The meeting took place at the United Sates Geological Survey campus in Denver, Colorado the 26-27'th of April, 2012. Both research institutions, research organizations, private companies and one public wter managment company were present at the meeting, and in total more than 30 participants attended the meeting.   

At the kick-off meeting in Denver the scientific methods and approaches was settled upon and a more detailed content and plan on how to proceed with the different workpackages (WP's) was devised. Addtionally, the target survey areas and strategies was agreed on. The agenda, minutes and presentations from the meeting is shown below: 

Agenda - Day 1
1.     Welcome and introduction – who’s who? 
2.     Project overview and the work packages.
3.     Presentation of partners/people and key expertise.
4.     Introduction to the field sites.
5.     Break-out sessions.

Agenda - Day 2
1.     Breakout sessions continued and summation of discussions.
2.     Panel discussion with the International advisory board.
3.     Final details and work assignments.

Minutes
The minutes can be downloaded here -pdf.

Partner presentations
Aarhus Geophysics
Aarhus University - Geophysics
Aarhus University - Hydrology
Aarhus Vand
Alectia
CSIRO
GEUS
USGS

Fieldsite presentations
Danish testsite - Kasted
American testsite - Nebraska

Images

Group picture of the participants in the HyGEM kick-off meeting in Denver