Section 16
2024 Calendar of events
January
January 17 - Capacity-Building Seminar on Nexus Between Sustainable Trade, Water Management, Food Security, Trade Facilitation, and Circular Economy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
January 17-18 - International Conference on Water, Energy and Environmental Management (ICWEEM-24), Montreal, Canada.
January 17-19 - International Exhibition "Water India 2024", New Delhi, India
January 18 - 31st Governing Council Meeting of Asian-Pacific Water Forum (APWF), online.
January 17-20 - Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), Berlin, Germany
January 30-31 - Meeting of the Bureau to the Water Convention, Geneva, Switzerland
February
February 2 - World Wetlands Day
February 6 - South Asia Hydromet Forum IV- 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka
February 8-9 - 8th International Conference on Climate Change 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka
February 12-17 - 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
February 16-18 - 86th World Water Council Board of Governance’s Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey
February 20-22 - E-world Energy & Water 2024Essen, Germany
February 21 - All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Role of Land Reclamation and Water Management in Ensuring Sustainable Agricultural Development", Novocherkassk, Russia
February 22-24 - International Conference: Silk Road of Knowledge: Science meets Green Policy, Almaty, Kazakhstan
February 25-28 - 1st Middle East Regional Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
February 26-27 - Global Workshop on Droughts in Transboundary Basins, Geneva, Switzerland
February 26- March 1 - 6th of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), Nairobi, Kenya
February 28 - 14th Meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate, Geneva, Switzerland
March
March 3 –World Wildlife Day
March 3-6 - Сonference "Responsible Water Management and Circular Economy" Uttarakhand, India
March 4-7 - WaterEX World Expo 2024, Mumbai, India
March 4-8 - Women in Water Diplomacy: Second Global Network Forum, Vienna, Austria
March 5-7 - 1st Arab Academic Water Summit, Rabat, Morocco
March 6-7 - International Scientific-Practical Conference "Sustainable Management of Water Resources - the Basis for Solving the Strategic Goal of Food Security in a Changing Climate", Dushanbe, Tajikistan
March 7-8 - 17th meeting of the Implementation Committee of the Water Convention, Italy
March 12-14 - Baku Water Week, Baku, Azerbaijan
March 12-14 - 19th International Exhibition on Agriculture /AgroWorld Uzbekistan 2024
March 13-14 - 8th Annual International Congress and Exhibition: Hydropower Central Asia and Caspian, Tashkent Uzbekistan
March 14 - World Rivers Day
March 21 - International Day of Forests
March 22 - World Water Day
March 23 - World Meteorological Day
March 26 - Aral Sea Day
April
April 9-12 - 5th Global Food Security Conference, Leuven, Belgium
April 10-13 - 4th International Conference "Waters in Sensitive and Protected Areas", Pula, Croatia
April 12 - 86th ICWC meeting, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
April 14-17 - Water Loss 2024, San Sebastian, Spain
April 14-22 - 2nd Central Asian Dust Conference (CADUC-2), Nukus, Uzbekistan
April 15-17 - Global Water Summit 2024, London
April 15-17 - Ecosperity Week 2024, Singapore
April 16-17 - Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, Geneva, Switzerland
April 16-18 - World Future Energy Summit, at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi
April 17 - International Scientific-Practical Conference "Goodwill Ambassadors", Nukus, Uzbekistan
April 22 - International Mother Earth Day
April 23-24 - UNECE Workshop on increasing capacities to prevent, prepare for and respond to accidental water pollution from tailing facilities, Bratislava, Slovakia
April 25-26 - Scientific-Practical Conference "Extending Water and Energy Cooperation between the Central Asian Countries", Dushanbe, Tajikistan
April 27-29 - 4th Baghdad International Water Conference , Bagdad, Iraq
May
May 9-10 - 9th Multistakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, New York, USA
May 14-15 - 3rd International Conference "Water Management in Changing Conditions", Munich, Germany
May 14-15 - 7th International Energy Summit, St. Petersburg, Russia
May 17-20 - 18th IWA Conference on Sustainable Sludge Management, Beijing, China
May 18-25 - 10th World Water Forum, Bali, Indonesia
May 27-29 - Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024), Almaty, Kazakhstan
May 27-31 - 15th International Conference on Hydroinformatics "From Nature to Digital Water: Challenges and Opportunities", Beijing, China
May 30-June 1 - 14th International Drainage Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
June
June 2-14 - 16th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Delft, the Netherlands
June 3-5 - ENVEX 2024- International Exhibition on Environmental Technology & Green Energy, Seoul, South Korea
June 3-7 - Asia Clean Energy Forum 2024 / ACEF 2024, Manila, Philippines
June 5 - World Environment Day
June 8 - World Oceans Day
June 10-13 - 3rd International High-Level Conference on the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018-2028, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
June 16-19 - European Young Water Professionals Conference YWP 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark
June 16-21 - World Biodiversity Forum, Davos, Switzerland
June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
June 18-20 - 8th Russian Water Congress and Exhibition VODEXPO 2024, Moscow, Russia
June 18-21 - International Conference on Wider-Uptake of Water Resource Recovery from Wastewater Treatment (ICWRR2024), Palermo, Italy
June 18-22 - Singapore International Water Week 2024, Singapore
June 24-28 - 19th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies (LET2024), Essen, Germany
July
July 1-5 - CGIAR Science Week, Nairobi, Kenya
July 3-5 - International Conference "Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security and Climate Adaptation, Belgrade, Serbia
July 8-17 - High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, New York, USA
July 12 - International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms
July 20-21 - International Conference on Environmental Science and Development, Rome, Italy
August
August 1 - Earth Overshoot Day
August 11-15 - IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
August 12 - Caspian Sea Day
August 12-15 - International Conference "Pathways to Sustainability: Social-Ecological Resilience and Transformation across Multiple Scales", Montreal, Canada
August 25-29 - World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden (Hybrid)
September
September 1-7 - 9th Аsian Regional Irrigation and Drainage Conference and 75th IEC Meeting, Sydney, Australia
September 3-5 - International Environmental Technology and Recycling Fair and Congress (The Green Expo 2024), Mexico City, Mexico
September 4 - Forum on Sustainable Use of Water Resources in Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan
September 4-6 - 1st Islands Water Congress "Freshwater and Islands: Administration, Innovation, Collaboration", Faroe Islands, Island
September 10-12 - International Exhibition of Technologies and Equipment for Water Treatment Supply and Disposal, ECWATECH, Moscow, Russia
September 16-18 - Ecumene Global Forum, Moscow, Russia
September 17-21 - 8th India Water Week "Partnership and cooperation for inclusive water development and management", New Delhi, India
September 18-20 - 4th Eurasian Women's Forum, St. Petersburg, Russia
September 19 - World Cleanup Day
September 22-23 - One Water Summit, New York, USA
September 22-23 - Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow, New York, USA
September 23-27 - IWA conference "Water in Industry", Nanjing, China
September 26 - World Environmental Health Day
September 28 - World Maritime Day
October
October 1-3 - Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2024), Dubai, UAE
October 6-10 - 12th INBO World General Assembly, Bordeaux, France
October 14-18 - World Food Forum, Rome, Italy
October 15 - International Day of Rural Women
October 16 - World Food Day
October 21-November 1 - UN Biodiversity Conference, Cali, Colombia
November
November 6 - 87th ICWC Meeting, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
November 7-13 - International Week of Science and Peace
November 8 - Scientific-Practical Conference "Water in Central Asia: the Future in Cooperation", Tashkent, Uzbekistan
November 10 - World Science Day for Peace and Development
November 11-24 - UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), Baku, Azerbaijan
November 12-14 - IWA Digital Water Summit, Bilbao, Spain
November 18-20 - HYDRO 2024 International Conference and Exhibition, Graz, Austria
November 26-27 - 2024 SPECA Economic Forum, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
December
December 2-13 - 16th session of the UNCCD's Conference of the Parties (COP16), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
December 4-5 - International Wind Energy Forum, Moscow, Russia
December 5 - World Soil Day
December 8-12 - 2024 World Congress and Exhibition on Desalination, Abu Dhabi, UAE
December 9-10 - World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, Dubai, UAE
December 9-11 - International Soil and Water Forum 2024, Bangkok, Thailand
December 11 - International Mountain Day