Danish Water Forum

Events

2010

• 13 Jan. Anti corruption in the water sector: A DWF/Danida theme meeting
• 4-5 Mar. Mexican Danish water days.
• 21 Apr. DWF General Assembly and Theme meeting: The River basin management plans in DK

 

2009

November

• 11-14 Nov: VandTek Congress, Odense, Denmark

October

• 29-31 Oct: Water & Energy 2009 - mitigation in the water sector & potential synergies with the energy sector, 29-31 October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark
• 12-15 Oct: 13th IWA International Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Integrated Watershed Management will be held on 12-15 October 2009 in Seoul, Korea

September

• 21-22 Sep: How do we adapt the Danish coasts and harbours to future climate changes? (in Danish) - Conference arranged by Kystdirektoratet, DANCORE and Kommunalteknisk Chefforening, 21-22 September 2009, Korsør - Denmark
  - Invitation
  - Registration form
• 7-11 Sep: Brazilian - Danish Cleantech Conferences 2009, headed by the Danish Minister for the Environment, Troels Lund Poulsen, 7-11 September 2009 in Curitiba and Sao Paolo - Brazil. Deadline for registration: June 10, 2009!
  - Invitation
  - Registration form

August

• 18 Aug: Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Nile, SADC/Zambezi Basin and the Mekong - Seminar during World Water Week in Stockholm, convened jointly by DWF, Danida, Sida, MRC and DHI

June

• 8-9 Jun: Danida Development Days 2009. This year the focus of the DDD will be on the initiatives and recommendations of the Africa Commission, established by the Danish Prime Minister in 2008. 8-9 June 2009 in Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen - Denmark
• 4 Jun: Seminar on European Community tools in the area of research and technological development (in Danish), 4 June 2009, 09.30-14.00 in Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen -Denmark

May

• 28-29 May: Final Conference of the FP6 project: STRIVER "Integrated water resource management in theory and practice" to be held on 28-29 May 2009, Brussels - Belgium
• 18-22 May: 34th WEDC International Conference "Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multisectoral Approaches". Danish Water Forum is co-organiser of side event presenting SACC-NET. 18-22 May 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 14 May: Meeting on research cooperation in relation to climate change and its impacts on water, health and food security, north-south research projects and knowledge sharing in a new network. May 14 2009, 14.30-16.30 at University of Copenhagen, Geo-Center - Denmark

April

• 28 Apr: Seminar on: “Food, Nutrition and Gender: Lessons learned and recommendations for future action” arranged by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the three Danish Research networks. 28 April 2009, 8.45-15.30 at Eigtveds Pakhus - Asiatisk Plads 2 G, 1448 Copenhagen K., Denmark
• 15 Apr: Towards an anthropology of defecation - an open lecture by Sjaak van der Geest, Professor at Medical Anthropology, University of Amsterdam. 15 April 2009, 13.00-15.00 at University of Copenhagen, Denmark

March

• 16-22 Mar: The world's largest water event: A stepping stone towards global collaboration on water problems, a unique opportunity to come together to create links, debate and attempts to find solutions to achieve water security. 16-22 March 2009, Istanbul - Turkey
• 10-12 Mar: Call for abstracts for Scientific Conference on Climate Change. Deadline September 1st. See more information on parallel session on Adaptation to Climate Change in developing countries. 10-12 March 2009, Copenhagen - Denmark

January

• 29-30 Jan: International Conference Water Efficiency in Urban Areas - Concepts, Technologies, Socio Economics, Wuerzburg - Germany. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 13 June 2008
• 29 Jan: 3rd Annual meeting of the Danish Water Research Platform (DSRP, Forskningsplatformen Vand): Presentation of Danish research projects related to i.e. water resources and urban water, Thursday 29 January at GEUS, Copenhagen
• 28 Jan: Danish Water Forum, Danish Research Platform - Water and Water Research Initiative ViVa hereby invite to a workshop on "Identifying water and climate related topics for research", 28 January 2009 at University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Sciences
• 19-23 Jan: Indian-Danish Water and Environment Days: Danish environmental technology for a growing India. Export promotion headed by the Minister of the Environment, 29-23 January 2009
• 8-9 Jan: Baltic Sea Regional Preparations for World Water Forum in Istanbul, March 2009: Danish Water Forum, European Water Partnership, European Environment Agency, and Danish Ministry of Environment, Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning host regional preparatory workshop in Copenhagen on 8-9 January 2009 on water issues around the Baltic sea

2008

December

• 9 Dec: Local Water Governance in Developing Countries: Seminar with Rutgerd Boelens on water rights in developing countries Tuesday 9/12,at DIIS, in the Main Auditorium from 13-30-16.30

October

• 30 Oct: Dani Or, Professor - ETH Zürich "Life on Partially-Hydrated Rough Surfaces" (part of the L.A. Colding Lecture Series). 30 October 2008 at 15:00, Room 011, Building 113, Technical University of Denmark. Abstract is available HERE.
• 29-30 Oct: Workshop "Video stories - digital opportunities for communication in research for development". University of Aarhus:
  - Programme
  - Description
  - Poster
• 27-30 Oct: DANISH ISLANDS - a project promoted by the Danish Embassy in Warsaw to promote Danish companies in environment and energy - invites you to participate in POLEKO 2008 International Fair: Deadline for registration is 22 June 2008
  - Registration form
• 21-22 Oct: Sustainable Energy and Environment Forum, 21-22 Oct. Denmark
• 15-18 Oct: The 4th International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management organized by UNESCO IHP, the UNESCO Chair INWEB together with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 15-18 October 2008, Thessaloniki - Greece
• 14-17 Oct: Coupling Sustainable Sanitation and Groundwater Protection - symposium to the International Year of Sanitation, organized by BGR. Focus will be on protection of groundwater against anthropogenic domistic effluents in the context of developing countries. 14-17 October 2008, Hannover - Germany. 3rd Circular Flyer is now available.

September

• 23-26 Sep: Chinese Danish Water Days in Guangzhou and Chongqing, China
• 23 Sep: Seminar on Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources. Among speakers are Hayley J. Fowler - University of Newcastle, Phil Graham - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, and Stein Beldring - Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. 23 September 2008, Geocenter, Copenhagen - Denmark
• 16-18 Sep: WaterTech Central Asia - The 1st Central Asian International Water Technology Exhibition & Conferene, 16-18 September 2008, Almaty - Kazakhstan
• 7 Sep: IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria. DWF will be on the exhibition!
• 1-3 Sep: Copenmind, Copenhagen - Denmark. DWF arranges conference session on links between water and energy jointly with European Water Partnership on September the 3rd from 13.00 - 14.30. We will also be on the exhibition!

August

• 20 Aug: Information and discussion meeting on the environmental issue of EU's 7th Framework Programme, GEUS, Copenhagen

July

• 16 Jul: 4th IWA Young Water Professionals Conference, 16-18 July 2008, Berkeley - California, USA. Organized by Internatioanl Water Association (IWA)
• 8-9 Jul: The second meeting of the European Regional Process for the fifth World Water Forum will take place in Zaragoza, Spain, 8 and 9 July 2008
• 3-4 Jul: FP7 financial & project management practicalities: 2-day practical training and interactive workshop addressing areas under FP6 and FP7 affected by the new regulations

June

• 19 Jun: Inaugural Lecture 19 June by Flemming Konradsen "Environmental Health in Low-income Countries - the need for research and innovation at community level" Thursday, 19 June 2008, at 16.00, The main auditorium at the Medical Museion, Bredgade 62, Copenhagen K 
• 17 Jun: A sustainable future for Danish towns focussing particularly on CO2 reductions - Invitation to Zero Carbon Cities conference on Tuesday 17 June, Sønderborg (in Danish)
• 9-11 Jun: Danida Development Days, Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen - Denmark
• 6 Jun: Invitation to Ph.D.- defence by Bernard N. Keraita, Kenya "Low-cost measures for reducing health risks in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming in Ghana", 6th June 2008 at 14.00, University of Copenhagen,Center for Sundhed og Samfund Room 18.01.11
• 3 Jun: ECWATECH-2008, The 8th International Trade fair and Congress "Water: Ecology and Technology", held June 3-6, 2008 at Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center, Moscow, Russia
• 2-5 Jun: ICZM in a Climate Change Perspective - Important issues for the Baltic Sea. A workshop organised by Dancore in cooperation with Polish, Swedish and German ENCORA-partners. Lubiatowo, Poland
• 2-5 Jun: Invitation to participate Chinese-Danish Water Days 2-5 June in Guanzhou and Chongqing, arranged in cooperation with the Danish Trade Council and the Danish Trade Offices in China

May

• 21-22 May: European Workshop on Knowledge Management held in Copenhagen. Arranged by DWF in relation to the European project SPLASH Era-Net on exchange of knowledge and good practices within research for Water and Development. More information on www.splash-era.net
• 14-15 May: FAU CONFERENCE 2008: Cities, Climate Change and Development: Is Urban Change for Sustainability possible? 14^th – 15^th of May 2008 at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) arranged by The Association of Development Researchers in Denmark
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April

• 21 Apr: Thematic Meeting on "Organizations in the Danish Water Sector - co-ordination and co-operation in the future" and General Assembly of DWF, 21 April 2008 (in Danish):
  - Programme - Thematic Meeting
  - Agenda - General Assembly (for members of DWF only)
• 9 Apr: The L.A. Colding Lecture Series in Environmental Science and Technology - 4th Lecture on 9 April 2008 at 15:00, Technical University of Denmark (Building 113/room 011
• 7 Apr: Workshop on environmental technology verification (in Danish). The Confederation of Danish Industries, the Danish EPA and DHI invite all with an interest in environmental technology innovation to participate in a workshop on April 7 in Copenhagen. At the workshop, the outline of the emerging European environmental technology verification (ETV) scheme will be presented and the organization and implementation in Denmark discussed. Further information on the workshop and ETV is given in the invitation, program and background paper:
  - Invitation
  - Program
  - Background paper
• Invitation to participate in the next world exhibition "Expo Zaragoza 2008". The overall exhibition theme will be: Water, sustainable development (invitation in Danish).

February

• 28 Feb: Water and Environmental Technology and Poverty Reduction, 28 February 2008, 13.00-16.30, Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen - Denmark (in Danish)

2007

December

• 7 Dec: DANIDA/DWF Meeting: Presentation of the Evaluation of Danish support to water and sanitation 1999-2005 and discussion of Water and Sanitation - experiences and options. Eigtveds Pakhus, 7 December 2007, 9.00-12.00. Deadline for registration: 4 December

November

• 28 Nov: 2nd L.A. Colding lecture on "Changes in the Earth System from the GRACE Twin Satellites - Hydrology and Climate", Technical University of Denmark - Environment & Resources
• 26 Nov :Water in the City; a 1-day course (in Danish) , 26 November 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 20 Nov: Invitation for Danish Islands – an environment project initiated by the Danish embassy in Poland as part of environmental and ecological POLEKO FAIRS
• 12-15 Nov: Adaptive and Integrated water management conference, Nov.07
• 6 Nov: Danish Society of Engineers: Conference on water and environment, 6-7 November 2007 (in Danish):
  - Detailed program
  - Presentations are now available
• 5 Nov: 3rd European Water Association conference on European water management and climate change, 5 November 2007 held in Brussels, Belgium, brings together experts and opinion formers to discuss climate change impact on the water sector and mitigation and adaptation
• 2 Nov: The Evaluation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents the evaluation of technical consultancy assistance at a meeting on 2 November 2007 (in Danish)

October

• 23 Oct: Inauguration of a new research center in hydrology - HOBE - a hydrological observatory. See also press release here.

August

• 12 Aug: World Water Week in Stockholm 12-18 August 2007: First announcement and calls for abstracts now available with the theme: Progress and Prospects on Water - Striving for Sustainability in a Changing World

September

• 26-27 Sep: A greater Mekong: Poverty, Integration and Development. Conference, 26-27 September, University of Sydney - Australia
• 26 Sep: Conference on bacteria in drinking water, 26 September 2007, Aarhus - Denmark (in Danish)
• 25 Sep: DWF participates in Copenhagen Climate Solutions on September 25, 2007 in Bella Center with exhibition about climate changes, water management and adapting to a warmer and more unstable climate
• 18-20 September: DWF and the Danish Research Network for International Health: Workshop in Ghana on School sanitation and Health

July

• 9 Jul: Quantification and reduction of predictive uncertainty for sustainable water resource management 9-13 July 2007. Perugia, Italy

May

• 9 May: How can knowledge generation and utilization improve development cooperation. Seminar 9th May 2007 arranged by Danish Development Research Network
• March 2007: Transboundary workshop, Copenhagen.

March

• 12 Mar: SME Environment (Regional Environmental Centre - REC) is organising an FP7 partner search and project idea matching forum in Budapest on 12 March 2007

January

• 17 Jan: On January 17, 2007 Danida invites companies, who are interested in the Business-to-Business (B2B) Program to participate in the B2B Network. The program offers consultancy and financial support to establishment of working relationships between foreign and Danish companies.

2006

• GEPPA invites to researcher communication workshop, 21 December 2006 from 8.30 to 12.00 at Danish Institute of International Studies.
• The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation is organising a conference on future investments in research infrastructure, 6 December 2006 12.00-14.00 at Copenhagen University
• Strategic Environmental Assessment in Danish development: Thematic meeting for the Danish Resource Base within environment/water/energy. Tuesday, December 12, 2006, from 9:00-13:00. Eigtveds Pakhus - meeting room II, hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Invitation to attend the announcement of UNDP's Human Development Report 2006, 9 November 2006 from 10.30 to 12.30 in Denmark Room, FN-Huset, Midtermolen 3, Copenhagen
• The European Water Association (EWA) invites to the second annual Conference to be held on 7 November 2006 with an overview of the latest developments regarding European Water Management Legislation 
• Invitation to companies to participate at the 5^th Water & Membrane China - 2007 Exhibition, which will be held at Shanghai Mart, April 3-5, 2007. For registration form, click HERE.
• Programme and announcement of Sahel Workshop 6-7 November 2006: Ecology and Natural Resource, Agriculture and Water Management in Sahel, and Decentralisation and Natural Resource Management in Sahel