Calendar of Events, Conferences and Workshops

All events are listed with links to the organisers who are solely responsible for the correctness of the announcement and inquiries should only be directed to the organisers. The events have been selected if they are of relevance for the scientific activities of AFES-PRESS and its partners and of the issue areas covered by this website. Selected past events have been included were presentations by AFES-PRESS members and partners are available for download.

2004

September, 9-11: Fifth Pan-European Conference on International Relations, The Hague, Netherlands

September, 9-11: Section 31: Section 31: Third AFES-PRESS GMOSS workshop in The Hague: "Reconceptualising Security in an Era of Globalisation" in the framework of the Fifth Pan-European Conference on International Relations at the Nederlands Conference Centre (NCC)
Programme of the Fifth Pan-European Conference
Programme of the Third AFES-PRESS GMOSS workshop

July, 5-9: Second GMOSS AFES-PRESS workshop at the 20th International Peace Research Association (IPRA) Conference, in Sopron, Hungary

March, 17-20: First GMOSS AFES-PRESS workshop at the 45th Annual Conference of the International Studies Association in Montreal (Canada)
Programme of the 45th ISA Annual Conference
Programme of the First AFES-PRESS GMOSS workshop

2003

For the speeches of Hans Günter Brauch at these events: go to his download section

December, 2-5, Valencia, Spain: NATO - CCMS and Science Committee. Workshop on Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue; paper by H.G. Brauch on:

November, 30-1 December: 12th EFGP Council Meeting, Hotel Agro, Budapest, Hungary; presentation by H.G. Brauch on: "New Security Challenges in the 21st Century".

October, 19 - 20, Vienna, Austria: A conference organised by the Bureau for Security Policy at the Federal Ministry of Defence of Austria in co-operation with the Swedish National Defence College and the Austrian National Defence Academy; paper by H.G. Brauch on:

October, 16-18, Bonn, Germany: EWC II: Second International Conference on Early Warning; paper by H.G. Brauch on:

September, 8-10, Fourth Pan-European Conference in International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury. AFES-PRESS Canterbury Workshop. Results have been published in June 2003 by Springer.

June, 5-6: Third GMES Forum in Athens, Greece organised by the EU Commission and ESA; paper by H.G. Brauch on: "Security Linkages Among Fatal Outcomes of Global Environmental Change: Natural Disasters, Environmentally-induced Migration, Crises and Conflicts - GMES Contribution to EU Policies for Conflict Prevention"

January, 28-29: Eurisy Workshop in Matera (Italy) on Security: Services and Benefits from GMES, supported by the Italian Space Agency, Telespazio, the Council of Europe, EC/Joint Research Centre and the European Space Agency; keynote address by H.G. Brauch on: Environment and Security Challenges in the Mediterranean until 2050 - Potential Contributions of GMES to Reducing Natural Disasters, Environmental Migration and Avoiding Conflicts.

2002

December, 5-6: Conference of the ProVention Consortium at the World Bank on: Building Safer Cities; talk and paper by H.G. Brauch on: "Urbanization and Natural Disasters in the Mediterranean - Population Growth and Climate Change in the 21st Century" for a (5 December 2002) Download here: Text.

November, 29-30 in Malta: Conference of Mediterranean Greens; talk by H.G. Brauch on: "A Survival Pact for the Mediterranean: Linking "virtual water" and "virtual sun".

July, 15-17: First GMES Forum in Brussels at a workshop by the EU Commission and ESA; keynote address by H.G. Brauch on: ): Environment and Security Challenges in the Mediterranean until 2050 - Potential Contributions of GMES to Reducing Natural Disasters, Environmental Migration and Avoiding Conflicts (16 July 2002).

June, 26, The Hague: International Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness, organised by the Dutch Red Cross, the IFRC, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands; presentation by H.G. Brauch on: "Climate Change, Environmental Stress and Conflict - Cases of Bangladesh and Egypt" (pdf-file, 2,3 MB).

June, 20-21, Berlin: Foreign Ministry of Germany: Symposium on Disaster Reduction and Global Environmental Change"; presentation by H.G. Brauch on: "Vulnerabilities due to Environmental Degradation - A Human Security Perspective on Disaster Reduction" (pdf-file, 1,1 MB).

June, 10, Bonn: Side Event at SBSTA 16: presentation by H.G. Brauch on: "Climate Change and Conflict Prevention" (pdf-file, 1,8 MB).

March, 24, New York: Colloquium on: "Global Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Harnessing Action for the 21st Century", Organised by TERI, New Delhi with support by the Boell-Foundation; presentation by H.G. Brauch on: "A Survival Pact for the Mediterranean: Linking virtual water and virtual sun", joint Colloquy of TERI (New Delhi) with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, 24 March 2002, New York (pdf-file, 3,4 MB). This chapter was published by TERI in New Delhi (Order)

2001

November, 30-1 December: 12th EFGP Council Meeting, Hotel Agro, Budapest, Hungary; presentation by H.G. Brauch on: "New Security Challenges in the 21st Century".

September, 8-10, Fourth Pan-European Conference in International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury. AFES-PRESS Canterbury Workshop. Results have been published in June 2003 by Springer.