From 2005-09-10 to 2005-09-18

Venue: Beijing, China

Summary:
The theme of the 19th ICID Congress in Beijing is ‘Use of Water and Land for Food and Environmental Sustainability’. Questions, the Special Session and Symposium topics are:

• Question 52: Improving Water and Land Management for Increasing Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture
• Question 53: Harmonious Coexistence with Flood Water
• Special Session: Legal and Institutional Challenges
• Symposium: Water Quality/Salinity Management

The purpose of the congress is to study recent developments and to present new expectations from such developments, especially in light of continuous growth of world population and growing environmental concerns. The congresses also provide a platform for reviewing a number of contentious issues that concern the future of irrigation water with respect to increased demands due to competitive uses of water.

Organizers: International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)
Contact Name: Chinese National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
E-mail: cncid@iwhr.com
URL: http://www.icid.org/conf.html