Program

	Wednesday, November 28
09:30 – 10:00	Registration of participants. Coffee.
10:00 – 10:10	Opening. Acad. Vladislav Panchenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the RFBR Council Dr. Nosratollah Zargham, President of the Iran National Science Foundation (INSF)
10:10 – 11:00	Greetings:
10:10 – 10:15	Representative of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation
10:15 – 10:20	Mr. Gennady Ordenov, member of the Federation Council Committee on Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management.
10:20 – 10:25	Representative of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
10:25 – 10:30	Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
10:30 – 11:00	Greetings of the heads of delegations of the Caspian states:
	Republic of Azerbaijan Republic of Kazakhstan Turkmenistan
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee break. Group photo, press conference, “Books and archive documents about the Caspian Sea Region” exhibition.
11:30 –12:20	Session 1. "Science for the sustainable development of the Caspian region" Moderator: Prof. Vladimir Zhmur
11:30 – 11:50	Plenary report Acad. Gennady Matishov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences: “Problems of the Caspian Region: From Oceanography to Economics”
11.50 – 12.20	Sessionreports
11:50 – 12:05	Dr. Sergey Shapovalov, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences: “Sustainable Development of the Caspian Sea Region: Challenges for the Near Future”
12:05 – 12:20	Dr. Hamid A. K. Lahijani, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “Deep Caspian Basin Research: a key to answer long standing questions”
12:20 –15:00	Session 2. “The Caspian region in the context of global changes” Moderator: Dr. Anatoly Frolov, Water Problems Institute of RAS
12:20 – 12:40	Plenary report Prof. Sergey Dobrolyubov, Corresponding Member of RAS, Dean of the Faculty of Geography of MSU: "Atlas mapping of the Caspian region"
	Sessionreports
12:40 – 12:55	Dr. Tamara Yanina, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dr. Homayoun Khoshravan, Caspian Sea National Research and Study Center: "The evolution of the natural environment of the Caspian Sea in the context of global climate change"
12:55 – 14:00	Lunch
	Session 2 continued
14:00 – 14:15	Dr. Maria Konyushkova, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dr. Alavipanah Seyed Kazem, University of Tehran: "Coastal plain soils of the Caspian Sea region: the primary differentiation and evolution"
14:15 – 14:30	Dr. Idris Idrisov, Institute of Geology DSC RAS Dr. Azad Zeynalov, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography "The dynamics of the Caspian Sea in the early stages of the Pleistocene and the adaptation of the ancient man to it"
14:30 – 14:45	Abdolmajid Naderi Beni, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “Unearthing Historical Evidence of Navigation from the Caspian Coastal Area”
14.45 – 16.35	Session 3. “Dynamics of the Caspian Sea in the context of global changes” Moderator: Andrey Kostianoy, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
	Plenary report
14:45 – 15:05	Acad. Alexander Lisitsyn, Russian Academy of Sciences, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS): ”The Caspian Sea system"
	Sessionreports
15:05 – 15:20	Dr. Rashit Ibraev, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Numerical Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INM RAS): "Mesoscale variability of currents in the Caspian Sea"
15:20 – 15:35	Dr. Anatoly Frolov, Water Problems Institute of RAS: "Scenario forecasts of the fluctuations in the level of the Caspian Sea, with regard to the climatic and technogene impacts on the water balance of the sea"
15:35 – 15:50	Dr. Parvin Ghafarian, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “Signature of the Climate Change in the South Caspian Basin and Coastal Area”
15:50 – 16:05	Dr. Igor Medvedev, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS): "Fluctuations in sea level of the Caspian Sea with periods ranging from hours to years"
16:05 – 16:20	Dr. Leonid Lopatukhin, Saint Petersburg State University: "Wind-wave climate in the Caspian Sea"
16:20 – 16:35	Dr. Natalya Yaitskaya, Southern Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences “Elements of the hydrological regime of the Caspian Sea in the XX-XXI centuries and its extreme manifestations "
16:35 – 17:00	Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00	General discussion
18:00 – 20:30	Reception
	Thursday, November 29th
9.30 – 10.00	Registration of participants. Coffee.
10.00 – 10.20	Session 4. “Ecosystem and bioresources of the Caspian Sea” Moderator: Dr. Hamid A. K. Lahijani
10:00 – 10:20	Plenary report Dr. Behrooz Abtahi, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: «Caspian Sea environment and new threats »
10.20 – 12.20	Session reports
10:20 – 10:35	Dr. Mohammad Pourkazemi, Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute: «Aquatic Genetic Bioresources of the Caspian Sea»
10:35 – 10:50	Dr. Elena Ponomareva, Southern Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences: «Preservation of the Caspian biodiversity using modern cryopreservation methods».
10:50 – 11:05	Dr. Tamara Shiganova, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS): “Impact of the Black Sea non-native species on the ecosystem of the Caspian Sea”
11:05 – 11:20	Dr. Abolghasem Roohi, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “Comb jellyfish (Mnemiopsis leidyi) dynamic in South Caspian Sea”
11:20 – 11.50	Coffee break
11:50 – 12:05	Dr. Abolfazl Saleh, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “South Caspian Oxygenation and Eutrophication“
12:05 – 12:20	Dr. Hassan Fazli, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “The results of the recent monitoring on Kilka resources in South Caspian Sea”
12:20 – 13:05	Session 5. “Hazards in the Caspian Sea Region” Moderator: TBD
12:20 – 12:35	Dr. Mahmood Reza Akbarpour Jannat, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: “Marine Hazards in the South Caspian Sea”
12:35 – 12:50	Dr. Evgeny Kulikov, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS): "Tsunami in the Caspian Sea"
12:50 – 13:05	Dr. Alexander Kislov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dr. Pavel Toropov, Lomonosov Moscow State University: "Physical mechanisms of extreme precipitation on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea"
13:05 – 14:00	Lunch
14.00 – 15.35	Session 6. Hydrocarbon and other energy resources of the Caspian region. The impact of their production on the state of the marine environment. Moderator: Acad. Ramiz Mahmud oglu Mammadov , Institute of Geography, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
14.00 – 14.20	Plenary report Dr. Leopold Lobkovsky, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS): “Natural-like biotechnology for the recovery of the marine environment to ensure environmental safety in areas of active hydrocarbon production in the Caspian Sea”
	Session reports
14:20 – 14:35	Dr. Lev Merklin, , P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS), Dr. Hadi Gerivani, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science: ” Fluid Dynamics of the Middle and South Caspian”
14.35 – 14.50	Dr. Vagif Kerimov, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University) Dr. Rustam Mustaev, Russian State Geological Prospecting University Acad. Guliyev Ibrahim Said oglu, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Acad. Huseynov Dadash Aga-Javad oglu Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences: “Assessment of the hydrocarbon potential of deep-submerged sediments of the South Caspian basin”
14.50 – 15.05	Alexander Abashin, Director for Industrial Safety and Ecology of LUKOIL: «An integrated approach to ensuring the environmental safety of offshore oil and gas fields of the LUKOIL Company in the Caspian Sea»
15.05 – 15.20	Dr. Sergey Senderov, Melentiev Energy Systems Institute of the Siberian Branch of the RAS Dr. Nurali Yusifbayli, Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University: "Key problems of energy security in the Caspian Sea basin for Russia and Azerbaijan"
15.20 – 15.35	Ibrahim Kerimov, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences: «Technogenic earthquakes in the oil fields of the terek-caspian basin»
15:35 – 16:00	Coffee break
16.00 – 16.20	Dr. Andrey Kostianoy, P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS): “What don’t we know about the Caspian: Identification of new, most acute problems of the Caspian and prospects for their solution”
16.40 - 17.00	General discussion. Summing up the round table



14.00 – 16.00	Meeting of representatives of science-sponsoring organizations of the Caspian Sea region Adoption of the Final Resolution Determination of prospects for cooperation of organizations in a multilateral format IO RAS Small Conference Hall