PROGRAMME

Stochastic Wildfire Projections for Assessing Tail Risk of Extreme Fire Events in Lower Austria DR. JO, Hyun-woo International Institute For Applied Systems Analysis Hyun-Woo Jo is a research scholar at the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE) group at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. He earned his B.S. in Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering and his Ph.D. in Environmental Planning and Landscape Architecture from Korea University in 2018 and 2023, respectively. His research interests include application of remote sensing and deep learning techniques in agriculture and forestry domains, especially by combining domain specific knowledge with machine-learnable architecture. His interest in this area encouraged Jo to participate in joint projects with the European consortiums related to EU-Horizon2020: the Horizon2020 EOPEN (Nov.2017-Oct.2020) and Horizon2020 CALLISTO (Jan.2021-Dec.2023). As part of the EOPEN project, he developed a neural network model for rice paddy detection, the algorithms of which can be operated on a cloud-based platform of EOPEN. As part of the CALLISTO project, he performed joint research with the National Observatory of Athens in Greece on AI-based farmland monitoring. The research was followed by applying the model tested in South Korea to European regions through transfer learning. The results were presented at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems on Climate Change and AI. He is currently working on wildfire modeling at IIASA.

Linking Climate, Carbon Neutrality, and Air Quality Impacts through Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment Modeling PROF. WOO, Jung Hun Department Of Environmental Management, Graduate School Of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Dr. Jung Hun Woo is a Professor of Environmental Management and Associate Dean at Seoul National University. An internationally recognized expert in air quality and climate policy, he has led advances in emission inventories and integrated assessment modeling. He served as a Lead Author of the IPCC Guidelines, contributed to NASA’s KORUS-AQ and ASIA-AQ missions, and has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers (h-index 51).

Solutions for better linking ecosystem services, biodiversity, and multifunctionality in urban environments PROF. LATA, Jean-christophe Sorbonne University, Paris, France Dr. Jean-Christophe Lata is a 1st Class Senior Professor in the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris at Sorbonne University, France, from 2008. He previously spent 7 years at the ESE Laboratory of Ecology, Society and Evolution at the University of Saclay, France. His research focuses on nitrogen and carbon cycling, and the links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in natural (savannas, forests) and anthropized (urban systems, agroecology) ecosystems. He is among others Deputy Director of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris, Head of the Master course Ecological Engineering of the Master's program in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution at Sorbonne University, Member of the Pedagogical Committee of the International Master's program in Soil Sciences "MIS-Sol", Member of the Steering Committee of Côte d'Ivoire-France International Joint Laboratory EDD-Biodiv "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services", Member of the Steering Committee of the INEE Hwange (Zimbabwe) Zone Atelier, Member of the BNI International Consortium (based in Japan) on the biological inhibition of nitrification by plants, and Member of the CoS of the Observatory of Sciences of the Universe (OSU) EcceTerra (CNRS/Sorbonne University).

Rewilding as a tool for biodiversity in post-industrial areas in Czechia MR. OUHEL, Tomas ZOO Liberec Environmental strategist and CEO with 20+ years of experience in biodiversity conservation, climate adaptation, and sustainable development across Southeast Asia. Specialises in linking science, policy, and field implementation. Actively engages in international research cooperation and EU–Asia sustainability partnerships.

Energy Vulnerability in Czechia: Micro-scale Mapping as a Tool for Effective Policy Targeting DR. MACHáčEK, Jan University of Ostrava Jan Macháček is an academic at the Faculty of Science of the University of Ostrava, where he works at the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development and serves as Vice Dean for Development and Internationalization. In his professional work, he focuses on demography, tourism, and the environmental aspects of industrial activity, especially issues related to rare minerals. At present, he is concentrating on the energy transition of the Ostrava metropolitan area.