Joint Research Centre Round Table draft programme

Sheraton hotel Balkan

Sofia

9.30-10.00	Registration and Welcome Coffee
10.00-10.45	Opening Session Moderator: Albena Vutsova, Bulgarian Member of the JRC Board of Governors, Ministry of Education and Science - Vanja Dobreva, Deputy Minister for Education and Science - Zinaida Zlatanova, Head of EC Representation in Bulgaria - Roland Schenkel, Director General, Joint Research Centre
10.45-11.15	Coffee Break
11.15-13.00	Parallel Round Tables
	A – Energy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards	B - GMOs in Food, Metrology	C - Nuclear Safety and Security (starting at 11.30h)
	Moderator: Raporteur: Vesselin Alexandrov, National Institute of Metrology and Hydrology - The Policy Needs in the Area of Energy, Kostadinka Todorova, Ministry of Economy and Energy - Energy, Nigel Taylor, Institute for Energy, JRC - Bulgarian Research in the field of Solar Energy Utilization, Doriana Malinovska, Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources - Climate Change Scenarios in Europe and their Potential Effects – Ongoing and Planned Activities at JRC, Alessandro Dosio, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC - Global Climate Change and Bulgaria, Stayko Kolev, National Institute of Metrology and Hydrology - Environment and Global Changes, Jordan Stamenov, INRNE	Moderator: Raporteur: Nevena Alexandrova, AgroBioInstitute - Legislative and Control Framework of GMO in Bulgaria. Ministry of Agriculture and Food activities for GMOs, Ivelin Rizov, Ministry of Agriculture and Food - The GMO Policy - Ministry of Environment and Water, Darina Todorova, Ministry of Environment and Water - GM Food Safety Activities in Bulgaria, Tzveta Georgieva, National Center of Public Health Protection, Ministry of Health - Control System of GM Food in Bulgaria, Lyubina Donkova, Sofia Inspectorate of Control and Public Health Protection - Networking, Enlargement and Capacity Building towards Harmonisation of GMO Detection and Interpretation of Results, Herman Broll, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, JRC - Capacity building for GMO detection in AgroBioInstitute -present state and knowledge transfer,Tsvetanka Hvarleva, AgroBioInstitute	Moderator: Raporteur: Antoaneta Stefanova, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy - Policy needs in the field of Nuclear Energetics, Tsvete Delcheva, Ministry of Economy and Energy - Nuclear Safety Research at JRC, Jean-Paul Glatz, Institute for Transuranium Elements, JRC - INRNE capability in the field of nuclear safety, Pavlin Grudev, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy - JRC Activities on Nuclear Safety, Alexander Duchac, Institute for Energy, JRC
13.00-14.00	Lunch
14.00-15.30	Parallel Round Tables (continuation)
	A- Energy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards	B - GMOs in Food, Metrology	C - Nuclear Safety and Security
	- PPP- based Actions and Policy Needs in the Area of Natural Hazards and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Kristian Milenov, Agency for Sustainable Development and Eurointegration - Ecoregions /ASDE - Flood Alert System, Ad De Roo, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, JRC - Hydrometeorological Aspects of Natural Hazards in Bulgaria, Dobri Dimitrov, National Institute of Metrology and Hydrology - Discussion	- Selected Food Safety and Quality Activities of the JRC, Anne - Mette Jensen, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, JRC - Commercialisation and Control, Marco Mazzara, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, JRC - Co-Existance and Socio-Economic Aspects, Nevena Alexandrova, AgroBioInstitute - Overview of Metrology Abilities, Georgi Milushev, Federation of the Scientific Engineering Unions - Discussion	- Combating Illicit Trafficking of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, Klaus Lützenkirchen, Institute for Transuranium Elements, JRC - Nuclear technological and education center, Tihomir Apostolov, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy - Discussion
15.30-16.30	Conclusions
	Moderator: Giancarlo Caratti, Programme and Stakeholder Relations Directorate, JRC - Report from the Round Table on Energy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards - Report from the Round Table on GMOs in Food, Metrology - Report from the Round Table on Nuclear Safety and Security
16.30	Closing