8.30 - 9.00

Registration and coffee

9.00 - 9.15

Opening the seminar, welcome notes from Rector, Prof. Lauri Lajunen

9:15 - 10:45

SESSION 1: Water resources research, Chair: Dr. Anna-Kaisa Ronkanen

9:15 –  9:45

Keynote 1: Prof. Bjørn Kløve: : Recent development in water resource research

9:45 – 10:05

Pertti Ala-aho: Influence of land use on groundwater recharge under climate change

10:05 – 10:25

Elisangela Heiderscheidt: New methods to reduce the impacts from peat harvesting

10:25 – 10:45

Riku Paavola: Freshwater ecology research at Oulanka research station

10:45 – 12:15

SESSION 2: Water and wastewater treatment, Chair: Dr. Satu Pitkäaho

10:45 – 11:15

Keynote 2: Prof. Riitta Keiski: Current issues in wastewater treatment research

10:15 – 11:35

Katharina Palmer:  Flow paths and metal sorption in peatlands polishing mine waters

11:35 – 11:55

Piia Häyrynen:  Membrane treatment of synthetic wastewaters from mining industries

11:55 – 12:15

Hanna Runtti: Removal of heavy metals over modified activated carbon residue

12.15 - 13.30

Lunch break and poster session

13:30 - 15:10

Session 2 continues

13:30 - 13:50

Anne Heponiemi: Catalytic wet oxidation of industrial wastewaters

13:50 - 14:10

Minna Pirilä: Removal of nitrogen compounds from industrial waters by photocatalysis

14:30 - 14:50

Terhi Suopajärvi: Sulfonated nanocelluloses in wastewater treatment

14:50 - 15:10

Giorgio Lanzani: Speciation of aluminium silicate clusters in aqueous environment

15.10 - 15.50

Coffee

15.50 – 17:20

SESSION 3: Water resources management, Chair: Dr. Jaakko Rämö

15:50 - 16:00

Chair’s introduction

16:00 – 16:30

Keynote 3: Doc. Timo P. Karjalainen: Challenges in water resources management

16:30 – 16:50

Lauri Rantala: Stakeholder responses in Rokua groundwater conflict

16:50 – 17:10

Eva Pongrácz: The water-energy nexus - Finding energy potential at water utilities

17:10 – 17:20

Closing words: Doc. Eva Pongrácz and Prof. Bjørn Kløve

17:20 – 20:00

Evening reception