From 2008-12-01 to 2008-12-05

Venue: University of California, Irvine, USA

Summary:
This Conference, convened by UNESCO and the University of California Irvine, seeks bringing together leading water management and climate change experts, scientists and engineers, policymakers, lawyers and economists, and executives of water services of local and regional authorities. Among other objectives, the Conference will present innovative and appropriate technologies to address water scarcity and global change effects on water availability and quality, explore the specific scientific and technical tools for groundwater studies and management, and discuss how to incorporate such technologies into short-term decision-making and long-term water management and policy-making.

The Conference will also serve as a platform for the exchange of ideas on communication among political decision-makers, financial actors, scientists, technical services of local and regional authorities, service and engineering companies, operators and builders, as a tool for improved management of water scarcity and global change effects on water availability and quality, with an emphasis on groundwater aspects. The Conference will produce a policy proposal and an action plan for a concrete and practical follow-up to the proposed conference. It will also contribute to IHP-VII, the Seventh Phase (2008-2013) of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme, and prepare for the 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009).

Organizers: UNESCO-IHP and the University of California Irvine
Contact Name: Jean Fried
E-mail: jfried@uci.edu
URL: http://www.waterunifies.com/