Conference
The Danube and Europe :
Integrated Space Applications in the Danube Basin
23-25 June 2004 - Mamaia, Romania
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 22 June 2004:
16:00 – 19:00
Registration
Wednesday, 23 June 2004
08:30 – 09:30
Registration
OPENING SESSION
09:30 – 09:45
Welcome Addresses
Dr. Marius-Ioan Piso, President of Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
H.E. Amb. Walther Lichem, President of EURISY
Dr Josef Aschbacher, European Space Agency
Ms. Alice Lee, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
09:45 – 11:45
Keynote Addresses
 International Cooperation on Water Management and Pollution Control in the
Danube River Basin
Karoly Futaki, ICPDR
 Presentation on GMES and ENVISAT
Josef Aschbacher, European Space Agency
 Space for Security and Stability - The Danube Case
Marius-Ioan Piso, Romanian Space Agency ( ROSA)
 Along the Danube from Space
Lothar Beckel, GEOSPACE, Austria
11:45 – 12:00
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00
Panel
Environment, Security and Space Applications
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch Break
SESSION 1 - Integrated Space Applications to Water Resources Management
14:30 – 16:00
Presentations Session
 Flood Warning and Forecasting System Prototype for the Mures River Basin in
Romania
Ion Poiana, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), Romania
 On the Potential of Multi-Temporal Satellite Imagery Analysis for the Management
Cycle of Flooding Risk: the Hungary 2000 Flooding Event
Teodosio Lacava, Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale, CNR, Italy
 Contribution of Earth Observation Data to Flood Risk Monitoring in the Framework
of the NATO SFP « TIGRU » Project
Gheorghe Stancalie, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH),
Romania
 Flood Hazard Assessment and Monitoring Using Geographic Information and
Remotely Sensed Data
Corina Alecu, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH),
Romania
 Automated Monitoring Potential for Water Quality Assessments in the Galati
Sector of Danube River
Daniel Dunea, Valahia University of Târgoviste, Faculty of Environmental
Engineering and Biotechnology, Romania
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
Poster Session
 Flood Prevention in the Upstream Tisa River Basin
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Ovidiu Gabor, Agentia Nationala “Apele Romane”, Romania
Impact Study: Bridge over the Danube Giurgiu Russe
Danciu Luminita, Railway Design and Study Institute, Romania
Remote Sensing and GIS Technology for Mapping of Flooding of River Basins of
Azerbaijan
Rustam B. Rustamov, Encotec (Engineering and Consulting Technologies) /
Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency (ANASA)
Impact of Turnu Phosphate Fertilizer Plant on the Environment
Cristiana Oprea, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research, FLNP JINR, Romania
Factor Analysis in the Geochemical Studies in the Danube Delta
Cristiana Oprea, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research, FLNP JINR, Romania
16:30 – 18:00
Presentations Session
 An International Programme: United Nations Programme on Space Applications
Alice Lee, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
 Evaluation and Monitoring of Snowcover Water Resources in Carpathian Basins
using Geographic Information and Satellite Data
Simona Catana, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH),
Romania
 Water Resources Management of the Tisza River Basin by Applied Remote
Sensing and GIS Integration
Wolfgang-Albert Fluegel, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Institute of
Geography, Germany
 Risk-Based Assessment and Management Approaches for Contaminated
Watersheds using Very High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Imagery and GIS:
Example of the Witwatersrand Gold Field (South Africa)
Anne Bourguignon, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et MiniPres, BRGM
ARN, France
 Gis Technology Use in Basin - Wide Water Balance Estimation of the Danube
River Basin
Pavel Petrovic, Water Research Institute, Bratislava , Slovakia
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Thursday, 24 June 2004
09:00 – 10:45
SESSION 2 - Natural Resources Related Issues
Presentations Session
 Deforestation as a Primary Cause of the Flood Peaks? Counter-evidences from
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the Upper-Tisza Catchment
Gábor Timár, Eötvös University of Budapest, Hungary
Land Cover Inventory by Remote Sensing in the Lower Danube Basin (Bulgaria,
Romania and Moldova)
Alexandru Badea, Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
Use of Satellite Images for Morphological Changes Analyzes in Danube Delta
Biosphere Reserve, Changes Impacts on Biodiversity
Ion Grigoras, Research & Development National Institute, Romania
Application of Space Information in Studying Sea Shores and Sea Waters
Sevda R. Ibrahimova, Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency
Algae Bloom Monitoring in Coastal Black Sea Waters Using Remote Sensing and
GIS Technologies
Lyudmyla S. Potapenko, Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center
Multi-temporal and Multi-resolution Image Fusion for Agricultural and
Environmental Monitoring
Florence Laporterie-Déjean, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, CNES, France
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break
Poster Session
Space Technology Environmental Disaster Management in the Danube Basin
Hussain Aziz Saleh, Iridia, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Stefka Fidanova, Institut of Parallel Processing, Bulgaria
 Danube Pollution Contributing to Eutrophication of the Romanian Black Sea Coast
Cristiana Oprea, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research, FLNP JINR, Romania
 Using of Sich-1M Satellite for Environmental Monitoring of Danube Region
N. Lyzikova, Yuzhnoye State Design Office, Ukraine
 Protection of wetlands of the Danube . A pilot project for Cama Dinu islets area
Gerben Koppelman, Royal Haskoning , Netherlands and World Water Forum
11:15 – 12:45
Presentations Session
RS/GIS for Environment and Urban Management in the Lower Danube region Russe
Pilot Study
Pavel Milenov, Remote Sensing Application Center (ReSAC), Bulgarian
Aerospace Agency (BASA)
 Environmental Monitoring Sustained by Ecotourism
Cristiana Oprea, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for
Nuclear Research, FLNP JINR, Romania
 A New Neural Approach for Pattern Recognition in Space Imagery
Victor-Emil Neagoe, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
 Integration of Spatial Information for Environment and Disaster Management
within Ukrainian Part of Tisza River Basin
Oleksandr A. Kolodyazhnyy, Space Research Institute, Ukraine
 Integrated Data Bases and Processing Methods of the Geospatial Information for
Environmental Monitoring and Prominence / Management of Risk on the
Romanian Sector of the Danube
Sorin Andrei, Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
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12:45 – 14:15
Lunch Break
SESSION 3 - Human Security
14:15 – 16:00
Presentations Session
 Monitoring the New European Union Borders
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Martino Pesaresi, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for
the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC)
System of Integrated Monitoring of Frontiers and Adjacent Territories
O. Amelchenko, Yuzhnoye State Design Office , Ukraine
D-GNSS Technologies for Romanian Navigation
Tiberiu Rus, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Romania
Galileo and EGNOS for Waterway Transport The GALEWAT Project
Günther Abwerzger, TeleConsult Austria GmbH, Austria
Regional Arrangement concerning Communications on Inland Waterways
Aurelian Sorinel Calinciuc, Chairman of European Committee RAINWAT
The ADAM Experiment in Romania: an Example of Reference Remote Sensing and
Agronomic Data Base
Florence Laporterie-Déjean, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, France
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee Break
Poster Session
 Artillery Launch for Effective Monitoring of Ground Areas and Crisis Situations in
Real Time Operating Mode
V. Kleshchonok, Yuzhnoye State Design Office , Ukraine
 Intelligent Systems for Signalization, Monitoring and Security Oversee, with
Energetically Autonomy, Placed on Border River Regions
Wilhelm Kappel, ICPE - CA Bucharest , Romania
 Satellite Monitoring/Secure Frontier/Tracking/Anti-Piracy/SCADA/Remote
Messaging by Using ”Data Reporting and Polling” Services
Constantine Manoussakis, Xantic BV, Netherlands
16:30 – 18:00
Presentations Session
Time for a Global Approach to Risk Governance
Liviu Muresan, International Risk Council Governance, Switzerland
 Complex Geophysical Methods of Landslide studying in the Republic of Armenia
Hasmik Balyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
 Using of Space Patrol System for Human Security
P. Gorban, Yuzhnoye State Design Office , Ukraine
 A Telemedicine Project for Danube Delta Area
Vasile Sarbu, County Hospital of Constanta, Romania
 Telemedicine for Remote Areas
Ronald Merrell, Medical Informatics and Technology Applications Consortium,
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Friday, 25 June 2004
DEMONSTRATION TRIP (1 day)
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