Call for presentations for SCENES Final Conference - "Future Waters for Europe"

The future of Europe’s waters is influenced by a set of environmental, social, political and policy drivers, such as global change, population growth, land use change, economic and technological developments. Further drivers are the current and future agricultural, industrial, energy, trade, transportation and environmental policies. The enlargement of the European Union and other political developments will have impacts on Europe’s waters, too.One of the most important policy drivers is the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). The WFDpromotes sustainable water use based on long-term protection of water resources. Since many basins are trans-boundary in nature, the WFD encourages a European approach to river basin management. River basin management plans have to take a broad view on water availability and quality of surface waters and groundwaters, as well as programmes of measures and others.It is an important task to assess the future state of waters in Europe in order to foresee and solve problems of future uses of different sectors. This will allow water authorities, companies and policy makers to design improved strategies for water policies and water management in Europe. This Conference will elucidate potential visions of Europe’s water resources, in terms of quantity and quality; water demand, use and availability; and adaptive strategies and implementation plans on how to reach sufficient water supply in next decades in Europe.The Conference is directed to policy makers working at international and national levels, water managers, NGOs, andthe scientific community. It is our purpose to produce policy recommendations as an outcome of our Conference.You are cordially invited to attend the Conference and the SCENES Workshop associated to learn more of alternativewater visions and, more importantly, to contribute to discussions and the preparation of recommendations of the Conference.

Hungary will hold the EU Presidency during the first half of 2011. Water has been selected as one of the
priority themes under the Hungarian presidency. The SCENES project and particularly the Hungarian
partners RISSAC and BUTE DSEE have suggested to Hungarian officials the possibility to organise a
conference around this theme in Hungary. A preparatory committee has been established having
representatives from the responsible Hungarian organizers (Academy of Sciences and the Parliamentary
Committee for Sustainable Development) and SCENES representatives. The invitations to the Scientific
Committee have been sent out in November 2009. Date and location of the Conference has been
determined: 23-25 March, 2011 in Budapest.
Next steps:

Hungary will hold the EU Presidency during the first half of 2011. Water has been selected as one of the
priority themes under the Hungarian presidency. The SCENES project and particularly the Hungarian
partners RISSAC and BUTE DSEE have suggested to Hungarian officials the possibility to organise a
conference around this theme in Hungary. A preparatory committee has been established having
representatives from the responsible Hungarian organizers (Academy of Sciences and the Parliamentary
Committee for Sustainable Development) and SCENES representatives. The invitations to the Scientific
Committee have been sent out in November 2009. Date and location of the Conference has been
determined: 23-25 March, 2011 in Budapest.
Next steps:
􀁸 Organization of a scientific committee (Common action)
􀁸 Budget approval, SCENES contribution (SCENES action)
􀁸 NGO ‘back to back' conference (Action for Hungarian Government)
􀁸 High level policy ‘back to back' meeting (Action for Hungarian Government)
􀁸 Potential scientific pre-conference (SCENES action)
􀁸 Scientific publications (Common action)
􀁸 Policy outreach: need for policy briefs, leaflets, maps, other material, operational SCENES web and map-server (SCENES action)
􀁸 At the level of PA: interest, contribution, dissemination activities continue (SCENES action) add information about our project with no expenses and resources 

• Abstract submission for poster presentations: Before 15 February 2011
• Abstract submissions for oral presentations: Before 15 February 2011