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Pre-registration and deadlines
Pre-registration is now open at the REBECCA website:
www.environment.fi/syke/rebecca. Please preregister
now to indicate your intention to attend the
conference. You are also invited to propose a poster
presentation. There will be a strict limit of 140 participants.
Registration with payment will open in January 2007
– note the €50 discount for early-bird registration!
Pre-registration Before 1 Dec. 2006
Indication of intention to Before 1 Dec. 2006
prepare poster presentation
Revised programme and Mid-January 2007
2nd circular
Early-bird registration at €200 Before 1 March
2007
Standard registration at €250 From 1 March -
1 May 2007
Abstract submission for Before 15 April 2007
poster presentation
Abstract submission for Before 1 May 2007
oral presentations (invited
speakers only):
Final programme 1 May 2007
All organisational issues regarding the registration
can be addressed to rebecca@congrex.no
Oslo – Host city for the REBECCA
final conference 2007
Oslo is surrounded by magnificent scenery from
the fjord to the forested hills. It is also the home of
famous artists, authors and explorers, such as Edvard
Munch, Gustav Vigeland, Henrik Ibsen, Thor Heyerdahl
and Fridtjof Nansen, each of them honoured by a
museum.
Climate in May
The climate in May is usually nice and sunny, but can
vary from warm (>20°C) to cool (10-15°C).
Accommodation and tourist information
Hotels in three price categories will be
presented in the 2nd circular. All hotels
offered for the REBECCA conference will
be located down-town Oslo within 15
minutes from the conference venue by
public transport.
For more tourist information please
use: www.visitoslo.com
Interested in new relationships and
European Water Management?
Welcome to the final conference
of the EU project REBECCA:
Relationships between
ecological and chemical
status in surface waters
21-24 May 2007
Oslo, Norway
Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary
Environmental and Social
Research (CIENS)

Main outcome of REBECCA
The objective of REBECCA is to provide scientific support
for implementation of the Water Framework
Directive (WFD). REBECCA is based on one of the key
principles in the WFD: that relationships between
the biological and physico-chemical properties of
surface waters must be sufficiently well understood,
to enable the management of catchments and water
bodies to achieve ecological objectives.
More specifically the aims of REBECCA are:
• to describe current knowledge of relationships
between ecological status of surface waters and
both hydro-morphological and physico-chemical
quality elements;
• to develop new relationships based on the
analysis of data sets at European scale and present
a consistent and integrated scientific understanding
of these relationships; and
• to develop and validate tools that can be used
in the process of classification, in the design
of monitoring programmes and measures in
accordance with the requirements of the WFD.
So what has this ambitious project achieved, and
how has it influenced the WFD implementation?
You are invited to find out by attending the REBECCA
project’s final conference which will include presentations
from REBECCA scientists and key end-users
of the research outputs. I hope the meeting will
identify future policy issues and help to define the
needs for further research.
I look forward to meeting you in Oslo!
Seppo Rekolainen - REBECCA Coordinator
REBECCA is jointly funded by the EC 6th Framework
Programme (Contract number SSPI-CT-2003-502158)
and the project partners.
Programme Outline
Monday 21 May
Evening welcome reception
Tuesday 22 May
Introduction
The REBECCA project
The European Commission view
A national perspective: Norway
Parallel sessions presenting results from REBECCA:
• Rivers
• Lakes
• Coastal waters
Conference dinner
Wednesday 23 May
Key results and lessons learnt
End-user perspective
The River Basin Manager’s Toolbox
Discussion on policy implications and further
research needs
Boat trip with dinner on the Oslo Fjord (optional)
Thursday 24 May
Excursion to Lake Vansjø and River Hobøl (optional)
Organizing committee:
Seppo Rekolainen seppo.rekolainen@ymparisto.fi
Anne Lyche Solheim anne.solheim@jrc.it
Jannicke Moe jannicke.moe@niva.no
David Boorman dbb@ceh.ac.uk
In collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for
Water Research, (NIVA, www.niva.no) and
Congress-Conference AS (Congrex, www.congrex.no)
The Conference is jointly funded by the EC 6th
Framework Programme, the Norwegian
Research Council and NIVA.
Excursion and Social Programme
Vansjø, Storefjorden. Photo: Knut Bjørndalen
A one-day post-conference excursion will be organized
to the meso-eutrophic Lake Vansjø with the
river Hobøl, which is one of the REBECCA case studies
for validation, and a pilot area for WFD implementation
in Norway. The lake is located in beautiful surroundings
one hour’s drive south of Oslo. The lake
has one large mesotrophic basin and one smaller eutrophic
basin with severe bluegreen algal blooms.
Vansjø, Vanemfjorden. Photo: Knut Bjørndalen
The social programme will include a welcome reception,
poster session with social gathering, conference
dinner, and other entertainment.
A boat-trip with dinner on the Oslo fjord is optional
(and weather-dependent).