Water and environment 2012: CIWEM's annual conference
When it came to power in May 2010 the UK Coalition Government pledged to be the greenest government ever. The UK has been promised a 'green revolution' for a green economy, green jobs and for low-carbon living … but how far have we come? What more do we need to do? And how do our international counterparts compare? This conference aims to answer.
In March 2012, CIWEM will hold a two-day conference that will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector. It will have the key theme - "Green Revolution" and the conference will consider our progress towards achieving this.
This conference is looking to speakers to inspire and demonstrate ideas and innovations that will enable us to achieve a greener and more sustainable future.
Aim
The aim of the conference is to challenge and inspire the water and environment community by sharing knowledge and best practice, which is at the heart of meeting key global challenges for a low-carbon future. There will be a mix of keynote speakers, offered papers, exhibitions and networking opportunities that will make this the key event for water and environment professionals.
This conference is organised on an academic model, where there is a call for presentations and speakers will be selected on that basis by the conference programme committee.
Call for Presentations - Now open
Submission deadline - Friday 19th August 2011
In particular we are looking for offers of presentations covering topics embracing the theme including:
1) "Futures" issues
- "Tracking" future developments
- Innovation and advancement
- New business opportunities and models
- Green investment
- Change management
2) Global water security and interactions with energy, food and carbon
3) Integration and partnership working
4) Regulation
5) Case Studies - European/International - Global exemplars of brilliant and inspiring practice
6) Valuing the environment and eco system services
7) Earth Summit 2012: Rio +20 - http://www.earthsummit2012.org/
8) EC Blueprint for water
9) Influencing Government "direction"
10) CIWEM would welcome presentations on flood risk management, climate change, water management, waste management, population and social science that embrace these topics.
We are looking for presentations that:
-Are of the highest quality
-Cover policy and legislation, practice, projects and initiatives, research and case studies
-Include UK, European and international case studies
-Show how issues are developing and shaping future agendas
-Are challenging
The Format of Submissions:
Prospective speakers should submit an abstract via the online submission form which can be found on the CMS website http://www.coastms.co.uk/conferences/448
All the speakers will pay the conference fee and this will be broadly in line with current CIWEM one day events.