Call for Papers

We are pleased to extend an invitation to professionals working in watershed technology and related areas to submit an abstract for consideration to be presented during the Conference in Concepción, Chile from March 29th through April 3rd, 2008.

The Conference will provide a forum for agriculture related professionals to exchange information on science, applications and developments in the use of watershed science and technology. It will cover a wide array of topics. These include new applications of well established and understood technologies to innovative and entrepreneurial applications of emerging technologies, in addition to issues related to policy and knowledge dissemination. Topics include but are not limited to:

• Measuring success – post Implementation monitoring
• Emerging Problems of new water quality/quantity case studies
• Political ramifications of water quality/quantity
• Biological monitoring for water quality/quantity projects
• Solutions for increasing stakeholder involvement in the water quality/quantity process
• Bacterial monitoring, source identification and control practices
• Economic implications of water quality/quantity
• Watershed implementation planning
• Performance and validation of models for water quality/quantity
• Pollution control/management practices for point and nonpoint sources
• Field and watershed scale modeling
• Water quality standards
• Data quality and management
• Water quality issues for forest and rangelands
• Agricultural BMP effectiveness
• Data collection to support water quality/quantity development
• Establishing sediment standards
• Establishing clean sediment water quality/quantity
• Management practices for sediment control
• Impact of extreme weather conditions for water quality/quantity
• Environmental legislation and regulation applicable to agriculture in developing countries
• Data mining, knowledge discovery in water quality data set
• Emerging tools in water quality analysis
• Bioremediation systems for agriculture (wetlands, infiltration ponds, photocatalysis, radio frequency, UV pulsed and others)
• Watershed management in developing countries
• Education in water resources
• Wetlands, stream and river restoration, biomonitoring and land use impacts on downstream water bodies
• Payments for environmental/hydrologic services programs
• Effects of climate change on water resources and water quality
• Regulatory approaches to watershed management

FINAL PROGRAM (PDF)

Call for Papers (PDF)

Registration Form (PDF)

Additional Program Information

Concepción - Chile

Preliminary Program (PDF)