FIRST CIRCULAR

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
University of Silesia
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
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chairman: Jacek Różkowski
Secretary: Sabina Jakóbczyk-Karpierz
Members: Joanna Czekaj, Dominika Dąbrowska, Dorota Grabala, Ewa Kaczkowska, Janusz Kropka,
Hanna Rubin, Krystyn Rubin, Sławomir Sitek, Piotr Siwek, Marek Sołtysiak, Jacek Wróbel
INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
Sabina Jakóbczyk-Karpierz
Secretariat of the Conference
University of Silesia
Będzińska Str., 60
41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
Tel. +48 32 3689334
Fax. +48 32 2915865
E. Mail: [email protected]
FOR INFORMATION VISIT WEBSITE
http://khgi.wnoz.us.edu.pl/vulnerability.html
CONFERENCE TOPICS
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Development of the vulnerability concept
Intrinsic or specific vulnerability maps
Groundwater vulnerability assessment for different groundwater systems
Groundwater vulnerability assessment in urbanised and heavily transformed mining areas
Uncertainty in vulnerability assessment methods
Validation of vulnerability maps
Vulnerability maps in practical land-use management
New issues in vulnerability mapping in the context of the EU-WFD/GWPD
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 23rd 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: 23rd November 2014
Information on acceptance of papers: 19h December 2014
Second circular: December 2014
Submission of full papers: 27th March 2015
Final registration (for participants presenting papers): 1st February 2015
Third circular: March 2015
REGISTRATION FEE
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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
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University of Silesia
Będzińska Str., 60
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Tel./Fax. +48 32 291 58 65; e-mail: [email protected]