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CIWEM's Annual Conference 2011

6th. May 2010, 09:00 - 17:00
7th. May 2010, 09:00 - 17:00

Olympia Conference Centre, Hammersmith Road

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The current trend toward austerity, whilst at the same time delivering front line services, is a major global challenge. Funding for projects will be more restricted, demanding novel and innovative solutions. We are facing a new financial reality which will focus our efforts towards achieving our aims for sustainability and environmental gains with decreasing funding.

The UK coalition government has launched a "Big Society" programme intended to "take power away from politicians and give it to the people". Please see link for full details: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/407789/building-big-society.pdf. The programme includes giving communities more power, transferring power from central to local government, using ‘third sector’ resources to deliver government programmes and giving wider public access to government data. This programme will create opportunities and challenges for the environment sector and society as a whole.

In April 2011, CIWEM will hold a two-day Annual Conference that will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector and will also focus on the issue of the “Big Society” the governments programme and the implications for the environment sector.

The aim of the conference is to challenge and inspire the water and environmental community by sharing knowledge and best practice, which is at the heart of meeting key global challenges. There will be a mix of keynote speakers, offered papers, exhibitions and networking opportunities that will make this the key event for water and environment professionals.

We aim to provide the optimal public benefit by making outputs from the conference freely available on the CIWEM website after the event.

Coverage and Content

Papers in the programme cover:

  • The issues, challenges and opportunities arising from the Big Society
  • The “business” response to these challenges
  • Austerity and Third sector opportunities
  • Delivering sustainability and environment in this context
  • The changing agenda under coalition policies and governance – climate change – infrastructure
  • Mechanisms and case studies – innovation – doing more with less
  • Integrated solutions: catchment scales across the water and environment sector
  • What are the implications for flood risk management, water resources and water quality, and ecosystems?
  • Partnership working and partnership funding - delivering more for less and understanding the costs
  • Local authorities’ lead role in flood risk management and shared responsibility for flood risk

There are comprehensive exhibitor and sponsorship packages for the conference – please contact Lauren Goozee for further information, lauren@ciwem.org.

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Download the conference programme as an MSWord document or a PDF document .

Conference outputs