Programme

Keynote speaker
Prof. dr. Dan Balteanu is the Director of the Institute of Geography, Member of the Romanian Academy, Chair of the National Committee of the International Geographical Union, Member of the International Association of Geomorphologists (2004-2009) and Chair of the Romanian National Committee on Global Environmental Change. He is senior researcher at the Institute of Geography, PhD supervisor and professor at the University of Bucharest, his research field being geomorphology, environmental change and natural & technological hazards. He published over 15 volumes (as author or editor), and over 200 scientific papers, many of them referring to the global change issues. His academic skills are related to environmental change and natural & technological hazards. He published over 15 volumes, and more than 100 scientific papers, many of them referring to the global change issues. Prof. Balteanu coordinated several national and international projects on the field of environmental sciences: NATO Grant: Sedimentation and contaminant history in the floodplains of the Lower Danube River in Romania; ESTROM project: An integrated assessment of environmental impacts of mining activities in two selected catchments (upper Crisul Alb and Certej) in the Apuseni Mountains, Romania, and transboundary river pollution; FP6 - Climate change and variability: Impact on Central and Eastern Europe (CLAVIER) etc.