European Sediment Research Network - SedNet

This thematic network aims to satisfy the demand for knowledge exchange on contaminated sediment management, a problem common to all large harbour and industrial cities of the world, and to widen the knowledge on this topic.
SedNet’s structure includes research agencies and relevant authorities, organised in one Steering Committee, one Secretariat, one Co-ordinator, six Working Groups (WG) and WG leaders.
The WG structure is shown below:

WG

Theme

WG leader

Partner

WG 1

Site Investigation & Characterisation

UIA (B)

UIA (B), RIKZ (NL)

WG 2

Contaminant behaviour & Fate

CSIC (E)

CSIC (E)

WG 3

Sediment Treatment

ENEA (I)

ENEA (I)

WG 4

Planning & Decision Making

Cranfield University(UK)

Cranfield University (UK)

WG 5

Risk management & Communication

TUHH (D)

TUHH (D)

WG 6

C3ED (F)

C3ED (F)

All Working Groups aim to widen their own fields of competence through research, and to spread the information through a website with free admittance, through annual conferences open to all network members, through workgroup meetings open to SedNet members and to experts, and through publication of research results.

The Steering Committee is composed as follows:

Organisation	Country	Key person
Port of Rotterdam	NL	Tiedo Vellinga
Venice Port Authority	I	Stefano Della Sala
Wirtschaftsbehörde Hamburg	D	Axel Netzband
GKSS Research Centre	D	Wim Salomons
RIKZ	NL	Remi W.P.M. Laane
Technical University Hamburg-Harburg	D	Ulrich FÖrstener
TNO	NL	Martin Scholten

Secretariat co-ordination is carried out by the TEN Centre of VIU.
The network welcomes new partners.

e-mail: ten@viu1.viu.unive.it
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