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Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Vulnerability of Energy Systems to Climate Change and Extreme Events | (smr 2138)
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  • Monday, 19 April 2010
    • 08:00 - 10:00 Registration and Administrative Formalities 
      ICTP-funded Lecturers should register first between 8:00 and 9:00 to ensure completion of procedures before the start of the Workshop.

A shuttle service will run between the Adriatico Guest House and the E. Fermi Building for those needing to go to the Operations and Finance Office and the bank.

IAEA-funded Lecturers should register from 9:00 to 10:00.
      Location: Adriatico Guest House - Kastler Lecture Hall Area (Lower Level 1)
      • 08:00 Registration and Administrative Formalities 2h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Opening and Welcome Remarks 
      Introduction to the ICTP
      • 10:30 Opening and Welcome Remarks 30'
        Speaker: Claudio Tuniz (Assistant Director, ICTP)
        Material: Presentation
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Weather extremes and energy systems: Workshop introduction and overview
      • 11:00 Weather extremes and energy systems: Workshop introduction and overview 30'
        Speaker: Ferenc Toth (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
        Material: Presentation
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Weather extremes and their changes: Phenomenology and empirical approaches
      • 11:30 Weather extremes and their changes: Phenomenology and empirical approaches 1h0'
        Speaker: Janos Mika (Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 12:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 Hydrometeorological hazards in the gulf of California and vulnerability of the coastal cities of Guaymas-Empalme, Sonora, Mexico, during cyclone Jimena in September 2009
      • 14:00 Hydrometeorological hazards in the gulf of California and vulnerability of the coastal cities of Guaymas-Empalme, Sonora, Mexico, during cyclone Jimena in September 2009 30'
        Speaker: Miguel Rangel Medina (University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 14:30 - 15:00 Climate change mitigation strategies and vulnerability for the Argentinean electricity supply
      • 14:30 Climate change mitigation strategies and vulnerability for the Argentinean electricity supply 30'
        Speaker: Cristina Elena Rössler (Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
      • 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Vulnerability of the Hungarian Energy System
      • 15:30 Vulnerability of the Hungarian Energy System 30'
        Speaker: Katalin Hartung (University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 18:00 - 21:00 Welcome Reception
      • 18:00 Welcome Reception 3h0'
  • Tuesday, 20 April 2010
    • 08:30 - 09:00 Vulnerability of the Tanzanian hydropower production to extreme weather events
      • 08:30 Vulnerability of the Tanzanian hydropower production to extreme weather events 30'
        Speaker: Saiguran Loisulie (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Evaluating the vulnerability of Tana Beles hydropower network to climate variability impact in Ethiopia
      • 09:00 Evaluating the vulnerability of Tana Beles hydropower network to climate variability impact in Ethiopia 30'
        Speaker: Sisay Eshetu Debele (Arba Minch University, Assala, Ethiopia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:00 The potential effect of climate change and extreme events on energy systems in the African region
      • 09:30 The potential effect of climate change and extreme events on energy systems in the African region 30'
        Speaker: Desta Gebeyehu Seyoum (University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:15 Vulnerability of renewable energy sources to climate change
      • 10:30 Vulnerability of renewable energy sources to climate change 45'
        Speaker: Sofija Mito Nikolova (University Sts Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, FYR Macedonia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:15 - 12:00 Impacts of climate change on renewable energy sources in Croatia
      • 11:15 Impacts of climate change on renewable energy sources in Croatia 45'
        Speaker: Robert Pašicko (United Nations Development Programme, Zagreb, Croatia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch
      • 12:00 Lunch 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Impacts of and adaptation options to extreme weather events in thermal power plants
      • 14:00 Impacts of and adaptation options to extreme weather events in thermal power plants 1h0'
        Speaker: Jeannette Schulz (European Institute for Energy Research, Karlsruhe, Germany)
    • 15:00 - 15:30 Impacts of extreme weather events on energy infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova
      • 15:00 Impacts of extreme weather events on energy infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova 30'
        Speaker: Sergiu G. Robu (Institute of Power Engineering, Chisinau, Moldova)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Mathematical modeling of systemic risk: addressing unintended consequences
      • 16:00 Mathematical modeling of systemic risk: addressing unintended consequences 1h0'
        Speaker: Matteo Marsili (ICTP, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 17:00 - 17:30 Considerations of climate related policies and vulnerability of Estonian electricity and heat system development
      • 17:00 Considerations of climate related policies and vulnerability of Estonian electricity and heat system development 30'
        Speaker: Mariliis Lehtveer (University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Wednesday, 21 April 2010
    • 08:30 - 09:00 Climate change and extreme events: vulnerability of energy systems in Cuba
      • 08:30 Climate change and extreme events: vulnerability of energy systems in Cuba 30'
        Speaker: Elieza Meneses Ruiz (Center for Information Management and Energy Development, Havana, Cuba)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Reducing energy sector vulnerability to climate change and extreme events
      • 09:00 Reducing energy sector vulnerability to climate change and extreme events 30'
        Speaker: Ephrem Shaul (University of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:15 Coffee Break
      • 09:30 Coffee Break 45'
    • 10:15 - 11:30 Solar energy: vulnerability to extreme events from climate change
      • 10:15 Solar energy: vulnerability to extreme events from climate change 1h15'
        Speaker: Anthony G. Patt (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Technical and economical assessment of the utilization of photovoltaic systems in residential buildings: the case of Jordan
      • 11:30 Technical and economical assessment of the utilization of photovoltaic systems in residential buildings: the case of Jordan 30'
        Speaker: Ahmed Said Al-Salaymeh (University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
      • 12:00 Lunch 1h30'
    • 13:30 - 14:15 Projected changes in climate and weather extremes
      • 13:30 Projected changes in climate and weather extremes 45'
        Speaker: Markku Rummukainen (Swedish Meteorological & Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 14:15 - 15:00 Climate impacts on the coal system from resource assessments through environmental remediation
      • 14:15 Climate impacts on the coal system from resource assessments through environmental remediation 45'
        Speaker: James Ekmann (Leonardo Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
      • 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:30 - 16:15 Risk assessment approaches to managing weather extremes in energy systems
      • 15:30 Risk assessment approaches to managing weather extremes in energy systems 45'
        Speaker: Mohammad Modarres (University of Maryland, Maryland, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:15 - 17:00 Assessing the vulnerability of wind energy to climate change and extreme events
      • 16:15 Assessing the vulnerability of wind energy to climate change and extreme events 45'
        Speaker: Sara C. Pryor (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Thursday, 22 April 2010
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Effects of Extreme Weather on Nuclear Power Plants
      • 08:30 Effects of Extreme Weather on Nuclear Power Plants 1h0'
        Speaker: Oszvald Glockler (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:30 Vulnerability of oil and gas infrastructure to climate change and extreme weather events
      • 09:30 Vulnerability of oil and gas infrastructure to climate change and extreme weather events 1h0'
        Speaker: Ana Maria Cruz Naranjo (Consultant, Natural and Industrial Disaster Risk Management, Bordeaux, France)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      • 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 The impact of extreme events on energy installations and energy supply infrastructure
      • 11:00 The impact of extreme events on energy installations and energy supply infrastructure 30'
        Speaker: Kaleem Anwar Mir (Global Change Impact Studies Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch
      • 11:30 Lunch 1h30'
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Vulnerability of electricity grid systems to climate change and extreme weather events
      • 13:00 Vulnerability of electricity grid systems to climate change and extreme weather events 1h0'
        Speaker: David Michael Ward (Magnox North, Ltd., Thornbury, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Climate change and extreme events: Conclusions from the IPCC
      • 14:00 Climate change and extreme events: Conclusions from the IPCC 1h0'
        Speaker: Filippo Giorgi (ICTP, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
      • 15:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 15:30 - 16:30 Climate change effects on the hydrology of the Alpine region
      • 15:30 Climate change effects on the hydrology of the Alpine region 1h0'
        Speaker: Erika Coppola (ICTP, Trieste)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Impacts of and Adaptation Options to Extreme Weather events in the Hydropower Sector
      • 16:30 Impacts of and Adaptation Options to Extreme Weather events in the Hydropower Sector 1h0'
        Speaker: Douglas Sparks (Hydro-Québec, Montreal, Canada)
        Material: lecture notes
  • Friday, 23 April 2010
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Energy planning: Representing extreme weather events in energy supply models
      • 08:30 Energy planning: Representing extreme weather events in energy supply models 1h0'
        Speaker: Ferenc Toth (IAEA, Vienna, Austria)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 09:30 - 10:00 Scientific uncertainties about the changes in the nature, magnitude and frequency of extreme events triggered by anthropogenic climate change, their formulation for use in impact and risk assessments for energy system
      • 09:30 Scientific uncertainties about the changes in the nature, magnitude and frequency of extreme events triggered by anthropogenic climate change, their formulation for use in impact and risk assessments for energy system 30'
        Speaker: Tahira Munir (Global Change Impact Studies Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Status of energy installations and energy supply infrastructures in Madurai, India and predicted impacts of extreme events
      • 10:30 Status of energy installations and energy supply infrastructures in Madurai, India and predicted impacts of extreme events 30'
        Speaker: Sundaram Ammavasai (Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Closing Session - Plenary Discussion 
      Climate change and extreme weather events:  Vulnerability, impacts and adaptation in energy systems - Gaps in knowledge, research needs, collaboration opportunities.
      • 11:00 Closing Session - Plenary Discussion 1h30'
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