Let's Talk About Water - A Panel and Film Event: Water policy in the age of big data - A panel and film event
Technological advances in water data exchange promise to make unprecedented quantities of information available to inform water management from both operational and policy perspectives. CUAHSI, a US-based university consortium focusing on water research, has assembled a panel of experts to discuss this opportunity with OECD. What information do economists need? How can these data sources be adapted to meet these needs? |
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15h45-16h: Introductory remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General 16h-17h20: Showing of the documentary “Last Call at the Oasis” (80 min), an award-winning film by Jessica Yu that exposes defects in current water management policy and water infrastructure through a series of stories 17h20-17h30 : Remarks by NASA scientist Dr. Jay Famiglietti (via Skype) 17h30-18h: Panel discussion |
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18h-19h30: Cocktail
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Registration To attend, kindly proceed with your online registration here by 21 August 2015 |
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Contact information |
Aziza AKHMOUCH, PhD Head - Water Governance Programme Regional Development Policy Division Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate : 2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16
(email: Aziza.AKHMOUCH@oecd.org ; water.governance@oecd.org) Phone: Mobile: +33 6 26 96 42 46 Office : +33 1 45 24 79 30 |
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Event type | Seminar |
File link |
http://www.oecd.org/gov/water |
Source | OECD Water |
Subject(s) | INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Relation | http://survey.oecd.org/Survey.aspx?s=c05c1fe8484b4410b9c1933ba20381e0 |
Geographical coverage | France, |
Address | OECD Headquarters, Paris |
Organizer | OECD |
Target audience | National |
Period | 21/09/2015 |
Status | Confirmed |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH , FRENCH |