Global Water Summit, Berlin, Germany, 18-19 April 2011

international water meeting for executives from the water industry and water utilities/ministries focusing on opportunities in some 30 mostly emerging countries including India, Brazil, China, Viet Nam, Algeria, Mexico, Namibia, Peru, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya and Angola.

Organised by: Global Water Intelligence and the International Desalination Association (IDA)

Theme: Focusing on performance

Highlights include the Global Water Awards Gala Dinner with speaker Kofi Annan and a concluding debate on the motion: “Is cost recovery pricing the best way to ensure the poor have access to good water services?”

Some keynotes and sessions of special interest are:

• Michel Camdessus, Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund – “Water and the public sector finanical crisis.”
• Sanjay Bhatnagar, CEO of WaterHealth International – “A scalable for-profit approach to serving the poor.”
• Djeevan Schiferli, Business Development Executive, Climate Change and Water Management, IBM – “The smart network revolution.”
• Africa’s moment in water (session) – on the “dynamic new market” emerging in sub-Saharan Africa with contributions from Namibia, Uganda, Kenya and Senegal
• New initiatives in private sector participation (session) with contributions from Nigeria, Oman and Botswana

Full information on the conference  web site: www.watermeetsmoney.com

3rd International Symposium Re-Water Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany, 21-22 November 2011

Organised by: Stadtentwässerung Braunschweig GmbH in cooperation with the Technische Universität Braunschweig, the Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin and the Abwasserverband Braunschweig

Main topics: water and wastewater reuse, nutrient recovery and closing of energy- and material cycles, with a focus on implementation and realisation. Practical examples from developing countries will be included.

Conference web site: abwasser-recycling.info/re-water_english.html

1st Workshop on Terra Preta Sanitation, Groß Ippener (near Bremen), Germany, 27-30 September 2010

Ecosan researchers have found inspiration in the Pre-Columbian black soil (Terra Preta) of the Amazon Basin for “the re-creation of the most successful sanitation system ever”. They will share their enthusiasm at this 3-day Workshop organised by the Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection, of the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).

Read more about Terra Preta sanitation

Download the Workshop brochure

IWRM Karlsruhe 2010, Germany, 24-25 November 2010

Organised by: Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH and the Fraunhofer IOSB

Sponsored by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)

At the conference, there will be 60 presentations from IWRM specialists from a total of 18 different countries, including Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, India, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Palestine, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Viet Nam.

Topics:

Management of Rainfall Retention and Storage

• Retention and Artificial Recharge
• Erosion, Irrigation and Desertification

Waste Water Management in Agriculture

• Hygienisation Management and Disinfection Processes, Sanitation
• Waste Water Reuse in Agriculture

Materials Flow and Ingredients Flow Management

• Nutrient Cycles
• Contaminant Remediation and Immobilization
• Management and Water Treatment Processes
• Water Quality Management
• Sediment Transport / Morphology

Water Resources Management (incl. Urban Areas)

• Utilization and Protection of Water Resources
• The Economic Triangle: Water, Energy, Food
• Water Resource Modeling
• Water Policies & Decision Support, Capacity Building
• Water Supply & Distribution Management

Water Management under Extreme Conditions

• Flood Water Management and Run-off Modeling
• Climate Change

Conference web site: www.iwrm-karlsruhe.com

Water Corruption, Environment, Governance and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany, 29 March 2010

This Expert Consultation organised by the Water Integrity Network (WIN) intends to address the serious gap in knowledge and research on the nexus of water, climate change, governance and corruption.

Significant financing will be invested in new and existing water infrastructure, governance mechanisms and technology for climate change adaptation and mitigation. As these investments begin to flow, special attention must be paid to the growing risk of corruption. Investments may be diverted, misdirected, over or under- estimated, not only due to corruption, but also because of weak governance and inappropriate management. Overall, this will lead to missed opportunities to combat the adverse effects of climate change as social inequity continues to increase and environmental conditions worsen.

Selected authors will receive an invitation to participate in the consultation. The invitation will include one return economy class airfare, visa/insurance fees, per diem and accommodation for three days in Berlin.

Paper submission deadline: 03 March 2010 at 18.00 CET

For more information read the call for papers on the WIN web site

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