Workshops - Past Events
_Greening the Green Revolution: Food Security, Safety & Quality International Workshop
December 12-13, 2013
_International Workshop on Climate Change - From Sandy to Doha, the Challenge of Climate Change (2012)
Following the dramatic climate events that have recently hit the United States and Italy, like "Sandy" and the extraordinary "high waters" in Venice, an international workshop on the Adaptation to Climate Change has been promoted by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea. The aim of the workshop was to foster a new political awareness on Climate Change in view of Doha international conference.
The workshop was chaired by Minister Corrado Clini and by Rector of Ca ' Foscari University, Professor Carlo Carraro; speakers included experts and scientists from research centers from the US, Italy and France.
_International Forum on Green Growth - A joint perspective from China and Italy (2012)
The International Forum is organized by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in cooperation with the Venice International University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the University Ca' Foscari of Venice at the presence of the Italian Minister for the Environment Corrado Clini and the Vice-Minister of the Environment of China Wu Xiaoqing.
The International Forum gathers at VIU high-level representatives from Chinese governmental institutions and universities, Italian entrepreneurial and academic worlds, will take part in five panel sessions to discuss the crucial issues of green growth in relation to the global economic crisis - namely politics, economics, legislation and the roles of enterprises and international cooperation.
_Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change for Reducing Security in South Eastern Europe (SEE) Workshop
In 2011 the TEN center has been granted by the UNEP to develop a research on "International Regulation Implementation for Environmental Security in South Eastern Europe". The preliminary outcomes were presented and discussed during a workshop organized at VIU on May 19-20, 2011.
_Workshop the Chinese Economy (2010)
The workshop, organized in collaboration with the Bank of Italy, Fondazione Masi and the Department of Economics of Ca' Foscari University, gathered economists from these institutions for two and a half study days about the recent evolution of Chinese economy and the current and future relationships between China and Italy.
_The TEN Center at the Shanghai World Expo 2010
On September 18, 2010, the VIU-TEN Center was involved in one of the events promoted by the Italian Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea and organized in the Italian Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo 2010 to celebrate 7 years of the Sino-Italian Cooperation Program for Sustainable Development.
_Advanced Research Workshop on International Regulation Implementation for Environmental Security in South-Eastern Europe (2009)
Supported by NATO in the frame of the Science for Peace and Security Programme, the Workshop convened at VIU policy makers and experts from NATO and non-NATO countries to discuss the implementation of international regulation for promoting environmental security in South-Eastern Europe.
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_Workshop on Growth, Trade and Environment: State of Art and Future Research Perspectives (2008)
Organized in cooperation with the Advanced Schools of Economics and the Department of Economics of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the workshop aimed to address key issues in the analysis of trade, growth and environment, trying to establish a link between research areas that have so far been proceeding along partial linkages (trade and environment, growth and environment, growth and trade).
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