The Conference will focus on the impacts of climate change on the water environment and related problems. The topics to be discussed in the proposed conference include the following sub-topics:

 

1) Climate change and water:

(a) Water quantity and quality under global change

(b) Risk assessment of water infrastructures in relationship to climate changes.

(c) Pre-warning sensors/monitoring and control of harmful algal blooms.

(d) Design and operation of water treatment facilities in responses to climate change.

(e) Emergency response systems for water infrastructures.

(f) Land-sea interaction and environmental sustainability.

 

2) Heathy watershed management:

(a) Integrated water management.

(b) Ecological approach: green infrastructure practices.

(c) Total watershed assessment tools.

(d) Social-economic aspects of watershed management.

(e) Key performance Indicators.

 

3) Emerging contaminants:

(a) Fate, transport and transformation of emerging contaminants.

(b) Innovative remediation and treatment technologies for the control of emerging contaminants,

(c) Environmental implications of nano-materials.

(d) Risk assessment tools for emerging contaminants.

(e) Innovative and rapid detection and control of emerging contaminants.

 

4) Water conservation and reuse:

(a) Water use policy.

(b) Rain water harvest.

(c) Recent advances in desalination technology

(d). Advanced oxidation technology.

(e) Catalytic membrane and reaction technology.

 

5) Water Energy Nexus:

(a) Implementation of renewable energy for water and wastewater treatment.

(b) Advanced energy-efficient technology.

(c) Reducing urban water and energy vulnerability through green infrastructure

(d) Engineered natural systems for water management

(e). New energy sources and systems for renewal of water infrastructures.

      

       6) Global climate change and wetland ecosystem response:

(a) The ecological and evolutionary responses at the levels of population, community and ecosystem.

(b) The impact of climate change on ecosystem functions and services.

       (c) The challenge of ecosystem management.