Environment Network (UPEN)

Climate Change and the Solent: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities

Programme – 15 September, 2011

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TimeTitleLead by:
 
08:00 - 08:45  Registration (Portland Building) Directions
 
08:45 09:10  Introduction - PO 1.53 Dr Alex Ford (Chair)
08:45 08:55  Welcome Prof John Craven (Vice-Chancellor, UoP)
08:55 - 09:10 Why are we here?¿ Dr David Hutchinson (UoP)
09:10 10:00  Session 1 – Biological responses to climate change  Dr Alex Ford (Chair)
09:10 - 09:35 Marine biodiversity and climate change Dr Nova Mieszkowska (Marine Biological Association)
09:35 - 10:00 Solent Marine Ecology: Detecting change Dr Nigel Thomas (Director – Marine Ecology, EMU Ltd.)
10:00 10:50  Session 2 - Mapping and modelling of areas vulnerable to climate change  Dr Andy Gibson (Chair)
10:00 - 10:25 Future Coastal Flood and Erosion Risk Management Schemes at Southsea and North Portsea Island¿
Bret Davies (Havant, Portsmouth & Gosport Coastal Defence Partnership)
10:25 - 10:50  Mapping and modelling climate change impacts, vulnerable features and community resilience¿ Drs Robert Inkpen, Richard Teeuw and Malcolm Whitworth (UoP) - TBC
 
10:50 - 11:30 Coffee - PO 3.42
 
11:30 - 12:20 Session 3 – Socio-economic resilience to climate change - PO 1.53 Dr Helen Glenn (Chair)
11:30 - 11:55 Coastal Communities Adapting to Change (CCATCH)¿ Rachael Gallagher (Hampshire County Council) 
11:55 - 12:20 Institutional / Business resilience to risk and crisis¿ Prof Edward Borodzicz (UoP)
 
12:20 - 13:30 Lunch, posters and networking - PO 3.42
 
13:30 16:15  Session 4 – Planning for the future - PO 1.53 + DS Dr John Williams (Chair)
13:30 - 14:20 Low carbon society: a vision for growth, jobs and innovation Dr Graham Floater (Director of The Climate Centre and former Government advisor to the Prime Minister)
14:20 - 14:45 Eco-island: The hub of a sustainable future¿ David Green (CEO, Ecoisland partnership CIC)
14:45 - 15:15 Pandora and her Trojan horses Rob Cowan (Director, Urban Design Skills)
15:15 - 16:45 Breakout sessions – Solent response & next steps (refreshments available in breakout rooms)
16:45 17:45  Session 5 – Breakout Feed-back and EU project results launch Dr David Hutchinson (Chair)
16:45 - 17:20 Dissemination of key discussion points  
17:20 - 17:45 That’s the way to do it? Results launch from two pan-European studies: "Transport Carbon IntenCities" (TraCit) and "Strategies for Innovative Low Carbon Settlements" (SILCS).¿ Lee Woods and Catherine Teeling (UoP)
 
17:45 - 18:45 Closing remarks followed by drinks reception and networking - PO 3.42 Prof Paul Hayes (Director UPEN)