August 31, 2015, Italian Pavilion (2.30 pm - 6.00 pm)
Organizers: Elisabetta Carfagna - Department of Statistical Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Patrizia Tassinari - Department of Agrarian Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
14:30 Welcome - Ivano Dionigi - Rector of Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (UNIBO)
14:45 Opening - Luca Sani - Chair of the Agriculture Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Chair: Luca Sani - Chair of the Agriculture Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
15:00 Patrizia Tassinari - University of Bologna Improving knowledge to make better decisions in rural planning, focus on efficiency and accuracy
15:20 Bas Pedroli - Uniscape Director - Wageningen University A roadmap for future land use management in Europe: the VOLANTE project
15:40 Giorgio Provolo - University of Milan Environmental sustainability of intensive livestock activities
16:00 Francisco Ayuga - Technical University of Madrid Evolution of the Agricultural Engineering studies to cover new challenges and needs -
16:20 Discussionanning
Chair: Patrizia Tassinari - University of Bologna
16:30 Roberto Fanfani - University of Bologna Urban vs rural development
16:50 Gabriele Garnero - University of Turin The mosaicking of agricultural and forestry landscapes for an ecologically oriented planning within protected areas
17:10 Lorenzo Boccia - University of Naples From agriculture to energy crops. Land Cover Change assessment through spatial multi-criteria analysis and decision support tool
17:30 Marco Vizzari - University of Perugia
Landscape gradients: a new and challenging approach to spatial analysis and planning
17:50 General discussion and concluding remarks
18:00 - 18:20 Coffee break
Organizer: Elisabetta Carfagna - Department of Statistical Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
18:20 Welcome - Gianluca Fiorentini, Vice Rector for Teaching and Education of Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
18:30 Message from Simonetta Di Cori, representing the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Chair: Elisabetta Carfagna - University of Bologna
18:40 Minà Dowlatchahi - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Statistics for food security: FAO's assessment of countries' capacities for evidence-based policy making
19:00 Alessandra Garbero - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Challenges to impact evaluation, solutions for IFAD
19:20 Fabien Santini - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Uncertainties in impact assessment of policies or external drivers on agricultural markets, the case of the Russian crisis
19:40 Bettina Baruth - Joint Research Centre of the European Commission Crop monitoring to support food security policies - initiatives by the European Commission
20:00 Discussion
Chair: Minà Dowlatchahi - FAO
20:10 Giuseppe Blasi - Head of European and International Policies and rural development - Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies Common agricultural policy and agro-environment preservation
20:30 Sven Gilliams - Vlaamse Instelling Voor Technologisch Onderzoek N.V. (VITO) The use of Time series of Remote Sensing data to monitor the impact of agricultural intensification at global scale
20:50 John Latham - FAO and Elisabetta Carfagna - University of Bologna Impact evaluation of agricultural intensification at country level -
21:10 - 21:30 General discussion and concluding remark.
Further details can be found at https://eventi.unibo.it/expo2015ruralplanning