The 2020 annual meeting of the COST Action CONVERGES is organised in Thessaloniki (Greece).
Agenda
Wednesday 12th February
9h00-9h15 Welcome
9h15-10h30 Keynote presentation : David M. Merritt, PhD, Forest Service, National Stream and Aquatic Ecology Center, USA
10h30-11h00 Break
11h00-12h30 Working Group 1
- Introduction, Overview of activities in WG2
- Assessment method
- Pressures and global changes
- Ecosystems services
- Phytoecological approaches
- Overall open discussion
12h30-14h00 Lunch
14h00-14h30 Working Group 4
14h30-15h00 Land4flood COST action presentation (Jason Papathanasiou)
15h00-15h30 Break
15h30-17h00 Working Group 2
- Introduction, Overview of activities in WG2
- Riparian restoration review
- Genetic Conservation
- Remote sensing
- Management, legislation and stakeholder awareness
- Overall open discussion
Thrusday 13th February
9h00-10h40 Working Group 3 Establishing misalignments in riparian knowledge and priorities for knowledge conversion for enhanced management (Kick-off)
10h40-11h45 Break / poster / collective works
11h45-12h30 Developing new projects, applying for new funds
12h30-14h00 Lunch
14h00-15h00 Open session :
- Tomasz Okruszko, Flood-pulse impact on riparian/floodplain vegetation.
- Antoni Mas Ponce and Sonia Sánchez Mateo, Long term monitoring observatory
- Cvetanka Cvetkoska, Functional characteristics of riparian vegetation along Pcinja River in Macedonia
- Hanna Hajdukiewicz, Riparian forests changes along Polish Carpathian rivers
- Ellis Penning, Google earth engine for floodplain vegetatin monitoring
15h00-17h00 Management Committee COST Action CONVERGES
contact : local organiser (Eleni Abraham, eabraham@for.auth.gr) and Action chair (Simon Dufour)
