The objective of the workshop:

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• Norway in International
• Global Change Research
• Workshop
• Oslo 4 November 2004
• Preliminary Programme
• Soria Moria
• Hotel and Confernce Centre
• Voksenkollveien 60
• Oslo

• The objective of the workshop
• The purpose of the workshop is to increase the
  interaction between Norwegian global change
  research ad the international global change
  programmes and IIASA.
• Issues to be addressed in the group sessions
• Why should the Norwegian research community
  improve its links with the international Global
  change programmes and IIASA?
• How and where can Norwegian researchers be
  involved with the Global change programmes and
  take part in their strategic and operational
  activities?
• What initiatives could the Research Council
  pursue in order to strengthen the links between
  Norwegian Global change research and the Global
  change programmes?
• Give examples of successful Norwegian
  participation in Global change programmes or
  IIASA. What were the critical successfactors?

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• 12.00-12.20 Diversitas
• An International Protgramme of Biodiversity
  Science
• Dr Anne Larigauderie, Exec.director Diversitas
• 12.20-12.40 WCRP
• World Climate Research Programme
• Dr. David Carson, Director, WCRP
• 12.40-13.00 IIASA
• International Institute for Applied Systems
  Analysis
• Professor Leen Hordijk, Director IIASA
• 13.00-14.30 Lunch
• 14.30-15.30 Group sessions
• 15.30-15.45 Coffee/tea
• 14.45-16.45 Plenary discussion
• 16.45-17.00 Concluding remarks
• Dr. Kirsten Broch Mathisen, Director

• Programme
• 4 November 2004
• 09.00-10.00 Registration/Coffeetea
• Introductory session 10.00-11.00
• Chair Dr. Kristen Broch Mathisen, Director,
  The Research Council of Norway
• 10.00-1010 Welcome,
• Assistant Director General Svein Erik Høst, The
  Research Council of Norway
• 10.10-10.20 Introduction
• Professor Nils Petter Gleditsch, Prio
• 10.20-10.50 The importance of the Global Change
  Programmes
• Dr. Guy Brasseur, Director, IGBP
• 10.50-11.00 Questions
• Global change programmes 11.00-13.00