The River Restoration Centre Annual Network Conference 2005
University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Day 1: Wednesday 13th April 2005 (Main conference room N001)
9.50 – 10.50 REGISTRATION / COFFEE (ATRIUM)
10.50 / Welcome: David Gilvear (University of Stirling & RRC Chairman) / 10 mins
11.00
11.25 / Keynote Speaker: Elliot Morley MP (Minister of State for Environment & Agri-Environment) Conclusions of the flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy
Special Guest Speaker: Walter Binder (Bavarian national office for water management, Germany) Why River Restoration? (an overview of three decades of river restoration) / 25 mins
25 mins
11.50 / Discussion / 20 mins
Session 1: / River Restoration Techniques 1
CHAIR: / TBC
12.10 / Paul Smith (Environment Agency - Southern Region) ‘Shopham Loop River Restoration Project’
/ 15mins
12.25 / Paul Ritchie (Corporation of London) ‘Restoring The Rye Brook – An Integrated Approach’ / 15mins
12.40 / Warren Bradley (Halcrow) ‘ Opportunity or constraint for enhancing river environments: Practical experiences of the DEFRA priority score system on taking forward flood alleviation schemes’ / 15mins
12.55 / Discussion / 15mins
13.10 / LUNCH 13.10 – 14.10 (REFECTORY)
Session 2: / Combining sustainable flood management and river restoration
CHAIR: / TBC
14.10 / Mike Donaghy (WWF) & Richard Johnson (Mountain Environments Ltd) ‘The River Devon Sustainable Flood Management Project: river and wetland restoration’
/ 15mins
14.25 / Oliver Kaiser (Institute for Landscape Management, Freiburg, Germany) ‘Flood protection and ground water replenishment through the revitalization of a floodplain along the upper Danube near Ulm, Germany’ / 15mins
14.40 / Julie Waldron (Landscape Architect, Edinburgh Council) ‘The Niddrie Burn: a sustainable approach to combining river restoration with flood management in an area of regeneration in South-East Edinburgh’ / 15mins
14.55 / Discussion / 15mins
Day 1 Cont:
Session 3 / POSTERS AND TEA/COFFEE 15.10 – 16.10 (ATRIUM)
(Poster Titles TBC)
Session 4: / Restoring the ecology of urban rivers, not just landscaping
CHAIR: / TBC
16.10 / Mark Scott (Project Manager (SMURF) / Environment Agency, Tewkesbury)
‘Sustainable urban river management - the example of SMURF’ / 15mins
16.25 / Geraldene Wharton, Claire Hulbert, Nicola Sackwild (Queen Mary University of, London) and Richard Copas (Environment Agency) ‘Restoring the River Quaggy, South London: appraising its geomorphological and ecological success’ / 15mins
16.40 / Valerie Bain & Roger Bettess (HR Wallingford)
‘International Approaches to Achieving Ecological Objectives of Urban River Basin Enhancement’ / 15mins
16.55 / Open Discussion / 25mins
17.20 / ‘Launch of the River Restoration strategy for North London’
speaker TBC (Environment Agency, Thames Region, Hatfield ) / 15mins
17.35 / Fran Bayley (Environment Agency, Thames Region, Hatfield) ‘Examples of River Restoration across London; challenges and opportunities’ / 10mins
17.45 / Discussion & close / 15mins
EVENING MEAL (REFECTORY BAR) 19.00 for 19.30
For residential & pre-booked delegates only. Bar open until 12.30am
Day 2: Thursday 14th April 2005
8.50 / REGISTRATION (ATRIUM)
9.00 / Welcome to day 2 explanation of format / 10 mins
Session 5: / River Restoration Techniques 2
CHAIR: / TBC
9.10 /
Nick Lutt (Thames Water) ‘Upper Kennet Rehabilitation Project – selecting, using and developing rehabilitation techniques on a chalk river’
/ 15 mins9.25 / Nick Haycock & Kevin Skinner(Haycock Associates) ‘Sinderland Brook - concept, design and implementation of a 1.8km river and corridor restoration scheme prior to urban development’ / 15 mins
9.40 / Alfons Oberhofer (Architekt Landschaftsplaner, Vienna) ‘Recent river restoration projects on the Morava River & Danube River’ / 15 mins
9.55 / Discussion / 15 mins
10.10 / Move to parallel sessions
(see page 3 for details of these sessions) / 10 mins
12.35 / All Return to ATRIUM for sum up discussion / 30 mins
13.05 / LUNCH (REFECTORY BAR) 13.05 - 14.05
13.20 / Coach leaves for site visit (13.20pm sharp) or Reconvene for chosen workshop at 14.05
**Please note: a packed lunch will be provided for those going to the site visit**
Workshops - 14.05 to 15.25
Option 1: ‘Monitoring and appraisal in river restoration. How does it fit with the objectives of the Water Framework Directive’ Kevin Skinner (Haycock Associates) & others (TBC) (Room N001)
Option 2: ‘Establishing long term goals for urban river restoration; an open forum to discuss constraints and opportunities with a view to developing a realistic long term vision for our urban rivers’ Matt Carter (Environment Agency, Hatfield) (Room N110)
Option 3: ‘Ask the Expert’ (RRC staff, Advisors and others): Practical advice on rivers and restoration – A range of individuals available to answer your questions (Room N105)
[Engineering Works, Angling Improvements, Geomorphology, WTT Advisor visits, RRC On-site Advice and others TBC]
15.25 / TEA/COFFEE (ATRIUM) / 30 mins
15.55 / All return to ATRIUM for summary of workshops and discussion
(Estimated return of site visit delegates Approx. 4.00pm) / 30 mins
14.25 / Final words and CLOSE / 5 mins
PARALLEL SESSION PROGRAMME
Parallel Session / 6. SUSTAINABLE FLOOD MANAGEMENT (N110) / 7. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION OF ENHANCING RIVER ENVIRONMENTS (N001) / 8. FISHERIES TECHNIQUES(N005)
CHAIR: / TBC
10.20 / Ian Frearson (Land Drainage and Flood Defence Manager, Engineering Design) ‘Keeping up appearances’. / Jim Phillips (Parks Projects Co-ordinator, Bristol parks)
'Music is the key to sustainable river enhancement' / Matt Carter (Environment Agency – Thames Region)
‘Improving very heavily engineered and degraded rivers for fish
populations’ / 15 mins
10.35 / Gary Jones-Wright (Environment Agency - North West Region) Carlisle & Lower Eden Flood Risk Management Strategy’ / Tony Burch (EA Strategic Planning Engineer)
'The socio-economic justification of enhancing river environments' / Simon Johnson (Wild Trout Trust) ‘The work of the WTT in delivering restoration at the local level’ / 15 mins
10.50 / Discussion / Discussion / Discussion / 10 mins
11.00 / Tea Coffee / Tea Coffee / Tea Coffee / 30 mins
Parallel Session / 9. CASE STUDIES (N110) / 10. LOW FLOW MANAGEMENT (N001) / 11. HABITAT ENHANCEMENT
(N105)
CHAIR: / TBC
11.30 / Sally German (Gifford) & Robin Chase (Cain Consultancy) ‘The need for fluvial geomorphology in the sustainable ecological restoration of an urban watercourse’ / Nigel Holmes (Alconbury Environmental Consultants) ‘The Darent...the most seriously affected low flow river due to abstraction, and a history of poor flood defence management’ / Sally Sudworth & Paul Maliphant (Halcrow) ‘Rhondda Fach River Diversion – birds, bats and battered fish’ / 15 mins
11.45 / Roy Richardson (SEPA) ‘Restoring streams using engineering log jams – a case study from Northern California’ / John Ferguson (Montana Water Trust) ‘The need for increased streamflows,
Montana’ / Peter Armin & Sharon Woolsey (EAWAG) ‘local river widenings as river enhancement techniques’ / 15 mins
12.00 / Pete Worrall (Penny Anderson Associates) & David Palmer (Black & Veatch) ‘Rivers of Concrete' (Creating ecological value in concrete rivers) Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5’ / Stuart Smith (Atkins Water) ‘Low flows and river restoration in East Anglia: current approaches and future challenges’ / Katy Read (Middlemarch Environmental Ltd, Coventry) 'Riverine and Floodplain Rehabilitation Best Practice: A Case Study at Aston Hall Farm' / 15 mins
12.15 / Discussion / Discussion / Discussion / 15 mins
12.30 / Return to the Main Conference Room / 5 mins
BOOKING FORM – SEE BELOW
the RIVER RESTORATION CENTRE
6th ANNUAL NETWORK CONFERENCE
13th – 14th APRIL 2005
University of Hertfordshire, de Havilland Campus*
*Nearest train station Hatfield, nearest airports Luton, Stansted
B O O K I N G F O R M
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[Thanks to sponsorship this year we have some discretionary discounts (up to £100) available for Individuals, Trusts and small NGOs- Please call to discuss]
**All prices include VAT at 17.5%
THURSDAY WORKSHOPS or SITE VISIT
(In Order of Preference)
1. Workshop 1: Kevin Skinner (Haycock Associates) & others (to be confirmed) – ‘Monitoring and appraisal in river restoration. How does it fit with the objectives of the Water Framework Directive’
2. Workshop 2: Matt Carter (Environment Agency, Hatfield) – ‘In the real world, what are the long term goals for urban river restoration? - Establishing long term goals for urban river restoration; an open forum to discuss constraints and opportunities with a view to developing a realistic long term vision for our urban rivers’
3. Workshop 3: ‘Ask the Expert’ (RRC staff, Advisors and others): Practical advice on rivers and restoration – A range of individuals available to answer your questions’
[Engineering Works, Angling Improvements, Geomorphology, WTT Advisory Visits, RRC On-site Advice and others TBA]
4. Site Visit: River Brent Rehabilitation Project, Wembley
***please note the earlier you book the more likely you are to be allocated your preferred option.
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All cancellations or amendments to the booking must be confirmed in writing at least 21 days prior to the event. Any cancellation or changes received after this time will be charged according to the following scale, based upon the charges that would have been applicable according to the details in the booking:
Notified 21 days+ charged at 75% per delegate
Notified 20 days and under charged at 100% per delegate
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Please return by Friday 18th March 2005 to: River Restoration Centre, Cranfield University, Silsoe Campus, Silsoe, BEDFORD, MK45 4DT Email: Tel/fax: 01525 863341
Conference kindly sponsored by WWF and the Environment Agency (NE Thames region)