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08:20 Collaboration for Shared Governance of Transboundary Basins: The Canada-US Great Lakes and Lessons for Other Big Water Bodies Rob de Lo, Water Policy and Governance Group, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Abstract: Canada an...
Katherine Vammen PhD with specialty in biochemistry and microbiology from the University of Salzburg, Austria is a specialist in water quality and interdisciplinary natural science studies.
08:35 Urban Water Challenges in Central and South America Katherine Vammen, University of Central America, Managua, Nicaragua Abstract: The Americas have the most urbanized regions of the world (> 80%).
08:50 Lessons from two decades of the European Unions Water Framework Directive Alberto Garrido, Professor, Agriculture and Natural Resource Economics and Deputy Director, CEIGRAM, Universidad, Politecnia de Madrid Spain Lucia De Stefano, Associate Professor, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain...
Alberto Garrido is Professor of Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics and Vice-Rector for Quality and Efficiency at the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid.
Dr. Lucia De Stefano is Associate Professor at Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and Deputy Director of the Water Observatory of the Botn Foundation, a Spanish think-tank. She has worked as a consultant for USAID, The World Bank, University of Oxford and Oregon State University.
Dr. Semu A. Moges (Ph.D., P.E.) Dr. Semu Moges is a professional civil engineer and International Consultant. He is also a research associate at the University of Connecticut (UCONN) in USA. He holds M.Sc and PhD in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam. Dr.
The GERD Negotiation is beyond GERD - Facing the Facts together now than facing the consequences later: Integrating Hydrosolidarity, Hydrology, Technology, and Economic Cooperation Nile is the most contested shared resources in Africa without a comprehensive legal and institutional mechanisms.
Understanding and Managing New Risks on the Nile with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) The hydro-politics of Nile Basin has reached a critical point, and the future management of the river is deeply uncertain.