IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Busan, Korea, 16-22 October 2012

Held every two years and organised by the International Water Association (IWA), the congress & exhibition attracts 5,000 water professionals from companies and institutions around the world.

Themes:

• Science and application of water treatment and management
• Water, climate, food and energy
• Cities of the future
• Managing utilities and their assets
• Securing new and traditional water resources for the future
• Water, ecosystems and catchments
• Water and health – microbiological and chemical

In Busan, IWA will organise a ‘Development Corner’, a dedicated space at the Congress to learn about water and sanitation issues and challenges in the developing world and how they are being actively addressed.

Deadlines:

• Proposals for platform and presentations, workshops and discussions: 1 September 2011
• Submission of full papers: 31 May 2012
• Presenters registration: 30 June 2012

Web site: www.iwa2012busan.org

Master of Integrated Water Management (MIWM), International WaterCentre, Australia, February 2012 – June 2013

This international masters course aims to equip students “with the integration, leadership and managerial skills to become part of an elite group of water leaders with sustainable and holistic solutions to global water and climate change challenges”.

Coordinated by: International WaterCentre with lecturers from four Australian universities: University of Queensland, Monash University, University of Western Australia and Griffith University.

Course outline:

Foundation module – Project management; Science of water; Water, sustainability and development; and Water governance and policy

Integration modules: Catchment and aquatic ecosystem health; and Water planning and economics

Elective stream modules:

• International development (Capacity building and international development – in Thailand; Water and sanitation)
• Water, land and people
• Urban water stream

Specialisation module: Integrated Water Management Project

Examples of  previous research projects:

• Community-Led Total Sanitation and sanitation marketing in Cambodia
• WaterSHED (Water, sanitation, hygiene and enterprise development) Asia program in rural Cambodia
• Sanitation policies on sanitation coverage in Uganda
• Water and gender in the Middle East
• Implementation of the national IWRM policy, Burkina Faso, West Africa
• Improving sewerage for South Africa

Costs:

• Indicative annual fee: AUD$ 29,600 (US$ 32,250)
• Full-tuition and partial tuition Water Leader Scholarships are available

Application deadlines:

• IWC Water Leader Scholarships – 01 Aug 2011
• International applications (full paying, non-scholarship applicants): 15 Oct 2011

More information | Apply Online

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2nd ADB-DMC and Partners Sanitation Dialogue, Manila, Philippines, 23-25 May 2011

Organised by: Asian Development Bank with support from partner organisations (by invitation only)

Theme: Making Sanitation a Sustainable Business

The event will also be used to launch the ADB Regional Technical Assistance on Promoting an Asia-Pacific Wastewater Management Revolution.

Objectives:

The dialogue aims to raise awareness of ADB Developing Member Countries (DMCs) on:

• the need to give priority to meeting their sanitation needs, including putting in place a comprehensive sanitation policy, if required, integrating sanitation and wastewater management into national development plans, increasing investment programming over their current levels, and ensuring viable and sustainable service delivery; and
• making environmental sanitation a sustainable business through discussion of successful projects involving creation of an enabling policy environment, and choice of technology and financing options

Target group: High-level government officials representing ministries of Finance, Health, Environment, and water-related ministries, city mayors, and representatives of water, sanitation and sewerage utilities, development partners, donor agencies, nongovernment organizations and private sector companies.

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For more information and to contact the organisers go to the ADB web site

WASH Conference 2011, Brisbane, Australia, 16-20 May 2011

Coordinated by: Water and Sanitation (WASH) Reference Group in conjunction with AusAID
Managed by: International WaterCentre and International WaterForum

The WASH conference and training program will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on WASH services provision in developing countries including; water supply systems (in villages, towns and cities); household toilets and sanitation facilities in public and shared areas (such as schools, clinics and markets); and hygiene promotion from community-based to campaign approaches.

Target group: WASH professionals from the public and private sectors; donors and regional actors; government staff from developing countries; international and local NGOs working in WASH; academics; and students.

Themes:

1. Functional and environmental sustainability
2. Behaviour change and social sustainability
3. Institutional sustainability
4. Financial sustainability

Call for abstracts
Abstract deadline: 09 February 2011

For more information go to the WASH Conference 2011 web site.

Singapore International Water Week, 04-08 July 2011

Theme: Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment

This global platform for water solutions brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together.

The event’s flagship programmes comprise:

• Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize
• Water Leaders Summit
• Water Convention
• Water Expo
• Business Forums

In 2010 Singapore International Water Week attracted 14,000 trade visitors, 1,000 participants attended the Water Convention, and 350 leaders from the global water industry were at the Water Leaders Summit.

In 2011 the Water Convention will focus on four main themes:

1. Solutions for Water Systems Efficiency & Effectiveness
2. Planning for Sustainable Water Solutions
3. Water Quality & Health
4. Governance & Finance

Conference web site: www.siww.com.sg

WaterMicro 2011: 16th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, Rotorua, New Zealand, 18-23 September 2011

Organised by: International Water Association (IWA), Affordable Water, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Institute of Environmental Science (ESR), Agricultural Research (AgResearch), Ministry for the Environment (MfE), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), and Agriculture Research

Topics include:

• water pollution and diseases
• microbial source tracking
• catchment protection
• biofilm studies
• water and sanitation in developing countries
• climate change and water quality
• recreational water and health
• epidemiology of waterborne diseases
• microbial risk assessment
• microbial quality of shellfish growing areas
• applications of nanotechnology
• water and energy
• zoonoses

Abstract deadlines: oral presentations – 30 April 2011 ; poster presentations - 30 June 2011

Conference web site: www.hrwm2011.org

Stabilisation Ponds 2011: 9th IWA Specialist Conference on Waste Stabilisation Ponds, Adelaide, Australia, 01-03 August 2011

Organised by: IWA Specialist Group on Waste Stabilisation Ponds and the Australian Water Association

This conference will focus on techniques for the delivery of the maximum volumes of clean, environmentally safe, treated waste water for amenity and agricultural purposes, using minimal energy inputs and having low maintenance requirements.

Topics:

• Performance of WSP
• Biology
• WSP applications for smaller communities
• WSP and sustainability issues – carbon, energy reduction – bio energy production
• Public health microbiology
• WSP case studies
• WSPs and their integration with other treatment technologies

Conference web site: www.iwawsp11.com

2nd IWA Development Congress & Exhibition, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21–24 November 2011

Organised by: International Water Association (IWA) and Malaysian Water Association (MWA)

The Congress will “focus on workable approaches for the global water sector in low and middle income countries, from challenges to service delivery, through technological innovation, to implementation and delivery. The aim is to develop and help set the research and practice agenda for water and sanitation services internationally”.

Main themes:

• Urban water supply service provision
• Urban sanitation and wastewater service provision
• Managing, planning and financing urban water and sanitation services
• Social dimensions

Web site: www.iwa2011kl.org/

2nd WaterLoss Asia 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13-15 October 2010

Organised by: Malaysian Water Association and PROTEMP Group

WaterLoss Asia is a specialized event on Non-Revenue Water. It comprises of a conference, workshop & an exhibition showcasing the latest technologies to manage water losses effectively. The first WaterLoss Asia was held in 2008 with over 400 participants.

Conference web site: www.waterlossasia.com

Water Crisis and Choices: ADB and Partners Conference 2010, Manila, Philippines, 11-15 October 2010

Organised by: Asian Development Bank (ADB)

This conference brings together over 40 ADB partner organisations, 80 panellists and 500 water decision makers to raise awareness of water issues and solutions in Asia and Pacific region. ADB will present its Water Operational Framework 2011-2020.

Conference themes:

Cities and Water: Solutions for Efficiency

• From Loss to Profit: Structural Transformation via Reduced NRW
• Cleaning Utility Balance Sheets: Attracting Investments
• Energy in Water: The Case for a Smaller Footprint

Water in Food: Productivity Gains

• Less Water, More Food: Solutions for Enhanced Productivity
• Technologies in Irrigated Agriculture: Costs and Benefits
• Small-Scale Irrigation: Is this the Future?

Clean Water: A Question of Quality

• Legislating Clean Water: Getting the Laws to Work Better
• Water Reuse: Scale, Technology, and Prospects
• Clean Up Costs: Expanding Investments

Basin Level Management: A Scorecard for Asia

• Basin Planning and Management: An Asian Scorecard
• Adapting to Climate Change: Risks and Resilience
• Accessing Available Freshwater: Expanded Capture and Storage

Conference web site: www.adb.org/waterconference2010/