Call for Papers: World Water Congress

Jul 17, 2014 | International Water Resources Association (IWRA)

The IWRA World Water Congress invites participation in special sessions  through scientific presentations, posters and articles, exhibition spaces, sponsoring and promotion, or side events. Themes include: The role of water in post-conflict peacebuilding, Corporate Social Responsibility: impacts on the water sector, Inter-basin transfers: when are they appropiate and when are they not?

Submit an Abstract

Please click here to submit an abstract.

Submissions are now open. The current deadline for abstract submission is 19th September 2014.For full details please refer to the ‘Submit an Abstract’ page.

We encourage you to register your interest to participate in the Congress and/or the preparatory process by getting in contact – info@worldwatercongress.com

A more expansive list of themes of the congress include:

  • Global challenges for water governance:
    • Corporate social responsibility: impacts on the water sector
    • Poster-2015 Development goals and their water implications
    • From  North-South cooperation to South-North and South-South cooperation: implications for the water sector
  • Water allocation among competing uses and users
    • Inter-basin transfers: when are they appropriate and when are they not?
  • Key vulnerabilities and risk
    • The role of water and in post-conflict peacebuilding
  • Water law at the national and international levels
  • Revisiting water paradigms
  • Management of Water Resources
  • Transboundary river basins and shared aquifers – the end of the conflict discourse?