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42nd IUPAC Congress, 2-7 August 2009, Glasgow, UK


Sustainable Water


Convener: 

Richard Allan, Scottish Water, Dundee, UK

 

Keynote Speaker:

Philippe Quevauviller, European Commission, Belgium

 

Speakers:

P.K. Aggarwal, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria

Ulrich Borchers, IWW Water Research Centre, Germany

Alistair Boxhall, University of York, UK

Brian D'Arcy, SEPA, UK

Stuart Khan, University of New South Wales, Australia

Gregory W Lowry, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Allan MacDonald, British Geological Survey, UK

Ruth Wolstenholme, SNIFFER, UK

 

Programme:

Wednesday 5 August (afternoon)

Thursday 6 August (morning and afternoon)

Friday 7 August (morning)


Symposium Information


This symposium will focus on the issue of world water resources and how these resources are being impacted on by the effects of human intervention and climate change. 

The symposium is broken down into 4 half day sessions on the following themes:

  • Exploration into the current state of the world's water resources 
  • Forecasting and monitoring of water resources
  • Examining the link between clean, safe drinking water and social justice
  • Innovation and new processes that will enable protection of water resources and public health

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