CCN Annual Conference Series
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STAKEHOLDERS, NEXT GENERATION MODELS, AND RISK IN MANAGING CATCHMENT CHANGE
CCN 2012 International Conference
Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
25th June – 27th June 2012
Over the last three years the Catchment Change Network (CCN) has organised a programme of workshops and meetings to discuss and develop guidelines for incorporating risk and uncertainty into the management of catchment change in the areas of flood risk, water scarcity and diffuse pollution. This final international conference presented the progress made in CCN and other projects during this time. A particular focus was on the research needs in both modelling the impacts of change at scales of implementation and on stakeholder involvement in the management process.
The conference brought together over 70 delegates from academic, commercial, regulatory and NGO sectors for three days of inspirational presentations and lively discussions. Speakers presentations are now available to view (below).
CCN 2012 International Conference Programme including Abstracts
Session1 – Monday 25th June
UNCERTAINTY, RISK AND THE ROLE OF THE STAKEHOLDER IN MANAGING CHANGE
1. Introduction and welcome
Keith Beven, Lancaster University, UK
2. Keeping it real for agricultural stakeholders in catchment research programmes
Phil Jordan1 and Mark Treacy2
1 University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
2 Teagasc, Republic of Ireland
3. Developing a plan for the Eden Catchment: inspiration – engagement – participation – co-ordination
Simon Johnson, Eden Rivers Trust, UK
4. Defra catchment-based approach: emerging findings, support requirements and knowledge exchange
Kieran Conlan, Cascade Consulting, Manchester, UK
5. Who are the water managers? Community catchment management at Loweswater
Lisa Norton, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster, UK
6. Using experiential knowledge in river management decision making, and the impact of scale on its effectiveness
Carly Maynard, Durham University, UK
7. Bridging the gap between hydrological science and water management
Lotta Andersson, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden
8. Integrating Bayesian inference techniques with integrated catchment modelling
George B. Arhonditsis, University of Toronto, Canada
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Session 2 – Tuesday 26th June
FRAMEWORKS FOR GOOD PRACTICE IN STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN MANAGING CATCHMENT CHANGE
1. Policy into practice in adapting catchment management to climate change
Julian Wright, Environment Agency, UK
2. Piloting adaptive catchment management through stakeholder deliberation and co-production of knowledge
Laurence Smith, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
3. A catchment scientist’s view and experience of management, political and social science methods to support good practice in stakeholder involvement in managing catchment change
Kit Macleod, The James Hutton Institute, UK
4. Towards a climate impacts report card for future flood risk in the UK
Rob Wilby, Loughborough University, UK
5. Carry on up the catchment: collaborating and communicating?
John Fox1 and Phil Haygarth2
1 Dead Good Guides, Cumbria, UK
2 Lancaster University, UK
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Session 3 – Tuesday 26th June
HYPER-RESOLUTION MODELLING OF THE IMPACTS OF CHANGE: UNCERTAINTY AND UNIQUENESS OF PLACE
6. Hyper-Resolution, global land surface modelling: are there pathways for addressing this need and will such models improve predictive capabilities?
Eric F. Wood, Princeton University, USA
7. Grand challenges in hydrology and hyper-resolved ignorance
Keith Beven, Lancaster University, UK
8. Modelling water resources at continental scales
Ad De-Roo, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy and Utrecht University, the Netherlands
9. Complementing Hyper-Resolved Modelling by uncertainty analysis: land surface parameter experiments with the coupled ECMWF seasonal forecasting system
Florian Pappenberger, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
10. Why improved predictions with Hyper-Resolution models are possible: a data assimilation viewpoint
Harrie-Jan Hendricks Franssen, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
11. A pilot Virtual Observatory (pVO) for integrated catchment science – demonstration of national scale modelling of hydrology and biogeochemistry
Jim Freer and the EVOp Team, University of Bristol, UK
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Session 4 – Wednesday 27th June
THE FUTURE IS NOT YET GAUGED: LESSONS FROM PUB, LESSONS FOR BUSINESS
1. Changing catchments, changing contexts: the water industry in 2025 and 2050
Adrian McDonald, University of Leeds, UK
2. Managing risk and uncertainty within the water industry – an economic regulator’s view
Martin Furness, Ofwat, UK
3. Dissemination and uptake of EC Framework Programme water research results
Kerry Thomas, University of Oxford, UK
4. Redundant information in the rainfall-runoff relationship
Georges-Marie Saulnier, Université de Savoie, France
5. Trading-space-for-time to link hydrologic predictions in past, present and future
Thorsten Wagener, University of Bristol, UK and Pennsylvania State University, USA
The CCN 2012 International Conference was followed immediately by the GLUE Celebratory workshop.
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GLUE: 20 years on
Celebratory Workshop
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
27th June – 28th June 2012
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the first GLUE (Generalised Likelihood Uncertainty Estimation) paper by Beven and Binley in 1992 and has, in addition, just passed 1000 citations on the Web of Science. The GLUE methodology has been controversial; viewed by some as simply wrong, by others as an earlier version of Approximate Bayesian Computation, and by others as a useful way of trying to reflect the impacts of epistemic errors on complex error structures in environmental modelling. This workshop will review the way in which the GLUE controversy has illuminated the debate about how to assess uncertainty in environmental models, the philosophy that underlies the GLUE methodology and examples of using GLUE in practice.
‘GLUE: 20 years on’ Programme including Abstracts
GLUE presentations are now available on-line.
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Guidelines for good practice as a way of encouraging stakeholder involvement across catchment management
CCN 2011 Conference
Tuesday 5th July 2011
Looking forward, catchment management will need to rely more heavily on multi-stakeholder collaboration and communication for success. Our second CCN Annual Conference on 5th July 2011 at the Arup Campus was designed to examine how Guidelines could represent a useful tool to encourage stakeholder participation across catchments.
Invited presentations will gave delegates a unique opportunity to learn how a range of organisations and initiatives are optimising success. Case studies identified the challenges, opportunities and lessons learned.
Presentations from the event are available to view
Michael Winter and Rob Fish (University of Exeter)
The ecosystem services approach: threat or opportunity to participatory catchment management
Jon Wicks (Halcrow)
Structured guidelines for good practice in flood risk mapping
Kirsty Blackstock (The James Hutton Institute)
What makes for successful stakeholder involvement? Lessons learned from Scotland
David Schofield (Arup)
Learning stakeholder engagement lessons from The American Way
Sustainable Drainage Systems: a mission to the USA A DTI Global Watch Mission Report (March 2006)
Jennine Jonczyk (Newcastle University)
Flood and diffuse pollution management using a catchment engineering approach with stakeholders in Belford Burn, Northumberland
Stefan Eppert (RMS)
Flood modelling uncertainties from an insurance industry stakeholder perspective
Nigel Watson (Lancaster University)
Designing participatory processes: difficulties, dilemmas and solutions
Nick Odoni (Bristol University)
Stakeholder contribution and conflict in Pickering, North Yorkshire: trying to reconcile science with project delivery in a pilot flood risk management scheme
Adrian McDonald (Leeds University)
Influencing the biggest stakeholder, the customer: towards demand management guidelines and positions
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Managing an uncertain future: identifying needs and opportunities for sustainable adaptation in catchment management
CCN 2010 Conference
Tuesday 6th July 2010
Our first CCN Annual Conference was held at the Lancaster Environment Centre on Tuesday 6th July 2010 and attracted over 90 delegates with interests and responsibilities across catchment management.
The meeting was designed to take forward the debate around catchment management in an uncertain future and explore challenges and opportunities for research to fill current gaps. It summarised key elements of the CCN ongoing Workshop Programme across flood risk, water scarcity and water quality and outlined progress on the guidance documentation that each of these areas are producing. Keith Beven has added a personal reflection of the CCN Conference as a blog item within our ‘Catchment Conversations’.
Presentations from the meeting are available to view
Phil Haygarth (LEC) Future Change and Diffuse Pollution- challenges, gaps and opportunities
Enda O’Connell (Newcastle) Water Resources Assessment in a Changing Climate – moving towards a more risk-based approach
Keith Beven (LEC) Developing Guidelines for Managing Uncertainty in Flood Risk
Jim Hall (The UK Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC) on Climate Change) Key uncertainties for adaptation decision makers
Robert Willows (Environment Agency) Compelling evidence plus ambition threatened by uncertainty and denial
John Rees ( NERC Theme Leader – Natural Hazards) Challenges in Catchment Science: A Natural Hazard Perspective
Martin Furness (Ofwat) Catchment Management in AMP 5 and the way forward-a Regulator’s view
Kieran Conlan (Cascade Consulting) Emerging themes from water industry AMP5 investigations – where is the supporting scientific evidence?
Bob Harris (DTC Secretariat) Demonstration Test Catchments: building our capacity for catchment management
