Program Information

Conference Details

The conference will begin on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti in Venice, Italy.

The meeting room will be equipped with the following:

There is a reception on Tuesday, October 7th, beginning at 7:00 pm.

The conference banquet will be held Thursday, October 8th, beginning at 7:00 pm and is included in the registration fee. **Please note that guests and students will need to purchase a ticket for the banquet.**

ALL PAYMENTS MADE AT THE CONFERENCE SITE MUST BE IN EUROS AND IN CASH. We do not have the facilities to accept credit cards or cheques.




Program Information Documents

ISESS 2009 - Program

Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Italy


October 6, 2009

08:30 - 08:35Introduction/Welcome - Completed
08:35 - 10:00Software Systems for Policy Analysis - Completed
  1Pavlos Kassomenos
Connectivity of integrated environment and health systems with research synergies and in support to policies
  2R. Soncini-Sessa
An emulation modeling approach to reduce the complexity of a 3D hydrodynamic-ecological model of a reservoir for management purposes
10:00 - 10:30BREAK - Completed
10:30 - 12:30Software Systems for Policy Analysis - Completed
  3Giorgio Guariso
Energy and climate: a software system to support and measure local policies
  4Wolfgang Loibl
Climate twins – a web-based climate scenario exploration tool, identifying future climate – current climate region pairs to learn how to adapt to climate change
  5Kati London
Recycled E-Waste as Environmental Sensors to Enable Urban Agriculture
12:30 - 14:30LUNCH - Completed
14:30 - 16:15Software Systems for Policy Analysis - Completed
  2Werner Pillmann
The ICT-ENSURE European Research Area Project in the Field of ICT for Environmental Sustainability and Its Research Programmes Information System
  3Daryl Hepting
Experiences in Designing An Online Support System to Facilitate Education for Sustainable Development
  4Claudia Lindim
Water quality modeling and loads estimation in a large reservoir
16:15 - 16:45BREAK - Completed
16:45 - 18:15Software Systems for Policy Analysis - Completed
  1Ionut Iosifescu-Enescu
From GIS and sensor data to Web maps. [Bring your laptop]
19:00 - 22:00Reception - Completed

October 7, 2009

08:30 - 10:00David Swayne
Web-based delivery of Integrated Environmental Modelling - Completed
10:00 - 10:30BREAK - Completed
10:30 - 11:30Sensor Webs and Sensor Networks - Completed
  1Johannes Schabauer
Introduction to the Challenges of Plug and Measure in Environmental Sensor Networks
  2David G. Rickerby
High Spatial Resolution Sensor Networks for Air Quality Monitoring
11:30 - 12:45Human Factors in Environmental Information Systems - Completed
  1Raul Carlson
Push versus pull environmental information systems
  2Steven Frysinger
Auditory Representation of Environmental Data
12:45 - 12:59Free Time - Completed

October 8, 2009

08:30 - 08:45Gerald Schimak
Demonstration / Discussion of TaToo project. - Completed
08:45 - 09:10R. Soncini-Sessa
Participation, Integration and Self Learning and Optimal Management in Water Resources Planning and Management - Completed
09:10 - 10:00Open Source Software and Interoperability - Completed
  1W.G. Booty
Improving Lake Winnipeg Integrated Environmental Modelling with OpenMI
10:00 - 10:30BREAK - Completed
10:30 - 12:30Open Source Software and Interoperability - Completed
  1Julien Harou
HydroPlatform.org – an open-source generic software interface and web repository for water management models
  2Peter Kutschera
Geo-referenced Time series Viewer (GTV)
  3Tobias Schnackenbeck
Development of an Open Source Software Framework as a Basis for Implementing Plugin-Based Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS)
  4Ulrich Leopold
Managing Geospatial Environmental Information with Open Source Applications
  5David Swayne
Technology Transfer: “WaterBase” MWSAT setup for a Pilot Watershed in El Salvador
12:30 - 14:30LUNCH - Completed
14:30 - 16:30Water Quality Software Systems - Completed
  1David Swayne
Assessing Water Quality and Diagnosing the Sources of Problems through a Water Quality Indictor Web Service
  2Jaroslav Racek
Process Analysis and Geovisualization Support of Emergency Management
  3Jaewan Yoon - [Not Presenting]
SECPM Framework – Innovative Paradigm to Parameterize Spatiotemporal Chlorophyll Concentration Profile in the James River Estuary, Virginia, USA using MODIS Satellite Imagery and In-situ Characteristics
  4Andreas N. Skouloudis
Deployment of new technologies for the abatement of atmospheric pollution and characterization of health effects
  5Lubos Matejicek
Spatio-temporal modeling by field computers with GPS
16:30 - 17:00BREAK - Completed
17:00 - 18:30Water Quality Software Systems - Completed
  1Ionut Iosifescu-Enescu
From GIS and sensor data to Web maps. [Bring your laptop]
19:00 - 22:00Dinner - Completed

October 9, 2009

09:00 - 10:00Climate Change Software Systems
  1Daryl Hepting
Enabling Information Technology for the Emancipation of Physical and Natural Capital
  2
  3Gerhard Smiatek
High performance computing in regionalization of global climate change scenarios
  4M. Wrobel
Interactive Access to Climate Change Information
10:00 - 10:30BREAK - Completed
10:30 - 12:30Working Group 5.11 Annual Meeting
12:30 - 13:29Closing Remarks