Call for papers

First Announcement

Website: www.dewats-surabaya.com

Submission of abstracts: 1 November 2009
Notification of acceptance: 1 December 2009
Submission of full papers: 1 January 2009

The conference aims to bring together top wastewater and sanitation experts, governments, utilities and international agencies to share and discuss their expertise, knowledge and experiences on decentralized wastewater treatment solutions. Presentations that focus on applications, case studies and lessons learnt would be preferred, although submissions of scientific nature are also welcomed. The Conference will consist of a single track with presentations from invited speakers who are leaders in the field of decentralized sanitation as well as those voluntarily submitting abstracts.

Presentations delivered at the Conference may be considered for publishing in the IWA Water Practice and Technology journal.

There will be an exhibition taking place alongside the Conference. For companies that are interested in exhibiting, please visit the Conference website or contact the conference secretariat.
 

Proposed Themes:

• Technical decentralized sanitation options
  • treatment, sludge disposal, reuse, city-wide approaches
• Community-based sanitation options
  • community selection, health & hygiene education, gender, community action planning, community management, O&M services, multi-stakeholder approaches
• Management options
  • financing models, regulatory frameworks, marketing, contractual arrangements, controls, efficiency indicators, capacity development for mainstreaming
• Upscale and integration of decentralized systems

Contact: Catherine Chan
Conference Secretariat
c/o Event Pulses Pte Ltd
Tel: +65 6468 8812
Fax: +65 6221 2989
Email: secretariat@DEWATS-surabaya.com 
Website: www.dewats-surabaya.com