Presentation from the European Commission
– Mrs. Bettina Doeser
Directorate General Environment, EU
Opening of The Conference
– Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson,
The minister of Environment, Energy and Climate
National Overview of the WFD- Progress in the Nordic countries
Iceland:
– Sigrún Ágústsdóttir
Environment Agency of Iceland
Norway:
– Tor Simon Pedersen
The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment-
Sweden:
– Signhild Nerheim
Water Management at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
– Johan Kling
Water Resources Management
Finland:
– Turo Hjerppe
Ministry of Environment
Denmark:
– Nanna Granlie Vossen
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Water governance and sector integration
Experiences and lessons learned from the first Swedish DMP – drought management plan.
– Irene Bohman
South Baltic water district authority
Collaborative water management across England – An overview of the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA)
– Damian Crilly
Strategic Catchment Partnerships at the Env. Agency of the UK
– Dr. Rob Collins
Rivers Trust and Chair of the CaBA National Support Group
Legal implications of the WFD
– Kirsten Vielwerth
Ministry of the Environment of Denmark
Water Governance: an OECD perspective
– Oriana Romano
Water Governance and Circular Economy of OECD. Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development Division. Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
Setting WFD objectives in N2000 sites
– Ann-Karin Thorén
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
LIFE IP Rich Waters: Creating momentum for implementation of the WFD in Sweden
– Rosita Ericsson
Life IP Rich Waters
Outputs from research projects and new technologies
The MERLIN project for mainstreaming river and wetland restoration in Europe
– Dr. Sebastian Birk
Merlin restoration project
Securing biodiversity, functional integrity & ecosystem services in DRYing rivER networks (DRYvER)
– Thibault Datry
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) –Department of Waters
Safeguard Biodiversity and improve Climate Adaptation in catchment areas under pressure: tools and Solutions (SABICAS)
– Dr. Benjamin Kupilas
NIVA
Environmental design of regulated rivers to maintain hydro-morphological processes and biodiversity
– Atle Harby
SINTEF Energy research
The practical application of the ‘nature-based’ approach in river management: multi-scale case study on the Andakílsá River, Iceland’
– Dr. Hamish Moir
Cbec restoration in Scotland. Presentation on restoration of Andakílsá river in Borgarnes, Iceland