29th and 30th September 2009
World Trade Centre, Lille, France
A CIWEM conference with ASTEE and EWA
This conference explored the crucially important issues which
have developed since the Water Framework Directive came into force
in 2000.
Speakers included József Gayer, Hungarian Ministry of
Environment and Water discussing WFD related Public Participation
in Hungary and keynote speaker Peter Gammeltoft, Head of Water
Unit, DG Environment.
Conference programme
Delegate notes from the 2009
event
Click on the titles below to view and download presentations
from the conference
Day One - 29th September 2009
- Water, adaptation to climate change in the EU
Keynote Speaker - Peter Gammeltoft, Head of Environment, DG Environment
- Water Framework Directive - A European Perspective
Mike Pocock, Veolia Water
- Flood Risk Management Plans - Using the EU Floods Directive to improve flood risk management
Jaap Flikweert, Royal Haskoning
- Operational aspects of low flow forecasting
Claire Lang, Cerpa
- Carbon Accounting in Investment Selection - A Programme Level Approach
Craig Robertson, MWH
- Water Scarcity in Southern countries: Perspective for Water Services Operators
Dominique Gatel, EUREAU
- Water Policy Coordination in Ireland under the EU Water Framework Directive
Jon MacDonagh-Dumler, Institute of Water Reseach, Michigan State University
- Development of Integrated River Basin Management in the Olt Basin as Support to the Implementation of the WFD
Veronique Vandenberghe, Soresma
- Land Use and Water Quality - How confident are our predictions under the WFD?
Paulette Posen, University of East Anglia
Day Two - 30th September 2009
- The results of TNMN-Transnational Monitoring Network 1996 to 2007 - Steps made in TNMN restructuring in accordance with WFD
Keynote Speaker - Liviu Popescu, Institute for Environment Protection, Romania
- WFD related Public Participation in Hungary
József Gayer, Ministry of Environment and Water, Hungary
- Status Monitoring of the French Canal Network
Bart Vercoutere, Royal Haskoning
- Water Quality Management and Combined Approach: Methodology to Establish Environmental Mixing Zones for Outfall Discharges in Coastal Waters based on a Holistic Approach
Alexandre Freire, University of Cantabria
- Adapting to Climate Change Through River Basin Management: The Rationale and The Practicalities
Julian Wright, The Environment Agency of England and Wales
- Effects of a heat wave on water quality of the Rhine and Meuse rivers
Gerard van den Berg, Watercycle Research Institute
- Urban stormwater management systems: new issues, new services
Nathalie Le Nouveau, CETE de l'Est, France
- Integration from Directive to Solution
Kristian Ravnkilde and Adam Cambridge, Atkins


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