Transcript Global Environmental Change and Human Health: Protecting Water Quality 31 October - 2 November, 2010 Hamilton, Canada www.gechh.unu.edu Gigil Varghese Intern, UNU-INWEH GECHH IPO.

Global Environmental Change
and Human Health: Protecting
Water Quality
31 October - 2 November, 2010
Hamilton, Canada
www.gechh.unu.edu
Gigil Varghese
Intern, UNU-INWEH
GECHH IPO
Opening Session
The Symposium
was opened on 31
October 2010 by
Dr. Zafar Adeel
(L), UNU-INWEH
Director and
Chair of UN
Water, and by
Prof. Mark
Rosenberg (R),
GECHH SSC coChair
Opening Session
The key notes at
the Opening
Session was
addressed by Mr.
Nick Previsich (L),
Public Health
Agency of Canada
and Prof. Ursula
Oswald-Spring (R),
National University
of Mexico
Technical Session 1
Water Quality, Water-related
Diseases and Global Changes
Prof. Susan Elliott, Dr. Richard Thomas, Dr. Alonso
Aguirre, Dr. Rosario Mosello, Dr. German Poveda,
Prof. Huey-Jen Su, Dr. Atlaf Arain
Technical Session 2
Water Quality and Human Health
Prof. Mark Rosenberg, Prof. Pierre Horwitz, Dr.
Diana Karanja, Prof. Chris Metcalfe, Dr. Gianni
Tartari
Technical Session 3
Water Quality and Governance
Prof. Chris Metcalfe, Dr. Zafar Adeel, Prof. Laura
Westra, Prof. Janos Bogardi, Prof. Mark Rosenberg,
Mr. Serge Olivier Kotchi
Special Session
Welcome to Canada: Environment
and Water for Life
Prof. Gordon McBean delivering a lecture at the
special session hosted by the Faculty of Applied
Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Technical Session 4
Water and Health: Adaptation
Strategies
Prof. Sarah Dickson, Prof. Bruce Newbold, Prof.
Susan Watt, Dr. Corinne Wallace, Mr. Oliver
Schraa
Technical Session 5
Identify Key Research Areas,
Knowledge-users and Partners
Prof. Rik Leemans, Prof. Susan Elliott, Dr. Henry
David Venema, Prof. Colin Butler, Prof. Manuel
Cesario, Dr. Ada Ignaciuk, Dr. Hugh Monteith
Closing Plenary
Scientists and experts clap at the closing plenary
of the GECHH Symposium
Water for Life: An African Photo
Exhibit
Photos by Peter Bregg tells the story of global
water and sanitation crisis in African
communities. The exhibit was kindly provided by
WaterCan for the GECHH Symposium
The GECHH 2011 Symposium
Global Environmental Change and
Human Health: Healthy Forests
For Life
In partnership with the Italian National Research
Council (CNR), Institute for Ecosystem Study and
Institute for Water Research
Volunteers
Lady Hamilton, UNU-INWEH staff
and graduate students
The registration desk at the GECHH symposium
was manned by volunteers from Lady Hamilton,
UNU-INWEH staff and graduate students from
Water Without Borders Program
Sponsors
GECHH Platinum Sponsors
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
GECHH Gold Sponsors
DIVERSITAS, ESSP, Faculty of Applied Health SciencesUniversity of Waterloo - Canada, IGBP, IHDP, WCRP
GECHH Silver Sponsors
School of Graduate Studies, McMaster University, Canada
Sponsors and Friends
Global Water System Project (GWSP), Hydromantis
Environmental Software Solutions Inc, International Institute
of Sustainable Development, Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque
(CNR, Italy), Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi (CNR,
Italy), McMaster Centre for Climate Change (MCC), McMaster
Institute of Environment and Health (MIEH), Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands, START, Tourism Hamilton, WaterCan,
Water without Borders (WWB)
Further information on
the GECHH 2010 and
2011 Symposia will be
posted on the GECHH
Web
www.gechh.unu.edu