Managing Water for the City of the Future

Future Events

Stockholm Water Week

Stockholm, Sweden – 5-10 September 2010

The scope of Water Week 2010 frames the key issues and discussion points related to the theme "The Water Quality Challenge – Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement". The intention is to deepen the understanding of, stimulate ideas on, and engage the water community around the challenges related to water quality. The nature of SWITCH's participation is yet to be confirmed.

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/

IWA World Water Congress

Montréal, Canada – 19-24 September 2010

The IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition is a major event in the global water community and where IWA specialist groups showcase their work and plan for future activities. Kala Vairavamoorthy and Carol Howe will provide major inputs into Cities of the Future and climate change sessions, and Avner Adin, Nilo de Oliveira Nascimento, Jennifer Chlebek and Ian Smout will be presenting papers on various aspects of SWITCH research. SWITCH will also have an exhibition stand in the Development Corner and will be running sessions in the Development Dialogues to increase awareness of SWITCH's key messages and products amongst decision makers in government, water utilities and major international agencies working in developing countries.

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.iwa2010montreal.org/

Deltas in Times of Climate Change

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – 29 September - 1 October 2010

At this conference, researchers will exchange the latest scientific insights on topics such as flood risk management, salt water intrusion and governance. In addition, sessions will be organised by and for policy makers, senior political officials, the business community and practitioners. Panels of leading figures from the political and business communities will discuss subjects such as international cooperation and financing mechanisms for adaptation. Carol Howe is part of the Programme Advisory Committee and SWITCH is organising two sessions on water and urban design.

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.climatedeltaconference.org/

5th SWITCH Scientific Meeting 2010

Lodz, Poland – 13-16 October 2010

The 5th SWITCH Scientific Meeting "Sustainable Water management Improves Tomorrow's Cities' Health: achievements and way forward" will be organized in cooperation with the International Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, under the auspices of UNESCO and LTER Europe and the Mayor of Lodz and the Polish Minister of Sciences and Higher Education.

The main goals of this final Meeting will be:

• synthesis of achievements of SWITCH in terms of scientific breakthroughs and uptake;
• revising key deliverables of SWITCH;
• presenting progress in SWITCH cities; and
• discussing spin-offs and ways forward.

The conference will bring together members of the SWITCH project consortium, local, national and international organizations responsible for water management in urban areas and sustainable development, and scientists and experts working in these areas.

Registration deadline is 31 July 2010.
Please click here for the Registration Form.

Contact the Meeting coordinator:

Agnieszka Urbaniak-Butterworth
International Institute of Polish Academy of Science
European Regional Centre under auspices of UNESCO
3 Tylna str., 90-365 Lodz, Poland
Phone: +48 42 6817007
Fax: + 48 42 681 3069
Cell phone: +48 506 449 717

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.erce.unesco.lodz.pl/

IWA Water & Energy Conference

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – 10-12 November 2010

The IWA Water and Energy conference 2010 in Amsterdam is a follow-up of the IWA "Water and Energy" conference in Copenhagen, Denmark 2009. The 2010 event will have an emphasis on demonstration and implementation, e.g. examples of energy innovations in the water sector. Carol Howe is on the IWA climate adaptation management team. The further role of SWITCH is yet to be confirmed.

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.moorga.com/en/nieuws/indienen-van-papers-en-posters-voor-water-and-energy-2010/

Sustainable Water Management in Cities: engaging stakeholders for effective change

Zaragoza, Spain – 13-17 December 2010

Sustainable, efficient and equitable management of water resources in cities has never been as important as in today's world. Achieving sustainable development requires that we institutionalize and act upon lessons learnt in the arena of urban water management and city development. Capacities to make that change happen in water are typically diffused between many different stakeholders including the different publics in our cities. Therefore, increasingly coming to the forefront are the holistic approaches, methods and skills needed to enable successful cooperation and collaboration, including those communication techniques which enable stakeholders to exchange knowledge, views and preferences so as to build a collective, feasible vision of the future and an effective programme of implementation.

This four day conference will bring together more than 200 experts, local government officials, media specialists, key water operators and political representatives of cities and stakeholder groups to discuss these issues and propose practical ways to move forward to meet the challenges of disseminating results to a wider audience, also considering different development contexts and regional characteristics. This draws on the approaches of the SWITCH project and the Learning Alliances. Some specific outcomes of the meeting – especially case studies – will be presented as part of the World Water Day on 22 March 2011.

The conference is organized by the United Nations Office to Support the International Decade for Action 'Water for Life' 2005-2015 implementing the UN Water Communication and Advocacy Program (with UN Habitat and the Water Operators Partnership), the city of Zaragoza, and the SWITCH consortium including both UNESCO-IHE and the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.

For more information, please contact:

SWITCH Final Capacity Building Meetings

Paris (UNESCO-IHP); Zaragoza – January 2011 (to be confirmed)

International Conference on Integrated Water Management

Environmental Technology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth Western Australia – 2-5 February, 2011

The conference will discuss and explore new and innovative methods of treatment, better understanding and assessment of resources and their supporting ecosystems, proper management for conservation and approaches to achieve the dual aim of economic development and ecological sustainability. The focus is the necessary infrastructure to provide good quality water, in sufficient quantity, in the most sustainable manner. Carol Howe is a member of the International Program Committee.

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.iwm2011.com/index.html

12th International Conference on Urban Drainage

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State Brazil – 10-15 September 2011

With the support of the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage IWA/IAHR JCUD), and in cooperation with the Brazilian Association of Water Resources (ABRH) SWITCH has a key role in the organisation of the forthcoming conference.

For more information about this event, visit the website:
http://www.acquacon.com.br/icud2011/en/