The theme of this
year’s colloquium is “Towards 2020: Environmental challenges and opportunities
for the next decade”. The “2020”
date reflects the many environmental targets that have been set for the next
decade particularly in the areas of climate change reduction in EU greenhouse
gas and renewable energy generation.
The 2011 ENVIRON
colloquium is pleased to have the Environmental Protection Agency as a new
partner in the event, along with the Environmental Sciences Association of
Ireland and UCC. The 2020 date is appropriate to the Environmental Protection
Agency which has established goals for key environmental challenges in the area
of climate change, clean air, water, soil and biodiversity and sustainable use
of natural resources as part of their “2020
Vision –Protecting and Improving Ireland’s Environment”.
Professor Michael
Depledge (former Chairman of the UK Science Advisory Committee on the
Environment & Climate Change) will deliver the colloquium keynote address
on Wednesday, April 6th (8pm, Devere Hall, UCC) on the topic of “Health
and the Value of Nature”. The seminar is open to the public and all are welcome.
The colloquium
programme will begin on Thursday, April 7th with a plenary session involving
a number of high profile speakers who will speak on the colloquium theme of
environmental challenges and opportunities for the next decade; speaker will include
Professor John Sweeney (NUI Maynooth), Ms Laura Burke (Director of the EPA’s
Office of Communications and Corporate Services) and Mr John Mullins (CEO of
Bord Gais).
The 2011
colloquium research programme contains more than 150 oral and poster
presentations which will be presented under the sub-themes of: Water Quality, Energy & Climate Change, Marine and Coastal Research, Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Environmental Management, Environmental Technologies, Environment and Health.
ENVIRON 2011 also
has a range of additional training seminars, symposia and workshops including:
- Ocean Studies – Avenues for
Employment;
Creating a Career from Studies of the Sea
- Geospatial technologies – their value for your real world
applications
- Science Communication workshop
- 3rd Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium on Environmental Law
- Life Coaching
All workshops are
free to colloquium delegates. The colloquium organisers are cognisant of the
current economic environment and have introduced a special one-day registration
fee of €150 and students/OAPs/unemployed can register for €100. For more information
on the colloquium programme and to register for the event please visit: http://www.esaiweb.org/content/environ2011/
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