Version 24 September 2004
ESPON SEMINAR
11-12 October 2004
ESPON Monitoring Committee,
ESPON Contact Points and Transnational Project Groups
Venue: Radboud University,
Comeniuslaan 2
6525 HP Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Final Programme
Sunday 10 October 2004
19.00 Welcome cocktail offered by the City of Nijmegen at the City Hall in
Korte Nieuwstraat 6, Nijmegen
-Welcome by the Mayor of Nijmegen, Mrs. G. ter Horst
Monday 11 October 2004
8.00 – 9.00 Registration of participants
SETTING OF THE SCENE
Chair: Derek Martin, Chairman of the ESPON Monitoring Committee
9.00 Opening
-Welcome by Andreas Faludi, representative of Radboud University
-Welcome by Jaap Modder on behalf of the city-region Arnhem-Nijmegen
-Aims of seminar by Thiemo Eser, the ESPON Managing Authority
9.30 Policy development around the ESPON programme
- Territorial Agenda for Europe, Peter Schmeitz, the Netherlands
- Ambitions of coming EU Presidencies, Thiemo Eser, Luxembourg
FIRST FINAL ESPON RESULTS
Chair: John Martin, MC Ireland
10.00-10.30: Overview on first final results and scientific progress of ESPON
-Presentation of draft Final Report of project 3.1/Tools, Peter Schön
10.30 – 11.15: Individual presentation of projects (20 minutes each)
- Project 1.1.1/Polycentrism
- Project 1.1.2/Urban-rural
11.15-11.45: Coffee break
11.45-13.00: Individual presentation of projects (20 minutes each)
- Project 1.2.1/Transport trends
- Project 2.1.1/Transport impacts
- Project 1.2.2/Telecommunication
13.00-14.30: Lunch
14.30-15.30: Individual presentation of projects (20 minutes each)
- Project 2.1.2/R&D impacts
- Project 1.3.2/Natural heritage
- Project 2.1.3/CAP impacts
15.30-16.00: Coffee break
16.00-18.30: Discussion of final results in 4 parallel workshops
Workshop A: Polycentrism and urban-rural relations (project 1.1.1 and 1.1.2)
Moderator: Wendelin Strubelt, Rapporteur: Ed Dammers
Workshop B: Transport
Moderator: Andreu Ulied, Rapporteur: Heiki Eskelinen
Workshop C: R&D and telecommunication
Moderator: Cliff Hague, Rapporteur: Roberta Capello
Workshop D: Natural heritage and impacts of CAP policies
Moderator: Panagiotis Getimis, Rapporteur: Marco Kellenberger
[A few moderators and rapporteurs still to be confirmed]
20.00: Dinner offered by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, in the presence of Minister Sybilla Dekker
Tuesday 12 October 2004
FIRST FINAL ESPON RESULTS, continued
Chair: Derek Martin, MC chairman
9.00-10.30: Plenum discussion on Final Reports including feed back from workshops
-Feed back from the rapporteurs of the workshops
-Statements on first Final ESPON reports from the MC: Paul Drew (MC United Kingdom), Jean Peyrony (MC France) and Patrick Salez, The Commission
10.30-11.00: Coffee break
INTERIM REPORTS
Chair: Margarita Jancic, MC Slovenia
11.00 – 12.00 Presentation of Third Interim Reports
-Individual presentation by each of the TPG: max. 15 min. presentations
- Project 1.1.3/Enlargement
- Project 2.1.4/Energy
- Project 2.2.1/SF impact
- Project 2.2.2/Pre-aid impact
12.00 – 13.00 Plenary feed back on Third Interim Reports
-Advice from TPG’s of first round of projects, MC members, the Commission and ECP network on finalising the research projects.
13.00-14.30: Lunch
SPATIAL SCENARIOS AND SCIENTIFIC COHERENCE
Chair: Moritz Lennert, project 3.2/Scenarios
15.00 – 15.30: General introduction
-Integration of ESPON results into the scenario building process
-Future tasks for the scientific coherence of the ESPON Programme
Jacques Robert and Moritz Lennert, project 3.2
15.30 – 16.30: Plenary discussion, including orientations for the next phase
16.30 -17.00 Coffee break
NEXT STEPS IN THE ESPON PROCESS
Chair: Peter Mehlbye, ESPON CU
17.00 – 17.30: Outlook from the Commission
- Strategy development, studies and priorities
Patrick Salez, the Commission
17.30-18.00 Projects, networking and communication
-Main events and developments foreseen in the next phase of the ESPON 2006 programme
Peter Mehlbye, ESPON CU
Closing remarks
18.15 Farewell drink
PS: In the large hall way of the conference venue presentation of the ESPON Database and GIS facilities will take place.
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