Dear All

On behalf of the Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society; and the International Association of Hydrogeologists  - British Chapter; please may I encouraged to come along to the Ineson Lecture meeting on the 20th October 2011 at The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.

Details as follows:

INESON LECTURE 2011
Thursday 20 October 2011
The Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
A Joint Meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists
& the Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society

PROGRAMME

12:45	Registration and coffee		

13.15	Welcome and Introduction 

13:30	Bob Harris 
DEFRA

13:55	David Lerner
University of Sheffield

14:20	Luke de Vial
	Wessex Water
  
14:45	Brian McCluskey 
Highland Spring Group

15:15	Presentations 
Whitaker Medal: Kevin Hiscock (University of East Anglia) 
John Day Bursary: James Lane (University of Leeds / IAH)

15:30	Tea and Posters					

16.15	Ineson lecture 2011	
Integrating Land and Groundwater Management: Experiences in Australia and the Pacific
Professor Ian White 
Australian National University 

17.15	Discussion			

17.30	Drinks reception (in the Lower Library)	


Please note that Poster presentations on the theme are welcome: There are a spaces for a more poster presentations, so please contact Mark Cuthbert ([log in to unmask]). 

Fee: £20 for IAH and/or GeolSoc members; £50 for non-members; £10 for students. Includes wine reception. 
Please pre-register [at your earliest opportunity] by emailing Brighid Ó Dochartaigh ([log in to unmask]) with name & membership affiliation 


Ineson Lecture 2011: Integrating Land and Groundwater Management; Experiences in Australia and the Pacific
Prof. Ian White, Australian National University

Abstract: Threats to groundwater from overuse and from contamination are well documented in many countries. One of the key objectives of the Australian 2007 National Water Initiative is that the connectivity of surface and groundwater must be recognized and managed as a single resource. This poses significant issues in the integration of land and groundwater management. In this lecture, the use of hydrogeology in integrating land and groundwater management will be discussed using illustrations involving the acidification of ground and surface waters, salinity in upland catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin and very vulnerable freshwater lenses in small island states in the Pacific. The role of hydrogeologists in assisting with the development of policy and regulations regarding land use and water resources will also be discussed.

Biography: Ian White is Professor of Water Resources and the Australian National University and Associate Director Research in the Fenner School of Environment and Society. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (Hydrology) and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. His area of research area is water resources with emphasis on sustainable water use and management, surface-groundwater interactions, and the mitigation of global change and land use impacts on catchment and groundwater yield and water quality.


Abstracts from the supporting speakers will be circulated before the event.

More information may be found at:
        Geol Soc website:	http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/groups/specialist/hydro/page9888.html
	IAH website: 		http://iah-british.org/news.php


Kind regards
Trevor Muten

Committee member of the Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society

Trevor Muten,  Director & Principal Consultant, Tapajos Limited - Hydrogeology & Water Resources Management, 
tel: 0780 178 5922, [log in to unmask]  www.tapajos.co.uk