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Coming up in the next two weeks:
14-17 November, Hannover, Germany. COUPLING SUSTAINABLE SANITATION AND GROUNDWATER PROTECTION. This international symposium will serve as a forum for exchange between practitioners of development cooperation, technical and scientific specialists and representatives of political institutions who are committed to substantive support for improved sanitation. It will therefore discuss technical and scientific approaches towards improved sanitation and groundwater protection within a political framework. For more information contact Thomas Himmelsbach, tel: +49 (0)511 643 3794; fax: +49 (0)511 643 3661; email: symposium2008@bgr.de; internet: http://www.bgr.bund.de/EN/symposium2008
15-17 November, Strasbourg, France. EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT DAYS. The European Commission hosts this annual open forum, which includes some 3000 participants from every continent, representing over 1200 organisations in the development community. By breaking down walls between different issues, the European Development Days aim to be a natural platform for debating the major issues of development cooperation and launching new initiatives. For more information refer to the EDD Website: http://www.eudevdays.eu/Public/Homepage.php?ID=518; email: DEV-DAYS@ec.europa.eu
16-21 November, Wellington, New Zealand. 10TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE BIOSAFETY OF GMOS. This symposium is organised by the International Society for Biosafety Research. It will focus on recent developments in the science supporting biosafety research and state of the art risk assessment. For more information contact the Conference Secretariat, tel: +64-9-360-1240; fax : +64-9-360-1242; email: isbgmo@tcc.co.nz; internet: http://www.isbgmo.info
16-20 November, Doha, Qatar. TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE PARTIES TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL (MOP-20). This meeting is scheduled in conjunction with the eighth Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention. Among other issues on the agenda are replenishment and methyl bromide, items related to essential uses, projected regional imbalances of halons, and administrative issues. For more information contact the Ozone Secretariat, tel: 254 20 762 3850/1; fax: 254 20 762 4691; email: ozoneinfo@unep.org; internet: http://ozone.unep.org
17 November, Geneva, Switzerland. PRE-POZNAN ROUNTABLE. This event will provide an opportunity to share views and expectations before the launch of negotiations on strengthened international action on climate change, the Poznań Climate Change Conference (COP 14/CMP 4). For more information contact Fatma Gordon, tel: +41 22 917 8326; fax: +41 22 797 3464; email: fatma.gordon@unep.ch
17-20 November, Venice, Italy. SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE. The aim of the Venice 2008 Symposium is to focus on the advances made in the application of technologies for energy recovery from biomass and waste and to encourage discussion on relevant aspects. For more information contact the Organising Secretariat on Euro Waste, tel: + 39 049 8726986; fax: + 39 049 8726987; email: eurowaste@tin.it; internet: http://www.venicesymposium.it
17-20 November, New Orleans, US. 2008 AWRA ANNUAL WATER RESOURCES CONFERENCE. Individuals and groups will have the opportunity to propose and organise panel discussions or special sessions that consist of linked presentations on a particular topic. In addition, the conference will host sessions that focus on water resources issues in the New Orleans area, especially those issues that may have national or international significance. For more information contact AWRA, tel: +1 (540) 687 8390; fax: +1 (540) 687 8395; internet: http://www.awra.org
17-21 November, Seattle, USA. 16TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NORTH PACIFIC ANADROMOUS FISH COMMISSION. This meeting will consider enforcement and scientific research and statistics. For more information contact Denise Mcgrann-Pavlovic, tel: +1 (604) 775 5550; fax: +1 (604) 775 5577; email: denisem@npafc.org; internet: http://www.npafc.org/new/events.html
24-26 November, Marseille, France. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT OF WASTES GENERATED AT SEA. This conference will seek to illustrate and debate the extent of the current inadequacy of arrangements for managing waste generated at sea, propose solutions and encourage partnerships to address the situation in different parts of the world. For more information contact the organisers, tel :33 6 72 65 61 65 ; email: contact@we2c.org; internet: http://www.we2c.org/content/Anglais/conference-internationale_1008_english_0208.pdf
25-29 November, Kuantan, Malaysia. THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: SUSTAINING OCEAN PRODUCTIVITIES, MARITIME COMMUNITIES AND THE CLIMATE. This conference will be held in conjunction with the International Year of Planet Earth, and is jointly organized by the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, the University of Malaya, the National Oceanography Directorate, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia, and the Malaysian Society of Marine Sciences. For more information contact Lim Phaik Eem; tel: 603 7967 4640; fax: 603 7967 6994; email: scs_ioes@um.edu.my; internet: http://ioes.um.edu.my/scs2008/scs2008.html
Other upcoming meetings:
1-5 December, Irvine, US. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER SCARCITY, GLOBAL CHANGES AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT RESPONSES. This Conference, convened by UNESCO and the University of California Irvine, will bring together water management and climate change experts, scientists and engineers, policymakers, lawyers and economists, and executives of water services of local and regional authorities. Among other objectives, the Conference will present innovative and appropriate technologies to address water scarcity and global change effects on water availability and quality, explore the specific scientific and technical tools for groundwater studies and management, and discuss how to incorporate such technologies into short-term decision-making and long-term water management and policy-making. For more information contact Jean Fried, tel: +1-714-679-6888; fax: +1-949-824-3672; internet: http://www.waterunifies.com/
2-3 December, San Francisco, USA. CORPORATE WATER FOOTPRINTING - CONSERVING WATER ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN. This event will look at how top companies are assessing and monitoring their water footprints as part of their global climate strategy. For more information contact Green Power Conferences, tel: +44 (0) 20 7801 6333 ; email: info@greenpowerconferences.com; internet: http://www.greenpowerconferences.com/
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