavel Kabat (Wadden Academy)
Discussion

10 December 2010

A scientific and social rationale for trilateral Wadden research by Prof. dr Pavel Kabat (Wadden Academy) Pertaining research questions for the trilateral Wadden Area
Audience
The Joint Declaration on the Protection of the Wadden Sea and the QSR 2009 as sources for trilateral research questions by dr Harald Marencic (CWSS, Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
Research for the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site? Prof. dr Karsten Reise (AWI, Sylt, Germany)
Audience
Overview of trilateral research programmes on the Wadden Area by dr Folkert de Jong (CWSS, Wilhelmshaven, Germany)
The Interreg North Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 by Jesper Jönsson/Henrik Josephson (Interreg North Sea Region Programme secretariat, Viborg, Denmark)
The Interreg North Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 by Jesper Jönsson/Henrik Josephson (Interreg North Sea Region Programme secretariat, Viborg, Denmark)
Wadden Sea research and comparative analysis - building a reference site of global relevance by dr Hartwig Kremer (LOICZ International Project office, Geesthacht, Germany)
Audience
Funding transnational research initiatives by dr Josef Stuefer (NWO, The Netherlands), dr Klaus Schindel (BMBF, Germany)
dr. Peter Seifert (Project Agency Juelich) and Prof dr. Pavel Kabat, chair of the Wadden Academy
dr. Peter Seifert (Project Agency Juelich) and Prof dr. Pavel Kabat, chair of the Wadden Academy
Signing of the first transnational call for wadden research by dr. Frans Martens (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research - Earth and Life Sciences (NWO-ALW)) and dr. Peter Seifert (Project Agency Juelich), on behalf of dr. Klaus Schindel, (G
The compilation of a trilateral research agenda and research infrastructure and the options for funding trilateral research programmes. Moderated by Prof. dr Franciscus Colijn (HZG Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany)
The compilation of a trilateral research agenda and research infrastructure and the options for funding trilateral research programmes .Moderated by Prof. dr Franciscus Colijn (HZG Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany)
The compilation of a trilateral research agenda and research infrastructure and the options for funding trilateral research programmes .Moderated by Prof. dr Franciscus Colijn (HZG Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany)

Photography: Zwanette Jager (www.ziltwater.eu).