Conference Topics
The conference topics will include the following subjects dealing with water resources management:
1. Water resources in changing environments
- Land use dynamics and water resources
- Climate change, demographic change and other drivers
- Landscape functionality and conservation management
- Ecosystem needs and safeguarding aquatic biodiversity
2. Technologies and implementation
- Environmental sound technologies to increase water use efficiencies
- Alternative resources (storm water use, aquifer recharge etc.)
- Pathways for sustainable sanitation
- Stakeholder participation
- Economic instruments: water prices for efficiency and equity
3. Indicators and advanced monitoring
- Adapted water resources assessment strategies
- Water management performance indicators at different scales
- Monitoring the efficiency of environmental improvements
4. Information and decision support systems for improved knowledge management
- Conceptual and technical decision support systems
- Data assimilation and integration
5. Capacity Development for water and waste water management
- Sustainable concepts for training and education
- Building public awareness
- Institutional development
6. Water governance: actors and institutions
- Analyses of institutions, laws and rules
- Water governance and water politics
- Governance and regulation of water services