“Proactive Human Response to Wildfires Outbreak: Measure and Prepare for It”
FINAL CONFERENCE
Organised by:
Region of Western Greece
Ancient Olympia, 20th- 21st October 2011
Wednesday, 19thOctober
Arrival of delegations to Ancient Olympia
21:00Welcome dinner to invited persons and partners offered by the Region of Western Greece
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Thursday, 20thOctober
Venue:Amphitheatre of International Olympic Academy
(simultaneous translation from Greek to English and vice versa will be available)
Morning Session
09:00-09:30Registration
09:30-09:35Welcome by the Secretary General of Decentralised Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and Ionian, Mr. Anastasios Apostolopoulos
09:35-09:40Welcome by the Governor of the Region, Mr. Apostolos Katsifaras
09:40-09:45Welcome by the Mayor of Ancient Olympia, Mr. Efthimios Kotzas
09:45-09:50Welcome by the Local Director of International Olympic Academy, Mr.Efthimios Lainis
09:50-09:55Welcome by the Director of Regional Development Fund, Mr. Christos Papasimakopoulos
09:55-10:00Video shot from the devastating fires of 2007 – Tribute to victims
10:00-10:30“Forestfires management: current trends”,
Representative from the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, Ministry of Citizen Protection
10:30-11:00“Protection of Forests”,
Representative from the Ministry of Environment, Energy & Climate Change
11:00-11:30“The agony to salvage a holy place: a real life experience from Ancient Olympia”,
Mrs Olympia Vikatou, Director of Archaeological Service Aetoloakarnania & Lefkada
11:30-12:00Coffee break
12:00-12:30“A journey to suffered places across Europe: the PRoMPt experience”,
Mrs Natassa Pyrgaki, Coordinator
12:30-13:00“Is PRoMPt a successful project?
Dr. Stefanos Michos, Technical Manager
13:00-13:30“The value of a contingency plan exercise: SarnanoS. Giacomo di Civitella simulations”,
Representatives from Province of Macerata & Mountain Union of Laga-M Zone (playing videos)
13:30-14:30Lunch break
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Afternoon Session
14:30-14:50“Insight into interregional cooperation”,
Mr Erwin Siweris, Deputy Programme Director
14:50-15:10Speech from EU Directorate of Civil Protection,
Representative from EU Directorate of Civil Protection
15:10-15:30Speech from EU Directorate of Environment,
Representative from EU Directorate of Environment
15:30-15:50“Voluntarism and forest fire suppression: the Portuguese case”,
Representative from Camara di Baiao
15:50-16:00Coffee break
16:00-16:20“Search for best cases on forest fires management”,
Mr. George Karagiannis, Sigma Engineering S.A.
16:20-16:40“Benchmarking analysis on best cases: a novel approach”,
Representative from NEA
16:40-17:10Intervention from stakeholders - Discussion
17:10-17:15Conclusions – Closure of the 1st Day
17:30-18:30Visit to 3D Museum in Ancient Olympia
20:30Dinner
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Friday, 21st October
Venue:Amphitheatre of International Olympic Academy
(simultaneous translation from Greek to English and vice versa will be available)
Networking Session
09:00-09:30Registration
09:30-09:50“Soft interventions in PRoMPt: some examples”,
PRoMPt partners (CTI, Bielsko-Biala, CTFC, RFD)
09:50-10:10“PRoMPt systemic approach to forest fire prevention and suppression: a novel readiness and effectiveness index”,
Mr. Anastasios Kanavos, ISI
10:10-10:30“The project Proterina-C”,
Ms Ulderica Parodi, Region of Liguria
10:30-10:50“The project Pyrosudoe”,
Mr. Eric Adrien, Conseil Général du Gard
10:50-11:00Coffee break
11:00-11:30“Sharing expertise on forest fires risks”,
Representative from INTERACT Point Valentia (playing video)
11:30-12:00Intervention from participants - Discussion
12:00-12:15Conclusions – Closure of the Final Conference
12:30-14:30Visit to Archaeological site and Museum of Ancient Olympia
14:30-15:30Light lunch
15:30-16:00Press Conference
16:00Departure of invited persons