Overview
On April 27, 2012, WSSS will host its third annual symposium on Tufts' Medford campus.The theme for the 2012 Symposium is The Glass Half Full: Valuing Water in the 21st Century. Students, academics, and professionals from the public, private, and non-governmental sectors will explore the many contributing factors when valuing water throughout the world. This year the WSSS Symposium is organized in collaboration with the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) at the University of Massuchusetts, Amherst.
Agenda
9:15-10:00am: Introductory Keynote Address - Jerome Delli Priscoli, PhD, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Institute for Water Resources
Engineers, academics, administrators and environmentalists share significant interests far beyond their familiar adversarial positions. For 30 years, Dr. Delli Priscoli has been at the forefront of translating these shared interests into national and international public policy. He is a principle advocate of the U.S. Corps of Engineers transformation toward open administration and advocacy of environmental ethics.
10:00-11:00am: Panel Discussion - Value of clean water: Challenges of water sanitation in the developed and developing world
This panel will identify the challenges of water sanitation in both the developing and developed world.
11:15-12:00pm: Panel Discussion - Scarcity & Floods: Managing the Extremes
This panel investigates how to maximize the benefits of water supply while minimizing the costs of flood and drought. The line between overdesigning and being underprepared is critical in areas where money is scarce but flooding or droughts can be disastrous to local economies.
12:00-1:15pm: Lunch with Poster Session
1:15-2:00pm: A Keynote Address by Ximing Cai, Professional Engineer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Dr. Cai’s research interests include large-scale system optimization, river basin planning and management, drought management, water resources economics and policy, geographic information system and spatial statistics, and international water resources development.
2:15-3:30pm: Panel Discussion- The Value of Environmental Flows
Using the emerging importance of environmental flows in water resources management as a local example, the challenges and opportunities in water management in the 21st century will be debated.
3:30-5:00pm: Networking Cocktail Hour
Poster Session
Students conducting interdisciplinary water-related research are invited to submit poster abstracts for the WSSS 2012 Symposium.
Poster Registration Submission Form
Registration
Coming soon...
$10 - student
$25 - university faculty, government, non-profit
$50 - private or consultant
Sponsorship
We would be honored to have your organization serve as a sponsor of our symposium. Sponsorship options include:
General Sponsor ($500) + 2 free tickets
Primary Sponsor ($1000) + 4 free tickets
All benefits given to General Sponsor plus:
Poster Session Sponsor ($1500) + 6 free tickets
All benefits given to Primary Sponsor plus:
Title Sponsor ($2,500) + 8 free tickets
All benefits given to Primary Sponsor plus:
Contact Us
The WSSS symposium is organized by a student steering committee supported by faculty advisors and a professional staff from Tufts University and University of Massachusetts, Amherst. We are happy to work with your organization to maximize the value of your sponsorship and are willing to tailor sponsorship options to fit your needs. If you are interested in further information, please contact WSSS student Andrea Brown at WSSSsymposium2012@gmail.com or University of Massachusetts student Zach Smith at zsmith@geo.umass.edu for questions or inquiries.
Location
Tufts University
51 Winthrop Street
Medford, MA 02155
Symposium Programs
The Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS) program is a graduate research and education program that provides Tufts students with interdisciplinary perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems around the world.
617.627.3645 | wsss@tufts.edu | WSSS, c/o Tufts Institute of the Environment | 210 Packard Ave | Medford, MA