Past Events

13th IWRA World Water Congress (Montpellier, France, from 01-Sep-2008 11:40 AM to 04-Sep-2008 11:40 AM)

The main theme of this congress will be ‘Global Changes and Water Resources: Confronting the Expanding and Diversifying Pressures.’ The congress aims to enhance knowledge and raise global consciousness of the impact of global changes on water resources.

11th International Riversymposium (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , from 01-Sep-2008 06:30 AM to 04-Sep-2008 06:30 AM)

The 11th International Riversymposium will explore the challenges associated with the increased incidence of flooding and drought expected with climate change. What changes can we anticipate? How can we adapt?

13th IWRA World Water Congress: Global Changes & Water Resources (Montpellier, France, from 01-Sep-2008 08:00 AM to 04-Sep-2008 05:00 PM)

The objective of the XIIIth World Water Congress is to enhance the world’s knowledge and raise global consciousness of the impact of global changes on water resources. The Congress will bring together wide-interest participation, exhibitions and scientific communications about our planet’s water resources. This Congress will represent an important global meeting point for open dialogue between public and private partners, between users and decision makers and between developing, emerging and developed countries. In order to contribute to this global reflection and action, the Congress will organise numerous debates, presentations and exhibitions among key water stakeholders.

International Conference on Coastal Engineering (Hamburg, Germany, from 31-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 05-Sep-2008 05:00 PM)

The International Conference on Coastal Engineering is a biennial conference under the auspices of the Coastal Engineering Research Council of the COPRI (Coasts, Oceans, Ports, Rivers Institute) of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

International Seagrass Biology Workshop (Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Vancouver Island, Canada, from 31-Aug-2008 08:00 AM to 05-Sep-2008 05:00 PM)

The International Seagrass Biology Workshop series have taken place around the world since Japan in 1993, having evolved out of recognition of the global focus of seagrass issues.

6th International Conference on Asian Marine Geology (Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan, from 29-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 01-Sep-2008 05:00 PM)

Since the 1st Conference in Shanghai, China in 1988, the conference has been providing a good opportunity to exchange ideas and new information, and has helped in planning for future collaboration to promote better understanding of marine geology and its related science in the Asian waters.

Faraday Discussion 141: Water - From Interfaces to the Bulk (Edinburgh, United Kingdom , from 27-Aug-2008 06:25 AM to 29-Aug-2008 06:25 AM)

Faraday Discussion 141 aims to move towards a better understanding of the microscopic structure and behaviour of condensed phases of water at interfaces and progressing into the bulk.

3rd Annual Georgia Environmental Conference (Savannah, Georgia, United States , from 27-Aug-2008 06:15 AM to 29-Aug-2008 06:15 AM)

The Georgia Chamber's 3rd Annual Georgia Environmental Conference is the state's largest and most comprehensive educational opportunity and will be attended by an estimated 450 environmental professionals

The 12th International Conference on Integrated Diffuse Pollution Management (DIPCON 2008) (Khon Kaen, Thailand, from 25-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 29-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

The 12th DIPCON2008 will focus on the themes associated with diffuse pollution and integrated management. The topics will include; diffuse pollution sources and load estimation, impacts related to environmental diffusion on soil, surface water, groundwater contamination as well air pollution emission, pollution abatement, monitoring, IT application for impact assessment on receiving environmental receptors (soil, water, air) using GIS, modeling, data base etc. The institutional regulatory framework and policy development, social and economic issues will also be included in this conference.

BIES'08 BLACKSEA INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM (GÝRESUN, TURKEY, Turkey, from 25-Aug-2008 05:40 AM to 29-Aug-2008 05:40 AM)

Water pollution and control, Drinking water, Wastewater and treatment, Membrane techniques, Soil pollution and control, air pollution and control, Noise pollution and control, Heavy metal pollution, Hazardous waste, Sea poll

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GIS-SPATIAL ANALYSES IN FISHERY AND AQUATIC SCIENCES (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , from 25-Aug-2008 05:35 AM to 28-Aug-2008 05:35 AM)

Conference aims to reunite researchers employing GIS and Remote Sensing geoprocessing for modelling aquaculture and fisheries applications in fish and shellfish farming. Site selection studies, habitat mapping and environmental restoration.

International Symposium and Workshop on Tropical Peatland (Kuching 2008) (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, from 19-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 22-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

The symposium will address issues related to tropical peatland, its use or development and mitigation of the impacts, thereof, looking at the complete scenario from the science to implementation of wise use of tropical peatland.

Coast to Coast 2008 (Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from 18-Aug-2008 05:20 AM to 22-Aug-2008 05:20 AM)

Coast to Coast 2008 is Australia's biennial national coastal conference. It will focus debate, discussion and learning across the full range of coastal and marine issues - at the international, national, state, regional and local levels.

World Water Week in Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden, from 17-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 23-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development. The theme of the week is 'Progress and Prospects on Water: For a Clean and Healthy World', including a Special Focus on Sanitation.

2008 World Water Week (Stockholm, Sweden, from 17-Aug-2008 08:00 AM to 23-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

The World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development.

NUTRIENT SENSITIVE ZONES - Nitrogen and Phosphorus, Lakes and Waterways (Rotorua, New Zealand , from 12-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 13-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

The Symposium Programme covers two days and explores themes of European and New Zealand Perspectives; Why we need to focus on Nutrients; New Zealand Environmental Policy and Law; Farmers and the protection of Nutrient Sensitive Zones; Solutions and Mindset; Economics, Markets and Change.

The Second Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop (Trondheim, Norway, from 07-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 11-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

This workshop will present traditional and innovative approaches on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance.

33rd International Geological Congress (Oslo, Norway, from 06-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 14-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

In collaboration with the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and many other international and national organizations, the National IUGS Committees in the five Nordic Countries (Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden) are organizing Geoscience World Congress 2008, under the overall theme "Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development". The Congress will span the whole field of Earth Science, binding together classical geology with geophysics, geochemistry, and the biogeosciences.

Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC) Consultative Forum Meeting (Manado, Indonesia, from 06-Aug-2008 09:00 AM to 09-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

This meeting is being organized around the theme “Adapting to emerging challenges - promoting effective arrangements for managing fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific Region.” It will provide an opportunity to agree on actions needed to adapt to the emerging challenges to fisheries and aquaculture in the region.

The 2nd International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (Pisa, Italy, from 30-Jul-2008 09:00 AM to 01-Aug-2008 05:00 PM)

The aim of the 2nd International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS’08) is to provide an opportunity for young researchers and engineers (typically post graduate students, but also young researchers and engineers in both public and private sectors) to present ideas, plans, and preliminary results of their own research in an inspiring, friendly, co-operative, and non-competitive environment.