Agenda for the first meeting of COST 626 in Stuttgart

Wednesday March 7^th:

Informal dinner or drinks for the people who are already in Stuttgart. Location within short walking distance of the Wartburg/Sautter hotels. Exact Location will be mailed to you in time. You can join in any time you wish, you can have dinner or just a drink. No registration required.

Thursday March 8th

Time	WG 1	WG 2	WG 3
8.45 – 9.00	MC meeting
9.00 – 10.00	Wellcome and Introduction, Short information (2 min) from each of the participating organisations on their activities and experiences
10.00 – 12.30	Short presentations (5 min) of participants (at least 1 of each institution) concerning their interest and present activities, tools used, research and development activities, expectations of what is needed in the future and how own and COST contributions should be. Presentations should clearly follow directives given by WG leaders.
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch in University Mensa
13.30 – 15.00	3 presentations (20 min) by invited speakers followed by discussion (10 min)
15.00 – 15.30	Coffe break
15.30 – 18.00	WG 1 meeting	WG 2 meeting	WG 3 meeting
19.00-19.30	MC Meeting in downtown Restaurant
19.30	Dinner and guided pub tour

Friday March 9th

Time	WG 1	WG 2	WG 3
9.00 – 10.00	Invited Speaker and end user presentations, discussion
10.00 – 10.30	Short reviews (10 min) of each of the WG leaders of the WG discussions of the afternoon session on Thursday.
10.30 - 12.30	WG 1 meeting	WG 2 meeting	WG 3 meeting
12.30 – 13.30	Lunch in University Mensa
13.30 – 15.00	WG 1 meeting	WG 2 meeting	WG 3 meeting
15.00 – 15.30	Coffe break
15.30 – 17.00	Full session: Each WG gives resume of their work: state of the art, research needs (to be discussed in Trondheim), expectations related to COST, chances for cooperation found in WGs, homework for preparation of Trondheim meeting
17.00	End of official meeting
17.52	Train to Oberstdorf, arrival 20.47, dinner and MC meeting

WG meetings are to be organised by WG leaders (of course fully equipped rooms will be provided)

The invited speakers for Stuttgart are:

Rod Wentworth, Instream Flow Council: Research needs for instream flow

issues

Tor Ziegler, The World Bank: Analyzing and Managing Aquatic Ecosystems and

Habitats - Present practice and future challenges in World Bank Water

Resources Management Projects

Thom Hardy, Utah State Univ.: State-of-the-art in the application of aquatic

ecosystems modeling.

Dave Scruton, DFO (not paid by COST):State-of-the-art in biological raw data

sampling