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Abstract - Rawia Tawfik

Ten Years of GERD Negotiations: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydropower project in an upstream Nile riparian state, has sparked much controversy.
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Biography of Ariel Dinar

Ariel Dinar is Distinguished Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside. He served as Lead Economist on water and climate change in the World Bank.
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Abstract - Ariel Dinar

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Eastern/Blue Nile River Basin: Should it be a Reason for Cooperation or a Source for Conflict?
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Biography of Salman M.A. Salman

Dr. Salman M.A. Salman is an academic researcher and consultant on water law and policy. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Brill Research Perspectives in International Water Law; a Fellow with the International Water Resources Association (IWRA); and the former World Bank Adviser on Water Law. Dr.
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Abstract - Salman M.A. Salman

The Nile Basin, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and International Water Law The presentation will give an overview of the political geography of the Nile and its eleven riparian countries, and the long history and list of the Nile treaties that are neither inclusive, nor accepted by all t...
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Abstract Soroosh Sorooshian

High Resolution Global-Scale Precipitation Climatology Record Using Satellite Observations and Artificial Neural Network Models Technological advances in observations from earth-orbiting satellites has resulted in an immense amount of data which is ever-growing in size with every passing minute on t...
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Biography of Soroosh Sorooshian

Soroosh Sorooshian is the Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing (CHRS) and Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science Departments at UC Irvine. Prior to 2003 he was a faculty at the University of Arizona for 20 years.
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Biography of Dr. Cecilia Tortajada

Dr. Cecilia Tortajada is Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. The main focus of her work is on impacts of global events on water resources, food, the environment and societies.
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Abstract - Cecilia Tortajada

Artificial Intelligence for Water-Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy Implications Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is an enabler for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including on clean water and sanitation for all.
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Biography of Dara Entekhabi

Dara Entekhabi received B.S. (1983) and M.S. degrees (1985, 1988) in geography from Clark University, Worcester, MA and Ph.D. degree (1990) in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA.
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