Sustainable Governance of Aquatic Resources
Research Programme (AKVA) - Final Symposium
8-9 December 2016
Venue: HTC (High Tech Centre) Tammasaarenkatu 1-5, 00180 Helsinki
Programme
Thursday, 8 December
09:00 – 10:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome and opening of the seminar
Jussi Kukkonen, Academy of Finland – Chair of AKVA Steering
Group
Chairperson: Professor Björn Klöve
10:15 – 10:55
Keynote lecture: Aims for a Sustainable Management of the
Aquatic Environment in Europe: How do we like our waters to
be? Bernd Klauer, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Reserch – UFZ, Germany
10:55 – 11:25
Oxygen and Aeration in Lake Restoration; Present, Past
and Future Jukka Horppila, University of Helsinki
11:25 – 11:55
Restoration of Headwater Streams: Combining Ecological,
Hydrological and Environmental Sociology Perspectives
Jukka Aroviita, Finnish Environment Institute
11:55 – 13:00
LUNCH
Chairperson: Professor Heikki Setälä
13:00 –13:30
Terrestrial Organic Carbon Loading and Eutrophication
Affect Lake Food Webs and Deteriorate Quality of Fish
for Human Consumption Paula Kankaala, University of Eastern
Finland
13:30 – 14:00
Esker Groundwater Interaction with Connected Boreal
Ecosystems Björn Klöve, University of Oulu
14:00 – 14:30
Clean Drinking Water for All – Green Technologies for
Sustainable Water Purification Riitta Keiski, University of
Oulu
14:30 – 15:45
COFFEE & POSTER SESSION
Chairperson: Professor Jari Niemelä
15:45 - 16:15
Need for Multidisciplinarity in Water Treatment – Is
Treatment Enough? Ulla Lassi, University of Oulu
16:15 – 16:45
Water-Energy-Food Nexus - Who Cares? Marko Keskinen,
Aalto University
16:45 – 17:15
Legal Measures for Enhancing Water Security - State,
Individual and Environmental Security Aspects Antti
Belinskij, University of Eastern Finland
18:00 –
BUFFET DINNER
Friday, 9 December
Chairperson: Professor Timo Muotka
09:30 – 10:10
Keynote lecture: Transitions in Water Resources
Management: the Role of Policy Entrepreneurs Sander
Meijerink, Radboud University, The Netherlands
10:10 – 10:40
Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic Compounds in Waste
Water Treatment Plants in Europe, Marko Virta, University
of Helsinki
10:40 – 11:10
How to Assess and Manage Pollution of Surface Waters?
Ilkka Miettinen, National Institute of Health and Welfare
11:10 – 11:40
Performance of Water Regulation on Peat Production Multidisciplinary Results and Experiences Ismo Pölönen &
Teemu Tahvanainen, University of Eastern Finland
11:40 – 12:40
LUNCH
Chairperson: Head of Unit Riikka Paloniemi
12:40 – 13:20
Keynote lecture: Water in the Context of Circular Economy –
Current Status and Future Perspectives, Jani Salminen,
Finnish Environment Institute
13:20 – 13:50
Fluxes of Terminal Electron Acceptors: Linking Human
Disturbance to the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems Jouni
Lehtoranta, Finnish Environment Institute; Antti Iho, Natural
Resources Institute Finland
13:50 – 14:20
Caution! Leaking Watersheds in Urban Areas Maija Taka,
University of Helsinki
14:20 – 15:10
COFFEE & POSTERS
Chairperson: Professor Tapio Määttä
15:10 – 15:40
The Role of Fisheries in Optimal Eutrophication
Management Antti Iho, Natural Resources Institute Finland
15:40 – 16:10
Environmental Justice and the Governance of Aquatic
Environments in Helsinki Metropolitan Area Tuomas
Kuokkanen, University of Eastern Finland
16:10 – 16:20
Closing remarks Tuula Aarnio, Academy of Finland