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Water Events 2008
Date | Event | Location | Details
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| | 16th-18th January | | Beijing, China | With the rise of mega cities, it is a challenge to meet the great demand for clean water. There is a need for Water Technologies & Applications, Water Governance & Financing and Water Resource Management.http://www.uninetintelligence.com/events.htm http://www.conferencealerts.com/seeconf.mv?q=ca136sxh
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| | 28th Jan-1st Feb | Third World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalysis | Tokyo, Japan | The conference will consider not only global atmospheric reanalysis but also ocean and land reanalysis, mainly from the viewpoint of interaction with the atmosphere. http://jra.kishou.go.jp/3rac_en.html
| | February
| | 21st-22nd | 1st meeting of the International Drinking Water Regulators (RegNet) | Geneva, Switzerland | The objectives of the first meeting of RegNet? are to:1) Review and seek agreement on RegNet's objectives 2) Review core elements needed for the regulation of drinking-water in order to best protect public health, building on WHO's Framework for Safe Drinking-water.3) Using core elements as a basis, identify strategic direction and prioritized Network activities (e.g. the development of internationally accepted best practices for the regulation of drinking-water). Note: Participation through invites only
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| | March
| | 14th | | Suva, Fiji | Organised by: SOPAC and Live and Learn in Suva Fiji
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| | 22nd | | International | Theme: Sanitation matters!
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| | April
| | 2nd-4th | 2nd Meeting of the Asia - Pacific Water Forum’s Network of Regional Water Knowledge Hubs | Singapore | This meeting of the Asia-Pacific? Water Forum Network of Regional Water Knowledge Hubs will build on the successful outcome of the 1st regional consultation meeting held last 29-31 October which was reported to the first Asia-Pacific? Water Summit in Beppu, Japan, on 3-4 December 2007. In this second meeting we will seek to move forward in three areas, which will be the objectives of the meeting.
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| | 7th-11th | 4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands | Hanoi, Vietnam | The 4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands will mobilize high-level policy attention, topical working groups, analytical papers, and other contributions to provide a review of progress achieved (or lack thereof) in advancing ecosystem management and integrated coastal and ocean management by 2010 at national and regional (transboundary) levels, and in the 64% of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction, and on the allied goals of reducing marine biodiversity loss by 2010 and of establishing networks of marine protected areas by 2012 (goals adopted by the world's political leaders at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development).http://www.globaloceans.org/globalconferences/2008/index.html
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| | 15th-17th | | Adelaide, South Australia | A three day scientific program, pre-conference workshops and field trip is planned in association with a trade exhibition, a comprehensive partner program and opportunities for all delegates to enjoy pre and post conference tours to some of Australia's major attractions.http://www.waterdownunder2008.com/welcome.htm
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| | May
| | 26th-28th | | Nouméa | For more information http://www.pecc.org/
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| | June
| | 12th | WASRAG World Water Summit - June 12, 2008 | Los Angeles Location - 2008 RI Convention | HEAR, first hand, President Wilf Wilkinsons emphasis on water & sanitation. BE INSPIRED by Sunita Narain, World Water Laureate, recognized for her work on rainwater harvesting and community-based sustainable resource management. LEARN how to ensure sustainability in your projects. SHARE with others the lessons you have learned. DISCOVER how to qualify for multi-million funding for your water programs. PARTICIPATE in setting the direction for WASRAG.http://www.sporg.com/pom/registration?cmd=event_info&event_id=102180
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| | 23rd | 3rd Governing Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific ? Water Forum (APWF) | Singapore | The 3rd Governing Council Meeting of the Asia-Pacific? Water Forum (APWF) will be held in Singapore in conjunction with Singapore International Water Week http://www.siww.com.sg/aboutevent/colocatingevents.php
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| | 23rd-27th | 4th Caribbean Environmental Forum & Exhibition (CEF-4) | Grenada | CEF-4 will be held in collaboration with the 14th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference (ReCaribe 2008), an event that attracts professionals from various disciplines to share their experiences and knowledge.http://www.cehi.org.lc/Website/index.htm
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| | July
| | 11th-17th | RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee - Twelfth session | Alofi, Niue |
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| | 18th-25th | Partnership and IWRM Steering Committee Meeting / 2nd Pacific HYCOS Steering Committee Meeting | Alofi, Niue | From our IWRM perspective and needs, the purpose of this meeting is two-fold: 1. To bring IWRM Focal Points together, with UNDP/UNEP to discuss the status of our submission to GEF to provide them with an update since we all last met in November, and to discuss recruitment procedures, initial training, project mgmt, Focal Point responsibilities, reporting, etc. All practical initial project implementation things. We will do this on the Saturday morning for half a day; 2. To bring IWRM Focal Points, and other national representatives we have indentified of relevance to the EU IWRM Programme (so in some cases, two people from the same country) together to discuss the EU IWRM Programme. This has been initially planned to be a 3 day meeting focussed on producing specific outputs to guide the EU IWRM Programme. Some sessions will therefore only involve the country representatives in order to maintain focus in the group work and help them and us deliver for the project. The purpose of the Pacific HYCOS meeting was to review the status of the project , update country focal points regarding recent developments, and develop ways to improve on the implementation and the longterm sustainability of the Pacific HYCOS objectives.
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| | August
| | TBA | | Alofi, Niue |
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| | September
| | 10th | Pacific Partnership Meeting and Sanitation event | Hotel Kitano Samoa | The Pacific Water Association (PWA) and the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) are pleased to invite you to the Pacific Water Association Conference in Apia from 9-11 September, 2008 at the Hotel Kitano Samoa. Besides the Annual General Meeting of PWA, a 3rd Steering Committee Meeting for the Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management will be organised as part of the programme on Wednesday, 10 September 2008.
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| | 9th-11th | Pacific Water Association 7th Annual General Meeting | Apia, Samoa | http://www.pacificwaterassociation.org/index.htm
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| | 29th September – 3rd October | International Conference on “Uncertainties in Water Resource Management: causes, technologies and consequences”,in conjunction with the 16th Regional Steering Committee Meeting for UNESCO - IHP Southeast Asia and The Pacific | Chinggis Khaan Hotel, Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia | The aims of the International Conference “Uncertainties in Water Resource Management: causes, technologies and consequences”, /WRM-Mon2008/ are to share and to disseminate knowledge, information and technology in hydrological and water sciences to foster cooperative and collaborative activities in several focal areas as a contribution to the five core Themes of IHP-VII/2008-2013/. The RSC meeting will be held in conjunction with the International conference “Uncertainties in Water Resource Management: causes, technologies and consequences”, /WRM-Mon2008/. For more information please contact: Giuseppe Arduino, Programme Specialist in Hydrological/Geological Sciences, Phone: +62-21-7399 818 ext. 837, Fax: +62-21-72796489, Email: g.arduino@unesco.org
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| | October
| | 21st-30th | SOPAC Annual Session and STAR Water Working Group Meeting | Funafuti, Tuvalu |
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| | November
| | 17th-21st | Coastal Cities Summit 2008 | St Petersberg, Florida, USA | One of the most challenging issues facing the ocean today is rapid coastal urbanization whose implications have yet to be assessed. Today, the majority of the world’s population lives within sixty kilometers of the coast line and this is steadily increasing. This profound demographic shift has significant implications for the coastal environment, inhabitants and ecosystem stability.http://www.coastalcities.org/
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Water Events 2007
Date | Event | Location | Details
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| | February
| | 12th-24th | Water & Sanitation for Development & Emergencies | Fort Dauphin, Madagascar | This course will provide a very broad overview of technical and theoretical aspects of water and sanitation projects in development situations as well as emergencies. While certain technical options are feasible in both environments, important differences exist, especially concerning methodology, beneficiary participation, scale and planning. http://www.irc.nl/page/31497
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| | 21st-22nd | 1st Meeting of the Asia Pacific Water Forum Governing Council | Singapore | The discussion shall focus on how to organize and present the input from activities of the APWF to the 1st Asia-Pacific? Water Summit (to be held in 3-4 December, 2007, in Oita, Japan). http://www.apwf.org/event/
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| | 26th-28th | U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change expert meeting | Rarotonga Cook Islands | U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change expert meeting on adaptation for small island developing States.
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| | March
| | 12th-16th | Water Demand Management Training Course | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | SOPAC in partnership with Wide Bay Water Corporation (WBWC) from Australia have successfully executed a training workshop on managing water losses from urban water supply systems.
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| | 22nd | World Water Day 2007 | Suva, Fiji | Organised by: SOPAC and Live and Learn in Suva Fiji marking the FAO Theme: Our Islands with Water. http://www.sopac.org/CLP+Water+Awareness
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| | 22nd | World Water Day 2007 | International | Organised by: FAO Theme: Coping with Water Scarcity The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. http://www.unwater.org/wwd07/flashindex.html
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| | April
| | 16th-20th | 1st Steering Committee Meeting for HYCOS | Brisbane, Australia | The HYCOS Steering Committee Meeting was launched in conjunction with a workshop on flood and drought forecasting hosted by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and organised by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC).
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| | 16th-20th | Planning Meeting for National Coordinators and Regional Representatives | Geneva, Switzerland | The first two days will focus on looking back, to give the NCs and RRs the opportunity to share with each other and the WSSCC Secretariat all the activities that they have been engaged in around WASH over the past two years, and to compare experiences between all the different countries and regions. The third day will be a Thematic Fair, where a number of the Council's Thematic Working Groups will come and present their work to the NCs/RRs, and get feedback from them as to how they could make their thematic work as relevant and appropriate as possible so that the national groups will benefit from it more directly. The last two days will be spent looking forward, and planning for action by the national and regional groups and the Secretariat, and discussing some organisational issues.
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| | 23rd-27th | 2nd Steering Committee Meeting for IWRM | Suva, Fiji | The lab training workshop aims to provide specific training on lab analysis techniques, quality assurance/quality control procedures, proper sample collection methods, data storage and management and basic lab saftey issues. It is for lab managers or senior chemists/technicians who work in water labs and perform water quality analyses.
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| | May
| | 2nd-5th | Conference ICLEI Oceania | Grand Hyatt Melbourne Australia | In May 2007, ICLEI-A/NZ will host an international gathering of leaders in local government, ICLEI Campaigns and sustainable development from the Oceania region.http://www.iclei2007.com.au/
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| | 14th-18th | Water Quality Monitoring Workshop | IAS - USP Fiji | The lab training workshop aims to provide specific training on lab analysis techniques, quality assurance/quality control procedures, proper sample collection methods, data storage and management and basic lab saftey issues. It is for lab managers or senior chemists/technicians who work in water labs and perform water quality analyses.
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| | 15th-18th | 5th South Pacific Stormwater Conference | Auckland New Zealand | The aim of this conference is to provide delegates with an opportunity to upskill in various areas of stormwater science and management, network with their peers and hear new and cutting edge stormwater information.www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1455.shtml http://www.nzwwa.org.nz/indexsw.htm
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| | June
| | 4th - 6th | WasteQ 2007: Leadership in a Climate of Change | Gold Coast,Queensland Australia | The aim of WasteQ 2007 is to bring together leaders in all areas of waste and secondary resource management to exchange technical knowledge, ideas and together to plan for viable industry and government sectors that can work in partnership to meet the challenges we all face in the next decade.http://www.wmaa.com.au/wasteq/index.html
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| | 18th - 22nd | 26th Pacific Islands Environmental Conference | American Samoa | For additional information regarding the conference please contact: Carl L.Goldstein (goldstein.carl@epa.gov; 415-972-3767) of EPA’s Pacific Islands Office.
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| | 30th June - 6 July | 12th Regional Meteorological Services Directors Meeting (12RMSD) | Rarotonga, Cook Islands | For further inforation please contact Contact person is Dean Solofa (PI-GCOS Officer, SPREP) deans@sprep.org
| | July
| | 16th-20th | Water Quality Monitoring Workshop | Guam | The training included a series of interactive sessions, presentations, field sampling exercises, a field trip, practical hands-on training for certain physical (pH, EC, turbidity), chemical (nitrates/nitrites, phosphates, chlorine and lead) and microbiological (total coliforms and E-coli using the Colilert and Enterolert methods) parameters, writing of standard operating procedures (SOPs), use of the PathoScreen (hydrogen sulphide) test kit, sanitary inspection forms and data interpretation and management.
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| | Jul 31st-Aug 3rd | International Water Conference | Cape Town, South Africa | The purpose of the conference is to share experiences and innovative practices among GEF's global International Waters portfolio (nearly $4 billion), promote learning and capacity building, develop strategies to enhance stakeholder collaboration, and encourage GEF International Waters projects to apply evolving GEF policies and procedures during implementation. http://www.getf.org/ewebeditpro/items/O38F11453.pdf
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| | August
| | 14th-17th | 2007 American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association Conference | Kilauea Military Camp Hawaii | This conference will present information valuable to users, public health officials, academics, designers, installers, architects, builders, product vendors, students, planners, and water utility staff. http://www.arcsa07.com/
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| | 20th-22nd | 2nd International Conference on Water Resources Management of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | The purpose of this conference is to act as an interdisciplinary forum for decision-makers, academics, and professionals interested in the development and application of technology to ensure the sustainable use and management of water resources. The forum will cover both hard and soft technology and will serve to promote the use of appropriate technologies. The conference topics include: water supply and sustainable use; wastewater and stormwater management; integrated watershed management; pollution prevention and reduction in industry; issues in implementing environmentally sound technologies.http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-578.html
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| | 21st - 23rd | 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference 3rd International Water Association Rainwater Harvesting and Management Workshop | Sydney, Australia | Water is essential for life. This conference will provide opportunities for exchange of ideas, experiences and innovation with international delegates on the use of rainwater catchment systems and water sensitive urban design methods to supplement the water resources available and protect the earth's ecosystems.http://www.rainwater2007.com
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| | 23rd | Experts’ Consultation Meeting on the Asian Water and Development Outlook | Singapore | The Asian Water and Development Outlook (AWDO) is ADB’s new flagship publication on the increasing importance of water in future development scenarios of the Asian and Pacific region.http://209.225.62.100/Documents/Events/2007/AWDO-Experts-Meeting/default.asp
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| | September
| | 3rd - 6th | Third International Conference on Climate and Water | Helsinki, Finland | The conference web-site: http://www.environment.fi/syke/cw3
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| | 3rd-6th | 10th International Riversymposium & Environmental Flows Conference | Brisbane Australia | The symposium will feature presentations on innovative practices and case studies from all over the world and a wide range of perspectives on managing river flows for people and ecosystem health. http://www.riversymposium.com
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| | 17th - 21st | Workshop organised by NGO and Ministry of Health on Water Safety Plans Programme | Nukualofa,Tonga | Training and Community workshop to be organised by NGO –Tonga Trust and Ministry of Health with assistance from SOPAC/WHO
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| | October
| | 22nd - 26th | Workshop organised by NGO –Live and Learn on Water Safety Plans Programme | Luganville,Santos | Training and Community workshop to be organised by NGO- Live and Learn with assistance from SOPAC/WHO
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| | 22nd - 26th | 3rd Southeast Asia Water Forum | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | THEME: Consolidating Actions Towards Effective Implementation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)http://3rdseawf.water.gov.my/index.cfm
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| | November
| | 5th - 8th(tbc) | 3rd IWRM Steering Committee Meeting | Suva, Fiji |
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| | 19th - 23rd | International Conference on Hydrology and Water Resources Management for Hazard Reduction and Sustainable 15th Regional Steering Committee Meeting for UNESCO-IHP Southeast Asia and the Pacific | Metro Manila, Philippines | The general conference themes of Hazard Reduction and Sustainable Development, are selected in order to attract from the region a broad range of papers and presentations devoted to several focal areas of IHP-VI such as: Global distribution of water quantity and quality (e.g., as affected by the El Niño/Southern Oscillation or ENSO), extreme events in land and water resources management (droughts, tropical cyclones, floods, landslides, tsunami, and water-related events of tectonic and volcanic origin)which are evidently common and significant in the SEAP region (associated with typhoons and monsoons), integrated river basin management (IRBM) and integrated water resources management IWRM), including environmental management of watersheds, rivers, lakes and aquifers, hydrology of various land habitats (dry-lands, wetlands, mountains, small islands, coastal zones, urban and rural settlements) present in the region, social and economic values of water, water conflicts and other global water societal issues, and public awareness and water education (such as the use of information technology and teaching materials).http://www.unesco.or.id/activities/science/water_sci/events/215.php
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| | 22nd - 29th | SOPAC Annual Session and STAR Water Working Group Meeting | Vava'u, Tonga | http://www.sopac.org/Annual+Session+2007-Kingdom+of+Tonga
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| | December
| | 3rd-4th | 1st Asia - Pacific Water Summit | B-con plaza (Beppu Convention Center), Oita Prefecture, Japan | Open Summit is a series of events which will be organized by the host local government (s)/regional offices of the Japanese Governments, CSOs in cooperation with the Summit SC in Oita Prefecture as well as in any other places in Japan on the occasion of the 1st Summit. The events will include: public symposium, seminars and workshops, exhibitions, and technical visits and excursions. http://www.apwf.org/news/index.html
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Water Events 2006
Date | Event | Location | Details
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| | 1st | New Years Day | |
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| | February
| | 30th Jan-2nd Feb | Technical Conference in conjunction with the Seventh Session of the WHYCOS International Advisory Group (WIAG) | WMO Secretariat, Geneva | WMO is organizing a Technical Conference in conjunction with the Seventh Session of WIAG to officially launch the WHYCOS Guidelines and WHYCOS web portal and take the opportunity to invite River/Lake Basins Organizations, financial partners and other partners to exchange experience on the new technologies available in hydrological data observation and monitoring.
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| | March
| | 13th-14th | Australian Water Summit Sydney 2006 ‘Progress and investment; identifying the priorities’ | Sydney,Australia | This summit will focus on the key strategic issues facing the water industry including updates of the activities and priorities of the Australian National Water Commission (NWC), including guidance on implementation plans for the commitments by State, Territory and Australian Governments under the National Water Initiative and the development of a framework for the National Competition Policy assessments by the NWC, and progress on the implementation of the Australian Government Water Fund. http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1139.shtml
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| | 16th-19th | Putaruru Water Festival 2006 | Putaruru, Waikato,New Zealand | The Putaruru Water Festival will celebrate this resource, emphasizing the importance of its sustainable use. The event is expected to attract a great deal of participation from a variety of cultural and age groups. http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1167.shtml http://www.putaruru.co.nz/
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| | 16th-22nd | 4th World Water Forum | Mexico City, Mexico | The World Water Forum is an initiative of the World Water Council that has the aim of raising the awareness on water issues all over the world.The World Water Fora are built on the knowledge, experience and input of different types of organizations active in the global water polity.http://www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx/home/genwwf.asp?lan= http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=18
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| | 17th-21st | First International Water and Film Event | Mexico City, Mexico | Organised as part of the 4th World Water Forum, the programme includes four film categories: full length feature films; documentaries or educational programmes; awareness-raising short films; and awareness-raising spots. Prizes will be awarded in the last two categories. http://www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx/home/fest_cine.asp
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| | 22nd | World Water Day 2006 | Suva, Fiji | Organised by: SOPAC and Live and Learn in Suva Fiji marking the UNESCO Theme: Water and Culture.http://www.sopac.org/CLP+Water+Awareness
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| | 22nd | World Water Day 2006 | International | Organised by: UNESCO Theme: Water and Culture The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. http://www.unesco.org/water/water_celebrations/index.shtml
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| | April
| | 3rd | EU WF Information Seminar | Suva, Fiji | EU WF Information Seminar will be held at Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji. For more information please contact Horst Pilger, European Commission Delegation for the Pacific on email: Horst.Pilger@cec.eu.int
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| | 3rd-7th | 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM) and the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) | Melbourne, Australia | This conference incorporates UDM and WSUD conferences and will deal with two highly topical issues in Urban Water management:modelling of urban drainage systems and the interfaces to other parts of the urban water cycle current achievements and problems in Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), also known as Low Impact Development Design. http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1114.shtml
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| | May
| | 1st-12th | UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) | New York USA | The fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) will meet at UN Headquarters in New York from 1-12 May 2006. As the first year of the second implementation cycle, CSD-14 will review progress in the following areas: Energy for Sustainable Development; Industrial Development; Air pollution/ Atmosphere; and Climate Change.http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/review.htm
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| | 8th-9th | AWRA 2006 Spring Specialty Conference GIS and Water Resources IV | Houston, Texas, United States | The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the water sector continues to grow exponentially, making it an increasingly essential tool in water resources planning and management. The data can be mined to find out how much water is available and who the constituents are, including: who has access to it, who owns it, what it costs, how it got there, and how people and the environment are interacting with it.http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1247.shtml or http://www.awra.org/meetings/Houston2006/index.html
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| | 9th-12th | Mayor's Asia Pacific Environmental Summit | Melbourne, Australia | ADB is organizing the water track session for this meeting of mayors and local government officials from all-over the Asia-Pacific? region. The session will highlight small piped water network, zonal approach, sustainable water and wastewater technologies, cost recovery and tariff reforms, and e-governance. http://www.adb.org/documents/events/2006/mayor-apes/default.asp
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| | 15th-17th | Regional Conference on Water Financing: Addressing Financing Challenges through Good Governance | Manila, Philippines | The conference will include a forum on financing strategies for CEOs plus discussions on innovative financing mechanisms, PSP options for small towns, financing IWRM in river basins, and more.http://www.adb.org/documents/events/2006/Water-Financing/regcon.asp
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| | 17th-19th | Exposure Visit to Adelaide on Wastewater and Water Reuse | Adelaide, Australia | ADB's developing member countries were treated to a showcase of good practices in wastewater and water reuse schemes, and successful modalities and benefits of public-private partnerships. http://www.adb.org/documents/events/2006/Wastewater-Water-Reuse/default.asp
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| | 22nd-24th | 3rd Conference and International Exhibit | Manila, Philippines | Topics include water wastage control; wastewater treatment; water recycling and re-use; water conservation and demand management; and community water supply and sanitation sustainability. http://www.irc.nl/page/27605
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| | 23rd-24th | Integrated Water Resources Management and Challenges of Sustainable Development | Marrakech, Morocco | This congress will allow the different specialists in the field of water resources management to present and exchange information about the latest developments in their work related to integrated water resources management.http://www.fstg-marrakech.ac.ma/gire3d/anglais/index1.htm
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| | 30th-31st | Regional Conference on Water Financing: Addressing Financing Challenges through Good Governance | Manila, Philippines | The conference will include a forum on financing strategies for CEOs plus discussions on innovative financing mechanisms, PSP options for small towns, financing IWRM in river basins, and more.http://www.adb.org/documents/events/2006/Water-Financing/regcon.asp
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| | June
| | 5th-10th | Wastewater training | Guam | The training will include stakeholder interviews and fieldtrip to demonstrate to the participants the importance of involving stakeholders for wastewater management. For more information on the training course visit the website: http://www.gpa.unep.org/training/
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| | 15th | Water and cooperation between the European Union and Latin America, Brussels, Belgium | Brussels, Belgium | Representatives of countries in the European Union and Latin America will meet in Brussels, Belgium, to facilitate the development of a water resources and sanitation strategy between the 2 regions. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Government of Spain and WWAP.
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| | 12th-30th | Hydrological Training | Fiji Islands | The 3rd course of the Hydrological Training Programme on Surface Water and Groundwater Hydrology is now scheduled to be held at the SOPAC Secretariat from the 12th of June to the 30th. The surface water trainees will begin on the 12th of June for three weeks and the groundwater trainees join them a week later, on the 19th for their two week stint. Field visits have been planned for both groups to the island of Moturiki where there are plans to do groundwater surveys as well as surface water gaugings. For further information, please contact alena@sopac.org
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| | July
| | 10th-11th | Decentralised Water + Wastewater Systems | Fremantle, Australia | The conference will focus on design, operation, maintenance and management of small treatment units and the uptake of decentralised systems. Innovations in the field, case studies on safe and reliable systems, removal of nutrients, water reuse, and methods for unattended operation will be discussed at the conference. Water supply and the treatment of wastewater for single houses or housing complexes will also be discussed. http://www.etc.murdoch.edu.au/conferences/decent.html/
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| | 10th-15th | Pacific Met Directors Annual Meeting | Noumea, New Caledonia | Organised by Dean Solofa, PI-GCOS Co-ordinator at SPREP- for further details contact : DeanS@sprep.org
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| | 12th Jul-2nd Aug | Samoa Flood Modelling Training | Samoa | ADB-Drainage, EU/WaSSP and SOPAC/EU Projects Reducing Vulnerability & HYCOS will be teaming up for the flood management project in Samoa. The training is aimed at building capacity in flood modelling/management for a core-group of 6 from Samoa.
| | 18th | Fiji Legislation Workshop | Suva, Fiji | Programme for Water Governance Consultation
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| | 24th-27th | Third International Conference for Climate Impact Assessment | Cairns, Australia | The Third International Conference on Climate Impacts Assessment will review our current level of understanding in climate impacts research and assessment and new methods for assessing vulnerability and for building resilience and adaptive capacity both around the world and with a focus on the Pacific basin. http://www.anu.edu.au/anuie/iccia/index.html
| | August
| | 1st-4th | 2006 INTERNATIONAL WATER CONFERENCE | Hyatt Regency, Auckland, New Zealand | Water2006 is a unique event for New Zealand which will focus entirely on scientific and research advancements in the water environmental field. A core team of people including engineers, scientists and researchers have formed a technical group to develop a programme.http://www.water2006.com/
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| | 20th-26th | 2006 World Water Week in Stockholm | Stockholm, Sweden | The "annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development". The theme for 2006 is "Beyond the River – Sharing Benefits and Responsibilities". http://www.worldwaterweek.org/
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| | September
| | 4th-7th | 9th International River Symposium | Brisbane, Australia | The International Riversymposium celebrates the ecological and social value of rivers, showcases world's best practice in river management and provides a global forum for research and policy development. Please visit our website at http://www.riversymposium.com for more information.
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| | 17th-20th | Water in the City Conference | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | This conference will offer a holistic view of the many issues affecting water in urban areas, the interactions between these issues and the need to place them front and centre as we re-think our communities in the 21st century.Including - This conference will offer a holistic view of the many issues affecting water in urban areas, the interactions between these issues and the need to place them front and centre as we re-think our communities in the 21st century, emerging opportunities for re-use and recycling, clean safe drinking water – a key to community health http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1264.shtml
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| | 21st | Science, Technology and Resources Network (STAR) | Honiara, Solomon Islands | Community Lifelines Programme: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Session
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| | 22nd | Steering Committee Meeting Pacific Type II Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management | Honiara, Solomon Islands | The Pacific Partnership Initiative on Sustainable Water Management would like to take this opportunity to evaluate the progress of implementation of the Pacific Regional Action Plan on Sustainable Water Management and identify future opportunities for collaboration between partners.
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| | 25th-27th | Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Project Inception Meeting | Honiara, Solomon Islands | As a key activity of the PDF-B phase an Inception Meeting for the Sustainable Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Project for Pacific Island Countries is scheduled for 21-26 September 2006 to run in parallel to the Science, Technology and Resources (STAR) Network Meeting and the 35th SOPAC Annual Session in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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| | 22nd-28th | SOPAC Annual Session 2006 | Honiara, Solomon Islands |
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| | 25th-27th | Innovation in coping with water and climate related risks | Amsterdan RAI, The Netherlands | Organized by: International Water Association (IWA); Netherlands Association on Water Management (NVA) and Aquatech 2006.Opportunity for internationally sharing of knowledge and experiences between scientists, practitioners, administrators, managers and other interested people http://www.morga.com or http://www.irc.nl/page/28120
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| | 26th-28th | Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Symposium: Strengthening Capacity for Local Governance | Delft, the Netherlands | The symposium aims to provide a platform for sharing experiences in capacity development for improved local governance. Participants will identify key challenges and actions to establish an agenda for strengthening local governance for sustainable water supply and sanitation services.Please consult http://www.irc.nl/symposium/capacitydevelopment for a registration form and for regular updates on the organisation of the symposium.
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| | 26th-28th | 3rd International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management | Bochum, Germany | The main topics are: from headwaters to the mouth - vulnerable interactions between landscapes, water & societies; flood risk, vulnerability & protection (a contribution to the International Flood Initiative); water management as a problem; water management as a solution. http://www.conventus.de/water/
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| | October
| | 9th-11th | ALL ABOUT KARST & WATER | Vienna, AUSTRIA | The conference provides:presentations of scientific papers presentations of applied projects and user experiences company and product presentations interdisciplinary discussions excursions. For more information please contact office@kater2006.at or visit the website http://www.kater2006.at/
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| | 11th-20th | IWP Sanitation Training – ‘Think Compost Toilet’ | |
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| | 16th-20th | 14th Regional Steering Committee Meeting for Southeast Asia and the Pacific - UNESCO IHP | Bangkok, Thailand | In conjunction with the "International Symposium on Managing Water Supply for Growing Demand" and the 3rd Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources APHW Conference (16-18 October 2006). Both the RSC Meeting and the International Symposium on Managing Water Supply for Growing Demand are being organised by the Thai National Committee for IHP, the Thailand National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand. Financial support is provided by a Trust Fund to UNESCO from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japanese Government, UNESCO Jakarta and the Department of Water Resources, Thailand.
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| | 21st-25th | Small Island Nations: Water, Wastewater and Environmental Issues WEFTEC 06 Conference and Exhibition run by Water Environmental Federation | Dallas, Texas | Subtopics which I have highlighted under this session heading include:* Impact of Natural Hazards (floods, tsunami, hurricanes, typhoons) on vulnerable water and wastewater infrastructure; * Case studies and lessons learned from the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami; * Appropriate water and wastewater technology for areas with high energy costs and no/low operational base; * Responding to climate change (sea level rise, freak climatological events) in the water resources segment; * Applying an integrated water and wastes management approach in small communities and small countries http://www.weftec.org/program
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| | November
| | 14th-16th | Water in Mining 2006 “Multiple Values of Water�? | Brisbane, Australia | An international conference organised by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in conjunction with the Sustainable Minerals Institute of the University of Queensland . Further information, call for papers and conference registration can be obtained at the conference website - http://www.ausimm.com/waterinmining2006
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| | December
| | 2nd–7th | Groundwater Quality 2007 | Fremantle, Western Australia | Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments Web: http://www.clw.csiro.au/conferences/GQ07/
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Water Events 2005
Date | Event | Location | Details
| | January
| | 1st | New Years Day |
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| | 10th-14th | UN Sustainable Development for SIDS, Barbados +10 Mauritius | BPOA+10 CSD/ UNDESA Port Louis, Mauritius | 10 year Review of progress on the plan for SIDS sustainable development Review of Actions undertaken on the Joint Programme for Action and the South Partnership established between Caribbean and Pacific.
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| | February
| | 7th - 10th | Workshop on Drinking Water Quality Standards and Monitoring in Pacific Island Countries | WHO Nadi, Fiji Islands | • Identify common water quality issues • Review WHO WQ guidelines •Propose practical approaches for National Water Safety Plans Recommendations for and Design of Regional Water Quality Monitoring Programme (WHO/USP/ IAS and SOPAC).
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| | March
| | 22nd | World Water Day 2005 | SOPAC / Live & Learn Pacific region | “Water for Life�? Awareness Campaign Raise awareness on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Pacific island countries and prepare for the “Water for Life Decade�? (2005-2015).
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| | April
| | TBC | Pacific Water Association Board Meeting, PWA | PWA Suva, Fiji (tentative) | Further Development of Regional Water Demand Management Programme (PWA and SOPAC).
| | 4th-22nd | 2nd Course Hydrology Training Programme | SOPAC/WMO/UNESCO/NIWA,Suva Fiji Islands | Training on Surface and Groundwater Hydrology and introduction on the use of Climate Information and Integrated Water Resources Management. Review of the 1st course and identification of contents of the 3rd course. Preparations for the development and implementation of the Pacific Hydrological Cycle Observation System (HYCOS).
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| | 11th-22nd | 13th Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD13) | UNCSD New York, USA | Governments to agree on contents as well as next steps in IWRM planning. Water & Sanitation to be addressed at MDG Review Meeting in September 2005.
| | 25th | Prophet Mohammed's Birthday
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| | May
| | 6th | National Youth Day | |
| | 30th | Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day |
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| | June
| | 13th | Queens Birthday |
| | 20-24 | 24th Pacific Islands Environment Conference: EPA meeting region IX | Guam | Presentations on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Review of Actions undertaken on Environmental Health and Water Management. http://www.epa.gov/region09/cross_pr/islands/conferences.html
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| | July
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| | August
| | Aug 9 2005 | Comprehensive Review of ADB's Water Policy Implementation In Country Consultation: Fiji | Suva, Fiji | The in-country consultations are expected to:Focus on the three key areas highlighted in ADB's water policy: national policy reform, water resource management, and water service delivery.Address cross-cutting issues (e.g. resource conservation, regional cooperation, partnerships, and governance).Incorporate key elements of ADB's poverty reduction strategy.http://adbweb/Water/Policy/in-country-consultations/FIJ-2005.asp
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| | 29th Aug - 3rd Sept | 2nd South East Asia Water Forum, GWP SEA | Bali, Indonesia | The 2nd SEAWF aims to build a regional commitment toward IWRM and effective water governance among key stakeholders. Towards these, the forum will: Showcase various experiences and success stories on water management at various levels, ie. Basin, Country, Region). Define, validate and formulate actions plans to implement IWRM in SEA. Formulate strategies and plans for improving urban and rural water supplies in SEA. Promote collaboration and partnership among key water stakeholders. http://www.adb.org/Documents/Events/2005/2SEAWF/default.asp
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| | September
| | 25th-29th | Dam Safety 2005: ASDSO's Annual Conference | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Organizers: Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1046.shtml
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| | 26th-30th | SOPAC Council Annual Session & Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Water Working Group | SOPAC Apia, Samoa | SOPAC Work Programme Review and Approval Reporting to Member States on Pacific RAP review meeting, CSD12 and Barbados + 10, and implications for regional and national support. Identification of priority actions.
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| | 26th | Science & Technology and Resources Network (STAR) | SOPAC Apia, Samoa | Presentations on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Identification of best practices and lessons learned.
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| | October
| | 9th-14th | 14th annual CWWA Conference and Exhibition | The Hilton Hotel, Barbados | Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association
| | 10th | Fiji Day |
| | 17th-21st | 4th Technical Conference on Management of Meteorological and Hydrological Services in RA V (South-West Pacific) | WMO, RCD/RAP Suva, Fiji Islands (tentative) | Reporting on Pacific progress on Hydrology (Theme 1 Water Resources Management and Theme 2 Island Vulnerability). Review of Actions undertaken and contributions provided to the Operational Hydrological Programme (OHP)
| | 24th | 4WWF Synthesis Regional Meeting | Tokyo, Japan TBC | Japan Water Forum
| | 24th–29th | Wastewater Training course for the Pacific Region | Suva, Fiji Islands | The training programme is designed to build capacity within the water/wastewater sector and will be focused at manager or senior supervisor level where participants should ideally be from a wastewater utility or equivalent responsible government department.
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| | November
| | 1st | Diwali |
| | 7th-11th | Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy (HELP) Symposium | UNESCO, Nelson, New Zealand | HELP (Hydrology for Environment, Life and Policy) meeting scheduled for 7-11 November in Nelson UNESCO, LandCare?, NIWA
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| | 15th-18th | XII International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference | Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India | Invitation is for the practitioners of rain water harvesting, experts, academicians, technocrats, administrators, legislators, civic bodies, farmers, industrialists, householders - one and all from across the Globe. Theme: Mainstreaming Rainwater Harvesting. For more information: http://www.ircsa2005.org
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| | 21st-25th | 13th RSC Meeting International Hydrological Programme (IHP) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific | UNESCO IHP RSC Bali, Indonesia (tentative) | Reporting on Pacific progress on Hydrology (Theme 1 Water Resources Management and Theme 2 Island Vulnerability). Review of Actions undertaken and contributions provided to the International Hydrological Programme (IHP).
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| | 21st-29th | WMO Meeting on WHYCOS | Geneva, Switzerland | Executive Council - Fifty-seventh session http://www.wmo.ch/web/cpd/listmeet.html
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| | 28st-Dec 2nd | NZHS-IAH-NZSSS AUCKLAND 2005 CONFERENCE | Auckland, New Zealand | The conference theme is “Where Waters Meet�?, which will explore the transition phase where water transforms from one expression to another. www.hydrologynz.org.nz
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| | December
| | 26th | Christmas Day |
| | 27th | Boxing Day |
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