Official Opening Conference of OT-Med took place on 17th December 2012 in Jardin du Pharo in Marseille. This conference, open to public, presented the main topics of OT-Med, with famous speakers of the concerned disciplines.
Global change in the Mediterranean: an interdisciplinary approach PROGRAM:
9h Reception – coffee
9h15 Opening Ceremony –Presidence of Aix-Marseille University and A*MIDEX
9h30 Presentation of OT-Med: objectives, structure, people –Joël Guiot, OT-Med Director
10h00 Invited keynote 1 : Roger Guesnerie, Collège de France «Les économistes face aux enjeux climatiques»
10h45-11h15 coffee break
11h15 Presentation of the five OT-Med work packages – Work Package leaders: WP1, WP2, WP3, TWP1, TWP2
12h30 Invited keynote 2 : Peter Verburg, Amsterdam Global Change Institute, The Netherlands «Land change: global change in local places»
13h15 Lunch : buffet MPM
14h30 Invited keynote 3 : Peter de Menocal, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NY «Cultural Responses to Climate Change: Taking a long view»
15h15 Invited keynote 4 : Montserrat Vilà, deputy director Estacion Biologica de Donana, Sevilla, Spain, «Impacts of biological invasions»
16h00 Coffee break
16h30 Round table with the members of the OT-Med Scientific Committee (*)
17h45 Conclusion – refreshments MPM (*) Hamed Ben Dhia, Nathalie de Noblet, Roger Guesnerie, Louis Legendre, Daniela Pantosti, Philippe Le Prestre, Peter de Menocal, Ricardo Trigo, Peter Verburg, Montserrat Vilà