SOUTHERN AFRICA 2001
WATER AFRICA
SEPTEMBER 3 - 5
The Water Africa 2001 conference and exhibition dealing with water supply and pollution
control will be held at the Nile Conference Centre in Kampala, Uganda.
Enquiries: Africa Trade Promotion,
Postnet Suite 102,
Private Bag X782, Bedfordview 2008.
Tel: (011) 918-5580/918-0744.
Fax: (011) 918-5607/918-5580.
E-mail:globaltr@ iafrica.com
ENVIRONMENT
SEPTEMBER 10 - 14
The next ISO 14001 Environmental Auditor training course will be held at the Eskom
Conference Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg.
Enquiries: Crystal Clear -
Tel:(011) 882-3368.
E-mail:info@crystalclear.co.za
TOXICOLOGY
SEPTEMBER 13
The 4th one day seminar and workshop on 'The practical
applications of Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing" will be held at Emfuleni
Conference Centre, Vanderbijlpark.
Enquiries: Dr. Pieter van Eeden
Tel: 6-889-3795
E-mail: pieter.vaneeden@freemail.absa.co.za
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SEPTEMBER 18 - 20
A short course on environmental management will be held at the
Post-Graduate Centre of the University of Pretoria.
Enquiries: Ms Tanya de Bruin.
Tel: (012) 362-5118/9. Fax: (012) 362-5285.
E-mail: tanya.ce@up.ac.za
MINE WATER
SEPTEMBER 25 - 28
A conference on environmentally responsible mining in Southern Africa will be held at the
Misty Hills Country Hotel, Muldersdrift, near Johannesburg.
Enquiries: Me Ammie Wissing, Conference Planners, P0 Box 36782, Menlo Park,
Pretoria 0102.
Tel: (012) 348-4493. Fax: (012) 348-1563.
E-mail:wissing@iafrica.com
TOXICOLOGY
NOVEMBER 21
The 5th one day seminar and workshop on "The practical applications of Whole Effluent
Toxicity (WET) testing" will be held at a venue in Pretoria.
Enquiries: Dr. Pieter van Eeden
Tel: 016-889-3795
E-mail: pieter.vaneeden@freemail.absa.
co.za
WATER MANAGEMENT
NOVEMBER 25 - 29
The International Management Training Network (ITN) conference with the theme
"Learning opportunities for water management in Africa" will be held in Midrand,
Johannesburg.
Enquiries: Roelien-M Bakker TN Conference Centre, P0 Box 6011, Halfway House 1685.
Tel: (011) 805-6368. Fax: (011) 315-1258.
Cell: 082-342-8561. E-mail: conference@wisa.co.za
SOUTHERN AFRICA 2002
5-6 March 2002
Technical Seminar NAPL Flow +
Behaviour in one Sub-Surface
Muldersdrift, SA
RIVER SYSTEMS
MARCH 3 - 8
The 4th international ecohydraulics symposium with the theme "Environmental flows for
river systems" will be held in Cape Town.
Enquiries: Conference Secretariat, Southern Waters Ecological Research and
Consulting (Pty) Ltd. P0 Box 13280. Mowbray 7705.
Fax: (021) 6503887.
E-mail:conference2002@south
ernwaters.co.za.
Website: http://www.southernwaters.co.za
HYDROLOGY
MARCH 18 - 22
UNESCO's 4th international conference on Flow Regimes from International Experimental and
Network Data (FRIEND) with the theme "Bridging the gap between research and
practice" will be held in Cape Town.
Enquiries: Juanita McLean, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University, P0 Box
94, Grahamstown 6140.
Tel: (046) 622-4014. Fax: (046) 622-9427.
E-mail: Juanita@iwr.ru.ac.za
DESERTIFICATION
APRIL 8 - 10
An international symposium on alternative ways to combat desertification - Connecting
community action with science and common sense - will be held in Cape Town.
Enquiries: Mary Seely, Desert Research Foundation of Namibia, P0 Box 20232,
Windhoek, Namibia.
Tel: +26461 229855. Fax: +264 61 230172.
E-mail: mseely@drfn.org.na
WISA
MAY19 - 23
The Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) will hold its next biennial meeting at the
ICC conference centre in Durban. Call for papers.
Enquiries: Roelien-M Bakker, WISA.
Tel: (011) 805-6368. Fax: (011) 315-1258.
E-mail: conference@wisa.co.za
INTERNATIONAL 2003
12-18
July, 2003
Acid Mine Drainage : Sixth Internation Conference - Australia |
OVERSEAS 2001
FOG COLLECTION
JULY 15 - 20
The second international conference on fog and fog collection will be held in St John's,
Newfoundland, Canada. The conference will focus on the physics, chemistry, meteorology,
forecasting and remote sensing of fog; fog deposition and the interaction of fog with
vegetation;
dew research, fog collection projects in developing countries and the negative effects of
fog on commercial offshore activities.
Enquiries: Dr. Robert Schemenauer (Conference Chair), P0 Box 81541, 1057 Steeles
Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario M2R 2X1, Canada.
Fax: (1 416) 739 4211.
E-mail: robert.schemenauer@ec.gc.ca
CYANOBACTERIA
JULY 16 - 20
The 5th international conference on toxic cyanobacteria will be held in Noosa, Old,
Australia.
E-mail: ictcv@bne. clw.csiro.au
Website:
http://lurac.latrobe.edu.au/botbml /cyanotox.html
WEDC
The 27th Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) conference with the theme
"People and systems for water, sanitation and health" will be held in Lusaka,
Zambia.
Enquiries: WEDC, Institute of Development Engineering, Loughborough University,
Leicestershire LE11 3TU UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1509 222885. Fax: +44 (0) 1509 211079.
E-mail: WEDC@lboro.ac.uk
Web: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc
ALGAL WORKSHOP
JULY 23 - 25
The 3rd Australian algal workshop will be held at Coopers Plains in Brisbane, Old,
Australia.
E-mail: Glenn.McGregor@dnr.qld.gov.au
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
JULY 30 - AUGUST 3
The 6th international conference on the biogeochemistry of trace elements will take place
in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Enquiries: ICOBTE, do Dr LesEvans, Conference Chair, Department of Land Resource
Science University of Guelph,
Ontario Canada N1G2W1.
E-mail icobte@lrs.uoguelph.ca
AQUACULTURE
AUGUST 5 - 7
The European Aquaculture Society (EAS) will hold a symposium with the theme
"aquaculture in Europe" in Trondheim, Norway.
Enquiries: Please see http://
www.easeonline.org
WATER IN HISTORY
AUGUST 10 - 12
A symposium on the role of water in history and development will be held in Bergen,
Norway.
Enquiries: Alv Terje Fotland, Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen,
Stromgaten 54, N-5007 Bergen Norway.
Fax: +47 5558 9892.
E-mail:AIv.Fotland@sfu.uib.no
STOCKHOLM WATER SYMPOSIUM
AUGUST 13 - 16
"Water security for the 21st century - building bridges' will be the theme of the
2001 Stockholm Water Symposium to be held in Sweden.
Enquiries: Symposium Secretariat, Sveavagen 59, SE-113 59 Stockholm, Sweden.
Tel: ±46 8 522 139 75. Fax: +468522 13961.
E-mail: sympos@siwi.org. Web: www.siwi.org
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
AUGUST 13 - 25
A short course on the determination of evapotranspiration from satellite data and
applications in water management will be held in Enschede, the Netherlands.
Enquiries: Mrs. B Hummel, IC, P0 Box 6, 7500 AA Enschede, the Netherlands.
Tel: +31 53 487 43 05. Fax: +31 53 487 43 36.
E-mail: wres@itc.nl
ITC COURSES
SEPTEMBER
The International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Science (ITC) in the
Netherlands will present the following coun sos: Environmental systems analysis and
management for water resources; Watershed management, conservation and river basin
planning; Groundwater resources evaluation and management as well as short courses in
Applied hydrogeology and Groundwater modelling.
Enquiries: AM van Lieshout.
Tel:±31 534 874 306. Fax: +31 534874 336.
E-mail:lieshout@itc.nl
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
SEPTEMBER 3 - 5
A conference on anaerobic digestion titled AD2001 will be held in Antwerp, Belgium.
Enquiries: Lood FM van Velsen, NVA, P0 Box 70, 2280 AB Rijswijk, the Netherlands.
Tel: +31 24 3284282. Fax: +31 24 3604737.
E-mail address:sf@haskoning.nl
ICHTHYOLOGY
SEPTEMBER 3 - 7
The 10th European conference on ichthyology will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.
Website address: http://www.eci-x.
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