Programme

Tuesday 4 July

9:00 – 10:45

Opening Session

10:45-11:45

Coffee break

11:15 – 13:00

Thematic Session 1: Towards the development of sustainable tourism–I

Thematic Session 2: Natural Disasters: the ongoing challenge for the Caucasus

Thematic Session 3: Towards the development of sustainable tourism III

Thematic Session 4: Art, Culture, History, and Crafts I: a potential of tourism promotion and development

Thematic Session 5: Sustainable Development Outlook: indices and indicators

Workshop 1:
Mountains ADAPT: Advancing Local Climate Action in the South Caucasus

Workshop 2:
Education for Sustainable Development: Tools and Stories of Mindset Transformation

13:00-14:30

Lunch / Presentation of Caucasus Environmental Outlook

14:30 – 16:15

Plenary Session 1: Tourism as the main livelihood for sustainable mountain development: Compatibility of Innovation and Tradition

16:15 – 16:45

Coffee break

16:45 – 18:30

Thematic Session 6: Towards the development of sustainable tourism II

Thematic Session 7: Climate Change in the Caucasus: studying the past and present

Thematic Session 8: Education for Sustainable Development

Thematic Session 9: Tourism Development Framework I

Thematic Session 10: The modeling and remote sensing in sustainable urban development

Workshop 3: Near to real-time monitoring of forest stands to combat illegal logging in the Ukrainian Carpathians

Workshop 4: Natural hazards (TBC)

Wednesday 5 July

9:00 – 10:45

Plenary Session 2: Inter- and Transdisciplinary approaches in landscapes protection and mountain tourism development: Role of Scientists in Research, Planning, and Development. Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Nugzar Zazanashvili, Conservation Director of WWF Caucasus

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 13:00

Thematic Session 11: Developing ecotourism in the Caucasus

Thematic Session 12: Forest ecosystems management

Thematic Session 13: Agriculture: economy, safety, and identity

Thematic Session 14: Human impacts on mountain ecosystems and landscapes

Workshop 5-I:       GEO Mountains Workshop: Interdisciplinary Monitoring, Data, and Capacity Sharing across the Caucasus

Workshop 6:    Protected Areas and Sustainable Mountain Development: What do we perceive when we observe a protected area?

13:00-14:30

Lunch /Presentation of Sustainable Caucasus New Strategy

14:00 – 15:45

Plenary session 3: Environmental Protection and Climate Change Response a Key Challenge for Developing Responsible Tourism Industry

16:15 – 16:45

Coffee break

16:45 – 18:30

Thematic Session 15: Tourism Development Framework I

Thematic Session 16: Renewable energy

Thematic Session 17: Biodiversity: A visiting card of the Region

Thematic Session 18: Art, Culture, History and Crafts II: the potential of tourism promotion and development

Workshop 5-II:
GEO Mountains Workshop: Interdisciplinary Monitoring, Data, and Capacity Sharing across the Caucasus

Workshop 7:
Social and historical perspectives (TBC)

Thursday 6 July

9:00 – 10:45

Thematic Session 19: Exploring sustainable tourism opportunities

Thematic Session 20: Landscape transformation and land use change

Thematic Session 21: Adaptive capacity and vulnerability of local socio-economic potential to climate change

Thematic Session 22:  Water resources

Thematic Session 23: Effects of natural disasters on tourism development

Workshop 8:
Role of SNC-mt in understanding the context for and application of transdisciplinary approaches in the Caucasus region

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 13:15

Poster session

Workshop 9:
Mountain Research & Development (MRD) journal: Caucasus Focus Issue

Workshop 10:
European Scientific Mountain Networks
(by invitation)

13:15 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 15:45

Closing session