Global Water and Power

World Economic Forum: Importance of Water for Energy Production

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March 04, 2009

Water and energy are often treated as two separate but related issues, but a new report from the World Economic Forum stresses the connection between the two resources.

According to the report, the energy sector uses about 8% of all freshwater withdrawn worldwide and as much as 40% of freshwater withdrawn in developed countries (although most of the water is returned to its source, so the amount consumed is much less). Energy is also a key input to the water value chain, used to power water movement and treatment.

The report concludes that pressure on freshwater resources will translate into the need to use water much more efficiently throughout the energy value chain. As a result, water issues will impact future energy choices, and energy companies will increasingly be called upon to be partners in managing the world’s water resources.

See the World Economic Forum’s press release and the full report (PDF 2.8 MB). Download Adobe Reader.

Events: Power

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April 2009

01 St Andrews Economic Forum St Andrews United Kingdom
04 Second Latin American Congress on Biorefineries: Materials and Energy Concepcion Chile
04 8th Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration Conference Pittsburgh PA
Focus on carbon capture, separation andsequestration technologies that are being or couldbe deployed in the U.S. and North America;Emphasis on Determining the Technologies and SystemsComponents for Commercially Viable CCS
06 Solar Energy Conference State College PA
06 Gulf Solar Expo Dubai United Arab Emirates
07 National Symposium on Advanced Ceramic and Composites Jamshedpur India
07 Electrical and Control Technologies ECT-2009 Kaunas Lithuania
11 3rd International Joint Conference on Alternative Fuel Sources & Energy Harvesting Techniques Anchorage Alaska
11 SOLAR 2009 - The National Solar Conference Buffalo New York
11 New York Hard Assets Investment Conference New York NY
12 FT Global Events-Athens Summit 2009 Athens Greece
13 2nd Iraq Oil + Gas Summit Houston Texas
13 5.International Advanced Technologies Symposium (IATS09) Karabuk Turkey
13 Metrering Asia Bangkok Thailand
14 Commodities Trading and Investment 2009 London United Kingdom
18 Implementing Europe’s Transport & Energy Policy Brussels Belgium
18 Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Best Practices for the Power Industry Denver Colorado
18 The Impact of Electric Vehicles for Electric Utilities: Opportunities and Challenges Denver Colorado
19 Green Cities Florida Orlando FL
19 Demand Response and Energy Efficiency World San Francisco CA
20 Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency Santa Barbara California
21 TiECON East 2009 ‘SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION’-Creating Opportunity in Today’s Economy Waltham MA
25 Small PV-Applications - Rural Electrification and Commerical Use Ulm Germany
25 The Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology Nanyang Technological University Singapore
25 2nd Annual Biofuels Summit Singapore
25 China Power Summit 2009 Beijing China
25 10th Baltic Economic Forum Riga Latvia
25 8th Annual Ontario Power Summit Toronto Canada
26 City Rail Asia 2009 Singapore Singapore
26 Community Wind Energy Webconference Web Web
26 Malaysian Power Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
27 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Tokyo Other
27 ICEPES 2009 - International Conference on Electric Power and Energy Systems Tokyo Other
27 Renewable Energy Conference Halifax Canada
27 ICME 2009 - International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Tokyo Other
27 Offshore Wind & Transmission Brussels Belgium
31 Hydrogen + Fuel Cells 2009: International Conference and Trade Show (HFC2009) Vancouver Canada
31 2009 APPEA Conference & Exhibition Darwin Australia

June 2009

03 The 11th International Conference on Quality in Research (QiR) 2009 Jakarta Indonesia
03 The 11th International Conference on Quality in Research (QiR) 2009 Jakarta Indonesia
08 2009 International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology (ICMET 2009) Beijing China
The Conference proceeding will be published by theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers Press.All the accepted papers will be submitted to themajor indexing service for indexing, such asINSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI (ISTP).
08 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks (ICAINN 2009) Beijing China
The Conference proceeding will be published by theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers Press.All the accepted papers will be submitted to themajor indexing service for indexing, such asINSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI (ISTP).
09 Energy and Sustainability 2009 Newark Delaware
10 Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River: Merging Ecological, Economic, and Cultural Values Collinsville Illinois
10 3rd Renewable Energy India 2009 Expo New Delhi India
12 MASO 2009 Conference on Obesity Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
15 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Singapore Singapore
15 ICEE 2009 - International Conference on Energy and Environment Singapore Singapore
16 3rd International Conference Environmentally Sustainable Development ESDev 2009 Abbottabad Pakistan
18 United We Stand / Building A Sustainable Economy - Conference & Trade show Washington DC
26 ICESE 2009 - International Conference on Electrical Systems Engineering London Other
26 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering London Other
26 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Singapore Singapore
26 ICEE 2009 - International Conference on Energy and Environment Singapore Singapore
26 The 3rd International Conference on Fermentation Technology for Value Added Agricultural Products Khon Kaen Thailand
28 The 2nd International Conference on Computer and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE 2009) Dubai United Arab Emirates
Submitted conference papers will be reviewed bytechnical committees of the Conference. Allaccepted papers will also be published in theconference proceeding by Atlantis Press, whichwill be indexed by EI Compendex and Thomson ISI.
28 The 2nd International Conference on Environmental and Computer Science (ICECS 2009) Dubai United Arab Emirates
The full paper submissions will be chosen based ontechnical merit, interest, applicability, and howwell they fit a coherent and balanced technicalprogram. The accepted full papers will bepublished in the ICECS 2009 Proceeding.
30 SYNERGY AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT in Agricultural Engineering Gödöllõ Hungary
31 Sustainable Energy Technology (SET) 2009 Aachen Germany
SET 2009 conference brings together leadingacademics and industrial partners and provides thelatest developments in sustainable technologies inthe energy, built environment, transport, waste &industry to stimulate new collaboration.

September 2009

01 International Harmonization Reactor Design Requirements EUR MANCHESTER United Kingdom
02 WIND EXPO Panama 2009 Panama Panama
02 WIND EXPO Panama 2009 Panama Panama
03 Exchanging Ideas on Europe 2009: Views from France, Views Beyond the Mainstream Angers France
13 2009 World Green Energy Symposium Northeast Pennsylvania
13 Healthy Buildings 2009 Syracuse New York
14 Indian Environment Summit 2009 New Delhi India
17 Theoretical and Practical Issues in Transport Pardubice Czech Republic
17 GREEN-BIZ 2009 exhibition and conference Hanoi Viet Nam
18 The 2nd International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering (ICACTE 2009) Cairo Egypt
Indexed by EI Compendex, INSPEC, Thomson ISI, IEEEXploreTM, IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) DigitalLibraries.
22 12th MTCM’09 - International Conference on Mechanics and Technology of Composite Materials Varna Bulgaria
23 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Toronto Canada
23 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Amsterdam Netherlands
23 ICNEP 2009 - International Conference on Nanoscience, Electronics and Photonics Vancouver Other
24 RENEXPO® 2009 Augsburg Germany
27 World Congress on Oils and Fats and the 28th ISF Congress Sydney Australia
27 19th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference Adelaide Australia
27 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference – 2009 IEEE Toronto International Conference – Science and Technology for Humanity Toronto Canada
28 Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources ANKARA Turkey
28 Regional Airports 2009 New Forest United Kingdom
29 ANZSES 2009 Annual Conference Townsville, Queensland’s Solar City Australia
30 5th Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Dubrovnik, Croatia Croatia (Hrvatska
30 3rd International Conference Solar Air-Conditioning Palermo Italy

October 2009

02 iNTA-SEGA2009 Bangkok Thailand
04 NanoBusiness Summit: “Big Capital Meets Small Tech” Cairo Egypt
07 BATTERY & FUEL CELL HYBRID SYSTEMS - Utlizing Hybrid Technology to Deliver Successful Commercial Applications Orlando Florida
08 ICEE 2009 - International Conference on Electrical Engineering Havana Cuba
08 5th Annual International Conference FUEL CELLS DURABILITY & PERFORMANCE 2009 Orlando Florida
09 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Havana Cuba
10 Luminous architecture in the 20th century (1907-1977) Nantes France
17 International Conference on “Food Security and Environmental Sustainability – FSES 2009” Kharagpur India
18 THE VISHWA SHOW-2009 Mumbai India
25 CESSE 2009 - International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering Bangkok Thailand

April 2010

13 8th International Architectural Conferenc Architecture & Built Environment- Contemporary Issue Assiut Egypt
26 The First International Applied Geological Congress Mashhad Iran
28 International Conference on Green Energy Kuching Malaysia

September 2010

06 The Third IASTED African Conference on Power and Energy Systems ~AfricaPES 2010~ Gaborone Botswana

August 2012

02 34th International Geological Congress Brisbane Australia

Events: Water

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January 2009

January 26, Water Abundance in Canada and the United States: Myth or Reality?

Place: Washington DC, US

Sponsor/Organizer: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

URL: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1420&fuseaction=topics.event_summary&event_id=492918

February 2009

February 2-3, 5th IWA Workshop in Japan: Tariff and Pricing for Sustainable Water Services
Place: Tokyo, Japan
Sponsor/Organizer: International Water Association
URL: http://www.iwahq.org/templates/ld_templates/layout_633184.aspx?ObjectId=679794

February (deadline 28th), East Asia region photo contest. “The Coast, The Ocean, My Community”
Place: Manila, Philippines
Sponsor/Organizer: PEMSA & Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
URL: www.pemsea.org/eascongress

February 23-26, International Conference on Implementing Environmental Water Allocations
Place: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Sponsor: UNESCO
URL: http://ewa.innercirclestudios.co.za/

March 2009

March 2, EnviroWater 2009- International. Conference and Exhibition of Water in the Environment
Place: Stellenbosch, South Africa
Sponsor/Organizer: Universities Duisburg-Essen and Stellenbosch
URL: http://www.worldwaterday.org/page/2181

March 4-6, Water China 2009 - 10th International Water, Wastewater & Water Treatment Trade Show
Place: Guangzhou, China
Sponsor/ Organizer:
URL: http://www.merebo.com/WaterChina-PVP-EN.pdf

March 1-8, Slippage of WASH Services: Causes, Costs and How to Counter
Place: Hyderabad, India
Sponsor/ Organizer: Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)
URL: http://www.irc.nl/page/44886

March 12-13, Conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Water
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor/ Organizer: European Water Partnership; Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate (Formerly Dialogue on Water And Climate); United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; World Water Council
URL: http://www.ewp.eu

March 16-22, 5th World Water Forum
Place: Istanbul, Turkey
Sponsor/Organizer: UNESCO/ WWC
URL: http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1588.shtml & http://www.worldwaterforum5.org/

March 16-22, International Forum: “Green Week in Ukraine - 2009″
Place: Ukraine
Sponsor/Organizer: Ukraine Partnership Bureau
URL: www.uapb.eu or www.ecoua.org

March 17, World Water Day Celebration: Fort McMurray!
Place: Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada—(Sawridge Inn)
Sponsor/Organizer: CAWST (the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology)
URL: http://www.worldwaterday.org/page/2168

March 18, Water Week
Place: Kathmandu, Nepal
Sponsor/Organizer: Water Week Organizing Committee Nepal 2009
URL: http://www.worldwaterday.org/page/2203

March 30 to April 2, International Workshop on Status and Perspectives of Hydrology in Small Basins
Place: Goslar-Hahnenklee, Germany
Sponsor/Organizer: Convened jointly by the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS), Germany and the National Committee of Germany for IHP/UNESCO and HWRP/WMO
URL: http://www.ws.small-hydro-basins.org/

March 30- 31, Arabian Power and Water Summit 2009
Place: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sponsor/ Organizer: Middle East Business Intelligence
URL: http://www.meed.com

April 2009

April 1-3, Water Africa 2009
Place: Accra, Ghana
Sponsor/Organizer: Ace Event Management, with the support of the Ghanaian Ministry of Water Resources, Works & Housing and the Ghana Water Supply Company
URL: http://www.ace-events.com/UserFiles/Files/Downloads/GH09Waterbrochure3e.pdf

April 2, Western Europe regional workshop on the Water Vision for Europe
Place: Brussels, Belgium
Sponsor/ Organizer: European Water Partnership
URL: http://www.ewp.eu

April 4, 21st Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup
Place: Potomac River, Mid-Atlantic United States
Sponsor/Organizer: Alice Ferguson Foundation
URL: http://dc.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=dc&cdn=citiestowns&tm=15&f=11&su=p554.12.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.potomaccleanup.org/trash_initiative/trash_cleanup.html

April 17-18, In Praise of Water: A Workshop for Men and Women with Jalaja Bonheim

Place: California, USA

Sponsor/Organizer: The Institute for Circlework

URL: http://www.instituteforcirclework.org/icw_in_praise_of_water.htm

April 19-23, The 2009 Ground Water Summit—Adapting to Increasing Demands in a Changing Climate
Place: Tucson, Arizona - USA
Sponsor/Organizer: National Ground Water Association
URL: http://www.ngwa.org/2009summit/index.aspx

April 20-23, HydroEco ‘2009: 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology
Place: Vienna, Austria
Sponsor/ Organizer: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU), University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna; International Commission on Groundwater (ICGW) of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS); Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
URL: http://www.natur.cuni.cz/hydroeco2009/

April 20-21, The 3^rd Yangtze Forum: Sub- forum on Climate Change and City Water Safety

Place: Shanghai, China

Sponsor/Organizer: UNESCO/ Shanghai Municipal Government

URL: http://www.unesco.org/water/water_events/Detailed/1681.shtml & http://www.yangtzeforum.com/

April 22, EPA Water Quality Video Contest Deadline
Place: USA
Sponsor/Organizer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
URL: http://www.epa.gov/owow/videocontest.html

April 29-30, CIWEM Annual Conference 2009: Water and The Global Environment
Place: Olympia Conference Centre, London, UK
Sponsor/Organizer: The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
URL: http://www.ciwem.org/events/annual_conference/

May 2009

May 10-13, International Conference on Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater Streams
Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sponsor/Organizer: IRC
URL: http://www.irc.nl/page/38943

May 17-20, EDS International Exhibition of Desalination Equipment and Services
Place: Baden-Baden, Germany
Sponsor/Organizer: European Desalination Society
URL: http://www.ace-events.com

May 18-22, 34th WEDC International Conference
Place: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sponsor/Organizer: Water Engineering Development Centre and Ethiopian Ministry of Water Resources
URL: http://www.wedcconference.co.uk/

May 19-21, IWEX International Water & Effluent Exhibition 2009
Place: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sponsor/ Organizer:Sustainabilitylive!
URL: http://www.sustainabilitylive.com

June 2009

June 2-5, WWW-YES 2009: 8th World Wide Workshop for Young Environmental Scientists - Urban water: resources and risks, a developing countries perspective
Place: Paris, France
Sponsor/Organizer: CEREVE, Paris-Est University, UFMG and H2o foundation and financially supported by Val-de-Marne County
URL: http://www.yes.h2o.net/

June 8, World Ocean Day
Sponsor/Organizer: The Ocean Project
URL: http://www.theoceanproject.org/action/2009june.php

June 17-19, INDOWATER 2009 - 5th International Water, Wastewater and Recycling Technology Expo & Forum
Place: Jakarta, Indonesia
Sponsor/Organizer: PT. Napindo Media Ashatama
URL: http://www.indowater.merebo.com/

June 23-26, IHA Congress - Advancing Sustainable Hydropower
Place: Reykjavik, Iceland
Sponsor/ Organizer: International Hydropower Association
URL: http://www.hydropower.org

July 2009

July 3-5, 2nd International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics, and Finance
Place: Alexandroupolis - Thrace, Greece
Sponsor/Organizer: International Water Association (IWA) Statistics and Economics Specialist Group, with the cooperation and sponsorship of the Department of Environmental Engineering of the Democritus University of Thrace and the Department of Economics of the University of Crete.
URL: http://www.soc.uoc.gr/iwa

July 4-5, Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities
Place: Alexandroupolis - Thrace, Greece
Sponsor/Organizer: Laboratory of Ecological Engineering and Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace and the International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group on Strategic Asset Management
URL: http://iwasam.env.duth.gr

August 2009

August 10-14, 33rd IAHR Biennial Congress “Water Engineering for a Sustainable Environment”
Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sponsor/Organizer: International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR)
URL: http://www.iahr2009.org

August 16-22, 2009 World Water Week in Stockholm, Responding to Global Change: Accessing Water for the Common Good
Place: Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsor/Organizer: Stockholm International Water Institute
URL: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/

September 2009

September 1-5, WMHE 2009: Eleventh International Symposium on Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering
Place: Ohrid, Macedonia
Sponsor/Organizer: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Hydraulics, Hydrology and River Engineering, Skopje, Macedonia.
URL: http://wmhe.gf.ukim.edu.mk/

September 6-12, 8th IAHS Scientific Assembly and the 37th IAH Congress - A Joint International Convention
Place: Hyderabad, India
Sponsor/Organizer: International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) jointly with the Indian Hydrological Community
URL: http://www.appliedhydrology.org/iahs

September 7-9, River Basin Management 2009
Place: Malta
Sponsor/Organizer: Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
URL: http://www.wessex.ac.uk/rbm2009rem2.html

September 15, Coastal Cleanup Day
Sponsor/Organizer: Ocean Conservancy
URL: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_icc

September 21-24, 12th International River Symposium
Place: Brisbane, Australia
Sponsor/Organizer: International Riverfoundation
URL: http://www.riversymposium.com/

September 21-24, 2nd International Conference Biohydrology 2009: A changing climate for biology and soil hydrology interactions
Place: Bratislava, Slovakia
Sponsor/Organizer: Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia; Institute of Hydrodynamics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic; University of Valencia, Spain; Swansea University, Swansea, UK; University Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany; ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, UK; Max-Planck-Institut for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany; Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
URL: http://www.ih.savba.sk/biohydrology2009/

October 2009

October 7-9, WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition ‘09
Place: Las Vegas, USA
Sponsor/Organizer: Southern Nevada Water Authority
URL: http://www.watersmartinnovations.com/

October 20-23, The 4th International Yellow River Forum (IYRF)
Place: Zhengzhou, China
Sponsor/Organizer: Yellow River Conservancy Commission
URL: http://www.yellowriverforum.cn

October 26-28, Hydro 2009
Place: Lyon, France
Sponsor/Organizer: Aqua Media International Hydropower & Dams
URL: http://www.hydropower-dams.com

October 26- November 13, Sida Advanced International Training Programme: Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation - Integrated Processes
Place: Lund, Sweden
Sponsor/Organizer: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Lund University Commissioned Education
URL: http://www.education.lu.se/sida/water

October 27-29, Sanitation and Water Conference 2009
Place: Australia
Sponsor/Organizer: World Vision Australia
URL: http://www.worldvision.com

November 2009

November 23-27, East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009, “Partnerships at Work: Local Implementation and Good Practices”
Place: Manila, Philippines
Sponsor/Organizer: PEMSA & Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
URL: www.pemsea.org/eascongress