Severn Estuary PartnershipWorking in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary

1st Severn Estuary ForumThursday 8th June 2006

Severn Estuary PartnershipWorking in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary

Welcome & Opening Speeches

Christine Gwyther, Welsh Assembly

Cllr Peter Tyzack & Natasha Barker,

Severn Estuary Partnership

Establishing the Severn Estuary ForumNatasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer

1st Severn Estuary Forum 2006 & Severn Wonders CruiseChanging Times and Tides: The Future of the Severn Estuary

What is the Forum?

• Strategy for the Severn Estuary (2001)

• Working together: government, industry & communities

• Severn Estuary Partnership

Establishing the Severn Estuary ForumNatasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer

1st Severn Estuary Forum 2006 & Severn Wonders CruiseChanging Times and Tides: The Future of the Severn Estuary

How will the Forum make a difference?

Severn Estuary PartnershipWorking in partnership for the future of the Severn Estuary

Establishing the Severn Estuary ForumNatasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer

1st Severn Estuary Forum 2006 & Severn Wonders CruiseChanging Times and Tides: The Future of the Severn Estuary

Themes• Celebrating the estuary• Climate change: recent & regional predictions• The Marine Bill• Renewable energy• Flood risk management• Working Together

Establishing an annual Forum

Establishing the Severn Estuary ForumNatasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer

Business Plan 2006-2009

Establishing the Severn Estuary ForumNatasha Barker, Severn Estuary Partnership Officer

Annual Report & Action Plan 2006-07

Severn Wonders FestivalJim Mitchell, Severn Estuary Partnership Access, Interpretation & Communications Officer

Severn Wonders Festival 20th May – 10th June 2006

1. Explore the shore2. Out on the water3. Fish and farming 4. Wildlife and nature conservation5. History and heritage6. Future of the Severn7. Working together

Severn Wonders Cruise…we board this afternoon

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Celebrating the Severn [1]

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The Dynamic Severn: Points of View

Chris Wooldridge, Cardiff University

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Celebrating the Severn [2]

Ten Thousand Years of Change

Richard Brunning, Somerset County Council

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Celebrating the Severn [3]

Integrated Management and the Severn Estuary

Professor Peter Burbridge, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

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Climate Change

Chair: Martin Mills, Environment Agency

Reporter: Steve Knowles, Severn Estuary Partnership

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Climate Change [1]

National Predictions

Dr David Woolf, National Oceanographic Centre

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Climate Change [2]

Regional Perspectives

Sarah Hendell-Blackford, SW Climate Change Impacts Partnership SHB.ppt

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Climate Change [3]

Severn Estuary Perspective

Roger Wade, Environment Agency

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Renewable Energy

Chair: Roger Falconer, Cardiff University

Reporter: Steve Knowles, Severn Estuary Partnership

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Renewable Energy[1]

Severn Barrage: Is the Tide Turning?

David Kerr, Sir Robert McAlpine

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Renewable Energy[2]

Regional Perspectives on Renewables

Morgan Parry, World Wide Fund for Nature

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Renewable Energy[3]

Avonmouth Renewable Energy Project

Patrick Kearon, The Bristol Port Company

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Working TogetherOpen Discussion & Feedback Session

Panel - Chairs of all Sessions

Climate Change: Martin Mills, Environment Agency

Marine Bill: Morgan Parry, World Wide Fund for Nature

Renewable Energy: Roger Falconer, Cardiff University

Flood Risk Management: Peter Watts, Severn Trent Regional Flood Defence Committee

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1st Severn Estuary ForumYour views

Other people’s views

Festival event organisers

Waverley departs at 1530 prompt!

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