IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Montréal, Canada, 19–24 September 2010

Organised by: International Water Association (IWA), Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA) and Canadian Association on Water Quality (CAWQ)

Principal sponsors: ITT Corporation, Suez Environnement, Veolia Water

IWA is expecting 3,000 delegates and 1,500 trade visitors to attend their biennial event.

Key topics:

• Science and application of water management
• Water, climate 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
• Water and wastewater in developing countries.

For more information go to Congress website

International Forum on Integrated Water Resource Management, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 01-03 Jun 2009

Organised by: COGESAF (Conseil de gouvernance de l’eau des bassins versants de la rivière St-François) and the Université de Sherbrooke

Main themes:

• Characterisation and diagnosis tools
• Planning and governance tools
• Information and joint-action tools
• Water management tools in the agricultural setting
• Intervention tools for the major water-related issues

Keynote speakers will include the ex-president of Oxfam-Quebec, Nicole St-Martin, president of Aquacentrum, André Beauchamp, Riccardo Petrella, author of «The Water Manifesto », Raymond Jost, general secretary of the International Secretariat for Water, Jean-François Donzier, general manager of the International Network of Basin Organizations and Jean Landry, president of Quebec’s regroupement of watershed organizations (ROBVQ).

Presentations from North America, Latin America and Africa.

For more information go to the conference web site in English and French