Theme: Difficulties in Water Management and Climate Emergency: Looking for the Necessary Changes. ENEG is Portugal's largest conference and exhibition dedicated to the Water Sector, assuming a significant international dimension over past five editions. It is organised every two years by World Water Council member APDA - Portuguese Association of Water and Wastewater Services, and will take place from November 23rd to 26th at Tivoli Marina Vilamoura - Centro de Congressos do Algarve. This year's event will explore the theme of "Difficulties in Water Management and Climate Emergency: Looking...

ONLINE The World Hydropower Congress brings together the planet's leading thought leaders, decision-makers and innovators for an historic virtual summit to determine priorities for hydropower development. Taking place over three weeks from 7-24 September, the event will showcase how sustainable hydropower is part of the solution to climate change. Influential speakers will set out how investment is urgently needed now to build the smart, resilient, clean energy infrastructure of the future. Renewables all together The 2021 World Hydropower Congress will be hosted under the patronage of the...

Following the postponement of the Second International Conference "Water, Megacities and Global Change" to December 2021. The Steering and Programme Committees have decided to hold an online pre-conference event from 7 to 11 December 2020. Some of the papers selected will be presented by their authors during the pre-conference. However, the special sessions, round tables and other components of the physical conference are postponed until the end of 2021.

The event will bring together professionals, experts, representatives of the public, private, academic sector from Brazil and all around the world as well as from international organizations to discuss water and related issues, address challenges and share lessons learned and good practices within the main theme associated to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, “CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION FOR ALL BY 2030”. Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council will address the audience at the Opening Session together with other esteemed speakers, including Benedito Braga, President of SABESP...

The Second International Conference Water, Megacities and Global Change, also known as EauMega 2021, and organized by the Division of Water Sciences of UNESCO, will be held in December 2021, at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. Following the postponement of the Second International Conference to December 2021, the Steering and Programme Committees have decided to hold an Online pre-conference event from 7 to 11 December 2020. All Megacities - urban centers which accommodate more than 10 million inhabitants - are facing major challenges related to providing water services for their...

AWC plans to promote the 2nd AIWW at the various global water events. Posponed to 2021. New date TBC.

Promoting Security through Equitable Policy, Governance and Technology All people and every ecology share a stake in the proper management of water to safeguard supply quality, fair access, and peace. A history of water use without proper planning and stakeholder involvement has led to global conflict and inequity, especially in regions of water scarcity, drought, natural disaster, pollution, or social/political turmoil. This conference will convene local, national, and international water professionals and researchers/students to discuss “water, sanitation, and hygiene” (WASH) strategies and...

The 24th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 71st International Executive Council meeting is being organised by the Irrigation Australia’s Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID) on the theme ‘Innovation and Research and In Agricultural Water Management to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals’ at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Sydney, Australia. ICID triennial Congresses focus on the upcoming issues that need to be addressed in irrigation, drainage and flood management. The Congresses also provide a platform for reviewing a number of contentious issues...

To help bridge the gap between the 2019 and 2021 World Water Weeks, we invite convenors to host a virtual adaptation of their World Water Week 2020-approved session(s) – from wherever they are – between 24 and 28 August 2020, under the umbrella of #WWWeek #AtHome. How will it work? Sessions will take place during 24-28 August, starting on the hour from 8am and 8pm CET and scheduled through SIWI. Individual sessions should be 20 – 45 mins in length, and should be interactive Participation in sessions should be unlimited and free for participants It is the convenor’s responsibility to select a...

Currently, climate change has become an undeniable major pressure on the world’s freshwater resources. Yet, the effects of climate change on groundwater, the most significant freshwater resource on Earth, are still poorly understood. Somewhat neglected by policymakers and ignored by the public, groundwater management, governance and monitoring are less developed compared to surface water, globally. More up-to-date research and knowledge generation and sharing, as well as more efforts to raise awareness of the links between groundwater and climate change are also critical to ensure the...