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Conscience building - Brussels

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PIANC SEMINAR
"Navigation and the EU Water Framework Directive"

Wednesday, January 31, 2007


Consciencebuilding - Room "Hadewych"
Koning Albert II-laan 15
1210 Brussels
BELGIUM

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Location of the PIANC seminar, Tulip Inn and Crown Plaza hotel


PROGRAM

FORENOON SESSION
Chaired by Patrick Verhoeven
Room Hadewych, Conscience Building
08:30 Opening registration
09:30 Welcome and introduction
Eric Van den Eede, PIANC
09:35 The EU Water Framework Directive : an Overview
Peter Gammeltoft, EU Commission - DG Environment
09:55 Ports, Navigation and the Common Transport Policy
Jean Trestour, Head of unit, DG TREN, Maritime transport policy: Internal market, ports, short-sea shipping. Inland waterways.
10:15 The Water Framework Directive and legal (un)cer- tainty for port and waterway authorities and private investors
Eric van Hooydonk, University of Antwerp
10:35 Questions
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Ecological Targets, Intercalibration and GEP
Peter Pollard, SEPA
11:35 Proposed Priority Substances Daughter Directive
Stephen Hull, ABP Mer
11:55 Progress with River Basin Planning
Marieke Van Nood, DG Env
12:15 Discussion
12:30 Lunch Break

WORKSHOP I : SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT AND RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANNING
Chaired by Burt Neville
Room 0G20, Ferraris Building
14:00 Effects of sediment transport and other hydro-morphological processes in river beds, and their importance for WFD objectives
Georg Rast, WWF
14:20 Sediment Management: an Essential Element of River Basin Management
Axel Netzband, SedNet Steering Group
14:40 Sediments and the WFD: Practical Challenges
Jose Luis Fernandez, Port Authority of Sevilla
15:00 Questions
15:10 Two-minute stakeholder statements
15:30 Discussion
16:00 Tea

WORKSHOP II : EU MARITIME STRATEGY AND THE WFD
Chaired by Patrick Verhoeven
Room 1G21, Ferraris Building
14:00 Maritime Policy and the WFD: Managing the Interface
Yves Auffret, EU Commission, Maritime Policy Task Force
14:20 Practical Aspects of EU Maritime Policy and the Marine Strategy Directive
Pim de Wit, Port of Rotterdam
14:40 Selecting indicators within the EU Marine Strategy and WFD contexts
Benoit Beliaeff, IFREMER, France
15:00 Questions
15:10 Two-minute stakeholder statements
15:30 Discussion
16:00 Tea

WORKSHOP III : DELIVERING WFD-COMPLIANT HYDROMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE
Chaired by Dave Corbelli
Room Hadewych, Conscience Building
14:00 Dealing with hydromorphological issues: the Danube experience
Philip Weller, ICPDR
14:20 Hydromorphology, Navigation and Seaport Development
Jan Brooke, PIANC
14:40 Practical Challenges in Delivering Hydromorpholo-gical Improvements
Hendrik Havinga, Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands
15:00 Questions
15:10 Two-minute stakeholder statements
15:30 Discussion
16:00 Tea

PLENARY
Chaired by Eric Van den Eede
Room Hadewych, Conscience Building
16:30 Workshop I: Sediment Management and River Basin Management Planning
Neville Burt, CEDA
16:40 Workshop II: EU Maritime Strategy and the WFD
Patrick Verhoeven, ESPO
16:50 Workshop III: Delivering WFD-Compliant Hydromor-phological Change
Dave Corbelli
17:00 WFD Implementation: Opportunities and Challenges for Ports and Navigation
Fritz Holzwarth, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
17:20 Closing remarks
Eric van Den Eede, PIANC
17:30 Close


HOTEL INFORMATION

Crown Plaza Hotel Brussels

Crowne Plaza Brussels City Centre
"Le Palace"


Rue Gineste 3
1210 Brussels, Belgium

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