3 de septiembre

Opening Session

• Introduction
• General Overview of the project and related IHP activities
  Koen Verbist & Anil Mishra, UNESCO IHP
• Discurso del director de la OREALC/UNESCO Santiago, Jorge Sequeira
• Discurso del embajador Patryck de Beyter

Advances of the Glacier Retreat Project / ACCION Project – Chair:  Miguel Saravia, CONDESAN

• Background paper on ‘Climate change and Tropical Andean Glacier Retreat (Update)’ – Mathias Vuille, UAlbany
• Vulnerability mapping of glacier melt impact in Andean Countries
  Quantifying the contribution of glacier melt on human water use – Bert De Bievre, CONDESAN
• Project Publication: ‘Balance de masa glaciar con el método glaciológico’ - Andrés Rivera, CECS, Valdivia
• Background paper on Vulnerability and threats to snow and glaciers in the Southern Andes – Gino Casassa, Geoestudios and Universidad de Magallanes

Linkages with National and Regional Projects – Chair: Mathias Vuille, UAlbany

• Advances and challenges of glaciohydrological modelling and its integration into watershed models: the case study of the Rio Maipo - Sebastian Vicuña, UC and James McPhee, UChile

Advances of the Glacier Retreat Project / ACCION Project – Chair:  Koen Verbist, UNESCO

• Draft background paper on ‘Existing climate change adaptation policies and challenges and opportunities for their implementation’. Adapting to Shrinking Andean Glaciers. Science, Policy and Society in Power Games – Elma Montaña, IAI
• An overview of activities of the Working Group on Snow and Ice – Wilson Suarez, SENAMHI & Francisca Bown, CECS

Linkages with National and Regional Projects – Chair:  Gino Casassa, Geoestudios

• Climate change action in developing countries with fragile mountainous ecosystems from a sub-regional perspective – Miguel Saravia, CONDESAN
• Glacier Monitoring Programme of IRD - GINOT Patrick, IRD
• Water resources assessment and management in a data scarce Andean catchment, Limarí, Central Chile. Regional adaptation activities on river basin level - Alexandra Nauditt, ITT-UKöln
• The WMO Global Cryosphere Watch – Gino Casassa, Geoestudios and Universidad de Magallanes
  -Cryosphere, Atmosphere, Climate and Anthropic impacts in the Andes: Research structures and observation networks
  -International Association of Cryospheric Sciences
• Impacto del retroceso de los Glaciares dentro de Áreas Silvestres Protegidas del Estado – Piero Caviglia, CONAF (Chile)
• Project: GRANDE “Glacier Retreat impact Assessment and National Policy Development” - Edson Ramírez, Instituto de Hidráulica e Hidrología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia.
• Proyecto BID: Monitoreo De Glaciares Tropicales Andinos en un contexto de Cambio Climático
  -Glacier Monitoring System, Colombia
  Jorge Luis Ceballos, Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales de Colombia (IDEAM)

Viernes 4 de septiembre

Advances in glacier protection legislation in Chile – Daniel Melo, Diputado del Congreso de Chile
Round Table Discussion

• Ezio Costa Cordella , Universidad de Chile and FIMA
• Francisco Ferrando, Universidad de Chile
• Javiera Espinoza, Fundación TERRAM
• Matías Asun, Greenpeace
• Carlos Urenda, Consejo Minero
  Are messages emerging for policy?
  How can the project contribute to the current glacier legislation process in Chile?
  What are the possible further actions to make the project results most useful in policy and practice context?

Presentation of project activities foreseen in 2015/2016 – Chair: Koen Verbist, UNESCO

• Background papers and policy briefs
• Mountainous Watershed Case study
• Training course on mountain hydrology and ecosystem services
• Strengthening of ongoing mass balance research
• Vulnerability assessment in the Andean Region: outreach
• Policy assessment in the Andean Region
• Linkages with the Water Security Project
• Linkages with the Sustainable Development Goals

Round table discussion on project agenda and its implementation in 2015 and 2016
Working Group on Snow and Ice – Chair: Zelmira May, UNESCO

• Programa de Glaciología- Dirección General de Aguas, Ministerio de Obras Públicas de Chile (Glacier Monitoring Network in Chile) - María Belén Varela/Jorge Huenante/Gonzalo Barcaza, DGA
• El Programa Glaciológico Ecuatoriano - Bolívar Cáceres, INAMHI
• La ley de protección de glaciares y el inventario en Argentina – Pierre Pitte, CONICET
• El programa de balance de masa del Inventario Nacional de Glaciares de Argentina - Lucas Ruiz, IANIGLA, CONICET