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Archive Presentation/Speeches
PRESENTATIONS/SPEECHES
- Conference on Integrated River Basin Management under the Water Framework Directive - Action programmes, adaptation to climate change, inspiration
Lille, France, 26 – 28 April 2010
- World Water Day Workshop - Hydrology, Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) river basins in Scotland
Dundee, 22 March 2010
- The Water Framework Directive: What are the Business Opportunities
FERA, York, 25 March 2010
- The Future of Water Efficiency - Scaling it Up
The Fifth Annual Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference
Keble College, Oxford, 22 - 23 March 2010
- Recent Conference Outputs Added to the CMS Website:
- CIWEM’s Annual Conference 2010 - Water and Environment
London, 28 – 29 April 2010
- Drinking Water Quality - Emerging Contaminants and Advanced Treatment Technologies: How Much Further Can We Go?
London, 23 March 2010
- The National Flood Forum National Conference - Building Resilience through Partnership
Birmingham, 25 February 2010
- World Wetlands Day
Peterborough, 02 - 03 February 2010
CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT UNDER THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
Action programmes, adaptation to climate change, inspiration
Lille, France, 26 – 28 April 2010
The conference, sponsored by the RSC, SCI and the Institute of Water, reviewed technical challenges faced by Member States, stakeholder organisations and scientists, while developing the first River Basin Management Plan under the WFD. It focused on aspects of integration, looking at the way cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary co-operation has developed, and how emerging issues such as adaptation to climate changes will be considered in the future.
For further details and to download the presentations visit the conference website:
(http://www.wfdlille2010.org/)
WORLD WATER DAY WORKSHOP
Hydrology, Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) river basins in Scotland
Dundee, 22 March 2010
(Posted 14 May 2010)
UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science at the University of Dundee hosted this interactive online event supported by Be2camp. The University of Dundee led discussions about the Tweed; and the Macaulay Institute provided comparisons regarding the Dee. There was also an international comparison of the Tweed and Thames. The focus throughout was HELP and the interface between land use and water management, and crystallising a stakeholder-driven agenda for effective river basin management in Scotland.
To view the speaker profiles, the presentations and the video recordings visit the be2camp website:
(http://www.be2camp.com/page/world-water-day-workshop)
THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE: WHAT ARE THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FERA, York, 25 March 2010
(Posted 14 May 2010)
This SCI, Fera and CIWEM Tyne & Humber Branch event focused on business opportunities around achieving compliance with the WFD. The challenges were discussed first, including an overview of the regulations; the Humber River Basin Management Plan and some of the challenges that still need to be addressed to meet the objectives of WFD and the opportunities that they bring; plant protection products; reservoir catchments and river basin management. Opportunities for business, including instrumentation and contamination control were presented in the afternoon.
The presentations are available on the SCI website:
(http://www.soci.org/News/SEG-Fera-WFD-papers-2010)
THE FUTURE OF WATER EFFICIENCY - SCALING IT UP
The fifth annual Waterwise Water Efficiency Conference
Keble College, Oxford, 22 - 23 March 2010
(Posted 14 May 2010)
Presentations from a range of high-level speakers, including Huw Irranca-Davies, MP, Minister for Natural and Marine Environment, Nick Herbert, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future, are now available on the Waterwise website:
(http://www.waterwise.org.uk/reducing_water_wastage_in_the_uk/events/2010_annual_conference.html)
RECENT CONFERENCE OUTPUTS ADDED TO THE CMS WEBSITE:
(http://www.coastms.co.uk/conferences)
(Posted 14 May 2010)
- CIWEM’s Annual Conference 2010 - Water and Environment
London, 28 – 29 April 2010
Annual Conference that addressed multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector.
(http://www.coastms.co.uk/conferences/415/show)
- Drinking Water Quality
Emerging Contaminants and Advanced Treatment Technologies: How Much Further Can We Go?
London, 23 March 2010
The aim of this technical conference was to share the latest information and experiences concerning emerging contaminants in drinking water and advanced treatment technologies, as well as the regulatory perspectives on these issues.
(http://www.coastms.co.uk/conferences/431/show)
- The National Flood Forum National Conference
Building Resilience through Partnership
Birmingham, 25 February 2010
The National Flood Forum is a force in the world of Flood Risk Management providing a national voice for individuals and communities affected by flooding. The aim of this conference was to provide a unique platform for those who are at risk of being flooded to meet, share experience and best practice with professionals from the flood risk management sector. It also explored how politicians will respond to their plans for effective flood management for the future.
(http://www.coastms.co.uk/conferences/432/show)
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