The
Water
Institute
is
pleased
to
financially
support
the
development
of
workshops
or
small
symposia
that
enhance
interdisciplinary
water
research,
facilitate
university-government-private
sector
partnerships
and
build
knowledge
and
capacity
to
address
emerging
water
management
issues.
The
first
Water
Institute
call
for
workshop
proposals
was
conducted
in
2011.
Three
applicants
were
awarded
funding.
The
Water
Institute’s
second
call
for
workshop
proposals
closed
in
January
2012
with
seven
first-rate
applications
received.
The
Water
Institute
is
pleased
to
announce
support
for
the
following
workshops
during
2012-13:
International
science-policy
dialogue
on
transboundary
water
governance,
environmental
flows
and
global
change proposed
by:
Derek
Armitage,
Environment
and
Resource
Studies;
Rob
de
Loë,
Environment
and
Resource
Studies;
Tom
Edwards,
Earth
and
Environmental
Sciences;
Roland
Hall,
Biology;
Brent
Wolfe,
Geography
and
Environmental
Studies
(Wilfrid
Laurier
University).
Complex
Systems
and
Agent-based
Modeling:
Applications
in
Integrated
Management
of
Water
Systems proposed
by:
Sheree
Pagsuyoin,
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering,
and
Gerard
Learmonth,
Systems
and
Information
Engineering
(University
of
Virginia).
Tuesday, April 17, 2012