Population growth, social inequity, economic turmoil, climate change, water shortages and environmental degradation are placing unprecedented stress on infrastructure and ecosystems while at the same time technological advances, volunteerism and citizens of sustainability offer promise for the future. 'Cities of the Future' will connect energy-efficient engineered infrastructure with green, water-centric landscapes to protect and conserve water resources, reduce energy intensity and associated carbon footprints, and improve economic vitality and quality of life. This paradigm shift, for newly created eco-cities and existing urban communities alike, necessitates innovative ways of conceptualizing urban infrastructure that move away from traditional practices of centralized, linear, once-through water and energy flow towards decentralized facilities and closed water and energy systems.
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled “Effect of Climate Change on Water Supplies-Issues of National and Global Security” will be held from 1st-4th September 2010 in Izmir, Turkey. The purpose of this ARW is to provide a valuable opportunity for scientists in key related fields to establish strategies and priorities for much needed interdisciplinary work on the response of surface and subsurface water resources to climate change related phenomena. In this regard, groundwater, climate change and security are now considered to form a common interface between scientists, engineers, economists and politicians. It is expected that 50 scientists from about 35 countries will attend the workshop, which will include both platform and poster sessions. UNESCO Chair INWEB coordinator Prof. J.Ganoulis will be a key speaker at this event.
Workshop Themes: • Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control • Shortcutting Historical Pollution Trends • Water Quality for Human Health • Improved Water Use Efficiency through Recycling and Reuse • Management of Groundwater Abstraction and Pollution • Minimising Land Use Based Pollution • Resilience, Uncertainty and Tipping Points • Origins, Pathways and Accumulation of Pollutants – An Urban Perspective
The Week provides a unique forum for the exchange of views and experiences between the scientific, business, policy and civic communities. It focuses on new thinking and positive action toward water-related challenges and their impact on the world’s environment, health, economics and poverty reduction agendas.
The conference, sponsored by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Scottish Natural Heritage and Natural England, will bring together all those with an interest in achieving greater integration of conservation within the management of river systems. It will provide a forum for scientists, policy makers, water resource managers, engineers and nature conservationists to: * discuss the theory and practice of river conservation * describe progress in different parts of the world * define appropriate strategies for the future The emphasis of the conference will be on habitat and wildlife conservation but will be set within the wider context of water management. The meeting will have a broad, international perspective, and will reflect the range of priorities within and between countries in the developed and developing world.
The Symposium is held every 3rd year and is coordinated by the World Association of Sedimentation and Erosion Research (WASER). Scientists and engineers are invited to participate in the conference which will include technical presentations, a technical visit, an exhibition, pre- and post-conference tours and a full accompanying person’s programme.
In September 1990 the Nature Conservancy Council organised an international conference on ‘The Conservation and Management of Rivers’. The conference was truly international, attracting 337 delegates from 29 countries. By September 2010 twenty years will have elapsed since the York conference. A huge amount has changed in the world since then – economically, politically, culturally, scientifically. This conference will look back over this period and assess the changes in river conservation – how the environment has changed, how the legislation and policies that drive conservation have changed, how organisations have changed, how techniques for practising river conservation have changed, and how public attitudes have changed. What predictions did we make in 1990? Which have been proved accurate and which have not? Where have we succeeded and where have we failed? The 2010 conference provides an opportunity both to share experience as we look back over the last 20 years, and to use the lessons of the past to look 20 years on into the future.
The primary condition for achieving integrated wetland management is the willingness of sectoral stakeholders to work together. To achieve the necessary cooperation, stakeholders in a catchment area need to be able to understand each other clearly. Steps to achieve understanding of the various views, and to explore how far such separate views can be shared, will be one of the main issues covered within the International Training of Trainers on Wetland Management, a course focusing on the facilitation of multistakeholder processes and curriculum development (ICWM-TOT).
Science and Technology Applications for Health and Sustainable Development
The conference is a cross-disciplinary field of study that combines technological, human sociological and more general environmental interests, including an ethical perspective. It covers the application of information technology in the widest sense to problems of the aquatic environment and of the water resources management. Its aim is to equip professionals, practitioners, engineers, managers and decision makers working in water related arenas, with available information and technology, to make rapid and robust decisions as they address the increasing challenges of ensuring a sustainable water environment and adequate water resources for generations to come.
The River Flow 2010 is the fifth in a now highly successful series of River Flow conferences; the first having been held in Louvain-la Neuve, Belgium in 2002, the second in Naples, Italy in 2004, the third in Lisbon, Portugal in 2006, and the fourth in ÇesmeÍzmir, Turkey in 2008. The 2010 conference will provide an opportunity for scientists, researchers, practitioners and students to come together in a common single-themed forum to exchange ideas and share discussions on current issues, applications, new techniques, and the future of fluvial hydraulics.
Since the Congress will be held in Europe, the leading theme on ' Groundwater quality sustainability' is linked with implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. The year 2010 is the time when the formulation of programmes aimed at preventing further deterioration of groundwater quality in EU Member States must be completed. The Congress is aimed at scientists, researchers, students, engineers, water resources specialists, consultants, officials, government administrators and educators, and those interested in groundwater and the environment. It will enable them tto exchange ideas, knowledge, experience, techniques and the know-how in studies, investigations and practical applications related to groundwater issues. An important task of the Congress will be to communicate more effectively with the general public and non-groundwater specialists.
t is a pleasure for LOICZ and GKSS together with a growing list national and international supporting partners and sponsors to announce the: Storm Surges Congress Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges
