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YOUNG WATER PROFESSIONALS / Y W P /

17-18 MAY 2012SOFIA, BULGARIA

http://2012.ywp-bulgaria.com

This Conference is organized by the Bulgarian Young Water Professionals Committee with the support of the Bulgarian Water Association, under the auspices of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l W a t e r Association-IWA Young Water Professionals Committee.

Call for Papers1st Bulgarian National

Young Water ProfessionalsConference

Dear Young Water Professionals,As Chair of the Bulgarian YWP Committee it is a great pleasure for

me to make an announcement about the First Bulgarian National Young Water Professionals’ conference with international participation in Sofia 2012!

National water associations worldwide play an important role in the Water Sector development throughout collecting experts-relevant topics together by supporting capacity building and by providing an international network of water professionals.

The challenges in the development of the water sector in Bulgaria concerns the whole professional community and they are unique possibility for the Young Water Professionals to upgrade their professional skills and to proof their own capacity for achieving their professional ambitions.

The conference is open to all the interested Young Water Professionals on national and international level by the age of 35, active in the Water sector and motivated to contribute to development of the Water Sector for achieving a better quality of water resources and water utilities series.

The first Bulgarian national young water professional’s conference in Sofia in 2012 will provide a professional platform for knowledge and experience exchange and I would be glad to welcome you in Sofia!

Conference TopicsThe conference will include oral presentations and posters oral presentations. Papers on all aspects of the water sector are welcome, but the conference will Have a special focus on the following topics:!Water&Wastewater Treatment Technologies;!Water Infrastructure Management;!Application of Contemporary Construction Technologies and Materials;!Climate Change and Water Resources;!River Basins Management;!Case studies

Abstracts’ SubmissionThe conference is open to all the Bulgarian and international young water professionals under the age of 35. The official language of the conference is English.The abstracts of about one page should verified clearly the content of the oral presentation and have to be submitted within the submission’s deadline.Posters’ content have to be submitted within the period for abstracts submission and have clearly demonstrate the author’s ideas and intents.The abstracts and posters must be submitted online using the conference website. Abstracts and posters will be a subject of peer review and selection.Formatting guidelines for abstracts as well as submission procedure can be found at .At least one YWP author of each selected platform paper and poster must register and attend the conference to present the paper. The best paper will be included in the programme of the YWP conference in Budapest 2012.

http://2012.ywp-bulgaria.com/?page_id=78

Programme CommitteeChair:R.Arsov, Prof.,Bulgaria

H.Kroiss, ,Austria

Dr. Zdravka Doquang,Ph.D,Bulgaria/France

At.Pascalev, Dr.Eng., Bulgaria

K.Schilling /former Ruzicka/, Austria

F.Arnaudova,Dipl.-Ing.,MSc, Bulgaria

Yu.Feng,Dr.-Ing., China/Germany

Il.Minev, Bulgaria

F.M.Abu Hilou,MS.cEng.,Palestine Territory

C.R.Mocanu,CS III dr.ing., Romania

A.Stoucescu,Ph.D.StudentEng, Romania

J.Wanner, Prof. Ing., Ph.D., DrSc.Czech Republik

M.Liu,ARC senior research assoc.,China/Germany

o.Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

Deadlines to Remember:

29th of February 2012

12th of March 2012

31st of March 2012

Submission of Abstracts:

Notification of Acceptance:

Submission of Full Papers:

Organizing CommitteeChair:Fani Arnaudova,Dipl.-Ing.,Msc.Magdalina Zaharieva,Eng.Vasiola Blagoeva,Eng.Desislava Lozeva,Eng.Orsolya Bagdi, EMSecretariat/office BWA

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About IWA & the IWA Young Water Professionals Programme

The Young Water Professionals Programme of IWA provides national and regional conferences and forums worldwide in a peer to peer learning environment for water sector experts and students under the age of 35 to network and present their work.

About the Bulgarian Young Water Professionals Committee

About the BWA

The Young Water Professionals (YWP) at the Bulgarian Water Association (BWA) was established on the 29th of January 2010 by a constituent assembly of BWA members under 35 years old, organized by invitation from the BWA President and Secretary General. The members have different professional profiles in the water sector in Bulgaria. The branch elected an YWP committee of seven members, representing all the profiles accordingly.

The Young Water Professionals (YWP) in Bulgaria started their activities since 2007 and naturally evolved into an important component in the water sector. Until now the group of the young individual members expanded into a quarter of the BWA individual members, which was a prerequisite they to be organized officially according to the initiative of IWA for national chapters all over the world.

The Bulgarian Water Association (BWA) is a non governmental, non-profit organization established on 1 December 2005 by merging of Bulgarian Association of Water&Wastewater Utilities and Bulgarian Association of Water Quality, both established in 1993.In general members of the Association are juridical and natural persons, who are involved in the water supply and wastewater collection (WSW) field, including quality and treatment of drinking water and wastewater; management, preservation and utilization of water resources. Now members of BWA are also experts and firms, operates in the fields of Irrigation and Drainage and Water Power Generation.BWA prepares peer reviews on legislative and regulatory draft documents drawn up by governmental bodies, develops standpoints and strategies, and assists in commissioning of expert appraisals, projects and consultations on all issues concerning water supply and wastewater collection, protection and use of water resources.More information is given in the respective section of the website:

http://www.bwa-bg.com/site.php?Article=259&Language=2

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ContactFani Arnaudova, Dipl.-Ing., M.Sc./Chair of the Bulgarian YWP Committee/fannyarnaudova@yahoo.comhttp://2012.ywp-bulgaria.com

T h o s e o r g a n i z at i o n s , i n t e r e s t e d i n sponsorship/partnership may c o n t a c t u s a t fannyarnaudova@yahoo.com

http://www.iwahq.org

http://www.ywp-bulgaria.com

The VenueThe Grand Hotel Sofia modern and the old-fashion architecture and is placed at the centre of the city with easy communication.

Address of the venue: 1 Gurko Str., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

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