1. WFD conference Lille 2007: “Water Status Monitoring under the WFD”

2. Organised by RSC - Water Science Forum , UK
Society of Chemical Industry - Environment Group, UK
Institute of Water Officers, UK
Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
The Organising Committee
DG ENV
DG RTD
DG JRC
other scientists

3. Motivation and Focus Motivation Focus
monitoring programmes in operation by the end of 2006 – Report by MS in March 2007
Needs for scientific/technical exchanges on water monitoring
Focus
Policy and science-policy aspects of chemical and biochemical water monitoring under the WFD

4. Date and Venue
March 2007
Lille, France
Le Nouveau Siècle

5. Draft Programme Poster sessions on day 1 and day 2 EU R&D projects
Covering issues of soil-water-sediment interactions, groundwater thresholds, emerging monitoring methods, AQC scheme, ecological status monitoring, network of laboratories
Session 4
Case studies (covering relevant types of waters)
Session 3
Case studies and science into policy
Day 2
Scene setting
covering general monitoring features
Session 2
Introduction and policy
Session 1
Policy and scene setting
Day 1

6. Draft Programme R&D perspectives, future needs Round table
R&D perspectives, future needs
Round table
Views of Drinking water, chemical and metal industries
Session 5
Industrial perspectives about WFD monitoring
Day 3

7. Schedule 2nd announcement 2006/03 consolidated programme,
poster sessions,
conference fee, ....
Final Programme 2006/06
Submission of abstracts 2006/11
Submission of papers 2007/02
Conference 2007/03