Join us as we celebrate our 20th UK Symposium! DHI UK & Ireland is very pleased to invite you to the DHI – UK Symposium 2018. This free event is your opportunity to learn more about the varied applications of our modelling software, and our complementary technologies, through client-led presentations. The Symposium provides an excellent opportunity to meet DHI experts, as well as your contemporaries from consultancy, academia, regulatory authorities and research organisations. We will be starting this year's event with drinks reception and conference dinner, hosted by DHI UK & Ireland, on the evening of Tuesday 11th September 2018. We encourage everyone to arrive on the 11th to relax with a drink, good food and some informal networking The main event will start at 9:00am on the Wednesday 12th September 2018. This day will be your opportunity to tell everyone how you have been using MIKE software over the past 12-months, share newly acquired knowledge and innovations, learn how we use our software, and network with your peers. Lunch will be provided, and the day will finish around 4:30pm to give you time to travel home. You are more than welcome to stay on later if you wish to meet with us face to face. For more information, and to sign up for the event, please visit www.dhi-symposium.uk

1. PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
Tuesday 11th September 2018
18:00 onwards Drinks reception from 18:00pm
Dinner from 19:30pm
11/12
SEPT USER AND DHI PRESENTATIONS
Wednesday 12th September 2018
08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 - 09.05 Welcome to the Conference and Introductions
Nick Elderfield, DHI UK Managing Director
Nick will welcome you to the conference and introduce the DHI attending this years event.
09:05—09:30 Keynote presentation by DHI
Henrik Refstrup Sørensen, Vice President for Digital Portfolio, DHI
Our 20th Symposium is the perfect time to look to the future - not just to our forthcoming MIKE 2019 release due in October 2018,
or even the release after that, but to discuss how our data, software and technologies will evolve to support the digital
transformation of the water and environmental sectors. Henrik Refstrup Sørensen, our Vice President Digital Portfolio and
custodian of MIKE Powered by DHI software, will deliver a keynote address focussing on DHI's digital strategy and recent cloud-
based innovations.
09:30 - 09:50 An Introduction to the Environment Agency extreme offshore wave, water level and wind conditions data sets,
Niall Hall, Environment Agency
Niall will give an Introduction to the Environment Agency extreme offshore wave, water level and wind conditions data sets,
transformed to nearshore for events covering up to the 10000 year extreme coastal event, available to all for use in local studies.
09:50 - 10:10 Use of the MIKE Oil Spill module to support Orkney Islands Council in undertaking an oil spill modelling exercise
Georgina Selwyn , Intertek
Intertek were commissioned by Orkney Islands Council to undertake an oil spill modelling exercise to support their Control of
Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) exercise. The aim of the work was to provide predictions of the spreading and pathway of an
oil plume resulting from a hypothetical spill at the Flotta Oil Terminal jetty into Scapa Flow. The results were compared against
the same scenario run using an OSCAR model, and to the field data collected during the COMAH exercise.
10:10 - 10:30 Exploring options to improve the water quality of the River Almond
Vera Jones, Atkins
The River Almond and its tributaries (SE Scotland) receive inputs from several large wastewater treatments works, combined
sewer overflows and diverse diffuse pollution sources. Scottish Water have initiated the Almond Valley Strategic Study in order to
explore options for improving the water quality of the river, bringing it into compliance with the Water Framework Directive
Environmental Quality Standards and Fundamental Intermittent Standards. The current project follows on from an earlier study
completed in 2013, when a sewer network model and water quality model of the River Almond and tributaries were built. The
study involves a comprehensive update of the existing models with most up-to-date monitoring information, taking into account
latest scientific knowledge. The study will inform important Scottish Water investment decisions on options to improve the water
quality of the River Almond.
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Coffee & Cakes
11:00 - 11:20 Coupled Surface water—Groundwater modelling
Samantha Williams, Atkins
Samantha will share Atkins experience of coupling surface water (modelled in MIKE 11) with groundwater (modelling in
FEFLOW).
11:20 - 11:40 Some of our recent work in computational hydrodynamics
Rhys Coombs and Mark Cramman, CC Hydrodynamics
Rhys and Mark will describe some of their recent work using MIKE 21. This will include modelling Non-Newtonian fluids and use
of the SDK to automate model production and results post processing.

2. Wednesday 12th September 2018 continued….
11:40– 12:00 FAST Danube – Hydraulic and sediment transport modelling with MIKE 21 FM model
Dr Davor Kvočka, Jacobs
The objective of the FAST Danube project is to propose navigation improvement solutions on the Romanian-Bulgarian common
sector of the River Danube. The proposed technical solutions would ensure that the required navigation parameters (navigation
channel width, depth and bend radius) are achieved at the specified lowest navigation water levels. This would enable safe
navigation and transport activities on the Romanian-Bulgarian common sector of the River Danube throughout the entire year.
MIKE 21 FM hydrodynamic and sediment transport models have been developed to help understand the behaviour of the river
and the reasons for the changes in river morphology, which result in constraints to navigation at the critical locations. The MIKE
21 FM models are required to support the selection of solution options by providing a first assessment of the relative performance
of navigation improvement solutions in maintaining the required navigation fairway parameters. In addition, the MIKE 21 FM
models will also provide outputs to support the assessment of the potential impacts of the solutions on navigation conditions and
on the river environment. Furthermore, the models will also be used as tools in future management of the river in the project area.
This presentation will focus on the numerical modelling conducted with the MIKE 21 FM model within the FAST Danube project,
and how the MIKE 21 FM models are used in the development of navigation improvement solutions and options appraisal
process.
12:00-12:20 My experiences of learning to use MIKE
Jonathan Griffiths, ABPmer
Jonathan will share his experience of learning to use MIKE software for coastal projects over the last 18 months. Previous to
joining ABPmer, Jonathan was an oil spill modeller and used specialised spill models such as SINTEF’s OSCAR model, RPS
ASA’s OILMAP model and BMT’s OSIS model. Jonathan has found learning to use MIKE a steep but rewarding learning curve.
Jonathan will take about some of the differences between these models and MIKE, and the lessons he has learnt along the way.
12:20-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:50 Developments in pollution risk forecasting at the Environment Agency.
Deborah Tyrell, Environment Agency
Deborah will bring us upto date about the Environment Agency's new method of making daily forecasts of water quality at Bathing
Waters. The presentation will then explain further improvements this have been implemented in 2018.
13:50-14:10 Using MIKE to model coastal catastrophe risk
Nicola Howe, RMS
Nicola will describe how RMS use the MIKE software to model coastal catastrophe risk.
14:10-14:30 Our applications using MIKE 3, some successes and challenges
Keming Hu, RHDHV
Keming will describe how RHDHV have been using MIKE 3 on recent projects. Keming will explain where that worked well and
where they faced challenges.
14:30-14:50 Afternoon Tea and Biscuits
14:50-15:20 Latest Marine developments by DHI.
Henrik Kofoed-Hansen, DHI
Henrik Kofoed-Hansen will tell us about the upcoming MIKE Release 2019 (available in Q4 2018) which includes several new
products, new tools, new valuable features, enhanced functionality, improved workflow etc. Henrik will also share some of the key
news covering the ground-breaking new 3D MIKE 3 Wave Model FM module, which offers entirely new application opportunities,
dynamic ship mooring and response analysis covering multi-body simulations as well as new exciting features for enhanced
sediment transport and morphological modelling. Henrik will also touch upon readily available data portals enabling you to speed
up your project work.
15:20-15:40 Alexandra Parade seawall - computational and physical modelling
Adrian Bell, RPS
The new fish market at Peterhead harbour has been recently been constructed close behind the Alexandra Parade
seawall. The presentation gives details of the Mike computational modelling as well as physical wave flume modelling undertaken
to develop a new revetment to reduce overtopping and protect the market.
15:40-16:00 Some of our recent applications of the MIKE software
Oliver Way, WSP
Oliver Way will describe some of his recent application of the MIKE software at WSP.
16:00-16:20 Using numerical modelling to regulate a growing aquaculture industry
Ted Schlicke, SEPA
Scotland is currently the largest producer of Atlantic salmon in the EU, and the third largest globally. Exports have doubled in the
past decade to nearly £1 billion per annum, and the Scottish Government has specified targets for further expansion. SEPA is
working with fish-farmers to help them comply with environmental legislation and to ensure that this growth is sustainable.
Modelling is used to predict the environmental impact of organic material and medicines, and to determine appropriate locations
and biomass limits for fish-farms. Traditionally, these farms have been assessed and licensed in isolation, but numerical modelling
is increasingly being used to investigate larger scale impacts, cumulative effects, and hydrodynamic connectivity between farms.
MIKE21 models of several water bodies have been developed, with the Particle Tracking module used to predict the spatial and
temporal variation of SLICE, a sea-lice medicine. A sub-model of the Scottish Shelf Model developed by Marine Scotland has
been converted from FVCOM and is being used to develop a screening tool for assessing the interaction between farms in the
Highlands and Islands. By adopting risk-based modelling over a range of scales, SEPA can obtain a better understanding of the
environmental impact of fish-farms, influence strategic policy decisions and support sustainable growth of the aquaculture
industry.
16:20 Close
Steve Flood, UK & Ireland Software Sales Manager
Speakers please see DHI staff before you leave