1. held under the Austrian Presidency

2. Palais Niederösterreich
date / venue
22–23 June 2006
Vienna
Palais Niederösterreich

3. draft programme Poster session, round table discussion day 1 policy
Session 1
EU GW legislative framework & technical implementation
Session 2
Policy case studies / best practices
MS or stakeholders
day 2
science - policy
Session 3
EU policy oriented research on GW
RTD projects
Session 4
Science-policy GW interactions. Example of application of research for policy implementation MS or stakeholders
Poster session, round table discussion

4. poster session
Posters should contribute to the key issues of the conference (list of topics available)
Provide an abstract
maximum 2 pages until 7 April 2006
will be added to the proceedings
format instructions on the web
Organising commitee decides on acceptance
Posters
Delivery at registration
Posters are presented at both days
Poster session on the 2nd day.

5. poster session - topics
Groundwater body characterisation
Risk assessment
Groundwater Quality and Quantity Monitoring (surveillance, operational, status, trends, integrated monitoring, …)
Analytics
Data handling - Data visualisation
Status and Trend Assessment
Economic assessment
Public participation

6. conference fee Please register on the website
Special conditions for members of WG C
Early registration - payment before  15 March: 200 €
Registration after 15 March:  260 €
The conference fee includes:
conference dinner on Wednesday, 21 June
coffee and lunch on 22 and 23 June
conference proceedings
Please register on the website

7. schedule 2nd announcement distributed Final Programme soon available
Conference June 2006
Sponsoring/support/ - still welcome CONTACT: Johannes Grath

8. http://www. umweltbundesamt