PROGRAMME

The language of the conference was English, no translation foreseen.

• Full Programme
  
  
• Agenda
  
  
• Keynote speakers
  
  
• Thematic sessions
  
  
• Workshops

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Keynote speakers

At this stage the following keynote speakers have confirmed their participation:

• Frank ALBERT
  Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water Management (The Nederlands)
  
  Date: Wednesday 18 June
  Title: Room for the River: The story of a multiple-goal and multiple-actor planning process
  
  
  
• Walter BINDER - View CV
  Bayerisches Landesamt für Wasserwirtschaft (Germany)
  
  Date: Thursday 19 June
  Title: River restoration: a european overview on urban rivers
  
  
  
• Dietrich BORCHARDT
  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ (Germany)
  
  Date: Wednesday 18 June
  Title: River restoration and EU environmental objectives
  
  
  
• Stuart E. BUNN - View CV
  Director, Australian Rivers Institute Griffith University (Australia)
  
  Date: Thursday 19 June
  Title:Linking science, monitoring and management to improve the health of waterways in South East Queensland, Australia
  
  
  
• Gordon GRANT - View CV
  USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (USA)
  
  Date: Monday 16 June
  Title: New science and management challenges in river restoration: dam removal, gravel augmentation, and climate change
  
  
  
• Stan GREGORY - View CV
  Oregon State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife (USA)
  
  Date: Wednesday 18 June
  Title: River Restoration: Erecting Monuments to Our Good Intentions or Restoring Dynamic Riverine Processes in a Changing World
  
  
  
• Bruno MERZ - View CV
  GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GERMANY)
  
  Date: Monday 16 June
  Title: Flood risk in a changing world
  
  
  
• Timothy MOSS - View CV
  IRS Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung (Germany)
  
  Date: Tuesday 17 June
  Title: Decision making for river and floodplain restoration: Coping with complexity
  
  
  
• Margaret PALMER - View CV
  University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (USA)
  
  Date: Tuesday 17 June
  Title: Stream Restoration as a Collaborative Activity with Nature
  
  
  
• Hervé PIEGAY - View CV
  Université de Lyon III (France)
  
  Date: Tuesday 17 June
  Title: Geomorphic contribution to river restoration planning and monitoring in the hydrographic district of the Rhône : challenging issues
  
  
  
• Klement TOCKNER - View CV
  Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Berlin (Germany)
  
  Date: Thursday 19 June
  Title: The Status of European catchments, and setting priorities for restoration
  
  
  
• Maciej ZALEWSKI
  University of Lodz Center for ecological studies (Poland)
  
  Date: Thursday 19 June
  Title: Ecohydrology as trans-disciplinary tool for river restoration

Thematic sessions

The Scientific and Technical Committee approved the following thematic sessions:

1. Biodiversity and restoration of hydromorphological processes
   Chairmen: B. Gumiero & L. Globevnik
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
2. Basin Scale Restoration for fisheries rehabilitation: planning and monitoring
   Chairmen: P. Roni, G. Marmulla
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
3. River Restoration and EU Directives
   Chairmen: T. M. Iversen, G. Neveu
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
4. Flood Risk and River Restoration
   Chairmen: H. Nijland, U. Menke
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
5. Restoration and management of physical processes and sediments (click here for more details)
   
   With the general support of IAEG - International Association of Engineering Geology - Italian National Group
   
   Chairmen: M. Rinaldi, G. Grant, M. Kondolf, P. Downs, H. Piegay
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
6. Evaluating and monitoring success in River Restoration plans/projects
   Chairman: M. Janes
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
7. Key issues and challenges in Decision Making Processes to implement River Restoration (click here for more details)
   Chairman: A. Nardini
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
8. Ecohydrology
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   1. Water quality
      Chairman: P. Bakony
      
   2. Environmental flow/hydropower
      Chairmen: B. Maiolini & G. Zolezzi
      
   3. Linking hydrology, geomorphology and ecology
      Chairmen: A. Gurnell, W. Bertoldi
      
   
   
   
9. Urban rivers
   Chairman: J. Jormola
   
   Oral Presentations
   Poster Presentations
   
   
   
10. Large dams and River Restoration
    Chairman: D. G. De Jalón
    
    Oral Presentations
    Poster Presentations
    
    
    

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Workshops

In the afternoon of the 2nd and 3rd day (17-18 June 2008) workshops have been organized in order to foster the discussion on specific themes.

Some of them had a limited number of participants and an earlier registration was required.

LIST OF UPDATED WORKSHOPS

Tuesday 17 June

Wednsnday 18 June

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