Programme and timetable

Day 1 - 28 April 2008

Registration - from 08.30 a.m.

09.00
Welcome by Manfred Spreafico, president of CHR

09.10
Welcome by Anil Mishra, UNESCO / Division of Water Sciences, International Hydrological Programme / Section of Hydrological Processes and Climate

09.20
Welcome by Rolf Weingartner, Geographical Institute, University of Berne

Session 1 - Experiences from the River Rhine basin

Rapporteur: Jens Turowski
Chair: Emil Gölz

09.30 - 10.00
Debris flows and sediment transport in steep catchments - Dieter Rickenmann, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Birmensdorf

10.00 - 10.30
Hydropower downstream effects on particle transport to Lake Brienz (Switzerland) and its ecological functioning - Alfred Johny Wüest, EAWAG, Kastanienbaum

10.30 - 11.00
Reservoir sedimentation and sustainable development - Anton Schleiss, EPF Lausanne

11.00 - 11.30
Tea/Coffee - Posters

11.30 - 12.00
Sediment problems in the Austrian Rhine catchment - Martin Weiß, International Rhine regulation, Lustenau

12.00 - 12.30
Sediment deposition and sediment management in the impounded section of the Upper Rhine, Stefan Vollmer, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz

12.30 - 14.00
Lunch

Chair: Eric Sprokkereef

14.00 - 14.30
Contaminated sediments in the Rhine basin - relevant pollutants and resuspension risk - Martin Keller, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz

14.30 - 15.00
Finger printing of suspended sediment sources in the Luxembourg part of the Rhine catchment: prospects for future developments - Thomas Udelhoven, Centre de Recherche Public Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux

15.00 - 15.30
Dynamic bed stabilization and sediment management in the free flowing Rhine - Emil Gölz, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz

15.30 - 16.00
Tea/Coffee - Posters

16.00 - 16.30
Morphological processes at river bifurcations - Roy Frings, University of Utrecht

16.30 - 17.00
Navigation aspects of river and sediment management (the Dutch Rhine River) - Hendrik Havinga, Rijkswaterstaat Regional Directorate East-Netherlands, Arnhem

17.00 - 18.00
Discussion of session 1

18.00 - 18.30
Oral presentation of posters and poster session

19.30
Participants' dinner

Day 2 - 29 April 2008

Session 2 - Experiences from other continents

Rapporteur: Jens Turowski
Chair: Manfred Spreafico

09.00 - 10.00
Soil erosion modeling and control in Brazil - Past, present and future - Henrique M. L. Chaves, School of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brazil

10.00 - 11.00
Sediment management in transboundary river basins - Challenges for management - Marcelo Gaviño Novillo, Departamento de Hidráulica Facultad de Ingeniería - University of La Plata, Argentina

11.00 - 11.30
Tea/Coffee - Posters

11.30 - 12.30
Changes in water and sediment loads of rivers in China - Chunhong Hu, International Research and Training Center, Beijing, China

12.30 - 14.00
Lunch

14.00 - 15.00
Reservoir sedimentation - An overview of global sedimentation rates and predicted sedimentation deposition - Gerrit Basson, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

15.00 - 16.00
Investigating the changing sediment loads of the world's rivers: Problems and Findings - Des Walling, Dept. of Geography, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

16.00 - 16.30
Discussion of session 2

16.30 - 17.00
Tea/Coffee - Posters

17.00 - 17.30
Summary and conclusions of the workshop by the rapporteur

17.30 - 18.30
Introduction to the pilot catchment of the Lütschine

Evening event

Participants' dinner near the conference centre on 28 April at 7.30 pm

Technical Field Trip

Introduction of the field trip will be given on Tuesday 29 April 2008

08.00
Departure by bus from the University of Berne to Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland

09.30
Arrival at the Hotel Wetterhorn near to Upper Grindelwald Glacier
General introduction into geology, geomorphology and hydrology by Prof. Hans Kienholz, University of Berne and Ms. Eva Gertsch, University of Berne

10.00
Coffee break in the Hotel Wetterhorn

10.30
Departure to Pfingstegg

10.45
Introduction to special sediment related problems
- Glacier retreat
- Rock gliding at Eiger mountain
- Glacier lake outburst scenarios
by Dr. Christoph Lehmann, Hydrologie-Wasserbau

11.15
Departure to rail station Schwändi
- Presentation of experiences with hazard maps in an alpine environment
- Landslide Schwändibach
by Prof. Hans Kienholz and Ms. Eva Gertsch

12.00
Lunch in Grindelwald
Shopping

14.00
Departure from Grindelwald

14.15
Zentrale Kraftwerke Jungfraubahn, Lütschental
- Presentation of processes caused by the flood of 2005
- Protection measures - Dr. Christoph Lehmann

14.35
Departure to Innerer Blindlauigraben
Sediment monitoring and sediment retention basins. Example of a GHO-basin by Prof. Dr. M. Spreafico

15.00
Departure to the hydrometric station Lütschine - Gsteig

15.15
Visit of the station Lütschine - Gsteig
Discharge measurement
Measurement of suspended sediment
Mr. Karim Michel

15.30
Special event

16.15
Departure to Berne

17.30
Arrival at Berne