PEEX Online Meeting/ Seminar at the ACCC Impact Week (April 2025)
22 April 2025, 9:00-12:00 of Helsinki time

Organizers: Hanna K. Lappalainen, Alexander Mahura, Markku Kulmala

Aims: (i) to introduce the research and educational activities at new PEEX partner universities, and (ii) to discuss future collaboration in a frame of climate change and air quality research.

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Session I: General Information

Welcome words, opening, on Grand Challenges – by Markku Kulmala / Hanna Lappalainen

Pres00: PEEX Programme overview – by Hanna Lappalainen

Session II-A: Welcome New Partners

Pres01: Agricultural University of Iceland research and educational activities – by Pavla Dagsson-Waldhauserova, Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI), Hvanneyri, Iceland

Pres02: Odessa Polytechnic National University research and educational activities – by Oleg Shablii, Odessa Polytechnic National University (OP), Odessa, Ukraine

Pres03: Ukrainian Joint Meteorological and Hydrological Society: overview of activities – by Sergiy Stepanenko, Ukrainian Joint Meteorological and Hydrological Society (UHMS), Odessa, Ukraine

Pres04: Istanbul Technical University research (ITU) and educational activities – by Hüseyin Toros, ITU, Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye

Pres05: ARIANET research activities – by Sandro Finardi, ARIANET Ltd., Milan, Italy

Session II-B: Welcome New Partners (continued)

Pres06: Dalian University of Technology (DUT) research and educational activities – by Yu Zhao, DUT, Dalian Liaoning, China

Pres07: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences research and educational activities – by Bo Yao, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Pres08: Integrated Research on Disaster Risks International Center of Excellence research and educational activities – by Xu Tang, IRDR-ICoE-RIG-WECEIPHE, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Session III: Invited presentations from PEEX Partners

Pres09: COST Action PEEX-EU-NEN-ReN “Pan-Eurasian EXperiment – Europe – Near Europe Neighbourhood countries Earth System Research Network” – by Alexander Mahura, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Helsinki, Finland

Pres10: Interreg REOPEN “Next Generation Workforce – Empowering Young People for Improved Employment” – by Anda Paegle, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Pres11: PEEX implementation plan for Shanghai MegaCity and Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration – by Alexander Baklanov, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Pres12: Erasmus+ CLUVEX concept, training of moderators and students as Climate Messengers – by Julia Karhumaa, University of Helsinki, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, Helsinki, Finland

Plenary talk by Acad. Markku Kulmala on Grand Challenges & Science Diplomacy