Time table

Day One - Monday (26.06.)

9:00 - departure by bus from Warsaw

12:30 - arrival to Kiermusy

12:30-14:30 - welcome and integration lunch - unofficial opening of WSIC

14:30 - departure from Kiermusy to Biebrza National Park headquarters in Osowiec

15:30 - arrival to Osowiec

15:30-18:30 - official opening of the WSIC, including:

15:30 - 16:15 - general subject introductory: key-note lecture: Wetlands: what, why, how, when, what for...?

16:30 - 17:15 - general introductory to the WSIC in the Biebrza valley:
lecture: Why WSIC in the Biebrza valley?

17:30 - 18:15 - general introductory to the area: lecture: Miraculous Biebrza National Park (by BNP managing director Mr Adam Sieńko)

during breakes - organizational and technical kick-off; handing out materials etc.

18:30 - departure from Osowiec

18:45 - arrival to Goniądz and accommodation at the Bartek pension

19:30 - dinner
Day Two - Tuesday (27.06.)

8:00 - breakfast

9:00 - departure to the field trip: "Górny Basen"
Time: up to 6.5 hours (including 3.5 hours of driving and 1 hour lunch break)

15:30 - 16:00 - refreshment break

16:00 - 19:00 - indoor session Workshop - Participants Presentations Part 1

19:30 - dinner

Day Three - Wednesday (28.06.)

8:00 - breakfast

9:00 - departure to field trip: "Dolny Basen"
Time: up to 6.5 hours (including 3 hours of driving and 1 hour lunch break)

15:30 - 16:00 - refreshment break

16:00 - 19:00 - indoor session Workshop - Participants Presentations Part 2

19:30 - dinner

Day Four - Thursday (29.06.)

8:00 - breakfast

9:00 - departure to field trip: "Basen Środkowy"
Time: up to 5 hours (including 1.5 hours driving)

14:00 - 15:15 - lunch

15:15 - 19:00 - indoor thematic session No 1 (lectures, exercises and discussion):
Introduction: Water-soil-vegetation relationships in the natural Biebrza wetlands

19:30 - dinner

Day Five - Friday (30.06.)

8:30 - breakfast

9:30 - 13:15 - indoor thematic session No 2 (lectures, exercises and discussion):
Hydrology and soil properties of organic wetlands: Biebrza as an example of relationships in wetlands - transition from natural to transformed

13:30 - 14:45 - lunch

14:45 - 18:30 - indoor thematic session No 3 - Part 1 (lectures, exercises and discussion):
Management and restoration of wetlands differing in the degree of human disturbance

19:30 - dinner

Day Six - Saturday (01.07.)

8:30 - breakfast

9:30 - departure to the field trip(s): "Pomiary" (possibly in groups)
Time: up to 3h (including 0.5 hour driving)

12:30 - 13:30 lunch

13:30 - 16:15 - indoor thematic session No 3 - Part 2 (lectures, exercises and discussion):
Management and restoration of wetlands differing in the degree of human disturbance

16:30 - 18:00 - evaluation and official closing of the WSIC

18:30 - till the last… - party "For the good memories"

Day Seven - Sunday (02.07.)

8:00 - breakfast

9:00 - departure from Goniadz

12:30 - arrival to the Central Railway Station (Warszawa-Centralna)

13:00 - arrival to the Warsaw Airport (Okęcie)

13:30 - arrival to the hotels