Events - 2003
Listed below is a selection of forthcoming
conferences, lectures, seminars and other events concerning the
Mediterranean which are of interest to international lawyers, political
or other scientists. The Programme is not necessarily associated
with the organisations or events listed, and additional information
should be obtained from the contact address provided. The Editor,
Lito Xirotyri, Programme
Associate of MEPIELAN, is happy to consider proposals for additional
listings.
Relevant Events - 2003
January | February | March | April | May | June | July |
August | September | October | November | December
06 - 11 April
EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly
Event: EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly: Among the many sessions of interest to researchers in
Geosciences, Ocean Physics and Climates, Ocean Chemistry, two sessions are particularly geared to Mediterranean scientists:
1) OS6 The Mediterranean Sea: A Laboratory Basin for Interdisciplinary Studies. For more info, contact the main convener:
Prof. Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, at MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2) OS14 Water Quality of the Coastal and Marine Mediterranean Environment. For more info, contact the main convener:
Dr. Christophe Darnault, Newport News, VA 23606, USA
Location: Nice, France
Contact: General Information, Pre-Registration & Submission of Abstracts: EGS Office, Max-Planck-Str. 13, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany;
E-mail: egs@copernicus.org; Web-site: http://www.copernicus.org
28 - 30 April
River Basin Management 2003
Event: River Basin Management 2003: International Conference on River Basin Management - all
aspects of Hydrology, Ecology, Environmental Management of Rivers, Flood Plains and Wetlands
Location: Melia Las Palmas Hotel, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Contact: Email: enquiries@wessex.ac.uk; Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223;
Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853;
Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA;
Conference Manager: Gaye McKeogh; E-mail: conferences@wessex.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.eea.eu.int/Events
29 - 30 April
Regional Workshop on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment
Event: Regional Workshop on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment:
The Lattakia workshop will focus primarily on three major themes of importance to the Mediterranean region as a whole: fisheries (biology,
technology, and stock assessment), aquaculture (technology and problems) and aquatic environment (fish pollution, human activity, tourism)
(Deadline for submitting abstract and for registration : 28 February 2003)
Location: Faculty of Agricultural engineering, Campus of Tishreen University, in Lattakia, Syria
Contact: For further information, contact Prof. Dr. Adib Saad, Chairman of scientific committee Tishreen
University; P.O.Box 1408 Lattakia, Syria; Tel./Fax: 00963 41 416 401.
30 April - 02 May
Water Resources Management 2003
Event: Water Resources Management 2003 (Second International Conference on Water
Resources Management)
Location: Melia Las Palmas Hotel, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Contact: Email: enquiries@wessex.ac.uk; Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223;
Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853;
Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA;
Conference Manager: Gaye McKeogh; Email: conferences@wessex.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.eea.eu.int/Events
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06 - 07 May
International Conference on "Sustainable Development for Lasting Peace: Shared Water, Shared Future, Shared Knowledge"
Event: International Conference on "Sustainable Development for Lasting Peace: Shared Water, Shared Future, Shared Knowledge"
Focus on South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean
Location: Athens, Greece
Contact: GWP-Med Secretariat (Global Water Partnership), c/o MIO-ECSDE;
28 Tripodon Str. 10558, Athens, Greece; Tel:+30 210 3247490, 3247267; Fax: +30 210 3225240;
E-mail: secretariat@gwpmed.org
12 - 13 May
Iran Water Conference 2003
Event: Iran Water Conference 2003 (with a large number of major projects underway or
under study, improving investment laws and regulations, and Iran Ministry of Energy's commitment to further develop the sector, Iran's water
and sewage industries present tremendous opportunities to companies/ organisations in the water and sewage sectors as well as financial
institutions and investment companies involved in major infrastructure projects)
Location: Tehran, Iran
14 - 16 May
Energy & The Environment 2003
Event: Energy & The Environment 2003 (International Conference on Sustainable Energy,
Planning & Technology in Relationship to the Environment)
Location: Sani Beach Hotel, Halkidiki, Greece
Contact: Email: enquiries@wessex.ac.uk; Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223;
Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853;
Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA;
Conference Manager: Gaye McKeogh; Email: conferences@wessex.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.eea.eu.int/Events
20 - 24 May
First World Environmental Education Congress
Event: First World Environmental Education Congress (The main objective of this Congress is to
offer a platform for scientific Experts, Researchers, Scholars, Politicians, Technicians, Activists, Media and Teachers to discuss
technical and scientific environmental education in an integrated perspective and based on previous works developed)
Location: Espinho, Portugal
Contact: First World Environmental Education Congress, Rua 15, 349, 4500 Espinho, Portugal; Tel: +351 227319115; Fax: +351 227319129;
E-mail: info@1weec.net
23 - 25 May
Salon De l' Environnement
Event: Salon De l' Environnement (Exhibition to inform and educate the public and professional
visitors about the major environmental topics. A serious event sustained by all the French public and private actors of the environment and
sustainable development)
Location: Paris, France
Contact: Organisation Salon de l'Environnement Reed Expositions, France SAS 70 rue Rivay - 92532 Levallois-Perret cedex;
Tel: 01 47 56 21 24; Website: http://www.salon-environnement.com
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04 - 06 June
Ecosud 2003
Event: "Ecosud 2003" (Fourth International Conference on Ecosystems and Sustainable Development)
Location: Certosa di Pontignano, Siena, Italy
Contact: Stacey Hobbs; E-mail: shobbs@wessex.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/ecosud03/index.html
15 - 20 June
2003 Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Event: 2003 Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Contact: For more information please contact: E-mail: dubrovnik2003@fsb.hr;
Website: http://www.dubrovnik2003.fsb.hr
18 - 20 June
Water Pollution 2003
Event: Water Pollution 2003 (7th International Conference on Modelling, Measuring and
Prediction of Water Pollution)
Location: University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
Contact: Rachel Green; E-mail: rgreen@wessex.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/water03/index.html
19 - 20 June
Forum: Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Water
Event: Forum:Euro-Mediterranean Forum on Water
Location: Athens, Greece
Contact: For further information, please check the websites:
http://www.eu2003.gr;
http://www.minenv.gr
25 – 26 June
Conference: Meeting Kyoto Targets in the EU - Challenges for the Power Sector
Event: Conference: Meeting Kyoto Targets in the EU - Challenges for the Power Sector
(The conference will examine the common policies in the European Union and will provide case studies on the domestic implementation
policies in Italy, Spain, Poland, and Germany)
Location: European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Contact: For further information: Brigitte Krech; Tel: +32 2 743 8816; Fax: +32 2 743 8819;
E-mail: climate@wwfepo.org;
Website: http://www.panda.org/epo
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16 - 18 July
International Conference on the Impact of Global Environmental Problems on Continental and Coastal Marine Waters
Event: International Conference on the Impact of Global Environmental Problems on Continental and Coastal Marine Waters
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: For more information please contact: Jenny Walker; E-mail: morawel@tinyworld.co.uk;
Website: http://www.unige.ch/sciences/near/
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11 - 14 August
2003 World Water Week in Stockholm / Stockholm Water Symposium:
“Drainage Basin Security: Balancing Production, Trade and Water Use"
Event:
2003 World Water Week in Stockholm / Stockholm Water Symposium: “Drainage Basin Security: Balancing Production, Trade and Water Use"
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: For more information please contact: David Trouba; Tel: +46-8-522-139-89; Fax: +46-8-522-139-61;
E-mail: dave.trouba@siwi.org; Website: http://www.siwi.org/waterweek2003
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9 -12 September
6th Water Information Summit 2003
Event: 6th Water Information Summit 2003. The Summit's theme is
"Breaking the barriers: Let water information flow!"
Location: Delft, Netherlands
Contact: For more information please contact: Ingeborg Krukkert, IRC; Tel: +31-15-219-2985; Fax: +31-15-219-0955;
Website: http://www.irc.nl/news/wis6.html
10 - 13 September
9th International Drainage Workshop
Event: 9th International Drainage Workshop (Drainage for a secure environmentand food supply).
Location: Ultrecht, the Netherlands
Contact: Mrs Elzabeth Rijksen; E-mail: e.a.rijksen@ilri.agro.nl
Further info at the website: http://www.ilri.nl
15 - 19 September
Barcelona 2003 Conference - Deep Water Processes in Modern and Ancient Environments
Event: Barcelona 2003 Conference - Deep Water Processes in Modern and Ancient Environments
(This international research meeting will focus specifically on process-based sedimentology. The meeting will try to find out how to use
knowledge of modern deep-marine environments and processes to understand ancient systems)
Location: Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM - CSIC) in Barcelona and in the town of Ainsa, Spain
Contact: Belén Alonso; E-mail: belen@icm.csic.es;
Kevin Pickering; E-mail: ucfbktp@ucl.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.icm.csic.es/geo.gma
17 - 19 September
20th ICID European Conference
Event: 20th ICID European Conference (Consensus to resolve irrigation and water use conflicts in the Euromediterranean Region).
Location: Montpellier, France
Contact: Website: http://afeid.montpellier.cemagref.fr/conf2003.htm#Coord
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01 - 03 October
Sustainable Planning and Development 2003
Event: Sustainable Planning and Development 2003 (International Conference on Sustainable
Planning & Development)
Location: Hotel Princess, Skiathos, Greece
Contact: Rachel Green; E-mail: rgreen@wessex.ac.uk;
Website: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/planning03/index.html
05 - 09 October
XI World Water Congress – Water Resources Management in the 21st Century
Event: XI World Water Congress – Water Resources Management in the 21st Century. This Congress will focus
on making the fullest possible use of research in solving water resource problems.
Location: Madrid, Spain
Contact: For more information please contact: Manuel Martin Anton; E-mail: wwater2003@cedex.es;
Website: http://www.cedex.es/iwracongress2003/en/hoja2_en.htm
06 - 08 October
Water Middle East 2003
Event: Water Middle East 2003 (A specialized exhibition and conference for Water Technology).
Location: Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Bahrain
Contact: Mr. Bassim Jassim Aryan; Tel: +973 558810; Fax: +973 553447;
E-mail: bceb@batelco.com.bh
13 - 18 October
International Conference: Scientific and Policy Challenges towards an Effective Management of the Marine
Environment in support of Regional Sustainable Development-Emphasis on the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Development
Event: International Conference: Scientific and Policy Challenges towards an Effective Management of the Marine Environment
in support of Regional Sustainable Development-Emphasis on the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Development
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Contact: Website: http://www.io-bas.bg/cesum-bs/indexconference
28 - 30 October
Third ABLOS Biennual Scientific Conference: Addressing Difficult Issues in UNCLOS
Event:Third ABLOS Biennual Scientific Conference: Addressing Difficult Issues in UNCLOS. The joint
Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS) proposes to explore problems related to geodesy, hydrography, and marine geoscience that may affect
the interpretation and application of the Law of the Sea.
Location: Monaco (International Hydrographic Bureau)
Contact: Mr. Steve Shipman; Fax: +377-9310-8140;
Website: http://www.gmat.unsw.edu.au/ablos/index.html#ABLOS'03
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12 - 14 November
Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands
Event: Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands (Organized by the Global Forum on Oceans,
Coasts and Islands, this conference aims to help countries implement integrated coastal management and will review WSSD implementation of related issues).
Location: Paris, France
Contact: Secretariat, Center for the Study of Marine Policy, University of Delaware;
Tel: +1-302-831-8086; Fax: +1-302-831-3668; E-mail: johnston@udel.edu
Website: http://icm.noaa.gov
25 - 28 November
AQUA 2003
Event: AQUA 2003 (Exhibition-Conference on Technologies for Water Treatment and Distribution).
Location: Milan Trade Fare, Milan, Italy
Contact: Assoexpo; E-mail: assoexpo@assoexpo.com
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11 - 14 December
Third Conference of the International Water History Association
Event: Third Conference of the International Water History Association (The three major themes of this
conference are: the ideas of water; the history of water, science and technology; and the history of water: law, economics and politics).
Location: Library of Alexandria, Egypt
Contact: Alv Terje Fotland; Tel: +47-55-589-315; Fax: +47-55-589-892;
E-mail: a.fotland@iwha.net;
For more information please visit the website: http://www.iwha.net/
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