Events
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3 Feb 2021 – Online
A human rights-based approach for community adaptation to climate change
“Climate change affects ecosystems, human societies and economies in a variety of ways, and water is the primary medium through which these impacts are felt”, United Nations World Water Development Report 2020, Water and Climate Change.
This webinar examines some of the tools and case studies connected with how to connect local communities with solutions for climate adaptation. It especially explores the importance of integrating the HRBA and encourages more inclusive management of water rights.Price: Free
Organised by Human Right 2 Water.
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3-26 Feb 2021 – Online
Groundwater Project free meetings
With the objective of bringing together the largest global groundwater community in the world, the Groundwater Project will hold a series of free meetings and debates between the 3rd and 26th of February 2021 with the greatest references in hydrogeology in the world. The event will be broadcast on the Groundwater Project's YouTube channel and participants will be able to interact with speakers through the live chat. All presentations will be broadcast in English or with English subtitles.
Price: Free
Organised by The Groundwater Project.
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22 Mar 2021 – World wide
World Water Day 2021
World Water Day's theme for 2021 is "Valuing Water". Further information to follow.
Organised by UN Water and partners.
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25-26 Mar 2021 – Częstochowa, Poland
XXIII SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ,,EXPLOITATION AND RISKS TO WATER INTAKES”
The conference is addressed to hydrogeologists as well as water and sewage engineers. The conference will cover the following issues:
• municipal water management;
• hydrogeochemistry;
• hydrogeological conditions for water intakes;
• modern research methods;
• current challenges of hydrogeology;
• water and sewage technologies including trenchless technologies.
The conference language is polish.Organised by Polish Association of Sanitary Engineers and Technicians.
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19-30 Apr 2021 – Online
vEGU21: Gather Online
In 2021, EGU will be hosting vEGU21: Gather Online (#vEGU21), a fully virtual meeting that will be held in place of the General Assembly in Vienna. vEGU21 will provide as full a representation of the experience that EGU members enjoy at the annual meeting in Vienna as possible. Abstract submissions will be accepted until 13 January 2021 at 13:00 CET. More details, including the registration fees, will be announced in the coming weeks.
RGFC-IAH supported sessions are “The role of groundwater flow systems in solving water management and environmental problems” convened by John Molson and co-convened by Daniela Ducci, Jim LaMoreaux, Manuela Lasagna, Judit Mádl-Szőnyi, and “Interacting geofluids systems – Research and innovation” convened by Ádám Tóth and co-convened by Teppo Arola, Gabriella B. Kiss, Corrado Camera, Hanneke Verweij.
In addition:
- EGU Session HS8.2.6 now open for abstract submissions - Topic: Fault zone hydrology: the effect of structural controls on groundwater flow. Convener: Rowan Vernon; Co-conveners: Neil Burnside, Jonathan Ford, Richard Haslam.
- EGU Session EOS4.2 "Geoethics: Geosciences serving Society" now open for abstracts. This is co-sponsored by the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (https://www.geoethics.org), aims to develop ethical and social perspectives on a range of topics, with case studies.Organised by European Geosciences Union (EGU).
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25 Jul - 1 Aug 2021 – Savoy, Mont Blanc, France
18th International Congress of Speleology
Karst: Heritage and Resources. This conference has 20 topics, including Karst, heritage and resources; Karst hydrogeology, physical Chemistry; Topography, Mapping, 3D, Documentation and many more of interest to the hydrogeological community.
Organised by French Federation of Speleology and partners.
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16-21 Aug 2021 – Delhi, India
36th International Geological Congress
(rescheduled owing to pandemic)
The International Geological Congress is a mega event organised every four years. The next edition – the 36th – will be organised in Delhi, India, March 2-8, 2020. The Congress has 45 themes, covering practically all aspects of Planet Earth, has > 60 field trips, a GeoExpo, and a variety of other programs.
Each theme has several symposia each with many sessions. Abstracts should be submitted to the Congress website (www.36igc.org). Take the opportunity to participate in/organise a workshop or short course and also to look around India, enjoy its culture and culinary specialties, its art and architecture, its history and heritage!
Thanks to the munificence of the Government of India, we are able to offer a Geohost Support Program that is unprecedented in the history of IGC! We will be providing 1000 free registrations, 1000 airfares and 1000 local hospitality packages to geoscientists/ geoscience students. These will be provided either as full or partial support. So, hurry up and apply online for a Geohost grant!
Please visit our website www.36igc.org for all the details and more.
Revised deadline for abstract submission: October 31, 2019.
Revised deadline for Early Bird registration: November 30, 2019.Price: See fees on website
Organised by IGC.
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23-27 Aug 2021 – Online
SIWI World Water Week
In 2021 World Water Week will be held as a full-scale digital event on 23-27 August. We're promised a week of intense learning and collaboration on the theme Building Resilience Faster, to develop solutions to address climate change and other water-related challenges.
Organised by SIWI.
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9-11 Nov 2021 – Military Technological College, Muscat, Oman
Oman’s International Conference on Water Engineering and Management of Water Resources
Towards a Sustainable Water Future. (postponed to 2021 owing to pandemic)
This conference provides an interesting opportunity to share ideas, discuss new technology, and explore innovative techniques and present the latest research result with international colleagues, academics, engineers, policymakers and government organizations.
The conference will cover a wide range of topics at the heart of water engineering and management of water resources, including treatment, resources management, distribution systems, water losses, sustainability, energy efficiency, reclamation, recycling, reuse, regulations, policies, costs, decision making, modelling, design, maintenance and construction of water infrastructure.Price: USD 260
Organised by Department of Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying, Military Technological College, Muscat, Oman.
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6-8 Dec 2021 – Paris, France
ISARM 2021: 2nd International Conference on Transboundary Aquifers
Overview of the challenges and way forward into addressing transboundary aquifers management. The Second International UNESCO Conference on transboundary aquifers ISARM II “Challenges and the way forward”; aims to be an opportunity for showcasing diverse efforts made by UNESCO, the International and Donor community (GEF, the World Bank, the FAO, the Swiss, the German etc…) to streamline groundwater as an enabler for achieving the water-related SDGs. No registration fees are required to attend or participate in this Conference.
Physical and social scientists, academics, civil servants, development economists, managers, decision-makers, and governmental officers dealing with issues of transboundary aquifers, are invited to participate and submit abstracts. The abstracts should be in English only (less than 400 words) and it should address a subject on one of the topics of the Conference.
The Scientific Committee will select the abstracts, the selected author will be requested to prepare full length papers. The proceedings will include keynote lectures and accepted papers and will be published online by UNESCO-IHP.
Authors of accepted contributions will be notified by end of March 2021. There is a limit of 6 pages for each paper (320 words per page), and 3 pages (320 words per page) for each poster, including figures, tables and references. The participants are kindly requested to submit their abstracts by 30 December 2020.
Key dates:
Submission deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2021 (new date)
Final attendance registration 1 September 2021
Full papers submission: 1 October 2021
Final program: 28 October 2021
IAH is one of the conference partners.Price: Free
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