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Date:

May 19-21, 2015

Location:

The Oread, 1200 Oread Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, US Airport: Kansas City Int. Airport (MCI)

Information about Online-Registration / Abstract Submission:

www.ufz.de/novcare

Organizing Office:

NovCare Organizing Office Ms. Uta Sauer UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Dep. Monitoring and Exploration Technologies Tel +49 341 235-1893 novcare@ufz.de

Call for Abstracts International Conference

NovCare 2015 Lawrence, Kansas

May 19-21, 2015

Early Registration Fee:

$375 Fee for individuals

$225 Reduced fee for students

$475 Regular registration fee (after April 1, 2015)

$300 Reduced fee for students (after April 1, 2015)

Exhibition Opportunities:

Companies interested in an information booth should contact

novcare@ufz.de

Organizing Committee:

Peter Dietrich/Thomas Vienken/ Georg Teutsch (UFZ- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)

DEADLINES Early registration – April 1, 2015 Abstract submission – Feb. 27, 2015

Jim Butler/Geoffrey Bohling/ Gaisheng Liu (Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas) George Tsoflias (University of Kansas) David Hyndman (Michigan St. University) Remke van Dam (Gap Geophysics Australia) Carsten Leven (University of Tübingen) Kamini Singha (Colorado School of Mines) Dave Rudolph (University of Waterloo)

NovCare 2015 Novel Methods for

Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring: From Theory to Practice

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As societal concerns about the long-term sustainability of groundwater supplies mount, there is a pressing need to improve our understanding of the subsurface and to better monitor and characterize natural and anthropogenic-influenced systems. The environmental research community is facing an increasing demand for investigation methods that have high accuracy and resolution across a range of spatial and temporal scales. Uses for these methods include the identification and para-meterization of relevant physical and biochemical processes, as well as the assessment of interactions between these processes through space and time. A particular emphasis is placed on methods that are cost-effective, rapid, and minimally disturb the investigated system.

The 4th NovCare Conference in 2015 will showcase newly developed and refined methods, novel applications of existing methods, and new concepts for subsurface characterization and monitoring. NovCare 2015 will again provide an outstanding platform for researchers and practitioners from all over the world to share research on innovative methods for characterization and monitoring of aquifers, soils, and watersheds. Selected papers of NovCare 2015 will be published in a special issue of the ISI journal Environmental Earth Science.

Thematic Areas

• Geophysics • Direct-push technology • Hydrogeochemical field techniques • Hydrogeological investigation techniques • Joint inversion of multi-method and

multi-scale data • In situ measurements • Wireless sensor networks

Relevant Technologies

Keynote Speakers

Please submit the abstract for your oral or poster presentation to

novcare@ufz.de

Deadline for abstract submission:

February 27, 2015

Abstract Submission

EXPECTED SESSIONS ON:

• Integrated characterization of the unsaturated and saturated zones

• Characterization at interfaces (stream-aquifer interactions, coastal settings, etc.)

• Opportunistic characterization (natural/anthropogenic stimuli and tracers of opportunity)

• New tools for watershed characterization • Geotechnical site characterization • Long-term monitoring

Contributions as either oral or poster presentations are welcome.

Rick Miller (Kansas Geological Survey) Rosemary Knight (Stanford University) Jens Tronicke (University of Potsdam) Esben Auken (Aarhus University) Brian Pellerin (U.S. Geological Survey) Matthew Becker (California St. Uni.Long Beach) Yongcheol Kim (KIGAM) James Jarwitz (University of Florida) Randall J. Hunt (U.S. Geological Survey)

NovCare 2015: Novel Methods for Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring: From Theory to Practice