Agenda

Time

Session

12:00 – 12:30

Registration of participants (round table materials will be distributed) / Coffee break

12:30 – 13:00

Opening of the roundtable

 (moderator - Bolot Duishenalievich Moldobekov, co-director of the Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Kyrgyz Republic)

Welcoming speeches:

·         Mr. Nurlan Tashmurzayevich Aitmurzaev - Special Envoy of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic for the implementation of the of the initiative «Five-year actions for the development of Mountain Regions»

·         Mr. Azamat Azatbekovich Temirkulov - Head of the Department f Analysis and Monitoring of Reforms Presidential Administration, Presidential Administration

·         Mr. Akylbek Abduvalievich Mazaripov - Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic

·         Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic (to be confirmed)

·         Mr.Baydyldaev Marat Kurmanbekovich – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic (online)

·         Mr.Kanatbek Ermekovich Abdrahmatov – Acting President of National academy of Science, Kyrgyz Republic

·         Ms. Sabira Samidinovna Soltongeldieva – Secretary General of the National Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic for UNESCO

·         Ms. Kristine Tovmasyan - Head of the Natural Sciences Department of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty

13:00- 13:05

Group photo

13:05 – 14:30

Session 1. “State of the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alay glaciers” (moderators – Bolot Duishenalievich Moldobekov, co-director of the Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG), Kyrgyz Republic; Thomas Sacks, University of Fribourg, glaciologist, Switzerland)

(Time 7-10 min)

·         "Current state of glaciers in the Kyrgyz Republic"

Mr. Bolot Duishenalievich Moldobekov - Co-Director of CAIAG, Kyrgyz Republic

·         "Creation of a cryosphere monitoring network in Central Asia: current state and prospects"

Mr. T. Saks - University of Fribourg, glaciologist, Switzerland

·         “Change in the area of ​​glaciers in the transboundary basins of South-Eastern Kazakhstan and the river Yertis for the last 60 years”

Mr. Alexander Borisovich Egorov - Central Asian Center for Glaciology, glaciologist, Republic of Kazakhstan

·         “State of glaciation of the Pskem basin (Western Tien Shan) in comparison with the development of other river basins with little glaciation”

Mr. Andrey Valentinovich Yakovlev - glaciologist, Uzbekistan

·         "Results of modeling the mass balance of the glacier No. 139 of the Karakul Lake basin"

Mr. Khusrof Kabutovich Kabutov - Center for the Study of Glaciers of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, glaciologist, Tajikistan (online)

·         “Glaciological studies of  the Inner Tien Shan glaciers”

Mr. Rysbek Abdyldaevich Satylganov - Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower National Academy of Sciences, Kyrgyz Republic

·         “Declining health of glaciers in High Mountain Asia”

Mr. Evan Miles, University of Zurich - glaciologist, Switzerland (online)

·         "Response of Central Asian glaciers and rock glaciers  to climate change and the impact of glacier surges"  

Mr. Tobias Bolch - University of St. Andrews, glaciologist, Scotland (online)

Questions for discussion:

-        The role of Central Asian states and international institutions in strengthening, monitoring and researching of mountain glaciers in the Central Asian region: vision, approaches, and problems.

-        Exchange of information and data.

14:30 – 14:50

Coffee break

14:50 – 16:20

Session 2 Glaciers, cryosphere, snow and river runoff

(moderator – Mr. Andrey Valentinovich Yakovlev, Uzhydromet, glaciologist, Uzbekistan, and Mr. Vitalyi Viktorovich Zaginaev, Head of the Department of Analysis and Forecast of Emergency Situations at the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic)

(Time 7-10 min)

·         Video - "Mountain glaciers, climate policy and COP27"

Ms Morgan Sig - Director, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative. (ICCINET) (online)

·         "Snow cover variability in the basins of transboundary rivers of Kazakhstan"

Ms. Nina Valerievna Pimankina -Head of the Laboratory for Monitoring the Dynamics of Snow and Ice Resources of the Central Asian Regional Glaciological Category 2 Center under the auspices of UNESCO, Republic of Kazakhstan

·         «Buried ice of the Tuiyksu group of glaciers as a source of compensatory flow formation»

Mr. Vasilyi Petrovich Kapitsa - Head of the Laboratory of High-altitude Geocryology of the Central Asian Regional Glaciological Category 2 Center under the auspices of UNESCO, Republic of Kazakhstan

·         «Assessment of the main components of the runoff of the Tien Shan rivers for the period of increased water content from 1993 to 2018»

Ms. Olga Yurievna Kalashnikova - CAIAG, hydrologist, Kyrgyz Republic

·         « Monitoring of the mass balance of glaciers in the context of global       climate change. Current glaciological research in Uzbekistan »

 Mr. Gulomzhan Ungarbayevich Umirzakov - Tashkent National University,Director, Uzbekistan

·         "Assessment and prevention of dangerous mudflow and landslide processes in the Lakhsh region"

Mr. Djafar Bakhodurovich Niyazov - Institute of Water Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Head. laboratory of climatology, glaciology and modelling, Tajikistan (online)

·         Launch of the GEF Cryosphere Project,

Ms. Kristine Tovmasyan - Head of the Natural Sciences Department of the UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty

Questions for discussion:

-        Methodology and methods of monitoring and study of glaciers and associated river runoff problems and approaches to determining meltwater of the cryosphere zone in the Central Asian region.

-        Assessment of the flow and forecast of the water content of rivers.

16:20 - 17:20

Session 3. Glaciers and related environmental and natural risks

(moderators – Mr. Dogdurbek Toktosartovich Chontoev, Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Ryskul Abdyzhakypovich Usubaliev – Head of Department 2, Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences)

(Time 7-10 min)

·         "Challenges for disaster risk management in rapidly changing mountain environments"

Mr. Christian Huggel - University of Zurich, Switzerland, Mr Simon Allen, University of Zurich, Switzerland (online)

·         "Monitoring of the development of outburst-prone lakes in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic"

Mr. Daurbek Zhoomartovich Sakiyev - Department of Monitoring and Forecasting, Director, MES KR / Mr. Vitaliyi Viktorovich Zaginaev, Head of the Analysis and Forecasting Department of the Department of Monitoring and Forecasting of Emergency Situation under the MES KR

·         "Moraine-glacial complexes as a form of transformation of the Tien Shan glaciers"

Mr. Sergey Alexandrovich Erokhin - Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower National Academy of Sciences, hydrogeologist engineer Kyrgyz Republic

·         "Remote and ground-based studies of outburst-prone high-mountain lakes in Kyrgyzstan"

Mr. Ryskul Abdyzhakypovich Usubaliev – Head of Department 2, Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences, Kyrgyz Republic

Questions for discussion:

-        The consequences of glacier degradation and, in general, changes in water resources in the Central Asian region in a warming climate: environmental aspects and risks, solutions and adaptation.

-        Mitigation of the consequences of natural risks associated with climate change.

16:40 -17:40

Session 4. Summing up/Discussion/Resolution

(moderators – Mr. Bolot Duishenalievich Moldobekov, Co-Director of the Central Asian Institute of Applied Earth Research, Kyrgyz Republic; Mr. Thomas Saks, University of Fribourg, Glaciologist, Switzerland)