Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy

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Past Forum Details

Dates

Host Institution and Location 

Theme  & Tour

October 27-30, 2025Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam

12th Forum: Managing River Deltas: Global and Local Perspectives

Tour: Tram Chim National Park

October 23-27, 2023UCT Graduate School of Management, Cape Town, S. Africa

11th Forum: Water Quantity and Quality Management, Economic Production and Welfare Implications in the Global South

Tour: Stormwater Pond, Berg River Dam, The Water Hub, Rickety Bridge

October 7-10, 2018Dolce Hayes Mansion, San Jose, CA, USA

10th Forum: Sustainable Groundwater Management: The Path Forward

Tour: Recharge and Groundwater Sustainability, Driscoll's, Watsonville, CA  

January 26-28, 2016Westin Playa Bonita, Panama City, Panama

9th Forum: Managing Water and Biodiversity in Humid Areas

Tour:  Field trip to Agua Salud: The Panama Canal watershed experiment: Forested watersheds, water resources, climate change, and ecosystem services Hosted by Matt Larsen, Jeff Hall, Bob Stallard, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

March 23-25, 2013Aqaba, Jordan8th Forum: Managing Water in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities

Tour: The Great Rift Valley, Jordan, with presentation by Rana Nabil Arda, The Royal, Scientific Society (RSS); Dead Sea Panoramic Complex
November 15-17, 2010Sofitel Arroyo Hote, Buenos Aires, Argentina

7th Forum: Water for the Americas: Challenges and Opportunities

Tour: El Descanso Island Resort at Delta of Parana River

June 24-27, 2008Melia Hotel, Zaragoza, Spain6th Forum: Water for Food: Quantity and Quality in a Changing World

Tour: Medinaceli and Monasteria de Piedra, Parque and Museum
September 6-11, 2006Banff, Canada

5th Forum: Managing Upland Watersheds in an Era of Global Climate Change

Tour: Inspect upland watershed management regines along the spine of the spine of the Canadian Rockies; elective post-forum 

September 4-8, 2004Bilkent Hotel, Ankara, Turkey4th Forum: Lessons in the Management of Transboundary River Basins
October 7-11, 2002Hotel Hyatt, Canberra, Australia

3rd Forum: Innovations in the Management of Water Resources: Perspectives from the Developed and Developing World 

Tour: Mekong River Basis - Lessons learned from Integration, Efforts, Trends, Dr. Prachoom Chomchair, Mekong Development Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

October 3-5, 1999Barcelona, Spain2nd Forum: Harmonizing Uses of Water Worldwide
September 28-30, 1997Stanford Court Hotel, San Francisco, CA USA1st Forum: Resolving Conflict in the Management of Water Resources