[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″ ][cs_element_row _id=”2″ ][cs_element_column _id=”3″ ][cs_element_global_block _id=”4″ ][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”5″ ][cs_element_row _id=”6″ ][cs_element_column _id=”7″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”8″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”9″ ][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][cs_element_row _id=”10″ ][cs_element_column _id=”11″ ][cs_element_text _id=”12″ ][/cs_element_column][cs_element_column _id=”13″ ][cs_element_text _id=”14″ ][/cs_element_column][cs_element_column _id=”15″ ][cs_element_text _id=”16″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”17″ ][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”18″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”19″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”20″ ][cs_element_accordion _id=”21″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”22″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”23″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”24″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”25″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”26″ ][cs_element_accordion_item _id=”27″ ][/cs_element_accordion][cs_element_text _id=”28″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”29″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”30″ ][cs_element_row _id=”31″ ][cs_element_column _id=”32″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”33″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”34″ ][cs_element_text _id=”35″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”36″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”37″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”38″ ][cs_element_text _id=”39″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”40″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”41″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”42″ ][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][cs_element_row _id=”43″ ][cs_element_column _id=”44″ ][cs_element_text _id=”45″ ][cs_element_gap _id=”46″ ][cs_element_text _id=”47″ ][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”48″ ][cs_element_row _id=”49″ ][cs_element_column _id=”50″ ][cs_element_global_block _id=”51″ ][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][/cs_element_section][/cs_content][cs_content_seo]WatIF 2020 Graduate Conference website has moved, please find up-to-date information on our new website WatifKingston.ca
What can authors submit?
PAPER PROPOSALS
Oral presentation (15 min) or poster;
Authors abstracts to be published in Convergence Proceedings.
WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
Delegate run, interactive friendly sharing of research
Showcase your passion & research in non-conventional knowledge transfer
FACILITATED WORKSHOPS
45 min workshop proposal, professional facilitator focused;
Designed to foster interactive discussions, generate ideas, and collaborative solutions amongst delegates.
Our Themes
▸ WATER USE AND MANAGEMENT (QUALITY AND QUANTITY)
Infrastructure and assets
Infrastructure rehabilitation (source to tap to source)
Sustainable lifecycle management
Adaptation to climate change
Different climatic conditions
Operations and maintenance
Stormwater management
Leaching (different pipe materials)
Biofilm, viruses, and microbiology (pipes)
Leak detection and management
Public and private drinking water systems
Wastewater and water system design
Design and modelling approaches
Design decision support aids
Water savings and reuse
Designing for uncertainty (robustness and resilience)
Decentralized and centralized solutions
Humanitarian engineering approaches
Collaborative decision making and co-design
Wastewater and drinking water treatment plant performance and optimization
Water/Wastewater treatment processes
Wastewater resource recovery and reuse
Biosolids management
Disinfection processes and by-products
Contaminants of emerging concern, including antibiotic resistant (AMR) bacteria/genes
▸ WATER (RE)SOURCE MANAGEMENT
Surface and Groundwater
Groundwater mapping, monitoring, and modelling
Hydrogeology
Surface water monitoring and modelling
Surface and groundwater protection (quality and quantity) and remediation
Source water protection planning
Impacts of climate change
Watershed/catchment management including ecosystem services
Atmospheric Water
Rainwater harvesting
Fog and condensation harvesting
Cloud seeding
Solid Water
Glacier research
Impact of atmospheric contaminants on ice and snow
Arctic and permafrost environments
▸ WATER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Vulnerability of water resources
Critical Infrastructure interdependencies
Risk, hazard, and resilience assessment
Adaptation to climate change
Instrumentation, monitoring, control (security) and data management
Risk assessment and risk management with respect to water quality
Improve forecasting the hydrological water cycle over a range of time scales and on a regional basis
Understand and predict the frequency and cause of severe weather (floods and droughts)
Understand damages from floods and droughts
Harnessing water from extreme events
▸ WATER POLICY AND GOVERNANCE
Cross-sectoral governance
Water pricing and incentives
Water quality (guidelines, regulations, standards)
Entrepreneurship, collaboration, innovation partnerships beyond the water sector
Environmental impact assessment-based planning
Transboundary/shared governance
Water rights and trading
▸ COMMUNITIES
Capacity building and communication
Stakeholder engagement
Local, Indigenous, and traditional knowledge systems
Equity and inclusion
Economic, social, cultural, and environmental drivers for positive community outcomes
Participatory and community-based decision making
Water sharing projects
▸ HOLISTIC
Science Communication
Life with water, traditional practices, art and architecture
Citizen Science
Connective capacity in water governance
Sustainability and resilience
Challenges and progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Resilience planning across the water cycle
Supporting health, well-being, livability, and diversity
Submit at waterresearchcentre.ca/watif/watif-attend/call-for-abstracts/
Abstract submissions are encouraged from graduate researchers in all domains of water-related issues: policy, law, education, research, human health, or cross-discipline research.
How is content selected?
All the abstracts submitted to WatIF2020 will be peer reviewed by a panel of graduate students based on the following criteria:
The fit between the thematic tracks and the proposal;
The utilization ofinter/multi/transdisciplinary approaches to research;
The impact of the work in addressing pressing water challenges.
Will papers be published?
The conference delegates will have access to digital proceedings that include program abstracts. Aspects of selected submissions may be considered for publication in the program.
Author registration fee
All authors (oral presenters, poster presenters, workshops) are required to register to attend WatIF. There is no fee for submitting an abstract. Presenting authors are eligible for early-bird discounted registration rates; please see registration details available at www.waterresearchcentre.ca/watif/watif-attend/registration/
Authors may submit an unlimited number of proposals. However, each presenting author can only be assigned up to two presentation activities during the Conference.
Register at www.waterresearchcentre.ca/watif/watif-attend/registration/
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