- Type:
- Meeting or Conference
- Organizer:
- Global Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (GIWEH); Mohamadia School for Engineers
- Date:
- 09-11 Apr 2013
- Location:
- Switzerland (Geneva)
ICWRE-2013 will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector and will also focus on the issues of the “Future prospective – Global Innovation Outlook on Water and Environment.”
Conference Main Objectives
- To present the main challenges and opportunities for water, food, energy security and climate change sectors, adopting proper technologies and green economy as a tool of solution
- To share experience and knowledge on water, food, energy security and climate change management
- To get feedback on the impact of climate change on water and food resources from officials, experts and other important international stakeholders to know how to adopt new strategies to protect ourselves and our environment
- To bring experts on water, food, climate and energy security from around the world to one common platform for information sharing and networking
- To drive the search for solutions to global water, food, climate and energy issues
Sessions overview
Session 1: Global Water Security
- Water, food and energy nexus
- Vulnerability of water resources and climate change (socio-economic environmental aspects)
Session 2: Patent landscape reports on water issue
- Technology and Innovation outlook
- Challenges and meeting millenium development goals
- Water and green growth
Event fee
Registration from 1st january students-150 €, developing countries- 250 €, standard 300 €, companies 500 €
What is included in the event fee
The fee includes 3 days conference attendance, one day field trip, program booklet, conference bags, refreshment breaks, lunches, social and side events.
Target audience
Researchers, scientists, engineers, private sector, international organizations, academia, NGOs and scholar students
Keywords
- Themes:
- Climate Change, Economics of DRR, Water, Social Impacts & Resilience, Critical Infrastructure, Food Security & Agriculture
- Countries:
- Switzerland