Preliminary Announcement of the International Conference
"Management of Water in a Changing World: Innovations and Integration of Science and Technology"
Maritim Hotel & International Congress Center
12-13 October 2011
Dresden, Germany
Sponsor
- German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Supporters
- IWA - International Water Association (to be confirmed)
Conference Format
The two-day conference will include a plenary session, panel discussion, technical sessions and poster sessions. Authors are expected to orally present their papers in a technical session or poster session.
Conference Topics
The conference topics will include the following subjects dealing with water resources management:
1. Coupled management of land and water resources
- Water resources assessment in a changing environment
- Landscape functionality and conservation management
- Ecosystem needs and safeguarding aquatic biodiversity
- Water quality and ecosystem services for human health
2. Implementation of IWRM- Environmental technologies to increase water use efficiencies
- Pathways for sustainable sanitation
- Environmentally sound technologies for wastewater and storm water management
- Economic instruments: water prices for efficiency and equity
3. IWRM processes: indicators and advanced monitoring
- Adapted water resources assessment strategies
- Water management performance indicators at different scales
- Monitoring the efficiency of environmental improvements
4. Information and decision support systems for improved knowledge management
- conceptual and technical decision support systems
- data assimilation and integration
5. Capacity Development for Water and Wastewater Management
- Sustainable concepts for training and education
- Building public awareness
- Institutional development
6. Water governance: markets, networks and regulatory structures
- analyses of institutions, laws and rules
- water governance and comprehensive water policies
- Institutional governance and regulation of water services
Language
The official language of the conference will be English.
Venue
The venue will be at Maritim Hotel & International Congress Center Dresden, Germany. There will be accommodation available at the Maritim Hotel as well as in the City of Dresden. Lunches and refreshments will be provided at the conference. There are excellent facilities for parallel sessions, exhibitions and welcomereception at the venue.
Excursions
The conference will organise post-conference excursions if sufficient interest is indicated after the announcement of the conference. The excursions will take place on October 14.
International Steering Committee
An international steering committee consisting of representatives from research institutions, universities and professionals will provide guidelines for the selection of papers to be published and advice on organisation of the conference. Confirmed members of the committee:
- Dr. Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen, UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment, Denmark
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Janos J. Bogardi, Global Water System Project, Bonn, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Dietrich Borchardt, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany (Conference Chair)
- Dr. Ines Dombrowsky, German Development Institute, Germany
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Jardin, Ruhrverband, Essen, Germany (IWA Board of Directors)
- Prof. Dr. Alan Jenkins, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Natural Environment Research Council, Oxfordshire, Great Britain
- Prof. Dr. Peter Krebs, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Kroiss, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Prof. em. Dr. Christian Leibundgut, University of Freiburg, Germany
- Dr. Timothy Moss, Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning, Erkner, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Peter Reichert, Eawag, Duebendorf, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Seppo Rekolainen, SYKE, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl-Ulrich Rudolph, University Witten/Herdecke, Germany
- Prof. David L. Rudolph, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Organising Committee
The conference will be organized by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany. The organizer will be in charge of the general management of the conference. The organising committee will be supported by: F&U confirm
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig / Germany
Publications
All the papers received will be reviewed and the selected papers will be published in an international journal. Once the abstract has been accepted by the steering committee, the prospective authors have the option to submit a full paper version for publication in IWA journal Water Science & Technology.
Conference schedule
Call for abstracts opens 01 December 2010 Abstract submission closes 31 January 2011 Abstract peer review period 31 January - 31 March 2011 Invitation to submit full papers May 2011 Full paper submission closes 31 July 2011 Circulation of 2nd Announcement with Advanced programme August 2011
For further information please contact:
Dietrich Borchardt
Dr. Ralf B. Ibisch
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Brueckstraße 3a . 39114 Magdeburg . Germany
E-Mail: dietrich.borchardt@ufz.de; ralf.ibisch@ufz.de;
Link:
http://www.bmbf.wasserressourcen-man...636141b4329560
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