Call for abstracts - UNESCO-IWRA Online Conference
UNESCO-IWRA Online Conference on 'Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment' will be held from 17-19 January 2023. The Online Conference, the 3rd in the IWRA Online Conference Series, will highlight the ways the world can advance knowledge, research, and solutions for managing emerging pollutants to improve and protect water quality in a changing world.
Conference themes
The overarching theme of the Online Conference is “Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment”. This theme was selected to focus the conference on the intersection of the science-policy interface when addressing emerging pollutants, and steps and mechanisms that must be pursued to protect the health of people and communities as well as that of the natural environment.
- Theme 1: Emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems
- Theme 2: Emerging pollutants and groundwater
- Theme 3: Emerging pollutants and managing wastewater and waste
- Theme 4: A circular economy approach: Lifecycle management of emerging pollutants
- Theme 5: “Priority” emerging pollutants in the hydrocycle: microplastics, nanomaterial, PFAs and PPCPs
More detail on the themes and sub-themes can be found on the official conference website.
Registration for the conference is free and all conference-related materials will be open access.
Call for Abstracts open
Participants from all backgrounds (i.e., academics, water professionals, private sector practitioners and civil society stakeholders) who wish to present their work on the indicated theme and related sub-themes at this online conference, are invited to submit an abstract. Participation by participants from developing countries, women, underrepresented groups, and youth is highly encouraged. This conference will have options to present in online oral and poster formats and will include a special submission category for young water professionals.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is on 10 October 2022.
More information and abstract submission - here