Introduction to the subject by Chair

Annina Takala, Tampere University Of Technology: Building competence for sustainable water and waste water services

Suvi Sojamo, Aalto University: Who manages global virtual water flows? The role of agro-food corporations in global water governance,

Pekka Rossi, University of Oulu: Integrated management of groundwater and dependent ecosystems in Finnish eskers

Aura Salmivaara, Aalto University: Water resources of the major Southeast Asian river basins: Current status, vulnerability analysis and ways forward

Mia O'Neill, Tampere University Of Technology: The role of the state in promoting ecological sanitation. Case studies from selected developed and developing economies

Introduction to the subject by Chair

Kaisa Mustonen, University of Oulu: Climate change and boreal rivers: predicting present-day patterns and future changes in environmental responses of river communities

Kaisa Huttunen, University of Oulu: Biodiversity through time: persistence, stability and species turnover in boreal freshwater communities

Eliisa Lotsari, University of Turku: Fluvial processes in a changing climate: causes, effects and uncertainties of future floods in Boreal and Sub-Arctic Finland

Pertti Ala-aho, University of Oulu: Impact of land-use and climate change on groundwater-surface water interactions in esker aquifers

Ahmet çelebi, Exchange PhD student, University of Oulu: Melen Watershed-Turkey Groundwater metal pollution and its effect to Human Health

Introduction to the subject by Chair

Hanna Sipari, University of Helsinki: RNA-based detection methods for hepatotoxic cyanobacteria and regulation of microcystin biosynthesis

Virpi Siipola, University of Helsinki: Separating biogenic and adsorbed pools of silicon in sediments using Bayesian inference

Maria Lehtimäki, University of Helsinki: Biological processes affecting the cycling of silicon (Si) within water ecosystems and their catchment areas

Anu Vaalama, University of Helsinki: Phosphorus sorption properties of surface sediments' in northern Baltic Sea

Minna Hiltunen, University of Eastern Finland: Food quality and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of copepods in large boreal lakes with different levels of terrestrial organic matter loading

Anita Pätynen, University of Jyväskylä: Modelling phytoplankton dynamics in lakes at different time and space scales

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Get together dinner at the Aularavintola in Aboa Vetus Museum (see in Finnish http://aulacafe.fi/)

Introduction to the subject by Chair

Annu Kaila, University of Helsinki: The cycling and transport of phosphorus following the restoration of drained peatland forests

Mika Nieminen, University of Jyväskylä: Assessing the biological effects on freshwater ecosystems of domestic bioenergy harvesting

Mari Annala , University of Oulu: Does forestry modify the responses of lotic communities to naturally low pH?

Mikko Tolkkinen, University of Oulu: Assessing biotic integrity using structural and functional measures in boreal rivers

Johanna Hohenthal , University of Helsinki: Impact of land cover change on the river discharges and water quality in East African mountains,

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Claude Flener, University of Turku:High-resolution UAV-based bathymetry modelling in shallow rivers

Simo Tammela, University of Oulu: Modeling of stream flow processes and ecological habitats in river restoration

Elina Kasvi, University of Turku: Investigating channel dynamics and flow-related processes in fluvial environment - Combining empirical methods and computational modelling

Mira Grönroos, University of Oulu: Effect of dispersal mode on the structure of stream macroinvertebrate metacommunities

Kaisa Västilä, Aalto University: Flow–vegetation–sediment interaction: Physical processes in environmental channels

Musa Mlambo, University of Oulu: The impact of logging residue removal (LRR) on boreal headwater stream communities and drainages

Tuomas Saarinen, University of Oulu: Restoration of Acidified Rivers: Seeking Causes and New Water Management Solutions

Introduction to the subject by Chair

Joni Kaitaranta , University of Helsinki: Role of macrophytes and shallow near-shore areas in regulating resuspension-driven nutrient loading in the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea

Noora Räsänen , University of Eastern Finland:Immediate effects of mire restoration on  leaching and bioavailability of  organic matter and nutrients

Amélie Beucher, Åbo Akademi University: Developing methods for risk mapping of Acid Sulfate Soils

Carlos Inca Gonzales, University of Turku: Process-based modeling of watershed hydro-biogeochemistry in a boreal agricultural landscape

Aleksandr Klimeski, University of Helsinki: Novel methods for removing phosphorus from runoff waters

Ioan Ferencik , Aalto University: Integrated environmental modeling of hydrological systems A coupled hillslope-floodplain-channel approach,

Jonna Kuha, University of Jyväskylä:Automated water quality monitoring of humic lakes by using optical properties of water