Program
Bridging ICTs and the Environment: Making Information Talk and Technologies Work
6-10 July 2015, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
https://syslab.ceu.edu/courses/SUN2015/talk
Monday July 6th
Introduction (Nador 11, Room 004 unless otherwise specified)
8:30 – 9:00
Registration (Nador 9 Outside Auditorium)
9:00 – 9:30
CEU Summer University Orientation (Nador 9 Auditorium)
9:30 – 10:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks (move to Nador 11, Room 004)
Viktor Lagutov (CEU) and Mahesh Pradhan (UNEP) Welcome from Course Directors
Mahesh Pradhan (UNEP) Sustainability and Higher Education
Lorant Czaran (UN Office for Outer Space Affairs – UNOOSA) Opening Statement
Emily Nilson (CEU) Logistical Information
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
10:50 – 12:20
The Need for Improved Data-Driven Decision-Making in Water Security
Irina Makarenko (Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution, Turkey) ICT in the Black Sea Region: Experience of the Black Sea Commission
Vadim Sokolov (Scientific-Information Center of the Interstate Coordination Water Commission of Central Asia – SIC-ICWC & Global Water Partnership Central Asia and Caucasus – GWP CACENA, Uzbekistan) Data Needs for Interstate Coordination: Experience of the SIC-ICWC
Viktor Lagutov (CEU) Eye on Earth Initiative and Summit
12:20 – 13:40
Lunch (Rétesház [Strudel House], Október 6 utca 22)
13:40 – 15:10
ICT Solutions for Water Security: an Introduction
Arnold Nagy (CEU) Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Water Management and Water Security: a Brief Overview of Tools and Methods
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA, Austria) An Introduction to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs with a Focus on the Space Applications Programme and UN-SPIDER
15:10 – 15:30
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
15:30 – 17:30
Participant Experience and Presentations
Aram Gevorgyan (USAID “Clean Energy and Water Program”, Armenia) Decision Support System (DSS) for Water Resources Management in Armenia
Ankit Patel (Resourcematics Limited, UK) Global Water Risk Mapping Tool – an Analysis of Current and Future Water Demand and Supply
Dmytro Diadin (Kharkiv Academy of Municipal Economy, Ukraine) GIS Tools for Surface and Groundwater Monitoring on Oil and Gas Extraction Areas in East Ukraine
Ilkhom Soliev (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) The Costs of Benefit Sharing: the Case of the Ferghana Valley, the Syr Darya Basin
Shaneica Lester (Unitersity of the West Indies, Jamaica) Thirsty Communities – Reducing Urban Vulnerability and Improving Water Accessibility in Kingston, Jamaica: The Household Water Accessibility Index
18:00 – 19:30
Welcome Reception (Nador 9, Outside Auditorium)
Tuesday July 7th
Case Studies & Data Supply (Nador 11, Room 004)
9:00 – 10:30
Case Studies
Kirstin Miller (Ecocity Builders, USA) The Ecocitizen World Map Project: Explore Your Urban World
Mustapha Mimouni (Sahara and Sahel Observatory, Tunisia) Water Resources Management Using Remote Sensing and GIS: NWSAS Case Study
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
10:50 – 12:20
Case Studies, cont.
Grazia Fiore (Eurisy, France) Improving Management of Water and Water-Related Risks: Operational Practices from Environmental Managers Using Services Based on Satellites
Mary-Jeanne Adler (Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, Romania) Flood Mapping and Water Quality Survey: Results of the Danube Floodrisk and Danube WATER Projects
12:20 – 13:40
Lunch (Rétesház [Strudel House], Október 6 utca 22)
13:40 – 15:00
Case Studies, cont.
Vadim Sokolov (SIC-ICWC, GWP CACENA) GIS / Modeling in the Aral Sea Basin
Irina Gilfanova (CEU) ArcGIS Application in Basin-Scale Water Security Assessments: Azov Sea Case Study
15:00 – 15:10
Group Photo
15:10 – 15:30
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
15:30 – 17:00
Data Supply
Ed Parsons (Google, UK) The Quantified Earth
Wednesday July 8th
ICT: Geographic Information Systems (Split between Nador 9 Basement – Blue Computer Lab and Nador 11, Room 004)
9:00 – 10:30
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Nador 9 – Blue Computer Lab, TBC)
Viktor Lagutov (CEU) Geographic Information Systems in Assessing Water Security
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
10:50 – 12:20
Hands-On Esri ArcGIS Online Practical Session (Nador 9 – Blue Computer Lab)
Emily Nilson (CEU)
- Exploring maps and adding content on ArcGIS Online
- Creating your own maps, creating applications
- Spatial analysis
12:20 – 13:40
Lunch (Rétesház [Strudel House], Október 6 utca 22)
13:40 – 17:00
Crowdmapping Cities from a People’s Perspective (Nador 11, Room 004)
Kirstin Miller (Ecocity Builders)
- PAR and Community Planning
- Systems and Urban Metabolism
- Visualizing Urban Data
- Neighborhood Surveying Techniques
15:10 – 15:30
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
Thursday July 9th
ICT: Remote Sensing (Split between Nador 11, Room 004 and Nador 9 Blue Computer Lab)
9:00 – 12:20
UNOOSA Remote Sensing Introduction (Nador 11, Room 004)
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA)Earth Observation Benefits for Sustainable Development: Water and Hazard-Related Applications
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
12:20 – 13:40
Lunch (Rétesház [Strudel House], Október 6 utca 22)
13:40 – 17:00
UNOOSA Remote Sensing Practical Session (Nador 9 - Blue Computer Lab)
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA)Testing Best Practice Scenarios from UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
15:10 – 15:30
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
19:00 – 22:15
Danube Boat Trip and Social Dinner
Friday July 10th
Other ICTs and Funding Opportunities (Nador 11, Room 004)
9:00 – 10:30
Open-Source Technologies
Istvan Waltner (Szent Istvan University, Hungary) Water Observation and Information System (WOIS): an Open-Source Toolbox for Integrated Water Resources Management
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break (Outside Auditorium)
10:50 – 11:35
Knowledge Portals
Lorant Czaran (UNOOSA, Austria) UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal
11:35 – 12:20
Data and Information Repositories
Vadim Sokolov (SIC-ICWC, GWP CACENA) Global Water Partnership Toolbox: Integrated Water Resources Management
12:20 – 13:40
Lunch (Rétesház [Strudel House], Október 6 utca 22)
13:40 – 15:00
Funding Opportunities
Zsuzsanna Gabor (CEU Academic Research and Cooperation Office) European Funding for Research and Cooperation
15:00 – 15:45
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Mahesh Pradhan (UNEP) ICT applications for Environmental Education: Case study of UNEP's Massive Open Online Course on Disasters and Ecosystems
15:45 – 17:00
Course wrap-up session and closing ceremony