2001 Annual Meeting Draft Agenda

URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH-

ADVANCES AND RELEVANCE

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To be held at Birmingham University 4/5/6 April 2001

Draft Meeting Agenda

Wednesday 4^th April 2001 (For URGENT PDRAs)

Thursday 5th April 2001 Plenary Meeting Sessions
Friday 6th April 2001 Workshop Sessions
Poster List
Meeting Location and How to get to Birmingham University
Participants List
Thursday 5^th April 2001
08:30-11:00Registration
*Plenary Meeting Sessions*

09.15-10.30	4 PDRA Presentations: Chair: Sir Geoffrey Allen
*10.30-11.00*	Refreshment Break
	*AM Session*
Chair: Sir Geoffrey Allen
*11.00-11.10*	Welcome	Professor D Westbury Vice Principal, University of Birmingham.
*11.10-11.30*	Brief Intro to NERC, URGENT etc	Speaker: Rob Margetts NERC
*11.30-11.50*	Invited Speaker	The nature of Sustainable Urban Living Speaker: Chris Baines (President: Urban Wildlife Partnership)
*11.50-12.30*	Exploitation and Links to Users	Speakers: Mike Tricker NERC and Bob Bushaway University of Birmingham
*12.30-12.45*	EIS	Speaker: Martin Culshaw
*12.45-13.50*	Lunch	Buffet Lunch and Poster displays
	PM Session
Chair: Andrew Skinner Environment Agency
*13.50-14.50*	Science and User Talks 1	Water and Ecology in Urban Environments: Advances and Relevance Convenor: Geoff Petts
*14.50-15.20*	Refreshment Break
*15.20-16.20*	Science and User Talks 2	Atmospheric Science Applications Convenor: Roy Harrison
*16.20-16.30*	Comfort Break
*16.30-17.30*	Science and User Talks 3	A Generic Study of Contaminated Land in Wolverhampton Convenor: John Cripps

Evening Reception and Dinner

18.00-18.45

Drinks reception (Open to All) and Poster Session

18.45 –1930
Guest Speaker Judith Lowe
"A European Twist?"

19.45

Conference Dinner
(Prior Booking Essential)

Friday 6^th April 2001 Morning Workshop Sessions: Presentations from the URGENT Science Projects

*08:45-09:15*	Registration

Plenary Introduction
*09.15-09.45*	Introduction to URGENT Programme	Speaker: Graham Leeks

Parallel Workshop Sessions

*09.45-12.00*
Air Science WS	Ecology Science WS	Soils Science WS	Water Science WS
Chair: Roy Harrison Roy Richards – Roy Harrison - Sue Owen – 15 Min Chris Baker – 10 Min John Thornes - 10 Min Peter Simmonds -15 Mins Eiko Nemitz -15 Min David Fowler -15 Min Mike Pilling -	Chair: John Good Kevin Gaston – 5 Min Mike Ashmore – 15 Min Alastair Fitter – 25 Min Mike Barnsley – 10 Min Phil Hulme Mark Hill Nick Hewitt	Chair: John Farmer Randall Parrish – 15 Min John Farmer – 15 Min Robert Allison - 10 Min Matthew Collins -	Chair: John West John Mather – 15 Min Emma Harris - John Packman 10 Min Kevin Taylor - Paul Webster - 15 Min

*10.30-11.00*	Refreshment Break

Plenary and Close of Science Area Sessions

*12.00-12.30*	Short discussion Chair: Sir Geoffrey

*12.30-13.30*	Lunch and Poster Session

Afternoon Workshop Sessions Oriented on USER Issues
Parallel Workshop Sessions

*13.30-15.15*
Urban Land Use and Approaches to Reclamation and Revegetation of Degraded Urban Sites	Use of Environmental Information within Local Authorities Workshop Agenda	Urban Research in Catchment Management	Dissemination of URGENT science
Convenor: John Good Chair: Peter Shirley	Convenor: Martin Culshaw Chair: Brian Marker	Convenor: Angela Gurnell Chair: Sue Stocks	Chair: Roger Moore

*15.15-15.45*	Final Plenary: Chair: Sir Geoffrey Allen

*15.45-*	Refreshments and Close of Meeting

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