| 6 November |
| Opening |
| • | Opening and welcome
by Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority / Chairman SedNet |
Sediment management: a Portuguese perspective
Chairman: Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority / Chairman SedNet |
| • | Sediment management in the context of water policies
António Gonçalves-Henriques, LNEC, Portugal | Abstract
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| • | Sediment research in estuaries and the coastal zone
Luís Portela, LNEC, Portugal | Abstract
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| • | Dredging and sediment management in the Port of Lisbon
Paula Sengo, Port of Lisbon Authority, Portugal | Abstract |
Sediments and ecosystems (and their services)
Chairman: Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands |
| • | Salt marshes retention capacity for carbon and nitrogen at Ria de Aveiro lagoon (Portugal)
Ana Sousa, University of Aveiro, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Side structures along the Elbe river
Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany | Abstract |
| • | Sustainable sediment management in a “rigid” river basin, a port’s perspective
Eric de Deckere, Port of Antwerp, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | Use of the ecosystem service approach for integrated estuarine management
Kirsten Wolfstein, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany | Abstract |
| • | What can ecosystem services do for you? From assessments to decisions
Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions, UK | Abstract |
Integrated sediment management
Chairman: Richard Eertman, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands |
| • | Thoughts on sediment management
Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany | Abstract |
| • | A conceptual model for advancing urban sediment management: allocating limited finances to deliver a sustainable outcome
Eric Stern, Battelle, USA | Abstract |
| • | Usefulness and necessity of asset management and structural cooperation in sediment management (zip-file: save, unpack and double-click prezi.exe for Windows of prezi.app for Apple)
Guido Ritskes, Durable Blue, the Netherlands | Abstract |
| • | Sustainability strategies for habitat restoration and sediment management in the face of global climate change
Richard Wenning, ENVIRON, USA | Abstract 1
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| • | Remediation as a contribution for a sustainable sediment management in the river Rhine
Vera Breitung, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany | Abstract |
| • | Sediment management in the Dutch Rhine: an integrated approach for navigation, safety against flooding and ecology
Pol Hakstege, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands | Abstract |
| • | An example of researchers-stakeholders collaboration: the Observation network of the Loire river basin sediments (“Réseau O.S.L.A.”, France)
Lauren Valverde, University of Tours, France | Abstract |
Sustainable dredged material management (part 1)
Chairman: Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany |
| • | A ‘Decision Framework for Assessing Options for the Disposal and Treatment of Contaminated Dredged Material’ in England and Wales
Chris Vivian, Cefas, UK
(presented by Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions, UK) | Abstract |
| • | Achieving more with less. Lessons learned by the Oslo harbour case study, Norway
Arne Pettersen, NGI, Norway | Abstract |
| • | Summary of the Phase I Removal Action in the Lower Passaic River
Philip Spadaro, The Intelligence Group, USA | Abstract |
| • | Sustainable disposal of dredged material? An analysis of the Belgian situation
Gert Van Hoey, ILVO, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | Risk assessment & management of polluted sediments in areas with a nautical necessity – A case study from the Port of Antwerp, Belgium
Agnes Heylen, Port of Antwerp, and Toon Moeskops, Ecorem, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | SETARMS Project: Sustainable Environmental Treatment And Reuse of Marine Sediment
Nathalie Dumay, APLM, France | Abstract |
Sustainable dredged material management (part 2)
Chairman: Andrea Barbanti, ISMAR-CNR/RITMARE, Italy |
| • | Novel scenarios for sustainable waterway sediments management deduced from a decision-support tool
Bruno Lemière, BRGM, France | Abstract |
| • | Succesful approach to ‘Keep the sediment navigable’ in Port of Delfzijl
Jannes Kamphuis, Groningen Seaports, the Netherlands | Abstract
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| • | VAMORAS – Valorization of mechanically dewatered dredged sediments
Liesbeth Horckmans, VITO, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | Re-thinking cohesive sediment dredging management; a combination of fundamental and pragmatic research
Renaat De Sutter, Antea Group, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | A new multidisciplinary approach to dredged sediment management: Venice industrial channels and other tests
Roberta Salvetti, 3V Green Eagle S.p.A., Italy | Abstract |
| • | A check on the efficiency of an air bubble screen through the use of an artificial tracer: a test in the Port of Genoa (Italy)
Marco Capello, University of Genoa, Italy | Abstract |
| • | In situ sediment immobilization treatment: from demonstration to full-scale implementation
Rebecca Gardner, Anchor QEA, USA | Abstract |
7 November |
Plenary session with keynote presentations
Chair: Christophe Mouvet, BRGM, France / Vice-Chairman SedNet |
| • | The EU Blueprint for water; implications for sediment management
Claire McCamphill, DG Environment | |
| • | The Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe: from national policy setting to RTD needs identification
Dominique Darmendrail, Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe | Abstract |
| • | Towards practicle guidance for sustainable sediment management using the Sava River as a showcase
Damir Bekić, University of Zagreb, Croatia | Abstract |
Sediment quality issues
Chairperson: Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| • | The combination of chemical contamination, toxicity and in situ sediment structure is responsible for the low biodiversity of Lake Rummelsburg (Berlin)
Georg Reifferscheid, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany | Abstract |
| • | Development of an experimental method for the assessment of contaminated natural sediment
Catrina Cofalla, RWTH Aachen University, Germany | Abstract |
| • | Nematode-related criteria for sediment quality assessment
Marvin Brinke, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany | Abstract |
| • | A sensitive integrated approach to assess sediment quality: application to a low contamination case study (Minho River)
Joana Raimundo, IPMA, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Spatially-explicit bioaccumulation modeling to support human health and ecological risk assessments in a decision analytic context
Katherine von Stackelberg, E Risk Sciences, LLP, USA
(presented by Sabine Apitz, SEA Environmental Decisions, UK) | Abstract |
| • | Sediment characterization of the Augusta harbour (Sicily, Italy): modern benthic foraminifera in relation to grain-size and sediment geochemistry
Elena Romano, ISPRA, Italy | Abstract |
| • | Assessment of sediment contamination in an impacted estuary: differential effects and adaptations of sentinel organisms and implications for biomonitoring
Pedro Costa, IMAR, Portugal | Abstract |
ECSA Special Session: Changing hydrodynamics of estuaries and tidal river systems
Chairperson: Kate Spencer, ECSA |
| • | Impact of natural and antropogenic changes on hydro- and sediment dynamics in tidal estuaries
Henk Schuttelaars, TU Delft, the Netherlands | Abstract
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| • | New shallow water area in Hamburg in the frame of the Tidal Elbe Concept
Manfred Meine, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany | Abstract
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| • | Tracking the turbidity maximum zone in the Gironde estuary (SW France) based on continuous monitoring and radionuclides
Sabine Schmidt, CNRS, France | Abstract |
| • | How the tides changed in the Schelde-estuary under influence of natural changes and human interference
Yves Plancke, Flanders Hydraulics, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | The management of sediments near infrastructures founded on mobile beds
João Rocha, LNEC, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Changing hydrodynamics and its impact on contaminant remobilisation from estuarine sediments
Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth, UK | Abstract |
| • | Coastal, geomorphology and ecohydrology
Andy Plater, University of Liverpool, UK | Abstract |
Special Session: Mechanics of sediment transport
Organisers: Mário J. Franca, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland and
Rui M.L. Ferreira, CEHIDRO, Instituto Superior Técnico – TULisbon, Portugal |
| • | Spatial-scale considerations when evaluating sediment transport model performance
Carl Kirk Ziegler, Anchor QEA, USA | Abstract |
| • | Advancements in assessment of contaminated sediment remobilization risks in unnavigable watercourses in Flanders, Belgium
Thomas Van Hoestenberghe, Antea Group, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | A natural-scale analysis of Estuarine Cohesive Sediments: the EsCoSed Project
Matteo Postacchini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy | Abstract
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| • | An hydraulic monitoring system on a bridge over river Po
Francesco Ballio, Politecnico di Milano, Italy | Abstract |
| • | Mathematical modelling of transport of coal stockpiles by tsunami at Sines port
Daniel Conde, CEHIDRO, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Long-wave-induced flows of stratified cohesive sediments
Yong Sung Park, University of Dundee, UK | Abstract |
| • | Modelling and numerical aspects of fluid-saturated granular materials: application to shear flows
Christos Varsakelis, IMMC, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium | Abstract
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| • | Sediment suspension events and structures at the transition between flow acceleration and stabilization
Fereshteh Bagherimiyab, University of Waterloo, Canada | Abstract
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| • | Sediment feeding effects on the bed morphology in channel confluences
Sebastián Guillén, CEHIDRO, Portugal / LCH, Switzerland | Abstract |
| • | Sediment transport within submerged model canopies under oscillatory flow
Marianna Soler, University of Girona, Spain | Abstract |
| • | The role played by the feed texture on the bed adjustments in sediment feed experiments
Carles Ferrer-Boix, The University of British Columbia, Canada | Abstract |
Special Session: Relationships between sediment and biota in transitional water ecosystems and harbours
Organisers: Monia Renzi, Alberto Basset, Maurizio Pinna University of Salento, Italy |
| • | Sediment quality assessment vs analysis of impacts on biota: state of the art in Italy concerning sediment dredging
Monia Renzi, University of Salento, Italy | Abstract |
| • | Linking water column perturbations to soft-bottom biological element descriptors: the response of macroinvertebrates
Maurizio Pinna, University of Salento, Italy | Abstract |
| • | Does seagrass stimulate the bioavailability of mercury in contaminated sediments in a brackish fjord in Norway?
Marianne Olsen, Telemark University College, Norway | Abstract |
Working Group: Strengthening the connection between science and policy for improved sediment management
Organisers: Adriaan Slob, TNO, the Netherlands and Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands |
| • | The Green Week
Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands | |
| • | SPI Sediment Management
Adriaan Slob, TNO, the Netherlands | |
8 November |
Sediment quality and quantity issues
Chairman: Eric de Deckere, Port of Antwerp, Belgium |
| • | The geochemistry of sediments at the catchment scale
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Multi isotope characterization (Pb-Zn-Cd-Hg) of the suspended sediments from the Loire River Basin
Philippe Négrel, BRGM, France | Abstract1 Abstract2 |
| • | Occurrence and mobility of metals in sediments from mountainous catchments: a case study in the River Douro basin (Northen Portugal)
Anabela Reis, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro / University of Coimbra, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Modelling sediment supply towards, and sedimentation processes in unnavigable watercourses in Flanders, Belgium
Thomas Van Hoestenberghe, Antea Group, Belgium | Abstract |
| • | Sediment quality management in the Netherlands: measures and prevention
Marieke Prins, Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water, Traffic & Environment, the Netherlands | Abstract |
| • | Assessment of ecosystem services in dredging and marine construction works
Cor Schipper, Deltares, the Netherlands | Abstract |
Interaction between fluvial, estuarine and coastal sediment
Chairman: Carlos Vale, IPIMAR, Portugal |
| • | Model supported monitoring of SPM in the Dutch coastal zone
Katherine Cronin, Deltares, the Netherlands | Abstract |
| • | Influence of internal versus diffuse sources on nutrients and trace elements in water: the case study of a eutrophic coastal lagoon
Patricia Pereira, IPMA, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Sediment and biota monitoring of an offshore dredged-material disposal site in the German Bight – Assessment by means of the OSPAR-criteria
Uwe Hentschke, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany | Abstract |
ARCH: Management of multiple pressures on estuaries and lagoons in a changing climate
Chairman: Gijs Breedveld, NGI, Norway |
| • | Ecosystem service in transitional and marine waters
Francesca Somma, European Commission, DG JRC – Water Resources Unit | Abstract |
| • | ARCH: Architecture and roadmap to manage multiple pressures on lagoons
Amy Oen, NGI, Norway | Abstract |
| • | From four “hotspot” lagoons to pan-European lagoons management: Lessons learnt so far from the FP7 LAGOONS project
Ana Isabel Lillebø, University of Aveiro, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Evolutionary resilience and adaptation to climate change in European coastal regions
Elizabeth Brooks, Newcastle University, UK | Abstract |
| • | The relevance of sediments in eutrophic systems: a comparison of two European coastal lagoons (Óbidos and Lesina)
Carlos Vale, IPMA, Portugal | Abstract |
| • | Ecosystem services of sediments in marine spatial planning
Ilona Kamińska, University of Gdansk, Poland and
Jacek Zaucha, University of Gdansk and Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Poland | Abstract |
| • | Sea meets Land
Ingela Isaksson, County Administrative Board, Västra Götaland, Sweden | Abstract |
| • | Stakeholder communication on sediment issues – a waste of time? Experiences from the Elbe Estuary
Ivonne Stresius, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany | Abstract |
| • | Multiple pressures on the Götariver, Sweden, management by stakeholder involvement
Marie Haeger-Eugensson, IVL, Sweden | Abstract |
How to proceed with sediment research and management?
Chairman: Marc Eisma, Port of Rotterdam Authority / chair SedNet |
Wrap-up of conference sessions
by session chairpersons |
| • | Wrap up Portuguese Session
Luis Portela, LNEC, Portugal |
| • | Sediments and ecosystems (and their services)
Jos Brils, Deltares, the Netherlands |
| • | Wrap up Sustainable Dredged Material management
Axel Netzband, Hamburg Port Authority, Germany and Andrea Barbanti, ISMAR-CNR/RITMARE, Italy |
| • | Wrap up Integrated Sediment Management
Richard Eertman, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Netherlands |
| • | Wrap up Key note session 7 November
Christophe Mouvet, BRGM, France |
| • | Wrap up Sediment quality issues
Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| • | Wrap up ECSA Special Session: Changing hydrodynamics of estuaries and tidal river systems
Kate Spencer, ECSA |
| • | Wrap up Special Session: Mechanics of sediment transport
Mario Franca, École Polytechnique Fédéreale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| • | Wrap up Special Session: Relationships between sediment and biota in transitional water ecosystems and harbours
Monia Renzi, Maurizio Pinna University of Salenta, Italy |
| • | Sediment quality and quantity issues
Eric de Deckere, Port of Antwerp, Belgium |
| • | Wrap up Interaction between fluvial, estuarine and coastal sediment
Carlos Vale, IPIMAR, Portugal |
| • | Wrap up ARCH Special Session
Gijs Breedveld, NGI, Norway |
Results of Working Group sessions
by initiators of Working Groups |
| • | Working Group Beneficial use of Dredged Material
Bruna Oliveira, Wageningen University, the Netherlands |
| • | Working Group Strengthening the connection between science and policy for improved sediment management
Adriaan Slob, TNO, the Netherlands |
| • | Working Group Sediment in a changing environment
Susanne Heise, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
Closing Session
Marc Eisma, chairman SedNet |
