Singapore International Water Week

The fifth Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) will take place on 1-5 July, 2012 with a Water Convention theme of Water Solutions for Living and Sustainable Cities. SIWW is described as a global platform for sharing and co-creation of innovative water solutions, and this year’s theme is looking at the challenges placed on the water sector by climate change and in particular how sustainable water management strategies can be integrated into urban planning.

This year the Lee Kuan Water Prize has been awarded to Professor Mark van Loosdrecht of Delft University of Technology for his work on the development of the Anammox Process.



Over 13,000 people from 99 countries attended last year’s main event and attendance is expected to be well in excess of this for the forthcoming event. Well worth checking out. Link

World Water Week

Each year the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) hosts World Water in Stockholm. Since 2009 the massive event which consists of a large range of seminars, workshops, lectures and visits has been dealing with the issues around Responding to Global Changes. This year the main theme is Water in an Urbanising World. You can be involved by using the extensive official website. Link

Environ 2011

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The 21st Irish Environmental Researchers’ Colloquium is being held in University College Cork (UCC) from Wednesday, April 6th to Friday April 8th, 2011. With over 300 researchers and delegates from a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines in attendance, this is Ireland’s largest annual environmental event. Postgraduate researchers from throughout Ireland share their research offering a unique opportunity to experience the latest ideas in environmental science and technology. Most of the researchers from the Water Technology Research Group will be in attendance at this year’s colloquium. List of presentations

Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists 2011

The 2011 Annual Meeting of Irish Freshwater Biologists will focus on ‘New Methodologies in Freshwater Biological Research’ and will be held in the Medical Biology Centre, Queens University, Belfast on Saturday, 5th of March 2011.  If you’re interested in attending please contact Maria Walsh

If you’d like to give a presentation on your research, please email a title Maria by the 17th of January. There will be a €15 fee to cover lunch and coffee.