Invitation
to the Kick-off Conference of the Trans-Tisa Hydroecological Scientific Cooperation Network

Regional Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Thomas Mann utca 49, Debrecen

22-23 March, 2012

Patrons
Sándor Fazekas, Minister of Rural Development
István Fábián, Rector of University Debrecen

Sponsors and Supporters
Ministry of Rural Development, Budapest
TÁMOP-4.2.2/B-10/1-2010-0024 UMFT-EU project
Hungarian Ichtyological Society, Tiszafüred
The Regional Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen
Pál Juhász-Nagy Doctoral School, University of Debrecen
Department of Hydrobiology, University of Debrecen

PROGRAMME

22 March, 2012

12:00-13:00  Registration

13:00-13:30  Opening and Greetings
                         Alex Sándor Nagy, head of Department of Hydrobiology
                         (University of Debrecen)
                         István Fábián, rector (University of Debrecen)
                         Zsolt Nemessályi, vice-chairman (Regional Center of the HAS, 
                         Debrecen
                         Kornél Sailer, dean (Faculty of Science and Technology,
                         University of Debrecen)

13:30-15:00  Session
                         Chairman: Botond Sinóros-Szabó
13:30-13:45   Balázs Medgyesy: The Duna Region Strategy of the European 
                              Union
13:45-14:00   Endre Sárkány-Kiss - László Fodorpataki - Kunigunda Macalik - 
                      Ilie C. Telcean - Miklós Bálint - Mihály Braun - Judit Papp -
                      József Hamar:  The ecological state of the Upper_Tisa and the
                          Transylvanian-tributaries  of the Tisa River - based on
                          characteristics of the Physico-chemical paramethers,
                           the flora and fauna
14:00-14:15  László Miklós - Anna Spinerová: The hydroecological regional
                          units of   the East Slovakian Lowland and their characteristics
14:15-14:30  Illés Fehér: Heavy-metal pollution in floodplain of Tisa and the 
                           accumulation of heavy-metals in cultivated plants in Tisa
                           section between  Martonos and Becsei-dam
14:30-14:45  József Szikura: Revealing long-term environmental and nature
                          protection  tasks and the possibilities of fulfilling them
                          in the North-Eastern Carpathians
14:45-15:00  Remarks

15:00-15:30  Coffee break

15:30-18:15  Session
                         Chairman: László Miklós
15:30-15:45   Sándor Fazekas: Greeting
15:45-16:00   Attila Lovas: Water management and cooperation
                        in the Tisa valley
16:00-16:15   István Grigorszky: The Trans-Tisa hydroecological Scientific 
                         Cooperation Network Program

                          Proposals for standardization of hydroecological studies by
                           the  Trans-Tisa-Network, considering the principles of
                           the European Union  Water Framework Directive and
                           Natura 2000
16:15-16:30   Georg A. Janauer: Macrophyton
16:30-16:45   Éva Ács: Periphyton
16:45-17:00   István Grigorszky - Tihamér Kiss Keve: Phytoplankton
17:00-17:15  Ákos Harka: Fish fauna
17:15-17:30  Arnold Móra: Macrozoobenton
17:30-17:45  Alex Sándor Nagy: Background variables
17:45-18:15  Remarks
 
19:00              Partner meeting (Ecology Building, University of Debrecen,
                                                        Egyetem tér 1)

23 March, 2012

  9:00-10:00  Session
                        Chairman: Endre Sárkány-Kiss
  9:00-9:15   Gyögy Dévai: Proposal to establish the metadatabase of
                           Trans-Tisa-Network from view of hydroecology
  9:15-9:30  Attila Fazekas: Proposal to establish the metadatabase of
                          Trans-Tisa-Network from view of informatics
  9:30-10:00  Remarks

10:00-10:30  Coffee break

10:30-13:00  Session
                         Chairman: Péter Bíró
10:30-10:45  Botond Sinóros-Szabó: Rural development based on the spatial
                             environment of the Tisa
10:45-11:00  Ilie C. Telcean - Diana Cupsa: Principles of integrated
                             biomonitoring  in Upper-Tisa River and tributaries
                             (Maramures Country, Romania)
11:00-11:15  Veronika Putarich Ivánszky: The investigation on the surface
                            water  resources of the Tisa in Vojvodina
11:15-11:30  Béla Tóthmérész - Tibor Magura: Habitat fragmentation and
                             connectivity of forest patches in the Bereg Plain
11:30-11:45  Attila Torma - Róbert Gallé - Miklós Bozsó: Relationship between
                             insect-communities and habitat conditions
                              in the Lower-Tisa region
11:45-12:00  Péter Csorba - Szilárd Szabó: Environmental-geographical state
                             assessment in the Upper-Tisa region
12:00-12:15  Zoltán Varga: Biogeography of the Upper-Tisa region
12:15-12:45  Remarks
12:45-13:00  Closing remarks (Alex Sándor Nagy)

Presentations can be done in any languages, but the main ideas chould be
given in English on slides (PowerPoint).