Conference | Soutien H2O’Lyon

I.S. RIVERS 2023

From June 5, 2023 to June 19, 2023

French-English Webinars with live translation

In order to keep in touch between two conferences, the Graie and ZABR are offering a series of I.S. Rivers webinars in June 2023. They will lead to the next I.S. Rivers conferences in 2025. These webinars are organized in partnership with H2O'Lyon and Réseaux Rivières TV.

Researchers, managers, technicians and decision-makers with an interest in rivers, these webinars are made for you!


Programme

► Monday, June 5th | 5pm - 7pm (CET)
What future for our rivers? The voice of tomorrow's leaders

Speakers:
  • Dr Anne-Lise Boyer, post-doctoral researcher in social geography, Labex DRIIHM and International Research Center Iglobes – CNRS, Tucson, Arizona (United States)
  • Dr. Milos Rusnak, researcher in geomorphology, Institute of Geography SAS (Slovakia)
  • Dr. Hannah Joyce, géomorphologist, Atkins (United Kingdom)
  • Julien Berge*, hydrobiologist, Scimabio Interface (France) (to be confirmed)

► Monday, June 12th | 5pm - 7pm (CET)
Rewilding our rivers with innovative nature based solutions? (Yes, we can!)

This webinar will be the opportunity to learn about three concepts which are already used in river restoration, but are not well known in Europe:
  • Stage zero by Dr G.Heritage
  • Leaky dams by D.Morrison
  • Beaver Dam Analog (to be confirmed)

► Monday, June 19th | 4.30pm - 7pm (UTC+2)
Rivers increasing water temperature under climate change. What are the impacts on rivers and their management?

Speakers:
  • Dr S.Dugdale, University of Nottingham – Water temperature and river health: tools and techniques for monitoring and managing river thermal regimes under an uncertain climatic future.
  • E.Everbecq, University of Liège – Aquapôle & T. Ferret, Adour Garonne Water Agency – Using the PEGASE model to analyse the impact of climate change on rivers management scenario
  • B. Rossignol, EPTB Loire – Between Research and Management. Developing the knowledge on river temperature at the scale of the Loire River catchment. A closer look at the Villerest dam.
  • Dr L. Tissot-Rey & Dr. A. Maire – EDF R&D – The management of riparian woodland as a solution to mitigate the impact of climate change on rivers temperature and their biodiversity.