GSB Anniversary - Tuesday 18th January 2022
POSTPONED
GeoERA Concluding Conference - Wednesday 19th January 2022
| 08:45 | Link Available to Join |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome Ralph Watzel, Director BGR and President of EuroGeoSurveys, Joop Hasselman, Project Coordinator |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | GeoERA, Towards a Geological Service for Europe Wolfgang Schneider, Policy Officer, Clean Energy Transition Unit C1, DG RTD |
| 09:20 - 09:35 | Necessity of Raw Material Information for Europe Peter Handley, Head of Unit Energy Intensive Industries - Raw Materials, DG GROW |
| 09:35 - 09:50 | The Importance of Geological Information for Member States Ruud Cino, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Highlights per GeoERA Theme Theme Coordinators |
| 10:10- 11:35 | GeoERA Results Project Leads, 15 Virtual Stand up Presentations |
| 11:35 - 11:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | PANEL DISCUSSION Ralph Watzel (Moderator), Director BGR and President of EuroGeoSurveys Dr Geoff Plumlee, Chief Scientist, United States Geological Survey Scott Foster, Director Sustainable Energy UNECE Laura Burke, Chair Management Board European Environment Agency Maria Vassilakou, Mission Board Climate-Neutral Cities |
| 12:45 - 12:50 | Closing Remarks Ralph Watzel |
GeoERA - Feedback from Stakeholders - Thursday 20th January 2022
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Welcome Ralph Watzel, Director BGR and President of EuroGeoSurveys Renata Barros, Researcher at the Geological Survey of Belgium, Moderator |
| 09:10 - 10:10 | Geological Service for Europe as a Foundation to the Green Deal - Panel Discussion GeoERA and the CSA want to contribute to the foundation of the Green Deal. What are the expectations? What recommendations can be given? Each of the stakeholders will give feedback from their own perspective of raw materials, geo-energy or groundwater. Moderator: Renata Barros, Researcher at the Geological Survey of Belgium Robert Holnsteiner, Head of Department Federal, Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Austria Gerdi Breembroek, Netherlands Enterprise Agency Olivier Bouc, Scientific Officer, French National Research Agency |
| 10:20 - 11:20 | Geological Information from a User Perspective - Panel Discussion What geological information is needed from the perspective of the various users? What adjustments are needed to move from a national/regional user group to a European user base? Moderator: Renata Barros, Researcher at the Geological Survey of Belgium Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Program Manager International Seabed Authority Jamaica Philippe Quevauviller, Policy Officer, DG Home Hari Tulsidas, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECE |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Positioning of the Geological Service for Europe - Panel Discussion The added value of geological information on a regional, national and European scale also influences the way in which the Geological Service for Europe can best be organised. How can it best be positioned? Are there any inspiring examples? Moderator: Renata Barros, Researcher at the Geological Survey of Belgium Riikka Aaltonen, Senior Adviser, Mineral Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs Finland Ruud Cino, MT member Ministry of Economic Affairs the Netherlands Rolf Kuby Director Euromines |
| 12:30 - 12:35 | Closing Remarks Ralph Watzel |
GSB Anniversary - Tuesday 18th January 2022
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Welcome and Opening - Patricia Supply Director, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | Celebrating geology as a part of Science Policy - Belgian Science Policy Office |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Be.Geology – Serving Society - Vanessa Heyvaert, Director, Geological Survey of Belgium |
| 10:00 - 11:00 10:00 - 10:20 10:20 - 10:40 10:40 - 11:00 |
GSB as Catalyser of Earth Research When FSIs join forces - Koen Van Noten, Royal Observatory of Belgium Two decades of cooperation with the GSB - Jean-Marc Baele, University of Mons Hazard research around the globe - Marc De Batist, University of Ghent |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Serving society as a GSB Geologist – Van Den Broeck Medal Lecture - Michiel Dusar, GSB |
| 12:30 - 14:30 | LUNCHING WITHIN A SURVEY: Walking lunch, demonstrations, tours of facilities and collections |
| 14:30 - 15:55 14:30 - 14:35 14:35 - 14:50 14:50 - 15:05 15:05 - 15:20 15:20 - 15:45 |
Global challenges and local Surveys: responsibilities and actions Introduction by GSB-moderator Cross-Border Cooperation in the Low Countries - Making Political Boundaries Invisible - Michiel van der Meulen, TNO Geology and the breadth of climate research - Slavko Solar, UNECE European Surveys and the US Geological Survey - Ingrid Verstraeten, USGS Moderated panel debate |
| 15:55 - 16:00 | Concluding Prospects - Patricia Supply, RBINS |
| 16:00 | BIRTHDAY CAKE – First cut by RBINS General Director Patricia Supply |
GeoERA Concluding Conference - Wednesday 19th January 2022
| 08:00 - 09:15 | Registration |
| 09:15 - 09:25 | Welcome - Ralph Watzel, Director BGR and President of EuroGeoSurveys |
| 09:25 - 09:40 | GeoERA, Towards a Geological Service for Europe Wolfgang Schneider, Policy Officer, Clean Energy Transition Unit C1, DG RTD |
| 09:40 - 09:55 | Geological Information Supporting the Green Deal Diederik Samson, Head of Cabinet, Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans (to be confirmed) |
| 09:55 - 10:10 | Necessity of Raw Material Information for Europe Peter Handley, Head of Unit Energy Intensive Industries - Raw Materials, DG GROW |
| 10:10 - 10:25 | The Importance of Geological Information for Member States Sandor Gaastra, Director-General, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands (to be confirmed) |
| 10:25 - 11:00 | GeoERA Results - Joop Hasselman, Project Coordinator GeoERA |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION Ralph Watzel (Moderator), Director BGR and President of EuroGeoSurveys Dr Geoff Plumlee, Senior Scientist, United States Geological Survey Scott Foster, Director Sustainable Energy UNECE Laura Burke, Chair Management Board European Environment Agency Elisa Vargas Amelin, Policy Officer DG Environment, Chair WG GW Maria Vassilakou, Mission Board Climate-Neutral Cities |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30 - 17:30 | TOUR OF THE MUSEUM - During a tour of the museum the results of GeoERA will be presented at 9 exciting locations |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | RECEPTION - All participants welcome |
| 18:30 - 21:00 | DINING AMONG THE DINOSAURS - Evening dinner within the Dinosaur Gallery of the Museum. Please register your place at the dinner |
Directors' Workshop - Thursday 20th January 2022
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Geological Survey for Europe as a Foundation to the Green Deal - Panel Discussion GeoERA and the CSA want to contribute to the foundation of the Green Deal. What are the expectations? What recommendations can be given? Each of the stakeholders will give feedback from their own perspective of raw materials, geo-energy or groundwater. Robert Holnsteiner, Head of Department Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, Austria Gerdi Breembroek, Netherlands Enterprise Agency Olivier Bouc, Scientific Officer, French National Research Agency |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Geological Information from a User Perspective - Panel Discussion What geological information is needed from the perspective of the various users? What adjustments are needed to move from a national/regional user group to a European user base? Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Program Manager International Seabed Authority Jamaica Philippe Quevauviller, Policy Officer, DG Home Hari Tulsidas, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECE |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Positioning of the Geological Service for Europe - Panel Discussion The added value of geological information on a regional, national and European scale also influences the way in which the Geological Service for Europe can best be organised. How can it best be positioned? Are there any inspiring examples? Riikka Aaltonen, Senior Adviser, Mineral Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs Finland Ruud Cino, MT member Ministry of Economic Affairs the Netherlands Guglielmo di Cola, Member of Cabinet of the EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Rolf Kuby Director Euromines |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | LUNCH |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | EVALUATION OF STAKEHOLDERS' FEEDBACK |
