Braided Rivers 2003

Date:
Monday 7th - Wednesday 9th April 2003

Venue:
Centre for Water Research, University of Birmingham.

Web Site:
http://www.cwr.bham.ac.uk/braid/

Contact:
Dr. Greg Sambrook Smith (g.smith.4@bham.ac.uk)

Conference Overview:
The aim of Braided Rivers 2003 is to build on the highly successful original Braided Rivers conference that took place a decade ago in 1992. The result of that conference, focussing primarily on geomorphology and sedimentology, was the hugely influential and much-cited book Braided Rivers (Ed. By J. L. Best and C. S. Bristow, Geological Society of London Special Publication 75). Ten years on, it is now appropriate to review progress in the area of braided rivers and develop the multi-disciplinary approach initiated at the original conference. To this end the scope of the proposed conference will be broadened to include management and ecological aspects of braided rivers as well sedimentology and geomorphology. The conference will thus have a strong link to the original, while taking the subject forward.

A central feature of the conference will be to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new developments within the areas of sedimentology, geomorphology, ecology, engineering and management as well as between them. The conference thus aims to appeal to a broad range of delegates from geology, geography, biology and engineering departments and so foster wide ranging and profitable discussions across the disciplines.

A highlight of the conference programme will be the keynote addresses, broadly covering the themes highlighted above. These will be given by internationally respected researchers and set down challenges for the future of the subject as well as discussing cutting edge developments in the field. It is hoped that presentations and posters will build on these themes thus topics that cover areas within each discipline as well as between the disciplines are welcomed.

Please see the conference web site for further details of the conference programme and logistical details, accommodation etc.