NEAR 4 International Summer School
Water related issues in the Odessa region - Danube Delta, Ukraine
September 10th - 18th, 2012
Organizers:
N. Berlinsky - J.-L. Loizeau - D. Vignati
PROGRAMME
Monday 10th
Arrival of participants
Overnight in Odessa
Tuesday 11th
8:00 Breakfast
09:00 Opening ceremony NEAR 4 summer school
Welcome (N. Berlinsky, D. Vignati, J.-L. Loizeau)
Address from Prof. S. Stepanenko, the Rector of the Odessa Sate Environmental University
Address from Mr. Rzhepishevsky, Director of the Odessa Branch of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
09:30 Introduction to the NEAR Summer School (J.-L. Loizeau, D. Vignati)
09:50 Valuing water resources: the water footprint concept (D. Chapman)
10:35 The Odessa region- Black Sea - Ukrainian Danube delta (N. Berlinsky)
11:05 Coffee break
11:30 Quality and Quantity Estimation of Water Resources of Odessa Region (A. Volkov)
12:15 Human Impact on aquatic Environments 1 (E. Szalinska)
13:00 Lunch
14:15 Human Impact on aquatic Environments 2 (E. Szalinska)
15:00 Impact of climate change to water quantity and quality in the Black Sea watershed (I. Krivitskaya)
15:45 Coffee break
16:15 River Basin Management Plans in Romania (R. Mihaiescu)
17:00 The water's way in Republic of Moldova between "source - consumer - discharge" (I. Rosca)
17:45 End of presentations
19:00 Summary of the day
20:00 Dinner
Overnight in Odessa
Wednesday 12th
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Water supply of Odessa metropolitan area. History, current status, problems and prospects. (A. Polischuk, Infox Vodocanal Odessa, T.A. Safranov, OSEU)
09:45 Transfer to Dniester River
11:00 Visit of the pumping station at Belyevka village (Mr V. Goltsov, chief engineer of Vodocanal)
13:00 Lunch at Mayaki village, University student camp
14:00 Field practical in groups
17:00 Return trip to Odessa
18:00 Arrival to Hotel
19:00 Summary of the day
20:00 Dinner
Overnight in Odessa
Thursday 13th
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Deltaic systems: definition, classification, river-mouth processes, facies model (E. Aliyeva)
09:45 Coastal morphology (A. Stanica)
10:15 Genesis and evolution of the Danube Delta (V. Ungureanu)
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 Risk assessment of contaminants in aquatic environments (D. Vignati)
12:00 The Danube Delta as a filter of contaminants (A. Karynukov)
13:00 Lunch
14:15 Trip to Danube Delta
18:00 Arrival at Primorskoe
19:00 Summary of the day
20:00 Dinner at hotel “Meliorator”
21:00 Introduction to bird watching - bird census exercise (J.-L. Loizeau) (30 min)
Overnight in Primorskoe
Friday 14th
08:00 Breakfast
08:30 Departure to Vilkovo by bus
09:00 Boat trip in the Danube Delta - Black Sea coast, visits and practical
Bird watching – initiation to bird census
Delta morphology
Measurements of water quality parameters
13:00 Lunch on the island Pelican station
14:00 Boat trip in the Danube Delta - Black Sea coast, visits and practical
Coastal processes – sedimentation – erosion
Measurements of water quality parameters
17:00 Return to Vilkovo
17:30 Departure to Primorskoe
19:00 Summary of the day
20:00 Dinner at hotel “Meliorator”
Overnight in Primorskoe
Saturday 15th
08:00 Breakfast
08:30 Delta evolution under rapid sea level change -example of the Kura river delta in the Caspian Sea (E. Aliyeva)
09:15 Effects of storm surges on urban environment (A. Stanica)
10:00 Coffee break
10:20 Sea level change in NW Black sea coast in modern period (N. Berlinski)
11:05 Sasic liman (V. Egoraschenko, head of Department of Ukr. Yuzh. Hiprovohoz)
12:30 Lunch at hotel “Meliorator”
13:30 Departure to Vilkovo by bus
14:00 Field practical Liman Sasik (guided by V. Egoraschenko)
Measurements of water quality parameters
17:30 Return to hotel
19:00 Summary of the day
20:00 Dinner at hotel “Meliorator”
Overnight in Primorskoe
Sunday 16th
08:00 Breakfast
08:30 Departure to Odessa by bus
13:00 Arrival at Odessa
13:30 Lunch
14:30 Free time - Visit of the city
Free Dinner (no dinner organized by the summer school)
Overnight in Odessa
Monday 17th
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Water is weird – humanity is strange (J. Dominik)
09:45 Calculating the value of water: the water footprint concept (D. Chapman)
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Final exam
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free time
17:00 Closing ceremony
20:00 Dinner
Overnight in Odessa
Tuesday 18th
08:00 Breakfast
Departure of participants depending on individual schedule
NEAR4_SS_2012_preliminary_programme.pdf
