Groundwater and climate change | sloveniabusiness.eu

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning and SPIRIT Slovenia – the Public Agency for Entrepreneurship, Internationalization, Foreign Investments and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia are organising a high - level event on the UN World Water Day.

The event will discuss how to employ science and technological innovation in groundwater policies, governance, and management, in order to ensure its good quantitative and qualitative status and benefits also under altered conditions and circumstances due to the climate change effects.

The roundtable shall be performing inserts of practical solutions in cooperation with Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Science and Technologies (SPACE-SI), National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food and with the international water platform Bled Water Festival.

AGENDA

11:00

WELCOME ADDRESSES

H.E. Mr. Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia (video)
Mr. Rok Tomšič, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia
H.E. Mr. Andrej Vizjak, Minister, Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning the Republic of Slovenia
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PANEL DISCUSSION "GROUNDWATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE"

H.E. Mr. Andrej Vizjak, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenia (host)
H.E. Ms. Mariam Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, U.A.E. (t.b.c.)
Ms. Jaana Husu-Kallio, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
Mr. Sumit Vij, Senior Scientific Officer, Geneva Water Hub, Geneva
Mr. Loic Charpentier, Water Innovation Policy Manager, Water Europe, Bruselss
Mr. Vinod Tare, Founding Head, cGanga, IIT Kanpur, India
Mr. Marco Keiner, Director, Environment Division, UNECE

Moderator: Mr. Aleš Bizjak, Ministry of the Environmental and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

PRESENTATION OF PRACTICES

Mr. Tomaž Rodič, Director, Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies (SPACE-SI), Slovenia
Mr. Marko Maver, Assistant Director, National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food, Slovenia
Mr. Marko Gajić, Bled Water Festival, Slovenia

Moderator: Mr. Aleš Bizjak, Ministry of the Environmental and Spatial Planning, Slovenia

14:00

NETWORKING LUNCH

According to the menu, waters are chosen and presented by water sommelier.

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