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Wednesday, March 8
Arrival participants, settling at the hotel
Dinner hosted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Sakha Republic (Hotel Tygyn Darkhan) Thursday, March 9
Flood Workshop “Flood forecasting and risk assessment in the Northern regions” Moderator: V.B. Grabtsevich, Vice-President of the Government of the Sakha Republic
- Welcome addresses: A.K. Akimov, Vice-President of the Republic of Sakha , V.B. Grabtsevich, Assistant to the President of the Government of the Sakha Republic (15 mn), N.V. Andreev (Ministry of Emergencies of the Sakha Republic )
- Background presentation on the Flood working group, the agenda and the goals of the workshop. Natalie Novik, Program Coordinator, Northern Forum
- “Preventive measures in the Sakha Republic ”, V.L. Sukhoborov, Minister for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Response of the Sakha Republic
- “Assessment of the accuracy of river forecasts and decision management in the Northwest region of the United States ”, Robin Radlein, Director, Alaska-Pacific Hydrology Center
- “Role played by ecological monitoring in forecasting emergency situations in the Sakha Republic ”, V.I. Arkhipov, First Vice-Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Sakha Republic .
- Presentation on “Freshet (naled) situations”, Richard Janowicz, Manager, Hydrology, Yukon , Environment Canada.
- Press conference by the participants of the Northern Forum Flood Working Group
Flood Workshop. Moderator: V.I. Arkhipov, First Vice-Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Sakha Republic
- “GIS technology applications for flood forecasting using satellite data”, Vassili Kopylov, Director, Earth Remote Sensing Center , UNIIT, Khanty-Mansiysk ( Russia )
- “Late spring flooding in the Verkhoiansk Ulus, and actual measures taken for forecasting, preventing and responding”, V.G. Pavlov, Head of the Verkhoiansk Ulus (Sakha Republic)
- “Problems and results of mathematical modeling of the active space-time structure of the thermodynamic and ice regimes of large Northern rivers (using as an example the Sosva River in Khanty-Mansisysk)”, Peter Y. Pushistov, Professor, Director of the Mathematical Modelling Lab for environment and nature use, UNIIT, Maxim N. Vtorushin, Analytical Center at the Environmental Faculty of the Yugra State University
- “Complex approach to solving monitoring problems regarding spring flood forecasting on Northern Rivers”, Valeri Ageyev, Director of the Lena Basin Water Department
- “Need to create a nature-based center in order to study the formation and dispersion mechanisms of ice jams on the rivers of Yakutia”, Konstantin Kusatov, Director of the Hydrology Department at the Yakut Hydrometeorological environmental monitoring center.
- “Flooding on the Lena River : actual problems”, Svetlana Arkhakova, Director of the Geography Chair at the Yakutsk State University
- “Knowledge regarding flooding and climate change – overview of traditional knowledge”, Tero Mustonen, Leader of the Northern Forum project “Snowchange”
Discussion of the above presentations
Visit to Sakha Theater
Friday, March 10
Flood Workshop. Moderator: V. N. Vassiliev, Acting Director of the Northern Forum Secretariat in Yakutsk
- “Use of georadar to measure ice thickness and structure”, A.V. Omelianenko, Chief collaborator, Mining Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Acting Member of the International Science Academy for safety and environment.
- C-CORE “The Polar View”, Charles Randell , Vice-President of C-CORE
- C-CORE: discussion of cooperation with Russian partners
- Meeting with the President of the Sakha Republic , Mr. Viacheslav Shtyrov
- Visit to the diamond repository of the Sakha Republic
Flood workshop. Moderator: L.S. Volkova, Leader of the Working Group, Main specialist at the Ministry of Natural Protection of the Sakha Republic
- Discussion of the cooperation regarding the use of remote sensing data
- Discussion and negotiations between C-CORE and participants
- Exchange of information and conclusions
Reception hosted by the President and the Government of the Sakha Republic
Saturday, March 11 th
Field work on preventive measures
Survey by helicopter MI-8, ice cutting and blackening
Sunday, March 12
Flood Workshop. Moderator: Natalie Novik , Program Coordinator, Northern Forum.
- “Field work results”, A.V. Omelianenko.
- Final decisions on workshops for specialists ( Alaska , Alberta ).
- Translation of flood literature.
- Discussion of mathematical models.
Flood Workshop. Moderator: Natalie Novik , Program Coordinator, Northern Forum.
Flood Workshop. Moderator: Natalie Novik , Program Coordinator, Northern Forum.
Financing of the Working Group (NATO and other sources).
Reporting for the Northern Forum.
Discussion of the next workshop, Phase II and the long term plan.
Dinner hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Sakha Republic
Monday, March 13
Departure of the participants for the airport.
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