ADWICE Stakeholder Exchange Conference 2012 - Adapting Drinking Water Resources to the Impacts of Climate Change in Europe

The ADWICE Stakeholder Conference will take place on 2 October in Brussels, Belgium.

The event will offer a platform for dialogue for understanding the vulnerability of drinking water resources, water quality and water abstraction infrastructures to local, national and European decision makers, experts and researchers, water supplier and river basin authorities.

The one-day conference represents a valuable opportunity to share knowledge and experiences and to reflect on what kind of measures may be taken to mitigate or to adapt to it. 

The aim of the conference is to review the outcomes of the literature study on the potential effects of climate change on drinking water in all regions of the EU conducted by a team led by BIO Intelligence Service, in collaboration with Cranfield University, Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (NIHWM) and ICLEI-Europe, for the European Commission (DG ENV).

Decision-makers from various levels of government (EU, national, regional and local), river basin management authorities, urban and regional planners, water service providers, representative of municipal water utilities/companies, researchers and scientist, NGOs representatives are invited.

The morning session will provide inputs for further work while discussing the existing knowledge. The afternoon will be dedicated to highly interactive specific discussions with invited stakeholders and experts to explore different facets of this important topic in detail.

The conference is free of charge, though early registration is recommended to secure a place.
English will be the only language of the conference.

For further information, visit http://adwice.biois.com/conference.