MDPI World Water Day Webinar 2023: Accelerating Change
Welcome Message
In order to commemorate World Water Day 2023 (https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-wildlife-day), MDPI is launching a special webinar to encourage researchers to join together, accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis.
Dysfunction throughout the water cycle undermines progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, and disasters to peace.
Billions of people and countless schools, businesses, healthcare centres, farms, and factories are being held back because their human rights to water and sanitation still need to be fulfilled.
There is an urgent need to accelerate change – to go beyond ‘business as usual.’
We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the World Water Day Webinar 2023. Please find below an up-to-date outline of invited speakers.
Conference Secretariat
Event Chairs
Joint IWA/IWHA SG on Water History, Greece,
Guest Editor, Advisory Board Member of Water (ISSN: 2073-4441),
Editorial Board Member of Sustainability (ISSN: 2071-1050),
Section Board Member of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X),
Advisory Board Member of Sci (ISSN: 2413-4155)
Andreas N. Angelakis holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the Agricultural University of Athens (1962), a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis, USA (1976). He also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Soil Science from the University of California, Riverside, USA (1975) and an M.S. in Water Resources from the University of California, Davis, USA (1977). He was awarded the title of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Soil Physics (1981) by the same University. His research interests include wastewater treatment and waste reuse, small and decentralized water management systems and water resources technologies in ancient civilizations. He served the Extension Services of the Ministry of the Agriculture (1964-1966) and thereafter as Director at the Agricultural School of Messara, Crete (1967-1978), Water Resources Engineer in the Land Improvement Service of the Ministry of Agriculture (1979-1980) and Researcher-Water Resources Engineer at the National Foundation for Agricultural Research (N.AG.RE.F.), Institute of Crete (1993-2008). He was elected member of the Administrative Board of N.AG.RE.F. (1993-1997). He was also an Adjunct Professor at the Technical University of Crete, Chania (1989 -2008), Technical Consultant of the Hellenic Association of Municipal Water and Sewerage Companies (EDEYA) (1991 -2018), and Water Reuse Consultant in FAO (1996-2018).
Invited Speakers
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University, Japan,
Editorial Board Member of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X)
Alexei Konoplev graduated Moscow State University in 1977. He has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Doctor of Science Degree in Radiation Biology. Dr. Konoplev has worked in the field of environmental chemistry for 45 years and has 36 years’ experience in chemical and radiological emergency response. Starting from May 1986 he was involved in laboratory and field research on Chernobyl-derived radionuclides behavior in the environment and prediction of radionuclide dispersal in the environment after the accident. Dr. Konoplev served as an expert of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Starting from 2013 until now Dr. Konoplev worked for the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity at Fukushima University as project professor, full professor, and vice director of the Institute. Besides radionuclides he led a number of projects on behavior of persistent toxic substances in the environment and in the Arctic in particular. Dr. Konoplev has more than 200 scientific publications.
Fellow IWA, BCEE, University of Pavia, Italy,
Editorial Board Member of Water (ISSN: 2073-4441),
Section Board Member of Sustainability (ISSN: 2071-1050)
Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Pavia (Italy) Fellow, International Water Association Member of the Management Committee, IWA River Basin Management Specialist Group Professional Engineer registration in Italy and in the USA (Wisconsin) Board Certified Environmental Engineer (AAEES) Editor-in-Chief, Clean Energy and Sustainability journal Editorial Board Member: Applied Chemical Engineering, Environment International, Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry, Heliyon Environment, Journal of Sustainability Research, Journal of Energy and Power Technology, Sustainability, Water, Water Environment Research Editor: Water Science & Technology, Water Supply, Revista Ambiente & Agua, Alexandria Science Exchange Journal , Journal of Membrane & Separation Technology
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
Editorial Board Member of Hydrology (ISSN: 2306-5338)
Associate Professor Asaad Shamseldin has considerable research, consultancy, and technology transfer experience in the field of hydrology and water recourses. Associate Professor Shamseldin acted as a reviewer for engineering design guidelines both nationally and internationally. He also served as editor for international journals. His research focuses on innovative predictive modelling combined with an experimental approach to advance scientific knowledge. His work covers the areas of climate and land use changes, urban water management, catchment hydrology, global water cycle, transboundary water issues, natural hazard engineering and risk & uncertainty analysis. Associate Professor Asaad Shamseldin has a distinguished record of publications in peer refereed high-citation international journals, books and conference proceedings. He is currently Vice Chair for the Sustainable Development Goals Working Group of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). He is also a member of the executive committee for the IAHR Asia Pacific division (IAHR-APD). Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=CjhMsq0AAAAJ&hl=en Home page: https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/a-shamseldin
hydrology and water recourses
National Technical University of Athens, Dean of the School of Civil Engineering, Head of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, and Head of the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Resources Development,
Editorial Board Member of Hydrology (ISSN: 2306-5338),
Guest Editor of Water (ISSN: 2073-4441),
Editorial Board Member of Sci (ISSN: 2413-4155),
Guest Editor of Entropy (ISSN: 1099-4300)
Demetris Koutsoyiannis is professor emeritus for Hydrology and Analysis of Hydrosystems in the National Technical University of Athens. He has served as Dean of the School of Civil Engineering, Head of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, and Head of the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Resources Development. He was Editor of Hydrological Sciences Journal for 12 years (2006-18), and member of the editorial boards of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Sci. He has been awarded the International Hydrology Prize – Dooge medal (2014) by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UNESCO and World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the Henry Darcy Medal (2009) by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). His distinctions include the Lorenz Lecture of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) (San Francisco, USA, 2014) and the Union Plenary Lecture of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Melbourne, Australia, 2011). He has served as professor of Hydraulics at the Hellenic Army’s Postgraduate School of Technical Education of Officers Engineers (Athens, 2007-10). He has been visiting academic/professor at the Imperial College (London, 1999-2000), Hydrologic Research Center (San Diego, 2005), Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, 2005-06), University of Bologna (2006 & 2019) and Sapienza University of Rome (2008 & 2019).
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, USA
Prof. Joan Rose is the co-Director of Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment (CAMRA), Michigan State University (Center of Excellence DHS/EPA) and the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research. Her research interests includ microbiological water quality and public health safety and molecular methods for waterborne pathogens such as Cryptosporidium. Dr. Rose and her team focus on the study of water quality and health, including new methods for the study of the water microbiome, survey of microbial source tracking and pathogens in watersheds, beaches, drinking water, removal of pathogens by treatment and quantitative microbial risk assessment.
Session 1: 2:00 am – 4:00 am CET
This is a FREE webinar. The number of participants to the live session is limited but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterwards. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
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Opening |
2:00 am – 2:10 am |
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Porf. Asaad Shamseldin Water in a Diverse World |
2: 10 am – 2: 50 am |
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Prof. Aleksei Konoplev Fukushima and Chernobyl: Similarities and Differences of Radionuclides' Behavior in the Soil–Water Environment |
2: 50 am – 3: 30 am |
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Q&A |
3: 30 am – 4: 00 am |
Session 2: 9:00 am – 11:30 am CET
This is a FREE webinar. The number of participants to the live session is limited but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterwards. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized.
Can’t attend? Register anyway and we’ll let you know when the recording is available to watch.
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Speaker/Presentation |
CET |
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Webinar Introduction |
9: 00 am –9: 10 am |
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Prof. Joan Rose Monitoring Water Quality and Health |
9:10 am –9: 40 am |
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Prof. Andrea G. Capodaglio Water–Energy–Food Nexus |
9: 40 am – 10: 10 am |
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Prof. Demetris Koutsoyiannis Do Hydrological Data Support the Climate Crisis Doctrine? |
10: 10 am –10: 40 am |
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Prof. Andreas N. Angelakis WASH: From Prehistoric Times to the Present Times and the Future |
10: 40am – 11: 10 am |
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Discussion |
11: 10 am – 11: 30am |
Special Issues
Water:
Sustainable Water Supply, Sanitation and Wastewater Systems
edited by Satoshi Takizawa, Thammarat Koottatep and Kazuaki Syutsubo
DDL: 30 June 2023
Challenges and Sustainability of Water Sensitive Cities
edited by Brigitte Helmreich
DDL: 30 June 2023
Sustainability
Advances in Sustainable River Management: Reconciling Conflicting Interests under Climate Extremes
edited by Andrzej Wałęga and Alban Kuriqi
DDL: 31 August 2023
Land:
Water-Energy-Food Nexus for Sustainable Land Management
edited by G.-Fivos Sargentis, Theano Iliopoulou, Andreas Angelakis and Nikolaos Malamos
DDL: 20 May 2023
Hydrology:
Soil–Water–City Nexus in Urban Environment: Experimental Investigations and Numerical Analysis in Urban Hydrology Science
edited by Patrizia Piro, Michele Turco, Stefania Anna Palermo and Behrouz Pirouz
DDL: 15 July 2023
Agronomy:
Sustainable Agronomical Practices for Saving Water Supply
edited by Antonella Lavini and Mohamed Houssemeddine Sellami
DDL: 31 May 2023
IJERPH:
Solving the Global Water Shortage Crisis: A Focus on Treatment and Reuse of Wastewater
edited by Suqing Wu, Qingyi Zeng and Haiming Wu
DDL: 31 January 2024
Horticulturae:
Integrated Water Resources Management for Horticulture
edited by Ružica Stričević and Vesna Zupanc
DDL: 31 March 2023
Agriculture:
New Irrigation Strategies to Improve Crop Water Efficiency
edited by Pete Jacoby
DDL: 31 May 2023
Urban Science:
Urban Hydrology and Sustainable Water Management
edited by Renji Remesan and Roshni Thendiyath
DDL: 31 December 2023
Earth:
Analysis of Groundwater and Total Water Storage Changes Using GRACE Observations II
edited by Jolanta Nastula and Monika Birylo
DDL: 20 May 2023
Sustainability:
Advances in Sustainable River Management: Reconciling Conflicting Interests under Climate Extremes
edited by Andrzej Wałęga and Alban Kuriqi
DDL: 31 August 2023
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