Mekong environmental symposium 2013

Type:: Meeting or Conference
Organizer:: German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Date:: 05-07 Mar 2013
Location:: Viet Nam (Ho Chi Minh)
Venue:: InterContinental Asiana Hotel

The symposium is a three-day platform for national decision makers, renowned scientists, and industry from all six Mekong riparian countries (China, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam), as well as from the international community to share their experience and knowledge. It will focus on relevant aspects of finding equilibriums between necessary economic development as well as the urgent need for environmental protection and the maintenance of the Mekong’s river ecology.

This symposium will adress, among others, the issues of:

Hazards and disaster risk reduction in the Mekong Basin
Climate change related challenges of the Mekong delta
Collaboration platforms in basin management: Information systems and spatial infrastructures
Capacity building, education and outreach.

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Event fee

From 250 to 375 EURO

What is included in the event fee

The price specified includes detailed conference documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks and beverages during the conference as well as an evening event for one person.

How to register

To register, please, visit the online page here.

Keywords

Themes:: Capacity Development, Climate Change, Environment, Information Management, Governance, Disaster Risk Management
Countries:: Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam