International Conference. Towards the Best Practice of River Restoration and Maintenance.

The conference aims to bring together river scientists,engineers and practitioners to share and discuss recentscientific research on river functioning, river status evaluationand various aspects of river restoration, and facilitateexchange of experiences on environment-friendly riverrestoration and maintenance, especially with regard to floodrisk management and nature protection.Conference themes:

• River status evaluation: hydromorphology, water quality,ecological status

• Functioning of mountain gravel-bed rivers

• Technical interventions in river restoration andenvironmentally-oriented maintenance

• Modelling fluvial processes and practical solutions

• Flood risk management in the context of environmentalneeds

• Restoration or preservation of valuable nature areas andelements in river corridors

• Legal and social factors in river restoration

• Poster session – experiences from completed and ongoingriver restoration projects

Side events:• Field trip to rivers in southern Poland• Workshop• Programme for accompanying persons

Organized by:• Ab Ovo Association• The society for Earth• Partner organizations