Day 0: 11 November 2008
22:00 to 24:00 Early Registration at hotel desk in Djerba
- Arrival to Djerba
- Night in Djerba
Day 1: 12 November 2008
- 08:00 Departure
- 09:00-11:00 Visit of IRA
- 13:00-14:00 Lunch in Matmata
- 16:00-18:00 Tour of Ksar Ghilane / Sunset on the desert dunes
- Night in Ksar Ghilane (tents)
Day 2: 13 November 2008
- 08:00–12:00 Registration for those participants coming directly to Douz: Hotel MOURADI
- 08:00 Departure to Douz
- 10:00-13:00 National day of desert tourism
- 13:00-14:00 Lunch
- 15:00-16:00 Opening ceremony speeches
- 16:00-16:30 Coffee break
Keynote presentations:
- 16:30-17:00 “learning from the Desert” Prof Hans Van Ginkel
- 17:00-17:30 “Desert Water Management” Ameur Horchani
- 17:30-18:00 Discussions
Poster session (18:00- 20:00)
Day 3: 14 November 2008
- 08:00-09:00 Late registration
Keynote presentations:
- 09:00–09:30 “Desert Energy” Prof. Kurokawa
- 09:30-10:00 “Stress Biology & Desert Agriculture” Norman Borlaug Institute ( Texas A&M University) USA
- 10:00-10:30 Discussions
- 10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Session I: Desert energy
- 11:00–13:00 Six/Seven approved oral presentations
- Discussion
- 13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session II: Stress biology & desert agriculture
- 14:00-16h00 Six/seven approved oral presentations
- Discussion
- 16:00-16:30 Coffee break
Session III: Soil and water technologies combating desertification, remote sensing and GIS
- 16:30–18:30 Six/seven approved oral presentations
- Discussion
Poster session (18:30- 20:00)
Day 4: 15 November 2008
08.00 – 18.00 Field trip to Regim Maatoug
Day 5: 16 November 2008
Session IV: Desert human and social Sciences societies
- 09:00-11:00 Six/Seven approved oral presentations
- Discussion
- 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
Closing session
- 11:30-13:00 Presentation and approval of recommendations of the technical sessions
- 13:00-14:00 Lunch
Departure
