MDPI World Water Day Webinar 2024: Unconventional Water Resources
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To mark World Water Day 2024 (https://www.un.org/en/observances/water-day), MDPI is launching a special webinar to encourage scientists to come together, take action, and raise awareness about the importance of freshwater, whilst advocating for the sustainable management of water resources.
‘Water for Peace’ is the World Water Day 2024 theme. When water is scarce or polluted, or when people have unequal, or no access to water, tensions can rise between communities and countries. Over 3 billion people worldwide rely on water that crosses international borders, yet only 24 countries have comprehensive cooperation agreements for shared water resources. With the escalating impacts of climate change and population growth, there is an urgent need for collaboration within and between countries to safeguard and preserve this vital resource.
In addition, kindly find an article penned by our esteemed Chair, Professor Dr. Andreas N. Angelakis here.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the World Water Day Webinar 2024. Please find below an up-to-date outline of the invited speakers.
Date: 22 March 2024 at 10:00 a.m. CET | 5:00 a.m. EDT | 5:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 835 1582 8017
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet the Event Chair
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Andrea G. Capodaglio
Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Fellow, International Water Association;
Prof. Dr. Andrea G. Capodaglio's research interests include water quality management, water and wastewater treatment, advanced wastewater treatment processes (including AOP/AORPs and bioelectrochemical systems), recovery of energy and materials from wastewater (biogas, biochar, and bio-oils), and the achievement of sustainability in the water sector.
Author of 140 Scopus-indexed papers (4400 citations, H-index 40), 345 Google-Scholar indexed papers (6000 citations, H-index 44).
Ranked in the Stanford “Top 2% world scientists” list since 2019.
Coordinated several international projects sponsored by the EC and by the US-EPA.
Member of several scientific and professional international associations involved in the water sector, such as IWA, ACS, WEF, ASCE, etc.
Prof. Dr. Andreas N. Angelakis
Honorary Member and Distinguished Fellow of IWA (International Water Association);
Prof. Dr. Andreas N. Angelakis holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science from the Agricultural University of Athens and a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis, USA. He has been an honorary member, fellow, and distinguished fellow of IWA, since 2010, 2012, and 2015, respectively. He has been a chairperson of IWA-SG on water history since October 2023. In addition, he is member of the European Academy of Sciences & Art and the French Water Academy. Furthermore, he is an honorary professor at Hubei Univ., Wuhan, China. His research interests include, among others, small and decentralized water management systems, wastewater treatment and waste reuse, and water resources technologies in ancient civilizations. He has authored or co-authored more than 550 publications, including articles in reputable international peer-reviewed journals, Greek and English books, book chapters, and more, with more than 9,000 Google citations and i10-index 135.
Dr. Chicgoua Noubactep
Department of Applied Geology, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany;
Dr. Chicgoua Noubactep studied chemistry at the University of Yaoundé (Cameroon), and received his Master of Science there in 1992 based on “Drinking Water Treatment with Activated Carbons”. In 2002, he earned his PhD from the University of Freiberg (Germany) for studies on groundwater remediation using metallic iron, and received his habilitation in 2011 on “Metallic Iron for Safe Drinking Water Provision” from the University of Göttingen (Germany). Currently, he is an associate professor at the Department of Applied Geology of the University of Göttingen. Dr. Noubactep’s research focuses on safe drinking water provision for households and small communities, self-reliance in safe drinking water provisions, and migration and mitigation of contaminants in the hydrosphere. Dr. Noubactep’s major contribution over the past two decades has focused on the operating mode of Fe0-based systems for groundwater remediation and safe drinking water supply. He has challenged the still prevailing view that metallic iron is a reducing agent under environmental conditions. Since 2017, Dr. Noubactep has extended his expertise to water management with a special emphasis on rainwater harvesting (RWH).
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On Friday, 22 March 2023, MDPI and the journal Water organized a webinar entitled "MDPI World Water Day Webinar 2024: Unconventional Water Resources" to mark World Water Day 2024.
Water scarcity is now affecting all five continents and is expected to intensify in the coming years. The demand for water increases with growing population sizes and urbanization. The situation is exacerbated by climate variability. The existing unevenness of water resource availability, exacerbated by insufficient investment in the relevant infrastructure, has forced the water sector to recognize the importance of nonconventional water resources in planning for a sustainable water future.
The webinar was hosted via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found below. In order to learn about future webinars, you can sign up to our newsletter by clicking “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Kindly find the slides prepared by Dr. Noubactep here.
Desalination and Waste/Water Treatment
Guest Editor: Dr. Dipak A. Jadhav
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 25 July 2024
Stable Isotopes as Groundwater Discharge Tracers: Recent Developments
Guest Editors: Dr. Jorge Jódar Bermúdez and Prof. Dr. Albert Soler
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 20 June 2024
Water Scarcity: From Ancient to Modern Times and the Future, Volume II
Guest Editors: Dr. Vasileios Tzanakakis, Prof. Dr. Giovanni De Feo and Dr. Andreas Angelakis
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 20 June 2024
Wastewater Treatment: Advanced Methods, Techniques and Processes
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Jie Wang
Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 20 June 2024