Day 0: 11 November 2008

Night in Djerba

Day One: 12 November 2008

08:00                       Departure

09:00-11:00             Visit of IRA

13:00-14:00             Lunch in Matmata

16:00-18:00             Tour of Ksar Ghilane / Sunset on the desert dunes

                                Night in Ksar Ghilane (tents)

Day two: 13 November 2008

 08:00                      Registration at Hotel Touareg- Douz

08:00                       Departure to Douz from Ksar Ghilane

10:00-13:00             National day of desert tourism

13:00-14:00             Lunch

15:00-16:00             Opening ceremony

16:00-16:30             Coffee break

16:30 -18:30            Keynote presentations

18:30-19:00             Discussions

19:00- 20:00            Poster session

 Day three: 14 November 2008

  08:30-10:30            Session I: Desert energy 

10:30-11:00             Coffee break 

11:00-13:00              Session II: Stress biology & desert agriculture 

13:00-14:00             Lunch 

14:00-16h00            Session III: Soil and water technologies combating desertification,     remote sensing and GIS

16:00-16:30              Coffee break

 16:30-18:30            Session IV: Desert human and social Sciences societies

Day four: 15 November 2008

 08.00 – 18.00          Field trip to Regim Maatoug

Day five: 16 November 2008

10:30-11:00              Coffee break

Closing session

 Departure