2011 World Water Week

The 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm, August 21-27, is now making its 1st Announcement, inviting interested individuals or organisations to submit workshop abstracts or proposals to convene a seminar or side event in 2010. The Announcement also outlines the special theme for the 2011 conference: "Responding to Global Changes - Water in an Urbanising World". Download the full Ist Announcement here.

Proposals for workshop papers and poster presentations for the World Water Week are welcome from experts and actors in different disciplines. The deadline for abstract submittal is February 15, 2011. 

Workshop Themes:

• Workshop 1: Cities in a 3-D Landscape Perspective – Hidden Risks
• Workshop 2: Need for a Paradigm Shift: New Technologies and New Lifestyles
• Workshop 3: Financing Urban Infrastructure
• Workshop 4: Adapting Cities to Climate Variability and Change
• Workshop 5: Water for Sustainable Urban Growth
• Workshop 6: The Urban Shadow
• Workshop 7: Urban Inequities: Service Delivery and Social Development
• Workshop 8: Regulatory and Social Contexts for Institutional Performance

Submit abstracts at www.worldwaterweek.org Abstracts can only be submitted via the online form found at www.worldwaterweek.org. Submit your abstract early to avoid heavy traffic at the deadline, which may cause errors that prevent successful submission and review of your abstract.

There is no limit to the number of abstracts that may be submitted by one individual, but the Scientific Programme Committee policy imposes a limit of one accepted first author contribution at the World Water Week. Please do not submit your abstract more than once. You will be informed in late April 2011 whether your abstract has been accepted.

Selection criteria:

In general, abstracts for papers and posters in workshops will be evaluated and accepted on the basis of their relevance as well as their scientific quality. In particular, the Scientific Programme Committee will grade the abstracts against the following criteria:

• how the abstract advances knowledge of/innovation within the subject
• the scientific quality and originality of the subject treatment
• the practical applications of the paper’s content
• the capacity of the procedures or practices described to be replicated.

Please note: abstracts not clearly addressed to a specific workshop will not be considered.