11th International Specialised Conference on Watershed & River Basin Management September 3, 2008

Water is a challenge for the century

Exploring the sustainability of our most valuable resource is our business. IWA presents a unique opportunity to engage in 2 days of innovative discussion on the subjects of Water Resource Management, Climate Change, Water Supply Protection, Sustainable Urban Drainage, Pollution Sources & Controls and Monitoring and Modelling.

Join other experts in exchanging ideas and exploring networking opportunities during the IWA Watershed and River Basin Management Conference, 4-5 September 2008 in beautiful Budapest, Hungary.

Topics of the Conference

Include but are not limited to Water Resource Management, Climate Change, Water Supply Protection, Sustainable Urban Drainage, Pollution Sources & Controls, Monitoring and Modelling.

• River basin management planning under the EU Water Framework Directive;


• River basin management practices in different continents;


• Managing water resources in transboundary river basins with conflicting demand;


• Managing competing uses to protect water quality and quantity;


• Watershed management methods to facilitate water availability for aquatic ecosystem health and human uses;


• Interconnecting sub-watersheds to achieve basin goals;


• Hierarchal approaches to river basin management.


• Monitoring, ecological classification in EU countries and intercalibration;


• State-of-the-art in assessing water and biological quality and integrating data.;


• Programme of measures and ecological state.


• River basin management, advanced computation and decision support;


• The impact of climate change on watersheds, river basins, estuaries and reservoirs;


• Flood control and prevention.


• Effective methods to involve stakeholders and the public into the river basin management planning processes;


• Conflicts and multi-objective management – is it mostly methodology?


• Economics of River Basin Management.

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://www.iwa2008budapest.org/