CATCHMENT SCIENCE 2011

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1 CATCHMENT SCIENCE 2011 SCHEDULE AND PROGRAMME OF SPEAKERS DAY 1 (14th September 2011) Registration at the Mansion House from 09:00 12:45 Gather 13:00 Introductory addresses 13:45 Keynote 1 Andrew Sharpley Managing agricultural catchments for water quality: addressing scales, uncertainty, costs and demonstrating successes CASE STUDIES 14:10 Keynote 2 Dennis Frame Catchment programs getting changes on the land that improve water quality 14:35 Oral 1 Alice Melland Farm nutrient regulations; contrasting impact on water quality in different catchments 14:55 Oral 2 Susan Cooksley The Tarland Catchment Initiative: Lessons for assessing the achievement of multiple benefits following catchment restoration 15:15 Break 15:35 Keynote 3 Ross Monaghan Managing water quality in catchments used for intensive dairy farming: experiences from case study catchments in New Zealand 16:00 Oral 3 Dan McGonigle The Demonstration Test Catchments project an overview 16:40 Oral 4 Dan L Devlin Implementing practices to improve water quality in an agricultural watershed in the central United States 17:00 Questions and discussion - posters 17:30 End (or special session from 17:40) Page 1 of 6

2 Day 1 continued Special session on mitigation methods 17:40 Oral 5 Fiona Curran-Cournane Is mechanical soil aeration a strategy to alleviate soil compaction and decrease phosphorus and sediment losses from irrigated and rain-fed cattle-grazed pastures? 17:50 Oral 6 Mark E Wilkinson Evaluating multipurpose soft engineered mitigation measures in the Belford Burn catchment, Northumberland, UK. 18:00 Oral 7 Rory Harrington The Anne Valley Project (AVP) and the application of the Integrated Constructed Wetland (ICW) concept: an example in catchment management 18:10 Oral 8 Mary Ockenden Evaluation of constructed wetlands for mitigation of diffuse pollution from agriculture: uncertainties 18:20 Oral 9 Yusheng Zhang Application of FARMSCOPER to optimise options for mitigating agricultural diffuse pollution across the Hampshire Avon Demonstration Test Catchment 18:30 Oral 10 Cameron Gourley Nitrogen and phosphorus balances and efficiencies on contrasting dairy farms in Australia Page 2 of 6

3 DAY 2 (15th September 2011) SCALE 08:45 Gather 09:00 Keynote 4 Brent Clothier Nutrient leaching losses: from point, through the farm, to the catchment 09:25 Oral 11 David Wall Evaluating management regulations at different scales in agricultural catchments in Ireland 09:45 Oral 12 Oscar Schoumans Interaction between land and surface water quality in different type of catchments 10:05 Oral 13 Bridgett Emmett The Environmental Virtual Observatory: A new vision for catchment science 10:25 Break 10:45 Keynote 5 Scott Wilkinson From paddock to catchment: practices, processes and pollutant budgets 11:10 Oral 14 Ian Codling Partnership working to tackle diffuse phosphorus pollution 11:30 Oral 15 Robert Orr Designing and creating the North Wyke Farm Platform 11:50 Questions and discussion - posters 12:30 Lunch Page 3 of 6

4 Day 2 continued UNCERTAINTY 13:30 Gather 13:35 Keynote 6 Helen Jarvie Murky waters: multidimensional issues linking macronutrient sources and impacts in catchments 14:00 Oral 16 Per-Erik Mellander Uncertain diffuse phosphorus pathways in catchments 14:20 Oral 17 Donnacha Doody Critical Source Areas of Phosphorus in Extensively Farmed Grassland Catchments 14:40 Oral 18 Paul Withers The impact of septic tank systems on water quality in rural catchments 15:00 Break 15:20 Keynote 7 Brian Kronvang Do natural processes counteract the effects of agricultural nutrient action plans? Examples from Denmark 15:45 Oral 19 Jørgen Windolf Nitrogen loadings and concentrations to estuaries in Denmark during the period : Regional differences in sources, loadings, sinks and estuarine responses 16:05 Oral 20 Katarina Kyllmar Experiences from 20 years of agricultural catchment monitoring factors influencing data quality 16:25 Oral 21 Tony McGuinness Farming and the environment - an Irish farmer's perspective. 16:40 Questions and discussion - posters 17:30 End 20:00 Conference Dinner Page 4 of 6

5 DAY 3 (16th September) COUNTING THE COSTS 08:45 Gather 09:00 Keynote 8 Catherine Kling Cost effective placement of conservation practices in watersheds: integrating economic and biophysical models 09:25 Oral 22 Cathal Buckley Willingness of farmers to engage with raparian zones across small scale catchment areas in the Republic of Ireland 09:45 Oral 23 Dennis Collentine Development of cost effective nitrogen management strategies: scenario evaluation with the DSS FyrisCOST 10:05 Oral 24 Laurence Smith Integrating Science and Governance for Catchment management 10:25 Break 10:45 Keynote 9 Julia Martin-Ortega Economic aspects of the European Water Framework Directive: experiences and challenges in agricultural catchments 11:10 Oral 25 Daniel Norton The use of Benefit Transfer in estimating the value of achieving 'good ecological status' in Irish river catchments 11:30 Oral 26 Alex Inman Paying farmers for ecosystem services: costs and characteristics of long term agreements 11:50 Questions and discussion - posters 12:15 Packed lunch and Field trips Page 5 of 6

6 Day 3 continued FIELD TRIP 12:15 Gather (options for coaches to Dunleer or Sreenty/Corduff) 12:30 Depart Mansion House On site at Dunleer, Co. Louth or Sreenty/Corduff, Co. Monaghan 17:30 Drop off Dublin Airport (return from Dunleer) arrive back at Manison House approx. 18:00 19:30 Drop off Dublin Airport (return from Sreenty/Corduff) arrive back at Manison House approx. 20:00 Page 6 of 6