UK Sediment Initiative 2009

Faro Inlet Ripples (INDIA project 1999)

Provisional Programme:

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together UK based researchers, stakeholders and policy makers with an interest in sediment processes, in order to foster collaborative links and to encourage a future multidisciplinary, multi-institution program to be funded via a large Directed Research Proposal and/or Consortium bid. The focus will thus be on breakout discussions and informal talks aimed at developing such research proposals following an initial afternoon of keynote presentations. Keynote speakers have been invited from four different areas as follows:

• Darius Campbell of DEFRA (subject to confirmation) will talk about policy making and the Marine Bill
• John Rees of BGS, NERC Natural Hazards Theme Leader will discuss funding opportunities
• Richard Whitehouse of HR Wallingford will highlight industry needs.
• Alan Davies of Bangor University will represent the academic research community.
• A fifth speaker, Chris Sherwood from USGS, involved in the US National Community Sediment Transport Model effort, will also share experience in running such a large collaborative project.

Participants are encouraged to bring along a recent poster to showcase their latest developments. There will be opportunities to discuss posters and the keynote presentations during the tea/coffee breaks. We would like to make the posters available on CD at the time of the conference so please forward pdf files if available to the conference e-mail address given below.

If you would like to attend please email sediments09@pol.ac.uk to register, numbers are limited. Please provide your name, affiliation, a contact email address and a short paragraph on your current and future research interests. Registration will close the 30th January 2009. Due to restrictions on numbers we may have to limit the number of delegates per organisation. Confirmation will take place in early February.

Dee Estuary (light aircraft flight 2005)

The Proudman Oceanographic (POL) scientific research focuses on oceanography encompassing global sea-levels and geodesy, numerical modelling of continental shelf seas and coastal sediment processes. This research alongside activities of surveying, monitoring, data management and forecasting provides strategic support for the wider mission of the Natural Environment Research Council.

As a public funded body it is part of our remit to inform the public of the science and research undertaken at the laboratory. Attending events like the 'Ocean Awareness Weekend' at the Blue Planet Aquarium offers the opportunity for our scientists to meet members of the public and present the laboratory's work.

The Natural Environment Research Council is one of the UK's eight Research Councils. It uses a budget of about £ 350m a year to fund and carry out impartial scientific research in the sciences of the environment. NERC trains the next generation of independent environmental scientists. It is addressing some of the key questions facing mankind, such as global warming, renewable energy and sustainable economic development.