Water Node International Research & Operation in the EU: The Water Challenge

On 25, 26 and 27 January, ECRAAL is holding its second international conference - THE WATER NODE 2012 - in January 2012 and is seeking input from the world-wide research community on the topic of International Research & Innovation Co-operation in the EU: the Water Challenge.  

To Register: 

http://ecraalconference2012-esearch.eventbrite.com/?srnk=1

Please stipulate the nature of your business: places available to consultancies will be limited and paying in order to ensure the full representation of ECRAAL members and researchers from outside the EU

For security reasons, valid official passports or ID papers must be given at the entrance to the conference and all registrations should include date of birth and ID numbers please.

THE WATER NODE 2012 emulates ECRAAL’s own flexible format as a platform for the research community beyond EU borders: to build their capacity to participate in relevant EU funded projects, and; to facilitate, foster and strengthen dialogue between the international research community, stakeholders and policy makers in the EU.

This international, multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural conference addresses the EU’s international activities concerning water and aims to put international co-operation in research and innovation at their core. The rationale is visually represented by THE WATER NODE CLOCK:  each component is a node in itself – the ECRAAL platform itself being the node at the heart of the clock – and the subjects identified are purely indicative in order to be inclusive as well as to inspire and accommodate the ideas and input of the researchers.  Thus, THE WATER NODE CLOCK conjures up the all-encompassing challenge of assembling and integrating the various nodes.    

ECRAAL is particularly keen to bring researchers from Asian, Africa, Latin and Central American countries, including also Russia, the Western Balkans, Turkey, the Caucasus and the Arabian Peninsula.

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Universities and research institutes participating in the thematic water nodes in alphabetical order of country of the researchers’ universities: The China Institute for Water Resources and Hydropower Research (Beijing, China), Alexandria University and Zagazig University and National Research Centre (Egypt), Polytechnic of Turin (Italy), Scientific Research Council (Oman), An-Najah National University and Technical and Applied Research Centres (Palestinian Territories), Technical University of Civil Engineering (Romania), Institute of Natural Resources (South Africa), Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan), Sfax Biotechnology Centre (Tunisia), Utrecht University (The Netherlands), University of Plymoth (UK).

Other project partners presenting and speaking in the Nodes: The African Maritime Safety and Security Agency (AMSSA), PA international Foundation and Deltares (The Netherlands), Orange House (Belgium), KEPA (Business and Cultural Development Centre, Greece).

Consultancies, business representative bodies and cultural organisations may also be added to this list where they wish to showcase project results in a given water node.