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Workshop on The Interface Between
Global Change and Development-Oriented Research
16-19 May 2005
Krusenberg Herrgård
Monday 16 May 2005
1800 Opening buffet and reception. Buffet and bar will be available for those arriving Monday to have a casual meal. Buffet will be available until approximately 2100.
2000-2100 Workshop organizers meeting with session Chairs and Co-Chairs.
Tuesday 17 May 2005
0900-0930 Opening of the Meeting
Professor Uno Svedin will open the Workshop, welcoming the participants on behalf of FORMAS and introduce the Director General, Swedish Research Council, Professor Pär Omling.
Professor Omling will welcome the participants on behalf of the Swedish Research Council.
Dr. Margaret Leinen, IGFA Chair, and Professor Thomas Rosswall, Executive Director of ICSU, will set out the objectives for the Workshop and the process for achieving these and will present the Agenda.
0930-1220 Session 1: Setting the Stage
Presentations will provide perspectives from the scientific and funding communities involved in global change and development research. A rapporteur will be identified from each quadrant to track the presentations from the other three quadrants and report back to their quadrants during Session II (on Wednesday) what he/she learned from these presentations.
0930-1040 Setting the Stage: Global Change Research
Co-Chairs for the Morning Session: Thomas Rosswall/ Jean Lebel
Presenters:
Kevin Noone, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
David Carson, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Two presentations on global change research: present programs, drivers, trends, and needs and opportunities for future research (20 minutes each followed by 15 minutes discussions each)
1040-1110 Coffee Break
1110-1220 Setting the Stage: Development-Oriented Research
Presenters:
CamillaToulmin, International Institute for Environment and Development (iied)
Sara Farley, World Bank/ Rockefeller Foundation
Two presentations on development science/research: present programs, drivers, trends, and needs and opportunities for future research (20 minutes each followed by 15 minutes discussion each)
1220-1400 Lunch
1400-1510 Setting the Stage: Funding of Global Change Research
Co-Chairs for the afternoon session: Uno Svedin/ Simon Anderson
Presenters:
Gerhard von Gruenewaldt, National Research Foundation
Pierre Valette, European Commission
Two presentations on the funding of global change research: present funding, drivers, trends, and expectations for the future (20 minutes each followed by 15 minutes discussion)
1510-1530 Coffee
1530-1640 Setting the Stage: Funding of Development-Oriented Research
Presenters:
Jean Lebel, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Two presentations on the funding of development science/research: present funding, drivers, trends, and expectations for the future (20 minutes each followed by 10 minutes discussion)
Reception and dinner at the invitation of FORMAS and the Swedish Research Council
Dinner talk by former Ambassador Dr. Bo Kjellen (h.c.)
Wednesday 18 May 2005
0830-1030 Session 2: Addressing the Opportunities and Constraints
What did we hear on day 1 and how does this relate to what we perceive as opportunities for communications and cooperation and possible constraints?
[Four Parallel Sessions]
Coffee will be available outside of the meeting rooms between 9:30 and 10:30 for workshop participants during the session
Addressing the opportunities and constraints: Parallel Discussions in the Four Quadrants
The four quadrants will meet in parallel to receive reports from their rapporteurs for the first day’s presentations and discussions and to identify issues, opportunities, and constraints.
1030-1230 Addressing the opportunities and constraints: General Discussions [Plenary]
Co-Chairs: MargaretLeinen/ Thomas Rosswall
Presentations from each of the four quadrants identifying the issues perceived by each and the needs and opportunities that each perceives for resolving these issues, bearing in mind relevant constraints (15-20 minutes for each presentation followed by 45-60 minutes discussion)
Global Change Research: Will Steffen
Global Change Funding: Robert Delmas
Development Aid: Asbjorn Lovbraek
Development-Oriented Research: Hans Hurni
1230-1400 Lunch
1400 Session 3: Synergies and Challenges
The two groups of scientists and the two groups of funders meet in parallel to discuss the results of Session 2 and the potential for increased collaboration and what the constraints might be
1400-1530 Synergies and Challenges: Scientists and Funders Parallel Discussions
Scientists: Chair, Rapporteur: Roland Fuchs
Speaker on behalf of group, to be designated by the group
Funders: Chair, Rapporteur: Duane Muller
Speaker on behalf of group, to be designated by the group
1530-1630 Synergies and Challenges: Reports from the Scientists and Funders
Presentations (by rapporteurs) of the results of the previous parallel discussions among scientists and funders (two presentations of 15 minutes each)
1600-1630 Coffee
1630-1730 General Discussions
Review, comparison and analysis of the results of the parallel discussions among scientists and funders
Co-Chairs: Antonio Navarra/ Janice Jiggins
1730-1745 Wrap-up for Day Two
1930 Dinner (open buffet)
Overnight Drafting group works overnight to develop synthesis perspectives for discussion on last morning, developing draft conclusions and recommendations for the way ahead. Workshop organizers will identify individuals to participate in this drafting effort (interested parties should make themselves known to Thomas, Uno or Margaret).
Thursday 19 May 2005
0900 Invited Presentations
0900-0935 Science That Links Research and Development
A presentation of twenty minutes followed by fifteen minutes discussion
0935-1010 Capacity Building for Global Change and Development-Oriented Research
A presentation of twenty minutes followed by fifteen minutes discussion
1010-1040 The Role of Development Aid Agencies and Global Change Research Funding Agencies in Asia and the Pacific
A presentation of twenty minutes followed by fifteen minutes discussion
1040-1110 Coffee
1110 Session 4: Synthesis and the Way Ahead
Co-Chairs: Margaret Leinen/ Thomas Rosswall
The Workshop is asked to synthesize the work of the first two days of discussions based on a report from the overnight drafting group and to develop conclusions and recommendations for the way ahead.
1110-1140 Synthesis and the Way Ahead:
Report from the Overnight Drafting Group
The drafting group that worked overnight will present its report
1140-1300 Synthesis and the Way Ahead: Development of Final Conclusions and Recommendations
Closing Reflections from the workshop organizers:
Thomas Rosswall, Uno Svedin, Margaret Leinen
1300 Lunch and meeting adjourn
