CALENDAR OF EVENTS

This calendar will contain both recent and future events and will be updated periodically.                                
                                                                                      
SOUTH ASIA:

Biotechnology for Sustainable Development
Date:   January 7 – 9, 2008
Venue:  National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Web:  www.ncl-india.org/bsd-2008 

6th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)
Date:   January 7 – 10, 2008
Venue:  Islamabad, Pakistan
Contact:  Ateeq Haider Baig
Convener, IBCAST
Tel:   +92-51-906721241
Fax:   +92-51-4437282
E-mail:  info@ibcast.org.pk
Web:   www.ibcast.org.pk

Water Management 2008
Date:   January 14 – 16, 2008
Venue:  Mumbai, India
Contact:  Naveen Thapa
106, Nirma Plaza, Makwana Road
Behind S. M. Dyechem Building,
Off Andheri Kurla Road, Marol
Andheri East, Mumbai – 400059, India
Tel:    +91-22-28596084/6
Fax:    +91-22-28596085
Email:   servicesmumbai@servintonline.com
Web:   http://www.servintonline.com/watermanagement/index.htm

Conference on South Asia Wildlife Trafficking Initiative (SAWTI)
Date:   January 31 – February 1, 2008
Venue:  Kathmandu, Nepal 

5th Everything about Water Expo
Date:   January 31 – February 2, 2008
Venue:  Mumbai, India
Contact:  Amit Kant Jain
Mobile: +91 9867317262
E-mail:  amit@eawater.com 
Web:  www.eawater.com/expo2008

International Ecological Conference - Green Environment 2008
Date:   February 3 – 9, 2008
Contact: General Convener
Dr. Mathew Koshy Punnackadu
Malayil, Punnackadu 689652
Kozhencherry, Kerala, India
Tel:   +91 (0468) 2214068, 2310376, 09847275754
E-mail:  mkoshy@satyam.net.in
Web:   www.greenenvironment2008.org

8th Specialized Conference on Small Water and Wastewater Systems
Date:   February 6 – 9, 2008
Venue:  Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Contact: Westvest 7, 2611 AX Delft
The Netherlands
Tel:   +31-15-219 2939
Fax:   +31-15-219 0955
Web:  www.irc.nl/page/31507

5th International Biofuels Conference
Date:   February 7 – 8, 2008
Venue:  Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi, India
Contact:  Arvind Reddy
Tel:   +91-124-4303807
Mobile:  +91 9818394334
E-mail:  arvind@winrockindia.org
Web:  www.winrockindia.org

Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Date:   February 7 – 9, 2008
Venue:  New Delhi, India
Contact:  Ms. Madhu Madhavi/ Ms. Shazneen Gazdar 
The Summit Secretariat 
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) 
Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex 
Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003, India
Tel:  +91-11-24682100, 41504900
Fax:  +91-11-24682144
E-mail:  dsds@teri.res.in
Web:  http://www.teriin.org/dsds/2008/index.htm

Inception Workshop on Flash Flood
Date:   February 7-8, 2008
Venue:  ICIMOD, Nepal
Contact:  Dr. Arun B. Shrestha
Tel:  +977 (1) 5003222
Fax:   +977 (1) 5003299, 5003277
E-mail:  abshrestha@icimod.org
Web:   http://www.icimod.org

Rivers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region: Ecology and assessment
Date:   March 3 – 7, 2008
Venue:  Kathmandu, Nepal
Contact: Dr. Subodh Sharma
Kathmandu University
Dhulikhel, Nepal 
E-mail:  kuhimal@ku.edu.np
Web:  http://www.assess-hkh.at/mains/conference.php

International Groundwater Conference on Groundwater Dynamics & Global Change
Date:   March 11 – 14, 2008
Venue:  Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
E-mail:  groundwater2008@gmail.com
Web:   http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=97&L=0

ICIMOD’s Second International Training Course on Low Cost Soil and Water Conservation Techniques and Watershed Management Activities
Date:   March 31 – April 22, 2008
Venue:  Hotel View Bhrikuti, Godavari, Nepal
Contact:  Keshar M. Sthapit
Tel:   +977-1-5003222  
Fax:   +977-1-5003299, 5003277
E-mail:  ksthapit@icimod.org
Web:   http://www.icimod.org 

Workshop on Grid Connected Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation
Date:   April 9 – 10, 2008
Venue:  Kolkata, India
Contact: John Hammond 
E-mail: JHammond@usea.org 
Tricia Williams 
E-mail: TWilliams@usea.org 
U. S. Energy Association (USEA) 
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 
Suite 550, Washington, DC 20004
Tel:  +1-202-312-1230

International Seminar on Management and Mitigation of Water Induced Disasters
Date:   April 21 – 22, 2008
Venue:  Kathmandu, Nepal
Contact: Shanti K. Hyoju
Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP)
Ministry of Water Resources
Government of Nepal
Tel:  +977 (1) 5555089
Mobile: +977 9841444694
E-mail:  shyoju@hotmail.com

Participatory Integrated Water Resources Management – From Concepts to Action
Date:   October 13 – 19, 2008
Venue:  Lahore, Pakistan
Contact:  Conference Secretariat
506-WAPDA House
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel:   +92 42 9202538
Fax:    +92 42 9202154
E-mail:  icid@icid2008.org
Web:  http://www.icid2008.org

International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society (WEES)
Date:   January 12 – 16, 2009
New   Delhi, India
Organized by: National Institute of Hydrology
Web:  http://www.nih.ernet.in
 

ASIA:

10th Meeting of Ramsar Conference of Parties
Date:   October 28 – November 4, 2008 
Venue:  Changwon, Republic of Korea
Web:   http://www.ramsar.org/meetings.htm

CITES 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15)
Date:   2010
Venue:  Qatar
Web:   http://www.cites.org/eng/news/press_release.shtml

REST OF THE WORLD:

Sixth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-6)
Date:   January 21 – 25, 2008
Venue:  Geneva, Switzerland
Web:   http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml

Thirteenth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-13)
Date:   February 18 – 22, 2008
Organized by:  Convention on Biological Diversity
Venue:  FAO, Rome, Italy
Web:   http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml

Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC)
Date:   March 4 – 6, 2008
Venue:  Washington, USA
Tel:   +1-202-647-6828
E-mail:  cassettamv@state.gov
Web:  http://www.wirec2008.gov

4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP-4)
Date:   May 12 – 16, 2008
Venue:  Bonn, Germany
Web:   http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml

9th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-9)
Date:   May 19 – 30, 2008
Venue:  Bonn, Germany
Web:   http://www.cbd.int/meetings/default.shtml

11th International Coral Reef Symposium
Date:   July 7 – 11, 2008
Venue:  Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Contact: Nancy Copen
Meeting Manager
Tel:   +1-301-634-7010
E-mail:  ncopen@faseb.org
Web:  www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs

World Conservation Congress
Date:   October 5 – 14, 2008
Venue:  Barcelona
Web:  http://www.iucn.org/congress/2008/congress.htm

5th World Water Forum
Date:   March 16 – 22, 2009
Venue:  Istanbul, Turkey
Web:  http://www.worldwaterforum5.org

4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention
Date:   May 4 – 8, 2009
Venue:  Geneva, Switzerland
Web:   http://www.pops.int/coe/events.htm