Detailed Programme

15 - 16 October 2008, Tallinn, Estonia

Day 0: Tuesday, 14 October

18:00 - 19:00 Registration

19:00 Icebreaker

Day 1: Wednesday, 15 October

07:45 Registration

08:30 Welcome address

• Prof. Jüri Elken, Director Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology
  Estonia
• Polite Laboyrie, Chairman CEDA Environment Commission, Head of Department Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Netherlands

09:00 – 10:30: Session 1: Dredging and the Environment: Issues and approaches.

Chair: Prof. Jüri Elken, Director Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia

• Environmental aspects of dredging.  Up to date guidance in the new book of  CEDA and IADC. Polite Laboyrie, Head Department Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Netherlands
• Environmental impact assessments and environmental monitoring activities due to harbour development, offshore sand mining and offshore windfarms. Representative of the Ministry of Environment, Estonia (to be confirmed)
• Environmental aspects of dredging works in practice. Dr. Stefan Aarninkhof, Senior Project Engineer, Hydronamic / Royal Boskalis Westminster, The Netherlands

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 m- 13:00 Session 2: Ports and windfarms

Chair: Prof. Urmas Lips, Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology
Estonia

• Results of the environmental monitoring of the recent expansion of Port of Tallinn. Prof. Jüri Elken, Director, Marine Systems Institute, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
• Environmental investigations for Maasvlakte 2, Port of Rotterdam. Wil Borst, Manager Baseline Studies and Tiedo Vellinga, Director Environment, Safety and Spatial Planning, Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• Comparison of ecological safety of terminals in Primorsk and Ust- Luga on the base of original observations. Prof. Dr. Michael Shilin and Dr. Tatjana Eremina Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St Petersburg, Russia
• The Environmental Impact of Offshore Windfarms. Adrian Judd, and Dr Lindsay Murray, Director -  Environment and Ecosystems Division, Cefas, UK

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 Session 3: Large infrastructure and sand exctraction

Chair: Polite Laboyrie, Head Department Hydraulic Engineering and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, The Netherlands

• Seabed Conditions of the Baltic Sea - Special Requirements for Infrastructure Projects. Thorsten Gallus, Project Engineer, Nord Stream AG., Norway
• EIA for large infrastructure projects.  Anders Jensen, Project Manager Environment, Femern B¿lt A/S, Denmark
• Environmental impact assessment of the developments of fixed links. Dr. Jakob Kjellman - WSP Environment Oy, Finland
• Marine Mineral Extraction: Impacts and Mitigation – an Overview from the UK". David Carlin and Dr. Lindsay Murray Director -  Environment and Ecosystems Division, Cefas, UK

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 : 18:00 Session 4: Contaminated sediments
Chair: To be confirmed

• Radioactive and non-radioactive contamination of the Lithuanian area of the Baltic Sea (environmental problems and safety). Dr. Galina Lujaniene, Institute of Physics, and Dr. Beata Vilimaite-Silobritiene Head of Radiology Division Environmental Protection Agency, Lithuania
• Investigation and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments. Philip Spadaro, Senior Vice-President Arcadis US, USA
• Treatment of contaminated sediments in Europe. Bart Callaert, Envisan / Jan De Nul, Belgium

Reserve talks:

• Impacts of Dredging. Representative of PRCiP Sp. z o.o., Gdansk, Poland
• Research strategy and field work for the investigation of the offshore sand deposits. Dr. Eugene Ocunsov, ZPÌC „UNICONE„, Latvia

19:00 Dinner at the restaurant Beer House (Dunkri 5, see the map). Restaurant is in walking distance to the Tallink Spa hotel. The group will leave at 18.30 hrs from the hotel.

Day 2, 16 October
09:00 - 12:00 Technical visit

The presentation "Development plans for the Port of Tallinn and related environmental issues" by a Representative of Port of Tallinn will be given on Day 2 of the seminar during the technical visit.

Please note: The organisers reserve the right to adjust ot change the programme as necessary.

Last update: 6 October 2009