From 2002-10-23 to 2002-10-25

Venue: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Summary:
This series of meetings for web site managers and water information users focuses on the use of the Internet to support and promote the application of Integrated Land and Water Resources Management. The fifth forum will bring together information specialists, Web site managers, scientists, policymakers, and other water information users, to discuss the regional perspectives on water information and to present and discuss selected case studies of the implementation of international, national, regional, and local water information systems and the use of the Internet to disseminate water information.

Themes to be discussed during the Summit will include:
- National water-data systems
- River basin information systems
- Flood/drought warning systems
- Water resources assessments
- Electronic libraries of information
- Water of the Americas portal development
- Citizen awareness and education programs.

Organizers: The WaterWeb Consortium
Contact Name: Terry Dodge
E-mail: webmaster@ces.fau.edu
URL: http://www.waterweb.org/wis/wis5/