IPROMO 2023 programme

Day

Topics/presentations

Instructors

Venue

10 July - Monday
full day

Arrival of participants

Transfer TRENTO à PIEVE TESINO

Pieve Tesino

11 July - Tuesday

morning

Opening ceremony

Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia

Pieve Tesino

An overview of the Mountain Partnership and the IPROMO summer school

Rosalaura Romeo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

IFSA: the role of youth in sustainably managing mountain forests

Amos Amanubo, International Forestry Students' Association (IFSA)

Introduction to the science topics and establishment of working groups.

Brief presentations by the participants

Danilo Godone, National Research Council, Research Institute for Hydrogeological Prevention and Protection (CNR IRPI)

Tommaso Chiti, DIBAF, University of Tuscia

11 July - Tuesday  

afternoon

Understanding sustainable mountain development

Thomas Hofer, FAO

Pieve Tesino

12 July - Wednesday

morning

Understanding sustainable mountain development

Thomas Hofer, FAO

Pieve Tesino

12 July - Wednesday

afternoon

The multiple roles of mountain forests

Thomas Hofer, FAO

Pieve Tesino

13 July – Thursday 
morning

Mountain forests in a changing cryosphere

Forests and the water cycle

Michele Freppaz, University of Turin (UNITO)

Giorgio Vacchiano, University of Milan (UNIMI)

Pieve Tesino

13 July – Thursday 
afternoon

Forests in the Pyrocene

Advances in disaster risk reduction in mountain areas.

Giorgio Vacchiano, UNIMI

Danilo Godone, National Research Council, Research Institute for Hydrogeological Prevention and Protection (CNR IRPI)

Pieve Tesino

14 July - Friday
full day

Field trip

Pieve Tesino

15 July - Saturday

full day

Improving communication skills

Maria De Cristofaro, FAO

Kai Lintunen, Finnish Forest Association and FAO/UNECE FCN

Pieve Tesino

16 July - Sunday
full day

Transfer
PIEVE TESINO à PONT SAINT MARTIN

Pont Saint Martin

17 July - Monday
full day

Field trip

Mauro Bassignana, Institute Agricole Regional

Elena Pittana, Professional Forester

Gressoney La Trinité

18 July - Tuesday
morning

Field trip

Michele Freppaz, UNITO

Forte di Bard

18 July - Tuesday
afternoon

Transfer
FORTE DI BARD à ORMEA

Ormea

19 July - Wednesday
full day

An overview of climate change in mountains, its drivers and effects, and initiatives for adaptation and mitigation

Claudio Cassardo, Department of General Physics, UNITO

Olivia Ferguglia,
Department of General Physics, UNITO

Ormea

20 July - Thursday
morning

Mountain biodiversity and ecosystem change: past, present and future

Rob Marchant, Professor, University of York

Ormea

20 July - Thursday
afternoon

Designing future-proof mountains: exploring conservation challenges

Rob Marchant, Professor, University of York

Ormea

21 July - Friday
morning

Sustainable forest management and climate change

Tree growth and climate change

Woods and timbers from sustainably managed forests

Renzo Motta, UNITO

Alma Piermattei, UNITO

Alan Crivellaro, UNITO

Ormea

21 July - Friday
afternoon

Cultural and spiritual significance of nature in mountains: guidance for protected and conserved area governance and management

Josep-Maria Mallarach, IUCN-CSVPA

Ormea

22 July - Saturday
full day

Mountain Farming Systems

Carlo Murer, NaturaSì

Ormea

23 July - Sunday
morning

Youth-led workshop

Allison Bozzi, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FAO

Karem Del Castillo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FAO

Amos Amanubo, IFSA

Ormea

23 July - Sunday
afternoon

Free time/Working groups

Ormea

24 July - Monday
morning

Mountain forest soils: their contributions to combating mountain threats

Emanuele Pintaldi, UNITO

Ormea

24 July – Monday

afternoon

Free time/Working groups

Ormea

25 July - Tuesday
morning

Closing ceremony

and delivery of diplomas

Giorgio Ferraris, Mayor of Ormea; Michele Freppaz, UNITO; Danilo Godone, CNR IRPI; Rosalaura Romeo, Mountain Partnership Secretariat, FAO

Ormea