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«Research and Education Center «Baikal» – development strategy»

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III Summer Symposium "Research and Education Center "Baikal" – development strategy"

Baikal workshop, August 1-5, 2008

August 1, Fri

05.45 - 09.55 - Arrival in Irkutsk (3 flights)
06.00 - 13.00 - Transfer to Listvyanka (Baikal-hotel, Istok Camping)
13.30 - 14.30 - Lunch (Baikal-hotel, Istok)
14.30 - 17.30 - Spare time
17.30 - 19.30 - Introduction meeting (Baikal Museum ISC SB RAS)
17.30 - 17.45 - Welcome greetings
17.45 - 18.05 - REC "Baikal" (Irkutsk State University) activities introduction (Vice-Rector Prof. Alexander Arguchintsev)
18.05 - 18.25 - Presentation of the Irkutsk Scientific Center (Chairman of the ISC Presidium Academician Kuzmin M.I.)
18.25 - 18.45 - RFBR international programmes overview (RFBR Head of Department of International Relations Mr. Vladimir Kovalev)
18.45 - 19.05 - DFG funding international programmes introduction (Dr. Christian Schaich, Dr. Sonja Ihle, Angelika Holan)
19.05 - 19.30 - Presentation of the Baikal Museum ISC SB RAS (Director Dr. Vladimir Fialkov)
20.15 - Welcome party (Istok)

August 2, Sat

Interdisciplinary plenary day (Baikal Museum ISC SB RAS)

8.45 - 9.30 - Breakfast
10.00 - 11.30 - Session 1 (Chairman – Prof. Alexander Arguchintsev, Irkutsk State University)
10.00 - 10.15 - Mikhail Kuzmin, Elena Bezrukova and Marina Khomutova (A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry SB RAS). Global and regional catastrophes resulting from changes in the geological environment and climate
10.15 - 10.30 - Thomas Wilke (J. Liebig University of Giessen). Emerging fields in ancient lake research: an evolutionary perspective
10.30 - 10.45 - Dmitry Gladkochub, Eugene Sklyarov and Kirill Levi (Institute of Earth’s Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk State University). Field of research – Geology: an overview of main goals in frame of REC "Baikal"
10.45 - 11.00 - Georg Guggenberger (Leibniz Universität Hannover). Effects of land use and climate change on dissolved organic matter output of terrestrial ecosystems into the hydrosphere
11.00 - 11.15 - Ralf Kiese and Klaus Butterbach-Bahl (Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Effects of land use and climate change on biosphere-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O) in terrestrial ecosystems
11.15 - 11.30 - Elena Bezrukova, Pavel Tarasov, Frank Riedel and Mikhail Kuzmin (A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry SB RAS, Free University of Berlin). Late quaternary environmental and climate variability in Central Asia: multiproxy records from lake sediments
11.30 - 11.45 - Coffee break
11.45 - 13.00 - Session 2 (Chairman – Prof. Yakov Kuzyakov , University Bayreuth) 
11.45 - 12.15 -  Susanne Fietz (Autonomous UniversityofBarcelona ), Birgit Heim (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam), Hedi Oberhänsli (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences) EU-paleoclimate project CONTINENT, data, applications, cooperations (block containing 3 presentations)
12.15 - 12.30 - Lyubov Izmest’eva and Evgeny Silow (Irkutsk State University) Global climate change and the Lake Baikal plankton
12.30 - 12.45 - Dmitry Sherbakov (Limnological Institute SB RAS). Molecular-phylogenetic studies on Baikalian invertebrates in Limnological Institute
12.45 - 13.00 - Oleg Timoshkin, Natalya Melnik and co-authors(Limnological Institute SB RAS). Main factors, which may determine the biodiversity (speciation) and productivity of shallow-water zoobenthos of Lake Baikal
13.30 - 14.45 - Lunch (Istok, "Baikal hotel")
14.45 - 16.00 - Session 3 (Chairman – Prof. Dmitry Gladkochub, Institute of Earth’s Crust SB RAS)
14.45 - 15.00 -  Nikolay Budnev (Irkutsk State University) Baikal Neutrino Telescope as an underwater laboratory for long-term nvironmental studies
15.00 - 15.15 - Andrey Mantsivoda and Anton Malykh (Irkutsk State University). Ontologies, Meta2 and interdisciplinary knowledge about Lake Baikal
15.15 - 15.30 - Alla Arguchintseva, Valery Arguchintsev and Natalya Sirina (Irkutsk State University). Modeling of mesoscale processes and pollution distribution for the atmospheric boundary layer
15.30 - 15.45 - Werner E.G. Müller. and Heinz C. Schröder (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz). Biosilica Synthesis in Sponges: New insights in the biology/chemistry and application in nano-biotechnology
15.45 - 16.00 - Christian Albrecht (J. Liebig University of Giessen). Evolutionary patterns and processes in mollusks of temperate ancient lakes
16.00 - 16.15 - Coffee break
16.15 - 17.00 - Session 4 (Chairman – Prof. Thomas Wilke, J. Liebig University of Giessen)
16.15 - 16.30 - Arkady Matveev and Vitaly Samusenok (Irkutsk State University). Investigation of biodiversity, ecology, origin and evolution of hydrobionts in the Lake Baikal and waterbodies of the Baikal rift zone
16.30 - 16.45 - Yakov Kuzyakov and Guido Wiesenberg (University Bayreuth). Application of isotopes in rhizosphere studies: Overview of approaches and results
16.45 - 17.00 - Bruno Glaser (University Bayreuth). Mechanisms of soil C and N transformations
17.00 - 19.00 - Individual contacts and discussions 
19.30 - Dinner (Istok)

August 3, Sun

08.00 - 08.45 - Breakfast
09.00 - 11.30 - Miniseminars and individual contacts (Baikal Museum ISC SB RAS, Istok)
Presentations (15 min. each)
- Jury Didenkov, Valery Bychinsky, Igor Lomonosov and Maria Altynnikova (A.P. Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry SB RAS). The endogenous renewed source of fresh water in rifting geodynamic conditions
- Susanne Fietz (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Birgit Heim (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam), Hedi Oberhänsli (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences). Dynamics of autochthonous and allochthonous matter in Lake Baikal surface waters assessed by Ocean Colour satellite data
- Lyubov Pomazkina (Siberian Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants SB RAS). Estimation of processes of carbon and nitrogen mineralization <=> (re)immobilization and functioning of agroecosystems
- Olga Rusinek (Baikal Museum ISC SB RAS). Age of Lake Baikal’s parasite systems
- Tatiana Sitnikova (Limnological Institute SB RAS). Origin of Baikal endemic gastropods
12.00 - 19.00 - Boat trip to Baikal Neutrino station and Bolshie Koty, Research station of the ISU
20.00 - Koty banquet

August 4, Mon

08.00 - 08.45 - Breakfast
09.00 - 12.00 - Transfer to Irkutsk, Imperia hotel
12.45 - 13.30 - Lunch (Restaurant "Starina Fikhtel")
14.00 - 17.00
- Working groups discussions (Irkutsk, ISU, 14.00-17.00)
- Visit to the Limnological Institute of SB RAS (Irkutsk, 14.00-16.00)
- Seminar “Financial rules of RFBR” (Irkutsk, ISU, 14.30-17.00, Valentina Sergeeva, RFBR Head of Financial Department)
17.00 - 18.00 - General meeting, preparation of documents (Irkutsk, ISU)

August 5, Tue

Departure

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