Conference Programme

Wed. 14th April

15.30 to 18.00 EEAC SD WG
18.30 to 20.00 Registration
20.00 Informal Buffet

Thurs. 15th April
8.45 Registration
(Morning): Plenary session:
Chairman: Dr. John Bowman, Chairman of Comhar
9.15 Opening address by Martin Cullen T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
9.30 Keynote speech by Catherine Day, Director General, Environment DG, European Commission.
9.50 Keynote speech by Prof. Franc Lobnik, EEAC Chairman.
10.10 Keynote speech by Derek Osborn, Co-chair of the EEAC Sustainable Development Working Group.
10.30 Open Forum.
10.50 Coffee.

11.15 to 12.45 – Introduction to workshops
Irish Presidency perspective - Geraldine Tallon, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Strategic Issues for Sustainable Development in Europe – Robin Miege, Environment DG, European Commission.
Sustainable Consumption and Production – Bob Ryder, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK.
Communicating Sustainable Development in an Enlarged EU – Herman Sips, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands.


Questions and Answers.

12.45 Buffet Lunch
(Afternoon): Workshop sessions:
14.15 Three parallel workshop sessions:


Strategic Issues for Sustainable Development in Europe
Moderator: – Robin Miege, Environment DG, European Commission
Rapporteur: - Viriato Soromenho-Marques, Portuguese Sustainable Development Council


Sustainable Consumption and Production
Moderator: Terence Iliott, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
Rapporteur: Lorraine Fegan, Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland


Communicating Sustainable Development in an Enlarged EU
Moderator:- Herman Sips, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands
Rapporteur: - Günther Bachmann, German Council for Sustainable Development


16.00 Coffee

16.15 to 17.30 Workshop First Rotation
Moderator and Rapporteur for Workshop A present to participants of Workshop B
Moderator and Rapporteur for Workshop B present to participants of Workshop C
Moderator and Rapporteur for Workshop C present to participants of Workshop A.


17.30 Networking/personal time

18.30 Walking tour of Kinsale (assemble at Registration Desk)

20.00 Conference dinner/entertainment (in the Kinsale Suite, the main conference room)

Fri. 16th April

(Morning): Workshop sessions continued:

9.15 to 10.30 Workshop Second Rotation
Moderator and Rapporteur for Workshop A present to participants of Workshop C
Moderator and Rapporteur for Workshop B present to participants of Workshop A
Moderator and Rapporteur for Workshop C present to participants of Workshop B

10.30 Workshop Conclusions – original formations to conclude
11.00 Coffee and Poster Demonstration


Conference concluding session:
Chairman: Dr. John Bowman, Chairman of Comhar


11.45 Reports to Plenary from Workshops
12.15 Moving Sustainable Development Forward in EU 25 – Open Forum
12.50 Concluding Remarks – Irish Presidency
13.00 Priorities for incoming Netherlands Presidency
13.10 Conference close

13.15 Buffet Lunch