3rd “Future of Water” conference

May 17 and 18, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Exhibition Center – Hall B1 – Mezzanine – Montpellier
The main objective of the "Future of Water – 2016" conference is to help develop a network of young professionals in the water sector, regardless of their role and the context in which they work. It also aims to develop links with the business world through interactions with the HydroGaïa trade show.
Scientific event co-organized by the Montpellier Institute for Water and the Environment (IM2E), the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), the French Association for Water, Irrigation and Drainage (AFEID), the Scientific and Technical Committee for Agricultural Water (COSTEA), the Water Cluster, and Swelia.

On the agenda:

• a "Doctoral Seminar on Irrigation" day;
• Presentation of a research-industry collaboration: MATRICS, innovative tools for sharing information in water management;
• A conference: "Irrigation and groundwater. Is sustainable groundwater management possible?" Mr. Hichem Tachrift, Director of the Roussillon Groundwater Joint Association;
• presentations on the profession by Lila Collet, postdoctoral researcher in the United Kingdom, Marine Grémont, water economist at BRGM, and Nicolas Rampnoux, Development Manager at Veolia;
• the presentation of a selection of projects competing for the HydroJeune Trophy.

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