8.00

Registration & Financial Issues

9.30

Opening
Alfons Balmann (IAMO)

Welcome address
Uwe-Jens Nagel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

 MinR Dr. Rudolf Wendt (BMELV)

Introduction to the Conference
Franziska Schaft (IAMO)

10.15

Keynote Lecture 1
Rural areas: development challenges, indicator and typology, modelling and relationship to urban areas
(Tomas Ratinger, IPTS/JRC, Spain)

11.15

Coffee Break

11.45

Keynote Lecture 2
Multifunctionality of agriculture: conceptualization and governance structures
(Guido van Huylenbroeck, Ghent University, Belgium)

12.45

Lunch

14.00

1. Workshop session

15.45

Coffee Break

16.15

2. Workshop Session

18.00

End of 1^st Conference Day

20.00

Conference Dinner
(for eligible participants)

9.30

Opening
Alfons Balmann (IAMO)

9.35

Keynote Lecture 3
EU membership and agricultural transition
(Dieter Kirschke, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

10.35

Coffee Break

11.00

Keynote Lecture 4
Landscape agroecology: managing interactions between agriculture, nature and economy
(Tommy Dalgaard, University of Aarhus, Denmark

12.00

Guided Poster Session

13.00

Lunch

14.00

3. Workshop session

15.30

Coffee Break

16.00

Keynote Lecture 5
Third sector organizations in rural development: a transaction cost approach
(Vladislav Valentinov, IAMO, Germany)

17.00

Plenary
Key findings from the workshops

17.45

Closure
(Volker Hoffman, ATSAF, Germany)

18.00

End of Conference