Water & Environment 2011

CIWEM’S Annual Conference - Big Society: Future Environment

Olympia Conference Centre - 6th - 7th April 2011

www.ciwem.org/events/annual-conference.aspx

The aim of the conference is to challenge and inspire the water and environmental community by sharing knowledge and best practice, which is at the heart of meeting key global challenges. There will be a mix of keynote speakers, offered papers, exhibitions and networking opportunities that will make this the key event for water and environment professionals.

The current trend toward austerity, whilst at the same time delivering front line services, is a major global challenge. The conference will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector and will also focus on the issue of the Big Society and the implications for the environment sector.

As well as exhibiting at the conference Environment Systems’ Dr Katie Medcalf will be speaking on the the first day at 11:15am, in the ‘Flood and Coastal Risk Management & Big Society’ stream, in the main Auditorium. Her talk is entitled:

            ‘Using Ecosystems and Habitat Opportunities Mapping to Inform Flood             Management Schemes and Provide the Best Use of Third Sector Resources’

CIWEM  - The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management