Institute for European
Studies: Mediterranean
Studies Initiative
Cornell Law School: Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle
East and North Africa / Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Department of Biological
and Environmental Engineering
Municipality of Athens
District of Lasithi, Crete

Water Scarcity, Risk and Democracy in the Mediterranean and Beyond

ATHENS CULTURAL CENTER, APRIL 12-13, 2013

Institute for European
Studies: Mediterranean
Studies Initiative
Cornell Law School: Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle
East and North Africa / Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Department of Biological
and Environmental Engineering
Municipality of Athens
District of Lasithi, Crete

Friday, April 12th 18.00 - 20.00

WELCOME AND OPENING RECEPTION

Gail Holst-Warhaft, Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell University.

Agni Vlavianos-Arvantis,Biopolitics International, Athens. Keynote speaker.

Saturday, April 13th 9.30- 13.00

Ecological Conflict and Migration: from Desert Aquifers to the Mediterranean Sea.

Saleh Saleh, University of Dundee, Scotland

The Role of Drought and Climate Change in the Syrian Uprising: Untangling the Triggers of the Revolution.
Francesca de Châtel,Journalist and Editor, Belgium

Reengaging the Mediterranean.Professor Irene Klaver, University of North Texas, Dallas USA

Cross-Borders Groundwater Basins in the Middle East: A Trigger for Conflict or a Catalyst for Collaboration

Eilon Adar,Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Coming Changes in Water Policy: The Case of Spain

Prof. Ramon Llamas,Director, Water Observatory, Bottin Foundation, Spain

Large-scale Land Acquisitions in Contemporary Ethiopia: Implications for Water

Professor Fouad Makki,Cornell University

Collaboration on Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean: How far, how fast?

Anthi Brouma, Senior Programme Officer, Global Water Partnership Mediterranean, Greece

Water Issues in a Troubled Urban Landscape

Panayiotis Nektarios, Agricultural University of Athens

Biopolicy and Biodiplomacy against Hydroschizophrenia and Hydrohegemony.George Stournaras, University of Athens

13.00-15.00 Lunch

15.00-17.00 Round table discussion

Water scarcity and risk in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, led by Prof. Michael Scoullos, Chairman of GWP-Med, UNESCO Chair and Network on Sustainable DevelopmentManagement andEducation in the Mediterranean, University of Athens

17.00-18.30 Water-Life-Culture

The Program “Water-Life-Culture” in Crete and the Mediterranean. (Crete-Cornell)

Nikos Kastrinakis,Governor, Lasithi District, Crete

Water on the Brink

Gail Holst-Warhaft and Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell University

Hydrology and Governance

Cathelijne Stoof, Diana Biller, Cornell University

18.30 Reception

19.30Performance by Mariza Koch and children’s chorus from the Center for Living Music:Teaching Water’s Value: “The Quilt with the Golden Bells”

21.00Dinner at restaurant