KeyToNature 2nd Annual PSC and Review meeting (2009)
Tartu, 2009-09-30 - 2009-10-02
K2N Interim workshop (2009-09-29) is followed by the 2nd Annual Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting and the 2nd Project Review performed by the EU external reviewers.
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1 TARGET AUDIENCES
The interim workshop is a public educational one-day event open to any interested party, stakeholder, education professional, nature conservation professional and amateur. K2N Consortium members are strongly expected to participate in the morning session (working language: English) while afternoon session is mainly targeted on the local related public (working language: Estonian).
The KeyToNature Annual Meeting and the EU Technical Review Meeting is a 3-days meeting restricted solely to the Consortium participants and delegates, the European Commission Project Officer, the two selected EU Technical Reviewers and any keynote speaker/expert invited by the Project Steering Committee (if appropriate).
2 DETAILED AGENDA
- 28 September 2009, Monday – Arrival;
- 29 September 2009, Tuesday – Interim Workshop More info is here:>>>
- 29 September 2009, Tuesday, from h.14.00 to 16.00, – Management Team Meeting held at the in the Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu, Lai Street 38, II floor, lichen herbarium room (restricted: ETI; EVO; TBA, UNITS and UT as hosting organisation).
- 30 September 2009, Wednesday – 2nd Annual Project Meeting 2nd Annual Project Meeting (click for details)
- 1 October 2009, Thursday – Annual meeting to be continued (click for details)
- 2 October 2009, Friday – 2nd official Technical Review of the KeyToNature Project
- 3 October 2009, Saturday – Social event (excursion on voluntary basis); departure for others.
- 4 October 2010, Sunday – Departure of the participants of the excursion.
3 VENUE INFORMATION
Interim workshop on 29 September 2009 will take place in the White Hall of the Museum of Tartu University History (Lossi 25, Tartu). Additional information about the Museum: http://www.ut.ee/ajaloomuuseum/museum.html
Activities during 30 September – 2 October 2009, 2nd Annual Project Meeting and the 2nd Project Review will take place in Peterson Hall of the Dorpat Conference Centre (Soola 6, Tartu); for more information see: http://www.dorpat.ee/index.php?page=109&
The internet connection is included in the usual price of the room, no extra charges.
4 ACCOMMODATION
Reservations (for 30 single rooms with price 777 EEK person/ per night; if necessary, additional reservations can be done by the organizers) have been made in the Dorpat Hotel which neighbours the meeting venue, Dorpat Conference Centre. Therefore no need to make personal bookings! Additional information about the Dorpat hotel: http://www.dorpat.ee/index.php?page=68&
Both the Dorpat Hotel and the Conference Centre are located in the same city block with the Bus terminal (the flag on the map points to the Conference Centre, house no 6 is the Dorpat Hotel and house no 4 is the Bus terminal) [1]
If anybody wants to make their own reservation in some other hotel, the according homepage is: http://www.visittartu.com/1424
On this occasion, please, change your hotel in the registration table below!
5 REGISTRATION: WIKI-BASED FACILITY
Please register immediately!
| Family name | First name | Organization | Arrival | Will you participate in the excursion (Oct. 3)? | Departure | Hotel | Dietary requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON | Raymond | EC | 28/09/2009 | no | 03/10/2009 | Dorpat | |
| NIMIS | Pier Luigi | UNITS | 28.10 Tartu 19.20 | no | 3.10 Tallinn late afternoon | Dorpat | smoke |
| MARTELLOS | Stefano | UNITS | 28.10 Tartu 19.20 | no | 3.10 Tallinn late afternoon | Dorpat | |
| DORIGO SALAMON | Nicola | T&B e Associati Srl | 27/09/2009 at 17.40 Tallinn | Excursion? | 03/10/2009 at 18.20 Tallinn | Dorpat | |
| MEDEOT | Eleonora | T&B e Associati Srl | 27/09/2009 at 17.40 Tallinn | NO | 03/10/2009 at 18.20 Tallinn | Dorpat | |
| DONOSO | Verónica | CUO | 28.09. | NO | 04.10. (from Tallin) | Dorpat | |
| KITTL | Christian | Evolaris Next Level | 27.9. (17'40 at Tallin) | Yes | 4.10. (18'20 from Tallin) | Dorpat | |
| MAXL | Emanuel | Evolaris Next Level | 28.09. (17:25 @ Tallinn) | Yes | 04.10. (15:20 from Tallinn) | Dorpat | |
| GIURGIU | Mircea | UTCN | 27.09.09 (evening) | Yes | 04.10.09 (2pm from Tallin) | Dorpat | |
| FERRER | Marina | RJB-CSIC | 28 Sept (17'50 at Tallin) | no | 4 Oct (18'20 from Tallin) | Dorpat | |
| TRILAR | Tomi | PMSL | 28 Sept (19'40 at Tartu) | Yes | 4 Oct (14'30 from Tartu) | Dorpat | |
| KODELE-KRAŠNA | Irena | PMSL | 28 Sept (19'40 at Tartu) | Yes | 4 Oct (14'30 from Tartu) | Dorpat | |
| MAZZETTI | Alessandro | GLABS | Mon 28/09 23:50 Riga | No | Sat 03/10 09:05 Riga | Dorpat Yes | |
| Hagedorn | Gregor | JKI | Mo, 28.9. 14:10 Tallin | Yes | 4.10, 11:40 Tallin | Dorpat Yes | |
| WEBER | Gisela | JKI | 28.9 | Yes | 4.10 | Dorpat | |
| Opitz | Stephan | JKI | Mo, 28.9. 14:10 Tallin | Yes | 4.10, 11:40 Tallin | Dorpat Yes | |
| MIHNEV | Pencho | BIKAM Ltd. | 28.09.2009 (14:30 at Tallin) | Excursion - YES | 04.10.2009 (15:15 from Tallin) | Dorpat - YES, all the 6 nights until 04.10.2009 | |
| HETZNER | Sonia | FIM | 28.09. | no | 02.10. | Dorpat | |
| SCHMIDT | Gerd | FIM | 28-09 | yes | 03-10 | Dorpat | |
| SCHALK | Peter | ETI BioInformatics | 28-9, 15.35 Tallin | no | 2-10 | Dorpat | |
| VAN SPRONSEN | Edwin | ETI BioInformatics | 28-9, 15.35 Tallin | yes | 4-10, 13.35 Tallin | Dorpat | |
| PRESS | Bob | NHM | 28.9.09 (17.30 at Tallinn) | No | 4/10/09 | Dorpat | |
| SADKA | Mike | NHM | 28.9.09 | No | 4.10.09 | Dorpat | Vegetarian |
| RAE | Sam | NHM | 29.9.09 | No | 4.10.09 | Dorpat | |
| CRISTEA | Alexandra | EC REVIEWER - Warwick University | 01.10.09 | No | 3.10.09 | Dorpat | No fish |
| MERGEN | Patricia | EC REVIEWER - African Museum | 01.10.09 | Excursion? | 3.10.09 | Dorpat |
6 TRAVEL - HOW TO REACH TARTU
Members of the K2N Consortium are generally expected to arrive on Monday, 28 September, and leave during Saturday, 3 October or Sunday, 4 October 2009.
(a) Travel is suggested through Tallinn International Airport (TLL), homepage: http://www.tallinn-airport.ee/eng/
From Tallinn Airport you should go to the Tallinn Bus terminal (ca 5 min by taxi, city bus 2 also possible) and travel to Tartu by an intercity bus. Buses leave from Tallinn Bus terminal to Tartu at least at each full hour, and the travel lasts ca 2,5 hours. Time-table of the buses and web tickets available at: http://www.bussireisid.ee/index.html?MENU=&KEEL=en
(b) There is also an airport in Tartu (TAY) which will (hopefully!) start regular international flights to Stockholm and to Riga this summer. You can book a ticket directly to Tartu using the homepage of Estonian Air: http://www.estonian-air.ee/index.php?lang=ENG For example, the flight from Stockholm to Tartu will leave on Monday, 28 September from Arlanda at 17.10 and will arrive in Tartu at 19. 40 (flight time 1.30).
Travelling via Riga can be booked through the homepage of Baltic Air http://www.airbaltic.com/public/index.html
7 MONEY
National currency is Estonian Kroon (EEK). Fixed exchange rate is: 1 EUR = 15.65 EEK (service charge added when you exchange). All hotels, stores and restaurants accept Visa, MasterCard and Eurocard. However, in bus stations and taxi you can pay only in cash. There are plenty of ATMs in Tallinn and Tartu. All banks offer currency exchange services, exchange offices can also be found in the airport.
8 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INFO OF TARTU
Information is available at: http://www.tartu.ee/?lang_id=2&menu_id=9&page_id=1649 but you do not really need any public transport in Tartu as anyone can easily manage only by walking (while we stay more or less in the centre of the city)!
9 SOCIAL EVENTS
- (a) 29 September, Tuesday afternoon – sightseeing in Tartu for those who do not attend the afternoon session (working language: Estonian) of the interim workshop.
- (b) 29 September, Tuesday, evening – social dinner, location to be defined
- (c) 2 October, Friday, evening – social dinner, location to be defined
- (d) 3 October, Saturday, from morning until early afternoon – excursion to the Museum of Russian old-believers in Kolkja village on the coast of Lake Peipsi; lunch in ‘Fish and Onion Russian Restaurant’. More information about the old-belivers and this particular restaurant is available at the pages: http://www.hot.ee/kolkjamuuseum/index_en.html and http://www.hot.ee/kolkjarestoran/
Attendance is voluntary! Please register in the Table above!
10 CONTACT AND INFORMATION
Dr. Tiina Randlane
Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences
University of Tartu
Lai Street 38 TARTU 51005 Estonia
tiina.randlane@ut.ee
+372 7 376 232 (office), +372 5295 135 (mobile)
11 TARTU GENERAL HISTORICAL SHORT INTRODUCTION AND FACT SHEET
Tartu, with its population of ca 100,000, is the second largest town of Estonia. The city, lying 185 kilometres south of the capital Tallinn, is also the centre of Southern Estonia. The Emajõgi River, which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia (Lake Peipsi and Võrtsjärv), flows for the length of 10 kilometres within the town limits and adds colour to the city.
A very brief history, more information available at: http://www.tartu.ee/?lang_id=2&menu_id=9&page_id=787
1030 – The first written records of Tartu date from this year when the Kievan prince, Jaroslav the Wise, raids the fortress of Tarbatu (Tartu) and builds his own fort in this place, which went by the name of Jurjev. The description of these events in an Ancient Russian chronicle is the first mention of Tartu in written sources.
1280’s – Tartu (Dorpat) joined the Hanseatic League. In medieval times Tartu was an important merchant town.
1525 – The German Lutheran reformation reaches Tartu
1558 – the armies of Tsar Ivan the Terrible attack Tartu at the start of the Livonian War. It is the end of the Bishopric of Tartu and others medieval Livonian minor states. In the course of the next few years Poland, Sweden and Denmark enter the conflict for the access to the Old Livonia.
1582 – Tartu became part of the Polish-Lithuanian area.
1600-1603 Tartu was in the hands of the Swedish king.
1603-1625 Tartu fell to the Poles.
1625 Tartu became a Swedish possession again.
1632 – King Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden founded the University - Academia Gustaviana.
1704 – Tsar Peter the Great personally leads the Russian forces in their conquest of Tartu during the Northern War.
1708, 1763, 1775 – the years of great fires in Tartu. The medieval architecture is comprehensively destroyed, after which Tartu is rebuilt in a late-baroque and classical style.
1918, Feb. 24 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
1919, Dec. 1 – University of Tartu reopened with tuition in the Estonian language.
1920, Feb. 2 – Estonia and Soviet Russia signed the Peace Treaty in Tartu. Russian renounced territorial claims to Estonia "for all time".
1940, June – the Red Army occupied Estonia. Estonia, with the help of quislings was annexed to the Soviet Union.
1940, July – Tartu was invaded by the Nazi Germany Wehrmacht.
1944 – The Soviet Union occupied Estonia.
1991, Aug. 20 – The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Republic declared the Independence of Estonia.
2004 – Estonia became a full member of European Union and NATO.
