Schedule UK Sediment Initiative 2009

Monday 27th:

12:30 Lunch
14:00 Welcome by Andrew Wilmott
14:10 Introduction (Alex and/or Paul)
14:15 Darius Campbell - Policy drivers
14:45 Richard Whitehouse - Industry needs
15:15 David Lambkin - Industry needs
15:35 Coffee & posters
16:00 John Rees - NERC context and funding opportunities
16:30 Alan Davies - Research context
17:00 Close for the day - details of evening meal & Tuesday start

Hotel check-in.

19:30 Dinner.

Tuesday 28th:

9:00 Welcome back & coffee
9:15 Chris Sherwood - US experience of large projects
10:00 General discussion led by the stakeholders
10:45 Coffee & posters
11:15 Breakout sessions led by stakeholders:

• Coastal defense (Ian Holden)
• Human impact (Richard Whitehouse)
• Bio-effects (David Paterson)
• Impact of renewables (Jon Rees)

12:00 Summary of issues raised by stakeholders and plan for the afternoon

14:00 Breakout sessions:

• Nearshore sediment transport (Dan Conley)
• Shelf wide sediment transport (Alex Souza)
• Process studies. (Tom O'Donoghue)
• Sediment transport in estuaries (Jon Williams)

15:15 Coffee

15:45 Breakout sessions: Time scales of sediment transport

• Hours - Waves (Pete Thorne)
• Days - Tidal (Peter Stansby)
• Years - Seasonal (Alan Davies)
• Decadal (John Rees)

17:00 Close and plans for evening meal
19:30 Dinner

Wednesday 29th

9:00 Welcome back and Coffee
9:15 Summary of breakout sessions
10:15 coffee & posters
10:45 Discussion of funding streams
11:45 Close & Thank Yous
12:00 Lunch