The Water in the Arab World conference: Status; Challenges and Opportunities

The Water, Energy and Environment Center of the University of Jordan and the Arab Universities Association in cooperation with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation are organizing the Water in the Arab World conference: Status; Challenges and Opportunities.

The conference will be held in Amman between Feb. 25 and 27, 2014. The conference is an opportunity for water experts and professionals from the Arab World and worldwide to convene and meet to disscuss water related issues in the Arab wolrd.

The deadline for submitting abstracts to the conference ended in Aug. 15th 2013. However, if you have not submitted an abstract and plan to participate in the conference, you can submit the full paper by or before October 1st 2013.

To encourage students to attend, registration fee for students is reduced to $ 150. For others registration fee is $ 400. Regisration fee includes coffee breaks, lunches, book of abstracts, CD of abstracts, conference bag and stationary.

After the conference two field trips will be arranged to two historical sites: Petra and the Dead Sea. The conference infromation can be found at the conference web site below and in the attached brouchure as well.

Themes:

1. Water in the Arab world: Resources and demands,

2. Trans-boundary water in the Arab world: benefits sharing,

3. Challenges to the water sector in the Arab world

· Drought,

· Mismanagement,

· High population growth,

· Lack of funds,

· Climate change,

· High Non Revenue Water,

· Sustainability of ecosystems and biodiversity,

4. Non conventional resources: role in bridging the deficit and environmental impacts,

5. The integration in water resources in the Arab world,

6. Water and food security in the Arab world,

7. Water and energy in the Arab world,

8. Water quality in the Arab world: pollution sources and monitoring systems,

9. Role of education in facing the challenges to the water sector in the Arab world,

· New trends in water research in the Arab world,

10. Water legislations and implementation mechanisms,

11. Monitoring and evaluation tools of water related projects in the Arab world,

12. Role of Non Governmental Organizations in water resources management in the Arab world,

13. Role of funding agencies in the development of the water sector in the Arab world, and

14. Water footprint.

Contact information	Water, Energy and Environment Center The University of Jordan Queen Rania Street Amman - 11942 Jordan (email: waw@ju.edu.jo ; wawco.uj@gmail.com) Phone: +962 - 6 - 5355000 Ext: 23902 Fax: +962 - 6 - 5300803
Event type	Conference
File link	http://conferences.ju.edu.jo/sites/wawco/Pages/Themes.aspx
Source	The University of Jordan
Subject(s)	AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage	Jordan,
Address	Amman
Organizer	The Water, Energy and Environment Center of the University of Jordan and the Arab Universities Association in cooperation with the Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Target audience	International
Period	[25/02/2014 - 27/02/2014]
Status	Confirmed
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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