This is a call for the study trip to Ispra 7-9 of July 2010.
EUSJA has 20 places. The organizers offer an accomodation, meal and
transfers inside Italy. 10 journalists chosen by JRC will recieve also
the prepaid tickets.
Applications should be sent via national associations to Viola Egikova (violae@mail.ru, viola@eusja.org) by 17-th of May".
INVITATION TO POST-ESOF PRESS TRIP TO JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (JRC) AT ISPRA 7-9 JULY 2010
Discover how the JRC's research work supports EU policies for sustainable growth & development and safety & security
Ispra, 7 - 9 July 2010
Decision makers need scientific and technical support not only in the formulation of new policies, but also for their subsequent implementation and final impact evaluation. The JRC has developed special skills and tools to provide scientific and technical support throughout the complete policy cycle. Its activities in areas such as energy, environment, nuclear safety, security and crisis management as well as consumer protection and food safety are also very close to concerns of the citizen.
The JRC is a Directorate General of the European Commission and employs around 2700 staff in seven different research institutes located in five different countries. The small town of Ispra in Northern Italy (Lake Maggiore) hosts the biggest JRC site, which is also the third largest site of the European Commission, after Brussels and Luxembourg. Scientists coming from all over Europe work here on a broad range of environmental, consumer protection and security related topics. For example they define strategies to save energy, develop safety standards for products or early warning systems for natural disasters and provide assistance in humanitarian crises.
This two day visit programme will allow participants to gain insights into many research activities of prime importance for Europe and to discover JRC's role in the European policy making process. There will be ample interviewing possibilities with top scientists.
Preliminary programme
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Departure from Turin around 17:00 and ~ 2 hour transfer to Angera (ca 6 km from Ispra) where participants will be accommodated.
N.B. For participants coming directly to JRC Ispra, i.e. not participating in ESOF, transport will be arranged from Milan airports or stations.
Welcome dinner in Angera
Thursday, 8 July 2010
9:00 - 9:30 General introduction to JRC's role, structure and activities
9:30 - 12:30 Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC)
§ European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (equipped with the largest reaction wall in Europe): Research on structural behaviour of buildings, vulnerability assessment of civil infrastructures and standardisation of construction methods and products
§ Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (www.gdacs.org) and Tsunami model
§ Automated analysis of satellite images for disaster monitoring and post-disaster damage assessment (e.g. comprehensive building damage atlas for Haiti – see: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=5620&lang=en)
Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Institute for Health and Consumer Protection (IHCP)
§ Food safety – Research on migration of chemicals from food contact materials in support of current and future EU legislation
§ Systems Toxicology laboratories and Nanobiosciences – use of high throughput screening and other modern scientific methods to assess safety of chemicals and nanomaterials
Dinner on Isola dei Pescatori (transfer by boat from Angera)
Friday, 9 July 2010
09.00 - 12:00 Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
§ Early warning systems: European Flood Alert System and European Forest Fire Information System
§ Climate change research and the Atmosphere-Biosphere-Climate integrated research station facility
§ Vehicle Emission Laboratories – research on air pollution from road transport and support to European emission standards for vehicles
Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Institute for Energy (IE)
§ Renewable energy and energy efficiency and visit to the European Solar Test Installation
Logistic arrangements
Accommodation:
Participants will be accommodated in one of the following two hotels where the JRC has already booked rooms for two nights (from 7th to 9th July):
HOTEL LIDO HOTEL DEI TIGLI
Viale Libertà 11 - 21021 - Angera (VA) Via Paletta, 20 – 21021 Angera (VA)
Tel. +39 0331.93.02.32 / 93.06.56 Tel. +39 0331.93.08 36
lido@hotellido.it info@hoteldeitigli.com
www.hotellido.it/ www.hoteldeitigli.com
Local transport
Transport from Turin to the hotels on 7th July and all local transfers between hotels and JRC will be organised as well as transfers to the airports after the visit on 9th July.