Program for the EUROPARC Conference 2009
100 Years of National Parks in Europe: a Shared Inheritance, a Common Future
There will be shuttle boats available between Strömstad harbour and the conference venue at Quality Spa & Resort Hotel. The timetable can be found inside your conference badge. Timetables are also posted at the hotels.
Tuesday 8 September
Please note that Quality Spa & Resort Hotel is only open to those who are staying there on Tuesday night due to increased security associated with the High-level meeting there 7–9 September 14.00 Conference registration at Laholmen Hotel –22.00 (No. 2 on map) 19.00 Welcome reception at Laholmen Hotel –22.00 (Informal buffet) 09.00 Short guided tour of Nordkoster; –10.30 inauguration programme with His Majesty the King of Sweden in attendance 10.40 Departure from Koster Islands to Strömstad –11.00 (Be onboard at 10.50 at the latest!) Light refreshments served onboard 11.30 Inauguration ceremony in Strömstad at –13.30 Skeppsbroplatsen (No. 6 on map) 14.00 Lunch cruise to Ytre Hvaler National Park in Norway from Strömstad harbour. (No. 9 on map. Be onboard the ferries at 13.50 at the latest!)
Festivities in Strömstad (No. 6 on map)
10.00–22.00 Inauguration activities and information tents open (Shrimps available at a special discounted price) Information, interviews and films on main stage Inauguration ceremony in Strömstad (singing and speeches with Swedish and Norwegian royalties in attendance; entertainment by comedy group After Shave, Salen Horn Orchestra and Fredrikstad Mandsangerforening) Entertainment with Bosse Markendahl and Old Spice Band and guests; opportunity to visit the East Indiaman Götheborg ship Inauguration ceremony of Ytre Hvaler National Park at Skjärhalden in Norway shown on wide screen Modern Dance Theatre with Charlotta Öfverholm and Kenneth Flak Sing-along with Calle Bergström and Erika Båtta Show with Anders Ericsson and After Shave comedy group
10.30–11.30 11.30–13.30
15.30 Inauguration ceremony of Ytre Hvaler –16.25 National Park Singing and speeches with Swedish and Norwegian royalties in attendance; entertainment by Tine Thing Helseth, Hvaler trivsleskor (choir), and The Battery 16.30 17.45 18.00 Ferries leave for Strömstad (Be onboard at 16.25 at the latest!) Arrival in Strömstad by boat from Ytre Hvaler National Park Official opening of the EUROPARC Conference 2009 in the conference room Armeria at the Quality Spa & Resort Hotel Maria Ågren, Director General of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Erika Stanciu, President of the EUROPARC Council Ronnie Brorsson, Mayor of Strömstad Lars Bäckström, Governor of Västra Götaland County Andreas Carlgren, Minister for the Environment Moderator: Kerstin Johannesson, Professor in marine Ecology at the University of Göteborg Entertainment by Hemållt 20.00 Buffet dinner (Quality Spa & Resort Hotel
14.00–15.30
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Wednesday 9 September
15.00 Conference registration at Quality Spa & –20.00 Resort Hotel (No. 1 on map) 07.30 Board ferries for the Koster Islands. Ferries leave from Strömstad harbour (No. 9 on map) Be onboard the ferries in the harbour at 07:50 at the latest! Delegates staying at Quality Spa & Resort Hotel will be picked up at the hotel by boat at 07.45 Boats depart from Strömstad to the Koster Islands and Kosterhavet National Park
08.00
Thursday 10 September
08.00 09.00 Late registration at Quality Spa & Resort Hotel (No. 1 on map) Keynote speeches on “100 years of National Parks in Europe: a Shared Inheritance; a Common Future” Location: Armeria, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel Moderator: Eva Krutmeijer, Science Communicator at Mind the Gap Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Pavan Sukhdev, study leader for the Report on the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB-report) Tamas Marghescu, Formerly International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Regional Director for Pan Europe and Permanent Representative to the European Union Coffee break Keynote speakers cont. Peter Westman, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) Sweden Gordon Miller, International Ranger Federation Kristen Biebl, Bayerischer Wald National Park to deliver a message on behalf of the Junior Rangers of Europe Panel discussion led by Eva Krutmeijer Lunch (at the Quality Spa & Resort Hotel) EUROPARC General Assembly, (Location: Armeria Quality Spa & Resort Hotel) Coffee served 14.30 City tour for non-members Meeting point at Strömstad Square (No. 9 on map) Side meetings (Quality Spa & Resort Hotel) European Charter; Chair: Petra Dippold; Conference room: Pandalus 1 Marine & Coastal Working Group; Chair: Edward Holdaway; Conference room: Hypericum Section meeting; Chair: Martin Lane; Conference room: Lonicera 20.00 19.00 Nordic-Baltic Section; Chair: Thomas Hansson; Conference room: Pandalus 2 The Economic Importance of Leisure and Tourism in Wetlands. Chair: Hans Schiphorst; Conference room: Somateria Dinner (Quality Spa & Resort Hotel)
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Friday 11 September
09.00 Excursions –17.00 09.00 Departure for excursions from Strömstad by bus or boat. Meeting point at Strömstad Square (No. 9 on map). Please note that excursion A1 leaves at 08.30. Please be at the meeting point at 08.50 at the latest! A1. Discover Life Below the Surface in Kosterhavet National Park A2. Sail the Archipelago on the Swedish West coast A3. Experience Kosterhavet National Park by Boat A4. Sustainable Fishing in Kosterhavet National Park A5. Rock carvings at the Tanum World Heritage Site A6. Walking tour of Trossö, Kalvö and Lindö A7. Visit Nordens Ark Zoo and Rams vikslandet Nature A8. Experience the Halleberg and Hunneberg Table Mountains and the Tunhems Ekhagar Nature Reserve A9. Experience the Wilderness of Tresticklan National Park on Foot A10. Sustainable Tourism in Kosterhavet National Park A11. Discover the Koster Islands by Bike Wild Fires – Australia’s Black Saturday, talk and pictures with Rodney Newham; Location: Conference room Lindholmen, at Laholmen Hotel (No. 2 on map) Dinner Skagerack Restaurant (No. 10 on map). Photographer Staffan Widstrand shows pictures from Wild Wonders of Europe
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Saturday 12 September
09.30 Spa for accompanying persons (Meeting point in the Quality Spa & Resort Hotel Lobby) 09.30 Workshops (Quality Spa & Resort Hotel and Laholmen Hotel) B1. Adaptation to Climate Change in Protected Areas; Vitulina, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B2. Sustainable Fisheries and Local Management of Natural Resources. Pagarus, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B3. Implementing the European Landscape Convention: Sharing Experiences and Promoting Action; Armeria; Quality Spa & Resort hotel B4. Protected Areas and Biodiversity: the 2010 Target and Beyond; Alaska, Laholmen Hotel B5. Sustainable Grassland Management; Lonicera, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B6. Protected Areas, Tourism and Recreation: an Engine for Sustainable Development; Pandalus 1+2, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B7. Working Across Borders: Tools to Improve Transboundary Cooperation; Nord and Syd Hälsö, Laholmen Hotel B8. Evaluation of Management Effectiveness: Future Proofing; Hypericum, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B9. A Shared Inheritance, a Common Future: How to Preserve Natural and Cultural Values; Saltö, Laholmen Hotel B10. Coastal and Marine Protected Areas: Engaging with Marine Planning; Rossö, Laholmen Hotel B11. The Wilderness Approach in Europe: Implementing the Message from Prague; Primula, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B12. Improving the Practice of Conservation through Adaptive Management; Aurelia, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B13. Communicating the Benefits and Values of Protected Areas; Somateria, Quality Spa & Resort Hotel B14. Healthy Parks, Healthy People; Tjärnö, Laholmen Hotel 19.30 12.00 B15. Sustainable Nature Tourism: Framework, Principles and Tools; Furholmen, Laholmen Hotel Lunch (Quality Spa & Resort Hotel and Laholmen Hotel) Workshops, cont. Workshops end Plenary session (Location: Armeria at Quality Spa & Resort Hotel; Moderator: Carol Ritchie, EUROPARC Federation) Feedback from workshops Transboundary Parks, Richard Blackman, EUROPARC Federation European Charter, Petra Dippold, EUROPARC Federation Conference messages, Ian Jardine, Chief Executive of Scottish Natural Heritage Presentation of the EUROPARC Conference 2010 Gala dinner (Location: Quality Spa & Resort Hotel) Alfred Toepfer Medal & Alfred Toepfer Scholarship Music entertainment
13.00 15.00 15.30
Sunday 13 September
Departure (Departure schedules will be posted at the hotels)