The online Water Youth Congress is co-organized by UNESCO Centre on Integrated and Multidisciplinary Water Resources Management (CIMWRM), hosted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in Greece, in collaboration with UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP), the Youth Delegates to the World Water Council (YDWWC) and the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR).

The young professionals (Yps) will have the opportunity to present their projects/research and also promote new innovative ideas for action (in 3-5 min). Meanwhile, they will have the opportunity to discuss and get some feedback from senior members(mentors) as well as to network with other YPs around the world and establish a connection with the 9th World Water Forum while disseminating the outcomes of the 9th WWF.

The interactive event will explore and discuss themes which will revolve around:

1. Water-related disasters and climate crisis

2. The “job” system in the Meta COVID-19 era

3. Resilience of societies and “digital” communication and cooperation

4. Management of groundwater resources, the “invisible water”

5. Water-related issues of inclusiveness (culture / gender / indigenous peoples)

The Congress will have parallel sessions on the above-mentioned themes and after the end of the sessions “virtual spiritual coffee breaks” will be provided where discussions will take place among participants and mentors. Mentors are experts from academia and water enterprises/agencies, etc.
There will be given the opportunity to have “be to be” meetings with mentors as well.
There will be e-proceedings of the event and even the possibility of publication to peer review scientific journal under conditions to be specified.

Registration is free and open to all!

Why attend?

-Be part of an interesting and most important environmental scientific event about water resources

-Have your work presented and your voice heard by colleagues from all over the world

-Have the opportunity to network with other young professionals and experts

-Interact and transform your knowledge to solutions that can be applied and solve real water problems

-Have the opportunity to favor from input by mentors who are experienced experts, from academia and industry

-Participate in interactive “coffee breaks” that are focused on sharing knowledge and enhance cooperation opportunities

-Have the opportunity to publish your scientific work in e-proceedings and high-impact journals

Key dates

-28 Febr

Organizer : UNESCO CIMWRM
Venue : Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Athens, Greece
Date of Start : 2022-04-06
Date of Ending : 2022-04-08
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