Welcome and introduction to the workshop
Moderation: Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst, BfN

Thomas Graner, Vice President of the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) (5min)

Wang Lijing, Director of the National Joint Research Center for Yangtze River Conservation (NCYC), CRAES (5min)

Linxiu Zhang, Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme – International Ecosystem Management Partnership (UNEP-IEMP) (5min)

Session 1: Ecological protection and restoration of large rivers
Moderation: Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst, BfN

Keynote: "Conservation and restoration  of large rivers in Germany - a multifunctional approach"
Mathias Scholz, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)      (20 min + 10 min Q&A)

“Joint Research on Ecological Conservation and Restoration of the Yangtze River”
Xu Rui, National Joint Research Center for Yangtze River Conservation (NCYC), CRAES (10 min)

“Environmental risk prevention and control of emerging pollutants in the Yellow River Basin”
Duan Lijie, National Joint Research Center for Ecological Protection and high-quality Development of Yellow River Basin, YRUC, CRAES (10 min)

Q&A Session (10 min)

Session 2: Predicting climate change impacts on major river basins
Moderation: Xue Jie, CRAES

Keynote: “Study of climate change impact on river temperature”
Cheng Hongguang, Beijing Normal University (20 min + 10 min Q&A)

“Modeling the cyanobacteria blooms in the regulated Moselle River”
Mayra Ishikawa, German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) (10 min)

“Cryospheric changes in mountain headwaters in the Himalayas”
Dhiraj Pradhananga, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal (10 min)

Q&A Session (10 min)

Science pitches
Moderation: Kati Wenzel, BfN
“Introducing the RESTOLINK project”
Julia Pasqualini, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

 “Different Nitrogen Deposition Forms May Influence Dissolved Organic Carbon Leaching from Plateau Peatlands to Nearby Rivers”
Ling Luo, Institute of Hydrobiology, Technical University of Dresden

“Study on main controlling factors and thresholds of seasonal algal blooms in rivers”
Bao Linlin, Institute for Water Environment, Sichuan Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences

“Simulation of the effects of runoff deficiency situations on the water quality of the Lower Spree and assessment of an ecologically justified minimum water discharge”
Johanna Reineke, German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) 

"The pathway for coordinated carbon and emission reduction of coal chemical industry in the Yellow River Basin"
Sun Yuanyuan

Q&A Session

Closing Day 1 and outlook Day 2

Wang Lijing, Director of the National Joint Research Center for Yangtze River Conservation (NCYC), CRAES

Only for Young Researchers: Open Exchange and Networking Session
Young researchers are invited to stay online and network with peers.

Welcome and introduction to Day 2 and Summary of Day 1

Duan Liang, Deputy Director of Basin Research Center for Water Pollution Control, CRAES

Session 3: Basin-wide assessment, monitoring and evaluation: Good practices
Moderation: Tatirose Vijitpan, UNEP-IEMP

Keynote: “Situational Analysis of the Lake Bosomtwe Biosphere Reserve, Ghana”
Shalom Addo-Danso, CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) (20 min + 10 min Q&A)

“A multi-scenario approach to optimize barrier removal in an upper Danube sub-basin”
Mayra Darre, Aalborg University (10 min)

“Water Management of Baoxing River Basin based on assessment of aquatic ecosystem”
Tian Xiaogang, Director of the Institute of Water Environment, Sichuan Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences (10 min)

Q&A Session (10 min)

World Café – Encouraging research collaboration and communication of findings to decision-makers
Participants are split into 3 random groups. Each group will join a room with a moderator. For each room there will be an overall topic for discussion. Discussions will happen in 3 phases of 20 min each (Status Quo/Problems/Solutions). Every 20 mins the groups will move from one room to another. Thus, a new group entering a room will further develop the findings of the previous groups.

Room 1: Encouraging joint research projects for River Basin Management 

Room 2: Collaborating with other disciplines (interdisciplinary) and stakeholders (transdisciplinary)

Room 3: Communicating research findings for policy decisions (Science-Policy interface)

Closing & next steps

Duan Liang, CRAES (5 min)

Tatirose Vijitpan, UNEP-IEMP (5 min)

Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst, BfN (5 min)