Call For Papers - Due December 1, 2002

Joint UCOWR/NIWR/ASCE-EWRI Conference
WATER SECURITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
July 30 - August 1, 2003
Washington, D.C.

Water Security - Adequate quantity and acceptable quality of water at the times and places it is needed -- will be one of the major issues facing our nation and the world in the 21st Century. There is a need for new and innovative strategies to cope with water demand, water quality management, and emerging problems as discussed in the 2001 report of the National Research Council, "Envisioning the Agenda for Water Resources Research in the Twenty-First Century." These strategies include establishing research priorities, educating future water scientists, and developing and implementing innovative water policy and management programs.

The goal of this conference is to bring together academia, federal and state agency experts, and other professionals to discuss the status of water resources research, education, infrastructure, management and policy, introduce innovative case studies, and propose new approaches that can be incorporated into research and education programs and formulated into new legislation and policy.

Plenary Sessions - Proposals are solicited for organizing plenary sessions on topics relevant to the theme of the conference. Proposals should include the session topic and potential speakers.

Concurrent Sessions - Abstracts are solicited on the following:

• Emerging issues related to water security
• Innovative water resources research and curriculum development
• Geospatial technology applications to water security and management
• Research applications to water policy and management
• Infrastructure rehabilitation strategies
• Sustainable development of water resources

Workshops - In depth presentations of 2-3 hours duration on issues relevant to the theme of conference.

Abstracts - Abstracts (300-500 words) must identify the topical focus preferred from the six listed above. They should detail the objective of the paper (or workshop) and provide a discussion of approaches, results, and potential impacts on water research, education, policy and management.

Submit to: Margaret Skerly
Universities Council on Water Resources
4543 Faner Hall, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4526
E-mail: mskerly@siu.edu URL: http://www.iwr.msu.edu/ucowr/

Successful authors will be notified by January 15, 2003.

A Special Joint Conference of
Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), National Institutes for Water
Resources (NIWR), and Environmental & Water Resources Institute of the American
Society of Civil Engineers (EWRI).

And Co-sponsors American Water Resources Association (AWRA) and
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources (CEIWR).