Project “RainSolutions" 2nd Consortium Meeting
Time & Location
About the event
18 February 2020 (General Meeting Venue: University of Tartu Library, W. Struve 1, Tartu – enter the main hall and follow the signs to the meeting room)
09:00 Arrival, registration and coffee/tea
09:15 Welcome by the host and management team
09:30 Institutional presentations outlining follow-up since the kick-off meeting
09:30 University of Tartu [UT]
09:50 University of Johannesburg [UJ]
10:00 University of Pretoria [UP]
10:10 VESI Environmental Ltd. [VESI]
10:30 Federal University of Technology [UTFPA]
10:45 Técnica y Proyectos S.A. [TYPSA]
11:05 Break
11:25 Oslo Metropolitan University [OMU]
11:55 Wageningen University and Research [WUR]
12:15 Lund University [ULUND and MALMÖ]
12:40 Danube Delta National Institute for R&D [DDNI]
13:00 Lunch (Gaudeamus, inside the library building)
13:40 Project description and plans for Work Packages (WP)
13:40 Output from WP1. Building on existing knowledge [UT].
14:00 Output from WP2. Improving landscape, environmental and water quality aspects of
urban water Resources [DDNI].
14:20 Output from WP3. Increasing urban resilience to climate pressures [WUR].
14:40 Progress update regarding WP4. Legal and institutional arrangements to sustain NBS
for social inclusion [OMU].
14:50 Progress update regarding WP7. Dissemination, stakeholder engagement and
communication [ULUND].
15:00 Progress update regarding WP8.Project management and coordination [ULUND].
15:10 Site visits (UT research sites: Green roof at local preschool and Vända constructed wetland) followed by coffee [UT]
16:45 RainSolutions Research Project Presentations:
16:45 Climate Scenario Analysis Based on Climate Chamber Experiments
(Shokoufeh, PhD student, ULUND)
17:15 Title to be provided (Adithya, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, WUR)
Other partner presentations (Call for expressions of interest is open.)
17:45 Meeting closes (provisional)
19:30 Dinner (Venue: Restaurant Joyce, Riia Steet 2, Tartu, https://vspahotel.ee/en/joyce-restaurant. The host will kindly pay for the food. Note that individuals pay for their drinks.)
19 February 2020 (General Meeting Venue: University of Tartu Library, W. Struve 1, Tartu – enter the main hall and follow the signs to the meeting room)
09:00 Welcome, coffee and Summary of Outcomes from the First Day
09:30 WP5/7. Framework application to selected case studies [VESI and OMU].]
10:00 Project deliverables check-up (D1-D13)
10:30 Discussion: Synergies and cooperation among partners
11:00 Open discussion: Future opportunities and possible joint collaborations.
11:30 Teamwork and team building exercises (Call for alternative proposals is open.)
a. Game of Floods (https://www.marincounty.org/depts/cd/divisions/planning/csmart-sea-level-rise/game-of-floods)
b. Team Building Games
(https://www.wrike.com/blog/team-building-games/)
13:00 Lunch (Gaudeamus, inside the library building)
13:40 Advisory Board: Organisation, role, members and meetings, update [OMU]
14:10 Minutes, action points and deadlines, update [ULUND]
14:30 Plans for coming activities and events
15:05 Wrap-up and any other issues
15:15 Meeting closes
18:00 Get-together with those who stay in Tartu and are interested in local craft beer – Pühaste Cellar, Rüütli street 11, Tartu: http://www.puhastebeer.com/kelder (individuals pay for their food and drink)