ECWATECH-2008 » Water Resources Conference

4-5 June 2008

Moscow, Russia
Crocus Expo Exhibition Center

Organisers
The Federal Agency for Water Resources
The Netherlands Water Partnership
SIBICO International, Ltd
ECWATECH Ltd.

Under the patronage of
World Water Council (WWC)

Supported by
Russian Emergency Ministry (Emercom of Russia)
The Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet)
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
The International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
The European Water Partnership (EWP)
International Network of Basin Organisation (INBO)
Center of Russian water works inventory and state water cadastre

Sponsored by (as of 1 Jan 2008)
The Federal Agency for Water Resources - General Sponsor
Center of Russian water works inventory and state water cadastre - Gold Sponsor
ScanEx
HydroOgk

Co-chairs of the organising Commitee
Mr. Rustem Khamitov, Head of the Federal Agency for Water Resources, Russia
Mr. Tom Vereijken, European Water Partnership, Belgium Programme Committee
Prof. Nikolay Alekseevsky, Moscow State University, Russia
Mr. Sergey Bednaruk, Center of Russian water works inventory and state water cadastre, Russia
Dr. Mikhail Bolgov, Institute of Water Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Prof. Victor Dukhovny, Scientific Information Center of Interstate Coordination Water Commission, Uzbekistan
Prof. Nick van de Giessen, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Mr. Bert te Slaa, Royal Haskoning, the Netherlands
Mr. Avinash Tyagi, WMO Hydrology and Water Resources Management Department, Switzerland
Prof. Olli Varis, International Association on Water Resources, Finland
Special advisor: Prof .ir. W.A. Segeren, the Netherlands

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Conference objectives and topics
The objective of the Conference is to enhance collaboration between specialists and knowledge exchange in such an important field as water resources management under extreme conditions. The conference will be a platform for meeting of specialists involved in different aspects of water resources management. Participants will gather to discuss the current state and methods of water resources management under extreme conditions and present results of the latest research in order to provide possible trends for further development of resources management policy. The representatives of World Meteorological Organization are expected to present the Integrated Flood Management concept, and this will be a good opportunity to consider the needs and advances of flood management policy as well. Besides, International Network of Basin Organisation (INBO) intends to hold special conference session that will promote including water organizations on the territory of FSU in single Global Network by creation of their own network.

The conference will focus on extreme conditions of two origins:

Natural

Forecast of extreme hydrological conditions
Floods and droughts risks assessment and planning of water resource systems
Monitoring, operation and management of extreme hydrologic conditions
Methods and technologies in support of operation of water resource systems

Man made

Land use development and water resources management
Technical state of water infrastructure and assessment of risks in extreme situations
Lessons from past management practices, their origin and impacts
Social and economic factors in making decisions to manage water resource systems
Prevention and mitigation of damages resulting from floods and droughts

Conference languages
The official languages of the conference are English and Russian. Simultaneous translation will be provided for all conference sessions.

Important dates
25 December 2007 - deadline for submission of abstracts
15 February 2008 - early registration deadline
25 February 2008 - technical programme finalising
10 March 2008 - notification of authors
31 March 2008 - full texts submission deadline
2-3 June 2008 - registration of the conference participants
3 June 2008 - sight-seeing tour
4-5 June 2008 - Conference on Water Resource Systems Management under Extreme Conditions

Sponsorship
The Conference on Water Resource Systems Management under Extreme Conditions offers a number of additional sponsorship/advertising opportunities to develop the image of your company. A number of companies have already decided to support this Conference. We encourage you to take full advantage of this event to your company.
For further information about the sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact Dr. Sergey Malygin (s.malygin@sibico.com, +7 495 225 5986).

ECWATECH-2008 and the Conference
The Conference "Water Resource Systems Management under Extreme Conditions" will be held within the framework of ECWATECH-2008 - the leading water forum in Eastern Europe covering a wide range of equipment, services and topics on water conservation and protection, water supply, sewage treatment, etc.

Venue
"Crocus Expo" International Exhibition Center was designed and constructed in accordance with the highest international architectural standards. Its core business is holding of large international exhibitions, congresses and conferences of different profiles.
In 2008 a new metro station "Strogino", situated within 1,5-2 km from "Crocus Expo" will be launched. This will make the Exhibition Center more available for the visitors.
Detailed information about the complex is available at www.crocusexpo.ru.

Contacts
If you have any questions about the Conference "Water Resource Systems Management under Extreme Conditions", please contact the Conference Secretariat at any time. They will be delighted to provide help and advice.
Conference Secretariat
P.O. Box 105, Moscow 105062, Russia
Multi-line phone/fax: +7 495 225 5986, 782 1013
E-mail: waterextreme@sibico.com
Home page: waterextreme.sibico.com

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