„Deltas & Wetlands” International Scientific Event, 30th edition

Live in Tulcea | June 05-09, 2023

Dr. Delia Dimitriu

Dr. Elchin Sultanov

Andreea Strachinescu

Dr. Ming Jiang

Dr. Erika Schneider

Dr. Costel Negrei

The event is organized under the patronage of the:

With the support of the:

Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization

IAD (International Association for Danube Research)

BENA (Balkan Environmental Association).

Tulcea County Council

Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority.

A short history about our institute, which includes scenes captured from our prevoius recent editions of “Deltas and Wetlands” International Scientific Event, that takes place in Tulcea, at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Hall.

5 days

9 Speakers

Event Schedule

Monday

05

all day

Arrival of participants

Tuesday

06

09.30am

Opening ceremony

Dr. Biol. Marian Tudor, General Director of DDNI

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Dr. Róbert-Eugen SZÉP, Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests

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Mrs. Magdalena-Andreea STRACHINESCU-OLTEANU, Head of unit, DG MARE

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Mr. Gabriel Teodosie MARINOV, Governor, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority

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Mrs. Elisabetta BALZI, Head of Unit at European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, Healthy Seas and Ocean (online)

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Mr. Amb. Lazăr COMĂNESCU, Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (online)

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Dr. Robert LICHTNER, Coordinator, Danube Strategy Point, EU Strategy for the Danube Region (online)

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Mrs. Ulrike LEIS, Deputy Director, Project Finance Programme European Climate Initiative (EUKI) (online)

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Rector emeritus, Prof. Dr. Adrian BAVARU, Ovidius University Constanţa

11.15am

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Dr. Ming JIANG, General Director of Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Science * (online presentation)

14.00pm

Green Deal Challenges – Decarbonising Danube Delta: 3D Initiative
(EDAPHIC-BLOOM Danube / All Stakeholders Meeting)

Keynote Speaker

Mrs. Magdalena-Andreea STRACHINESCU-OLTEANU, Head of Unit, New energy technologies, innovation and clean coal, DG Energy

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Florin NEMȚANU (University POLITEHNICA Bucharest): Smart Mobility in the Danube Delta Region

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Iuliean HORNEŢ (Cluster MEDGreen): Technologies for the sustainable exploitation of the non-wood biomass resources of the Danube Delta in order to protect and preserve it, in conjunction with the sustainable economic development of the area

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Iulian NICHERSU (DDNI): Master Plan for nature-based regional ecometry through the protection of organic soils, carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas mitigation potentials, Biodynamic Regenerative Agriculture and Biophilia in the Danube Floodplain and the Danube Delta

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Costin LIANU: Innovation Hub Bio Danubius as a pathway to new agro-ecology practice in the wetlands

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Jürgen RAIZNER: Building on the EDAPHIC-BLOOM Experience Exchange: Energy Efficiency Solutions from Germany

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Sergiu NICOLAIE (ICPE-CA): Clean access in Danube Delta

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Valeriu VILAG, Narcisa BURTEA (COMOTI): Green, Renewable & Resilient Energy (& Transport) Scalable Solutions for Danube Delta

16.00pm

Roundtable debates

„Romania’s initiatives in the fields of education and adaptation to climate change”

Debate moderator

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Dr. Alexandra-Maria BOCŞE, State Adviser, Department of Climate and Sustainability, Romanian Presidential Administration (tbc)

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Mr. Chris FREAN, Head of Economic Diplomacy, British Embassy

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Smart Mobility Solutions - Case studies, Prof. Ph.D. Eng. Ec. Florin NEMȚANU, Director of the Intelligent Systems for Transport Master Program, Vice-dean of Transport Faculty, Politehnica University of Bucharest

„Measures for the protection and conservation of Natura 2000 Sites in the DDBR”

Debate moderator

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Gabriel Teodosie MARINOV, Governor, Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority (tbc)

17.15pm

A touch of Blue in the EU Research Nights for a more Sustainable Use of the Ocean
(BlueNIGHTs)

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Francesca ALVISI & BlueNIGHTs consortium partners: Bringing the Blue Science to Society: the EU Researchers' Night experience

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DDNI: Ocean Literacy in Delta & Wetland areas: how to connect land to sea?

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Romanian teachers: Toward a Blue School Network in the Black Sea: challenges and opportunities for the educational system.

PICO: BlueNIGHTs Partners’ Meeting (hybrid)

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Mihaela APOSTOL (TehnoINSTRUMENT Impex): Environmental Quality Monitoring Solutions

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Sorin BOGDAN (MDS Electric): Equipment and solutions for water monitoring

18.30pm

Posters presentations & Business approaches & Coffee

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Venue: Avramide HOUSE, 32 Progresului Street, Tulcea

19.30pm

Festive dinner

Wednesday

07

09.00am

Restore our Ocean and Waters – EcoDaLLi project in the Danube and Black Sea
Lighthouse

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Venue: Hotel Delta Tulcea, mezzanine of the 4-stars: „Toma Caragiu“ & „Constantin Găvenea“ conference rooms / 2 Isaccei Street, Tulcea

09.00am

„Deltas & Wetlands” Scientific Symposium, Sections II & IV

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Venue: „Mihail Kogălniceanu” City Hall / 20 Păcii Street, Tulcea

Keynote Speaker

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Prof. Dr. Timothy EHLINGER - Engaging Complex Systems for Environmental Peacebuilding: Examples from the Romanian Black Sea Coast

09.30am

Section II, Environmental factors. Ecological restoration and Anthropic Impact

Keynote Speaker

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Prof. Dr. Eng. Eden MAMUT - Multicriteria & Multiscale Methods on Sustainable Development

11.15am

Section IV, Geographical Information System and Application System Modeling

13.30pm

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Delia DIMITRIU - The Role of 3D Initiative in supporting the Mission Ocean, Climate & Cities

14.00pm

Section III,:New Research approaches in EU climate change challenge.
Neutral carbon 2050 – 3D Initiative (EDAPHIC-BLOOM Danube – All Stakeholders Meeting)

16.15pm

Keynote Speaker

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Dr. Katrin TEUBNER - International Association for Danube Research (IAD): How our focus has changed over time

16.45pm

Section I, Biodiversity & nature conservation, natural resources &
socio-economic aspects

18.15pm

Conclusions & Awards

Thursday

08

09.00am

Field trip in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve + EDAPHIC-BLOOM Danube / All Stakeholders Meeting

Friday

09

all day

Departure of participants

We are honoured to address our invitations to the next “Deltas and Wetlands” symposium.

One of our main yearly objective is to organize the “Deltas and Wetlands” international symposium that, in 2023, between 05th and 09th of JUNE, will reach its 30th edition, for witch we are honored to share this joy with you. So, please accept our invitation to join us for a memorable experience. The event will take place in the same traditional location: Tulcea city, Romania.  All the scientific papers will be published in the “Deltas and Wetlands” book of abstracts and will be supervised by a scientific committee.

The Symposium creates the possibility to identify and discuss the scientific aspects related to the implementation of the European Environmental Directives at national level as well as those related to the cross-border and interregional cooperation. Due to a fruitful collaboration between our institute and BENA (Balkan Environmental Association),  selected papers will be published in their scientific journal entitled JEPE (Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology) which is quoted and abstracted  in the Thomson Reuters (Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch*) and Web Science, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases (Geobase, Scopus 2008), CABI, Ulrich Database, Chemical Abstracts, Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR). ISSN 1311-5065

Section I, Biodiversity & nature conservation, natural resources & Socio-economic aspects

Section II, Environmental factors. Ecological restoration and Anthropic Impact

Section III, New Research approaches in EU climate change challenge. Neutral carbon 2050

Section IV, Geographical Information System and Application System Modeling

Poster

Presentation

Poster

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Poster

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Poster

Presentation

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Delia Dimitriu

Andreea Strachinescu

Dr. Erika Schneider

Dr. Ming Jiang

Prof. Dr. Costel Negrei 

Dr. Elchin Sultanov

Dr. Doc. Petre Gastescu

Dr. Constantin Ciubuc

Ambassador Lazãr Comãnescu

Register to our Event

Strada Babadag, Nr. 165, Tulcea,

CP. 820112

Where to Stay

While Tulcea is a small city, there’s plenty to do and see here. We recommend staying for at least a couple of nights to enjoy all that Tulcea has to offer in addition to the Danube Delta field trip. You will need a place to stay so these are our recommendations.

Tulcea city center

Hotel Delta 3*

450m distance to the venue

Tulcea city center

Hotel Delta 4*

400m distance to the venue

Tulcea city center

Hotel Select 3*

220m distance to the venue

Our Sponsors

Mihail Kogalniceanu Conference Hall

CONTACT

165 Babadag street, Tulcea 820112, Romania

Monday - Thursday: 8.00 - 16.30 / Friday - 8.00 - 14.00

Call Center: (+4) 0240 - 524 546 / (+4) 0240 - 524 548 / (+4) 0240 - 524 550,

Phone (Secretary Office): (+4) 0240 - 531 520

Fax: (+4) 0240 - 533 547

e-mail: office@ddni.ro

Member Area

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AUDIENCE PROGRAM

General Director : Monday  09.00 - 11.00

Scientific Director: Tuesday 09.00 - 11.00

Technical Director: Wednesday 09.00 - 11.00

Economic Director: Thursday 09.00 - 11.00

Registration for the audience is done by prior appointment by phone at:  0240/531520, int. 100 (secretariat) and by e-mail at: office@ddni.ro