Keynotes and workshops have been posted for the 2011 Water and Health Conference, October 3-7, 2011, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Attendees of this year’s conference have the opportunity to hear four keynote presentations from renowned experts spanning human rights, water resources, policy, practice, and financing. Keynote Presenters are Catarina de Albuquerque, Charles J. Vörösmarty, Jaehyang So and Frank Rijsberman. You can view their complete bios here.
Registration is now open; early bird rate ends July 31, 2011. Click here to register.
Workshops listed below have descriptions provided by conveners.
- The United Nations, Global Health Policy, and Evolving Frameworks for Accountability under the Human Right to Water convened by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); Parr Center for Ethics at UNC
- Wash in Schools Networking Session convened by UNICEF and WASH in Schools Partners
- Peruvian Clean Hands: Scaling up handwashing and an Open Defecation Free Africa: Scaling up Community-Led Total Sanitation – a focus on behavioral sustainability convened by WASH Advocacy Initiative, Water and Sanitation Program and Plan International
- Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (FHABs): an Ecologically-Based Plan for Addressing Eutrophication convened by UNC
- Achieving Universal Coverage – What a government needs to prioritize WASH? convened by WASH Advocacy Initiative
