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RRC Annual Network Conference - What are we doing to & for our rivers? |
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Here is a list of all the presentation sessions, with links to watch recorded sessions. |
| Day 1 - Thursday 21st October 2021 | |||||||||
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| 10:00 |
River Restoration Centre introduction & welcome - Martin Janes (River Restoration Centre) |
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| 10:15 |
Natural Course: Delivering Water Framework Directive on a River Basin District Scale - Dan Gowar (Environment Agency) |
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| 10:30 |
Performance of an environmentally aligned flood alleviation scheme: the Burn of Mosset at Forres, Scotland 10-years on - Rachael Todd (Atkins) |
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10:45 |
Discussion | ||||||||
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11:00 |
Short break |
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11:35 |
Unmanaging our rivers - George Heritage (Dynamic Rivers) |
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11:50 |
What a load of rubbish?! The impacts of anthropogenic litter on biodiversity in urban streams - Hazel Wilson (University of Nottingham & Atkins) |
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| 12:05 |
Appropriate use of large wood structures for river restoration and management - how to ensure effectiveness while managing risk - Hamish Moir (cbec) |
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12:20 |
Discussion | ||||||||
| 12:35 |
Lunch |
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| 13:35 - 14:55 | Session 2 | |||
| Large wood structures View recording |
Natural Capital & Net Zero View recording |
River processes View recording |
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13:35 |
Characterising Leaky wooden dams for Working with Natural Processes Chloe Carter (University of Hull) |
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Identifying reference conditions for Sweden's lost boulder-bed rivers Richard Mason (Umea University) |
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13:50 |
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Integrating Natural Capital within the Broadland Future Initiative Penelope Burton (Jacobs) |
Restoring Beltie Burn Susan Cooksley (James Hutton Institute) |
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14:05 |
Discussion |
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14:15 |
Catchment-scale geomorphological modelling of leaky dams using CAESAR-Lisflood Josh Wolstenholme (University of Hull) |
How catchment restoration can help achieve Net Zero Carbon Katie Chorlton (JBA Consulting) |
Geomorphology and design: Involvement in an iterative design process Rhys Kibble & Josh Moore (Jacobs) |
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14:30 |
Restoring the River Camel SSSI/SAC through removal of Grogley gauging weir Kevin Skinner (Atkins) |
Inner city restoration - Albany Park Flood Alleviation Scheme Stephen Henry & Stephanie Dufour (BMT) |
NSM: the most important component of NFM Neil Entwistle (University of Salford) |
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14:45 |
Discussion | Discussion | Discussion | |
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14:55 |
Coffee break | |||
| 15:40 - 17:00 | Session 3 | |||
| Practical project delivery View recording |
NFM Modelling: tools & strategies View recording |
Engaging your audience View recording |
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15:40 |
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Monitoring and modelling strategies for Natural Flood Management. A case study from the South East of England
Benjamin Tonkin (University of Surrey)
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Game Changing approaches for catalysing action Diana Pound (Dialogue Matters) |
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15:55 |
Largest River Island Restoration in the UK (so far!) Nick Mott (Staffordshire Wildlife Trust) |
Innovative Modelling Tools for Whole Catchment Modelling to Assess Natural Flood Management Duncan Kitts (BMT) |
Can you engage with communities on a catchment scale? Nim Kibbler (Forth Rivers Trust) |
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16:10 |
Discussion |
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Discussion |
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16:20 |
LIFE Dee River catchment based approach to river restoration Joel Rees-Jones (Natural Resources Wales) |
Modelling catchment wide NFM interventions in different conditions Ryan Jennings (JBA Consulting) |
Measuring the Impact of Citizen Science (MICS) John Wheatland (River Restoration Centre) |
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16:35 |
Low cost gauging weir retrofit using cylindrical roughness elements for upstream fish passage of non-salmonids Daniella Montali-Ashworth (Five Rivers) |
Leeds FAS2 NFM: Using digital tools to plan and manage the delivery of NFM Paul Millard (Mott MacDonald) |
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16:50 |
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17:00 |
Short break before Keynote Session | |||
| 17:10 - 18:00 | Session 4 - Keynote Speaker |
| 17:10 |
Tony Juniper, Natural England |
| 17:35 |
Discussion What are we doing to & for our rivers? |
| 17:55 |
Final announcements & close |
| 20:30 | River Prize & River Champions Awards Dinner - View recording |
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Day 2 - Friday 22nd October 2021 09:00 - 12:00 Session 5 - Workshops |
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A: Working with Natural Processes Facilitators: Fiona Bowles (RRC), Stewart Clarke (National Trust), & Jenny Wheeldon (Natural England) & Rich Jefferies (Environment Agency) |
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B: Biodiversity Net Gain Facilitators: Lucy Shuker (Thames21) & Environment Agency |
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C: Citizen Science in river restoration: co-designing and managing for impact Facilitator: Earthwatch & RRC |
Presentations coming shortly |
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D: CatchmentLIFE: A tool describing pressures and impacts on species and ecological communities Facilitator: Marc Naura (RRC) & South East Water |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Session 6 - Summary & close - View recording |
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Carbon Offsetting - achieving Net Zero by 2030 - Lydia Burgess-Gamble (Environment Agency) |
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13:15 |
Sources of funding for England SSSI river restoration programme - Jenny Wheeldon (Natural England) |
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13:30 |
Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund - Changing the way we fund the Environment - Alison Baker (Environment Agency) |
| 13:45 |
Panel discussion session, questions & summary |
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14:30 |
End of Conference |
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