INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "Groundwater Vulnerability - From Scientific Concept to Practical Application" Ustroń, Poland 25-29 May 2015 Organized by: International Association of Hydrogeologists Polish Association of Hydrogeologists UNESCO FIRST CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS
PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Andrzej Witkowski, Poland chair Alice Aureli, UNESCO Michel Bakalowicz, France Bartolome Andreo, Spain Przemysław Bukowski, Poland Massimo Civita, Italy Alain Dassargues, Belgium Krzysztof Dragon, Poland Daniela Ducci, Italy Stephen Foster, UK Nico Goldscheider, Germany Józef Górski, Poland Ricardo Hirata, Brazil Andrzej Kowalczyk, Poland Ewa Krogulec, Poland Jim Lamoreaux, USA Judit Madl-Szőnyj, Hungary Peter Malik, Slovakia Piotr Małoszewski, Germany Jacques Mudry, France Nick Robins, UK Jacek Różkowski, Poland Martin Sauter, Germany Stanisław Staśko, Poland Teodóra Szőcs, Hungary Robert Tarka, Poland Jaroslav Vrba, Czech Republic Stanisław Witczak, Poland Zlatica Zenisova, Slovakia Hans Zojer, Austria Francois Zwahlen, Switzerland Anna Żurek, Poland Chairman: Jacek Różkowski Secretary: Sabina Jakóbczyk-Karpierz ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Members: Joanna Czekaj, Dominika Dąbrowska, Dorota Grabala, Ewa Kaczkowska, Janusz Kropka, Hanna Rubin, Krystyn Rubin, Sławomir Sitek, Piotr Siwek, Marek Sołtysiak, Jacek Wróbel Sabina Jakóbczyk-Karpierz INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE Secretariat of the Conference Będzińska Str., 60 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland Tel. +48 32 3689334 Fax. +48 32 2915865 E. Mail: vulnerability2015@us.edu.pl http://khgi.wnoz.us.edu.pl/vulnerability.html FOR INFORMATION VISIT WEBSITE
CONFERENCE TOPICS 1. Development of the vulnerability concept 2. Intrinsic or specific vulnerability maps 3. Groundwater vulnerability assessment for different groundwater systems 4. Groundwater vulnerability assessment in urbanised and heavily transformed mining areas 5. Uncertainty in vulnerability assessment methods 6. Validation of vulnerability maps 7. Vulnerability maps in practical land-use management 8. New issues in vulnerability mapping in the context of the EU-WFD/GWPD 9. Groundwater vulnerability and groundwater pollution risk Preconference workshop on groundwater modelling with FEFLOW code will be organized by DHI. CALL FOR PAPERS Participants intending to present a paper are invited to send abstracts - in English - of up to 300 words to the Conference Secretariat by 23 rd November 2014. Accepted abstracts will be published in a special conference volume. As post-conference publications, 40 most outstanding papers will be published in the special volume of IAH selected papers (30 papers) and Environmental Earth Sciences (10 papers). OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The official language of the Conference will be English. EXCURSION Conference Field Trip visit to Carpathian Mountains (Soła River Valley, pumped-storage hydroelectricity), negative impact of various sources of groundwater contamination, visit to old brewery. ACCOMPANYING PERSONS Accompanying persons may join the Conference. Special programme for accompanying persons will be organised. SECOND CIRCULAR Second circular giving more details on the organisation of the Conference will be distributed in December 2014. ACCOMMODATION Hotel at the Conference complex - approximately 30-50 Euro per person per night (breakfast included).
VENUE The Conference will be held in Ustroń, Poland. Ustroń is one of the best known Polish resorts and spas in the Beskidy Mts. The town is located 90 km south of Katowice in the southern part of Poland. There are several possibilities of travelling to Katowice: by air, by train or by bus. Special buses from Sosnowiec to Ustroń will be provided by the Conference organisers. IMPORTANT DATES First circular and call for papers: May 2014 Preliminary registration and submission of abstracts: 23 rd November 2014 Information on acceptance of papers: 19 h December 2014 Second circular: December 2014 Submission of full papers: 27 th March 2015 Final registration (for participants presenting papers): 1 st February 2015 Third circular: March 2015 REGISTRATION FEE IAH member 380 * Euro /430 ** Euro Non-member 450 * Euro /500 ** Euro Early Career Hydrogeologist (IAH) 300 * Euro /350 ** Euro Student IAH member 200 * Euro /230 ** Euro Student 250* Euro/290**Euro Accompanying Person 250 * Euro /290 ** Euro ( * before 31st of January 2015 / ** after 31st of January 2015) Registration fee includes: admittance to all sessions, proceedings (only for participants), welcome reception, refreshments during breaks, lunches (3), dinner, barbecue party, conference banquet and field trip. Early Career Hydrogeologist Member of IAH and Early Career Hydrogeologists Network. Student is obliged to confirm its status by presenting appropriate document.
International Conference on "Groundwater vulnerability from Scientific Concept to Practical Application" Ustroń, Poland. 25-29 May 2015 REPLY FORM and EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FIRST AND LAST NAME... ORGANISATION/COMPANY... ADDRESS... COUNTRY... TEL... E-MAIL... DATE... MEMBER OF IAH NONMEMBER PARTICIPANT: STUDENT: EARLY CAREER HYDROGEOLOGIST (IAH): attending the Conference I am interested in: presenting a paper/ poster abstract enclosed abstract will be sent by the 23 rd November 2014 conference field trip exhibition programme for accompanying person Please complete and return to: Secretariat of the Conference Będzińska Str., 60 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland Tel./Fax. +48 32 291 58 65; e-mail: vulnerability2015@us.edu.pl