Programme – WEF

Wednesday, 15. & Thursday, 16. June 2016

Location: ZUK Osnabrueck, An der Bornau 2, D-49090 Osnabrück.

Registration: The deadline has lapsed. We look forward to seeing all confirmed participants in Osnabrueck soon. Your WEF-Forum Team

Programme overview

Wednesday, 15th JuneThursday, 16th JuneKeynotesOutlook Sessions

Time	Wednesday, 15th June
10:00-11:00	Opening Plenary I, Room 1
	Speakers: Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Wolfram Mauser
11:00-11:30	Coffee Break
11:30-12:30	Opening Plenary II, Room 1
	Speakers: Louis Lebel, James Patterson
12:30-13:30	Lunch Break
13:30-15:15	Parallel Workshop Sessions - Block A
15:15-15:45	Coffee Break
15:45-17:30	Parallel Workshop Sessions - Block B
17:45-18:00	Plenary Session, Room 1
	Speaker: Antje Bruns
18:00-19:00	Reception (and video presentation by Daphne Ghondalekar, TU Munich)

Time	Thursday, 16th June
09:00-10:00	Plenary, Room 1
	Speakers: Keith Richards, Klement Tockner
10:00-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-12:15	Parallel Workshop Sessions - Block C
12:15-13:15	Lunch Break
13:15-15:00	Parallel Workshop Sessions - Block D
15:00-15:30	Coffee Break
15:30-16:30	Outlook Sessions: Funding and planned Research Activities, Room 1
	Speakers: Anik Bhaduri, Ute Weber & Thorsten Kiefer, Cian O'Donovan
16:30-17:00	Closing Symposium, Room 1
17:00-18:30	Academy Preparation Meeting, Room 1

Claudia Pahl-Wostl, University of Osnabrück: Understanding the
Water-Energy-Food Nexus and its Implications for Governance:
Challenges for Science and Policy
Presentation

Wolfram Mauser, LMU Munich, The Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the
Infomation Age: old Challenges, new Opportunities
Abstract
Presentation

Louis Lebel, Chiang Mai University, Thailand: Nexus narratives and
the governance of transboundary water resources in the Mekong region
Abstract
Presentation

James Patterson, Earth System Governance Project: Transformation and
Governance in the WEF Nexus context
Abstract
Presentation

Keith Richards, University of Cambridge: Foreseer: visualisation,
decision support and an analytical framework for the
water-land-energy nexus
Abstract
Presentation

Klement Tockner, Director of the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries,
Professor for Aquatic Ecology at the Freie Universität Berlin
The central role of ecosystems in the WEF Nexus
Presentation

Anik Bhaduri, Executive Director SWFP, The Sustainable Water
Future Programme (SWFP)

Ute Weber (DFG) – Priority Research Programmes and other
funding opportunities
Presentation

Thorsten Kiefer, Future Earth Global Hub Director, Paris – The Future Earth
Knowledge Action Network on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Abstract
Presentation

Cian O’Donovan, Coordinator UK WEF-Nexus network UK: Experiences
from the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Network in the UK
Abstract
Presentation

Workshop A1: Integrated Nexus Modelling at Global Scale

Workshop A2: Unsustainable Pathways and Leverage Points

Workshop A3: Nexus approaches in Land-Water-Energy Interactions

Workshop B1: Capturing complex Interdependencies through Modelling

Workshop B2: Participatory Planning and Local Governance

Workshop B3: The Role of the Nexus in the Implementation of the SDGs

Workshop C1: Politicization and Securization of the Nexus

Workshop C2: Network approaches to study the Nexus

Workshop C3: The Nexus in Transboundary Basin Governance

Workshop D1: Modelling the Nexus: Case Studies

Workshop D2: The Role of Ecosystem Services in Governing the Nexus

Workshop D3: Policy Coherence and Multi-Level Nexus Governance

WEF forum programme (Version: 10 June 2016)
Download full programme as pdf here