LOCATION: ROOM B ON 1ST FLOOR

08:30   Registration and coffee

09:00   Opening of the conference

• Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, The minister of Environment, Energy and Climate 

WFD Progress in general

09:15   Presentation from the European Commission

• Mrs. Bettina Doeser – Head of Sustainable Freshwater Management, Directorate General Environment, EU

09:45   National Overview of the WFD- Progress in the Nordic countries

• Iceland – Sigrún Ágústsdóttir, Director of The Environment Agency of Iceland
• Norway – Tor Simon Pedersen, Senior adviser, The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
• Sweden – Signhild Nerheim, Head of unit, Water Management at Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and Johan Kling, Head of section, Water Resources Management
• Finland – Turo Hjerppe, Senior specialist at the Ministry of Environment 
• Denmark – Nanna Granlie Vossen, Freshwater biologist at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency

11:30   Lunch Break

Water governance and sector integration

12:30    Experiences and lessons learned from the first Swedish DMP – drought management plan. Irene Bohman – Director in the South Baltic water district authority

12:50   Collaborative water management across England – An overview of the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) Damian Crilly – Manager at the Strategic Catchment Partnerships at the Environment Agency of United Kingdom and Dr. Rob Collins – Director of Policy and Science at the Rivers Trust and Chair of the CaBA National Support Group

13:10   Legal implications of the WFD
Kirsten Vielwerth – Policy advisor at the Ministry of the Environment of Denmark

13:30   Q & A panel (Irene, Damian & Dr. Rob and Kirsten)

13:45   Break

14:00   Water Governance: an OECD perspective
Oriana Romano – Head of Unit, Water Governance and Circular Economy of OECD. Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development Division. Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

14:20   Setting WFD objectives in N2000 sites
Ann-Karin Thorén – Senior Analyst at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

14:40   LIFE IP Rich Waters: Creating momentum for implementation of the WFD in Sweden
Rosita Ericsson – Communication officer at Life IP Rich Waters

15:00   Q & A panel 

15:15   Break

Outputs from research projects and new technologies

15:30   The MERLIN project for mainstreaming river and wetland restoration in Europe
Dr. Sebastian Birk – Scientist and coordinator of Merlin restoration project

15:50   Securing biodiversity, functional integrity & ecosystem services in DRYing rivER networks (DRYvER)
Thibault Datry – works at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) –
Department of Waters

16:10   Safeguard Biodiversity and improve Climate Adaptation in catchment areas under pressure: tools and  Solutions (SABICAS) 
Dr. Benjamin Kupilas – Researcher at NIVA

16:30    Q & A panel

16:45    Break

17:00    Environmental design of regulated rivers to maintain hydro-morphological processes and biodiversity
Atle Harby – Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy research

17:20    The practical application of the ‘nature-based’ approach in river management: multi-scale case study on the Andakílsá River, Iceland’
Dr. Hamish Moir – Specialist from Cbec restoration in Scotland. Presentation on restoration of Andakílsá river in Borgarnes, Iceland

17:40    Q & A

17:50   Closing of Day 1