 Hosted and co-organised by:
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
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5th International SedNet conference 27th-29th May 2008 hosted and co-organised by NGI, Oslo, Norway
Urban Sediment Management and Port Redevelopment & Sediment in River Basin Management Plans
Sediment in rivers, harbours and marine coastal zones in urban areas is often historically contaminated. Contamination originates from industrial activities, dockyard and harbour operations as well as discharges of municipal wastewater and urban surface water run-off. This ‘legacy of the past’ complicates the redevelopment of harbour areas and the waterfront of cities for housing or commercial purposes. A proper sediment management strategy is required that takes into account environmental risks associated with contaminated sediment as well as the identification of appropriate remediation options for use in the urban environment. Furthermore, European legislation increasingly requires the involvement of stakeholders, who may have conflicting viewpoints and concerns. How to manage such complexity? What challenges with regard to the management of contaminated sediments have been met and what experiences gained in port redevelopment cases in urban areas?
This will be the topic for the first half of the SedNet Conference.
The second half of the conference will be dedicated to the state-of-the-art on sediment management in river basin management planning. What recent, scientific sediment related findings may (or should) find their way into river basin management plans or their future updates? Presentations are scheduled from, amongst others, ongoing, major EC projects, such as MODELKEY and RISKBASE. Also a report back will be given of the 4th SedNet Conference on sediment management as essential element of River Basin Management Plans, which took place in Venice in 2006. What are recent developments in European River Basins, are sediments considered in management plans? What are the experiences and challenges? Are there needs towards European policy?
Posters
A poster session, divided in 7 areas, will be open during coffee and lunch breaks.
EC Best Paper 2008 Award
The Environment Commission (EC) of the Central Dredging Association, CEDA, will present its 2008 Award for a contribution to the literature on dredging and environment at the SedNet conference. CEDA EC has established this award to stimulate the dissemination of good quality information related to dredging and the environment, including technical, regulatory and managerial aspects of dredging operations and dredged material management. The Prize is € 1000 in cash and the publication of the full paper in Dredging and Port Construction Magazine.
For the Preliminary conference program click here
Conference fee and Registration
The fee for participation is
- SedNet conference 27th-29th May 2008: Euro 300
- Workshop “Living with Sediments” on 30th May 2008:
* for participants of the SedNet conference: Euro 50
* for others: Euro 100
The fees include coffee/tea breaks, lunches, reception on day 1, excursion to the Oslo fjord and conference dinner on day 2. VAT is not included.
The conference fee must be paid to the SedNet Secretariat upon receipt of an invoice.
For the conference registration form click here
Venue
The venue for the SedNet conference is at UBC, Oslo, close to the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute:
Sognsveien 72
P.O. Box 3930 Ullevaal Stadion
N-0806 Oslo, Norway
http://www.ngi.no/
UBC/ NGI can be reached directly by bus from Oslo International airport.
Three subway lines connect the location to the centre of Oslo.
Hotel accommodation
The following hotels have rooms available at special rates if booked before 25th March 2008:
Thon Hotel Astoria
Dronningsgate 21, 0154 Oslo
phone +47-24145550, email
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Room prices hotel Astoria (tax and breakfast included):
single room 745 NOK (reference no. 3828930)
double room 995 NOK (reference no. 3828950)
Please mention the reference number when you book your room in order to guarantee the special price.
Thon Hotel Gyldenløve
Bogstadveien 20, 0355 Oslo
phone +47-23332300, email
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Room prices hotel Gyldenløve (tax and breakfast included):
single room 1390 NOK (reference no. 3877180)
double room 1590 NOK (reference no. 3877190)
Please mention the reference number when you book your room in order to guarantee the special price.
More information about the accommodation can be found on http://www.thonhotels.no/
Organising Committee
Piet den Besten, Centre for Water Management, The Netherlands
Gijs Breedveld, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Jos Brils, Deltares, The Netherlands
Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority, The Netherlands
Audun Hauge, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Susanne Heise, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Peter Heininger, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany
Igor Liska, ICPDR, Austria
Hans-Peter Nachtnebel, University of Vienna, Austria
Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany
Sue White, Cranfield University, UK
For questions please contact
SedNet Secretariat: internet http://www.sednet.org/; email:
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Extra workshop “Sustainable Sediment Management” on Friday 30th May 2008
organised by the Dutch project-team of “Living with Sediments”
On Friday 30th May 2008 the “Living with Sediments” project team organises an extra session that will focus on a system approach to sustainable sediment management. To make this system approach more clear the perspective will be used of the concept of resilience, which is "the capacity of a system, like a society or an ecosystem, to deal with change and continue to develop". In this context, "a resilience perspective provides a new way of addressing and analysing issues of governance and management of social-ecological systems".
For more information on the concept see the website of the Stockholm Resilience Centre: http://www.stockholmresilience.su.se/).
Venue of this event is also NGI Oslo.
For detailed workshop contents we refer to the separate program
You can register for this workshop via the SedNet Conference Registration form.
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