 
 
|
2008 EVENTS
We will soon
re-activate our program of Washington DC luncheons with guest speakers.
The next such luncheon will be in September 2008, with guest speaker Dr.
Adalberto Noyola, who is President of AIDIS-Interamericana, former
president of the Mexican Federation of Sanitary Engineering and
Environmental Sciences, and a professor at the Autonomous National
University of Mexico.
Other 2008 events will soon
be posted here. We apologize for not having updated the page
recently (with the exception of the above note highlighted in yellow).
|
THE POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS made at the
following
conference can be viewed by clicking
PRESENTATIONS
2006
AIDIS - THE CARIBBEAN, MEXICO, USA AND CANADA
REGIONAL
CONFERENCE
Emerging Technologies
for Sustainable
Environmental Quality
Chicago, USA
March 28-31, 2006
|
LOS TRABAJOS TECNICOS (formato:
PowerPoint)
presentados en la conferencia a continuacion, están
disponibles al hacer clic de:
PRESENTATIONS.
AIDIS
DEL CARIBE,
MEXICO, EUA Y CANADA
CONGRESO REGIONAL DE 2006
Tecnologias Emergentes para una Calidad Ambiental Sostenible
Chicago, USA
el 28 al 31 de marzo de 2,006
|
|
2007 EVENTS
2006 EVENTS
Events
in the USA are presented first. Please check here every
few weeks for updates about upcoming events. In the events
list below, you may click the underlined phrases, for links with
additional information about the events.
|
USAIDIS
(AIDIS-USA): |
Date |
Event
|
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
Nov. 15, 2006 |
Guest speaker Sofialeticia Morales, of
PAHO, will discuss
Millennium Development Goals in The Western Hemisphere |
|
Dallas, Texas |
Wednesday,
Oct. 25, 2006 |
AIDIS-INTERAMERICANA
PANEL DISCUSSION TOPIC AT WEFTEC:
New Approaches to Water and Wastewater Management in Latin
America – Service Standards and Transparency
Click
here for more information |
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
Sept. 27, 2006 |
Guest speaker Kenneth R. Wright will discuss his research
about
Water Engineering Masterpieces of The Inca Empire
|
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
Sept. 13, 2006 |
The topic of this luncheon meeting will be
Building International Alliances for Sustainable
Infrastructure Our guest speaker will be
Michael Sanio, ASCE Director, International Alliances. |
|
Washington
DC |
Tuesday,
June 6, 2006 |
The topic of this luncheon meeting was
The Water for The Poor Act. Our guest speaker
was Mr. Judah Ariel, foreign policy aid to the US
Congress. (more info is available in our
August 2006 newsletter) |
|
Chicago |
March
28-31, 2006 |
2006
AIDIS - THE CARIBBEAN,
MEXICO, USA AND CANADA
REGIONAL
CONFERENCE
Emerging Technologies for Sustainable
Environmental Quality
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2006
REGIONAL CONFERENCE
(or click the button labeled "2006 Reg.Conference" in the
navigation bars on the left side of this page) |
|
New York City |
Thursday,
March 16, 2006 |
Dr. Stephen Bates made a presentation
about
Indoor Air Quality and Mold Problems (click here for more
info). |
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
Feb. 8, 2006 |
The topic of this luncheon meeting was
Sanitation and Hygiene Lending by the World Bank.
Our guest speaker was Mr. Eduardo A. Perez.
(more info is available in our August 2006 newsletter) |
2005 EVENTS
Events
in the USA are presented first. Please check here every
few weeks for updates about upcoming events.
Click here to jump
down to the list of events outside of the USA in 2005
AIDIS EVENTS IN
THE USA IN 2005:
|
AIDIS-USA: |
Date |
Event
|
|
Washington
DC |
Thursday,
Sept 29, 2005 |
The
topic at this luncheon meeting will be
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS' ECUADOR WATER PROJECT.
Our guest speakers will be Mr. David Hill, of Black &
Veatch, and Mr. Javier Ordonez Arizaga, of the Univ. of
Maryland at College Park. |
|
Washington
DC |
Tuesday,
May 17, 2005 |
Guest speaker Lee Roberts will discuss AWWA's
International Outreach. The speaker is the
International Council Chair for the AWWA, as well as the
Technology Committee Chair for Water for People, and
President and CEO of the Roberts Filter Group.
|
| New
York City |
Tuesday, May
11, 2005 |
Guest speaker Carl-Axel Soderberg will present an
Environmental Profile of the Caribbean. The
speaker is past President of AIDIS-Interamericana, and
Chief of the USEPA Caribbean Division, based in Puerto
Rico. |
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
March 2, 2005 |
Guest speaker Marcos Helano Fernandes Montenegro will
provide an overview of water sector themes and programs of
the Brazilian Ministry of Cities. The
speaker is the Director of the Department of Development
and Technical Cooperation; in the National Secretariat for
Environmental Sanitation, of the Brazilian Ministry of
Cities. |
| New
York City |
Tuesday, Feb
15, 2005 |
New York State's Brownfield Law will be discussed at this
meeting. Click here for more info.
|
|
Rosslyn, Virginia
(near Washington
DC) |
Wednesday, Feb
9, 2005 |
Dawn Kristof, President of the Water and Wastewater
Equipment Manufacturers Assoc., will speak about "Selling
US Equipment and Expertise to Latin America - A Trade
Issue" |
non-AIDIS
2005 EVENTS IN
THE USA:
Click
WaterWorld - Water and Wastewater
Technology
for events of interest in the English-speaking world: most of
these events are in the USA, but some are in the U.K., Canada,
Australia, and elsewhere.
AIDIS
EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE
USA IN 2005:
|
Date |
Event
title in English |
Event information & contacts in Spanish
|
|
14/18-March |
“Efficient 2005”
Third
International Conference on the Efficient use and management
of urban water |
EFFICIENT 2005
III Conferencia Internacional sobre Uso y
Gestión Eficiente del Agua Urbano
Location: Santiago, Chile
Informaciones:
www.efficient2005.com
|
|
04/07-May |
Inter
American Congress on Solid Waste |
I CONGRESO INTERAMERICANO DE RESIDUOS SOLIDOS
Location: México, DF, México
Informaciones: Pilar Tello
E.mail:
ptello@psi.net.mx
|
|
23/25-May |
AIDIS Region
IV Congress |
5o.
CONGRESO DE LA IV REGION DE AIDIS
Location: Asunción, Paraguay
Informaciones: AIDISPAR
E.mail:
vcongreso@aidisparaguay.org.py.
o
fming@quanta.com.py |
|
23/28-August |
AIDIS Central
America Congress |
CONGRESO CENTROAMERICANO
Location: San José, Costa Rica
Informaciones: rcalvo@durman.com |
|
18/23-Sep |
Brazilian
Congress of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering |
23o. CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ENGENHARIA SANITÁRIA
E AMBIENTAL
XI CONGRESO NACIONAL DE ABIS
Location: Campo Grande, Brasil
Informaciones:
abes@abes-dn.org.br -
www.abes-dn.org.br
|
|
Postponed
to early 2006 |
AIDIS Region I
Congress |
VII
REGIONAL CONGRESS REGION I OF AIDIS
Location: Miami, FL, USA
Informaciones:
execdirector@aidis-usa.org
Web site:
www.aidis-usa.org
|
|
19/24-Sep |
Interamerican
Congress of Environmental Health |
II CONGRESO INTERAMERICANO DE SALUD AMBIENTAL
Location: La Habana, Cuba
Informaciones: Ing. Isaac Zilberman
E.mail:
zilber@portoweb.com.br
Teléfono: (55-51) 33319482
|
|
23/26-Oct |
Chilean
Congress of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering |
XVI
CONGRESO CHILENO DE INGENIERIA SANITARIA Y AMBIENTAL
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
Informaciones:
www.aidis.cl
E.mail:
aidischi@aidis.cl
Código: A |
|
08/11-Nov |
Bolivarian
Congress
And
Bolivian
Congress of Sanitary Engineering |
XI CONGRESO BOLIVARIANO
XI CONGRESO NACIONAL DE ABIS
Location: La Paz, Bolivia
Informaciones:
ericonavarro@hotmail.com |
2004 EVENTS
THE LIST BELOW IS OF RECENT EVENTS,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING THE READER A SENSE OF THE TYPE
OF EVENTS THAT WE ORGANIZE
Events
in the USA are presented first.
Click here to jump down to
the list of 2004 events outside of the USA.
EVENTS IN
THE USA in 2004:
|
AIDIS-USA: |
Date |
Event
|
|
(Rosslyn, Virginia
(near Washington
DC) |
Wednesday,
Dec. 1, 2004 |
The immediate past President of WEF, Lawrence Jaworski,
will speak about Water Quality Enhancement in Latin
America - the role of WEF and AIDIS
|
|
|
|
Washington
DC |
Friday,
Oct. 1, 2004 |
The
new president of AIDIS-Interamericana, Alex Chetchilnitzky
(of Chile) will speak about his vision for the association |
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
June 23, 2004
|
Guest speaker Janine Ferretti, IDB Environment Division
Chief, will speak about "The IDB in Latin America:
Environmental Insights" |
|
Miami, Florida |
June 10-12,
2004 |
"Unaccounted-for Drinking Water: Management and
Technological Solutions"
an
AIDIS-Interamericana event organized by AIDIS-USA |
|
New York City |
Thursday,
June 3, 2004
|
"Wind Power Development"
Co-Sponsors:
AIDIS-USA Headquarters
ASCE NYC Metropolitan Section, Interna'l
Group
New York Institute of Technology
The Environmental Technology Group, Inc.
(ETG) |
|
New York City |
Thursday,
May 6, 2004
|
"Arsenic Contamination In Wells"
Co-Sponsors:
AIDIS-USA Headquarters
ASCE NYC Metropolitan Section,
Intern'l Group
New York Institute of Technology
The Environmental Technology Group, Inc.
(ETG) |
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
May 5, 2004
|
Guest speaker Roberto Kirchheim will speak about
"Sustainability of Ground Water Resources" |
|
Washington
DC |
Wednesday,
Jan. 28, 2004 |
Guest speaker Ambassador John W. McDonald will speak about
"The Second U.N. Water Decade -- Next Steps" |
|
INFO ABOUT 2003 EVENTS: |
|
Washington
DC |
Tuesday, Dec.
9, 2003 |
Guest speaker Horst Otterstetter, President of
AIDIS-Interamericana, will speak about "Social
Aspects of Water Supply and Sanitation in Latin America" |
|
Washington
DC |
Tuesday, Dec.
9, 2003 |
THE
FOLLOWING HAS BEEN CANCELLED
(see above for new speaker and topic) BECAUSE THE SPEAKER
WAS DENIED A VISA TO VISIT THE USA. AS WE UNDERSTAND
IT, THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE U.S. CONSULATE BEING VERY
UNDER-STAFFED FOR IMPLEMENTING NEW REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO
HOMELAND SECURITY. VISAS CAN NO LONGER BE APPROVED
WITHOUT AN INTERVIEW, BUT THE CONSULAR STAFF IS
INSUFFICIENT FOR INTERVIEWING MORE THAN A VERY SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF APPLICANTS. THE CONSULAR STAFF IS FORCED TO
DEAL WITH MOST APPLICATIONS IN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS,
WHICH RESULTS IN ARBITRARY DENIALS OF VISAS WITHOUT EVEN
TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW LETTERS INVITING THE PERSON TO
PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS.
Guest speaker Estuardo Barreno Ixcot will speak about
"Guatemala: Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Conditions,
and the work of the NGO Agua del Pueblo" |
|
Washington
DC |
Oct. 23, 2003 |
Guest speaker Bernhard Griesinger of the OAS will speak
about "Water Management and Sanitation: Closing The Loop" |
|
Washington
DC |
June 17, 2003 |
Guest speaker Carl Soderberg will speak about "Water
Resources of Latin America - Current Situation and a
Glimpse of the Future"
|
|
Washington
DC |
June 11, 2003 |
 Luncheon
Meeting: Guest speaker Prof
Robert Glennon will speak about US Water Follies, and the
US-Mexico Colorado River water dispute
Note: We do not yet have the schedule for other luncheon
meetings taking place after June 11, 2003. After the
above luncheon, please check this site every couple of
weeks for updates, as we have about seven such luncheon meetings in Washington DC every
year. |
|
Washington
DC |
April 9, 2003 |
Luncheon meeting: Guest
speaker Ron Hoffer will speak about USEPA participation in
World Conferences on Water and the Environment |
|
Washington
DC
|
March
4,
2003 |
Luncheon meeting: Guest speaker
Prof. Daniel Okun will speak about increasing urban water
supply resources through wastewater reclamation |
|
Washington
DC
|
Feb 11,
2003 |
Luncheon
meeting: Guest speaker Julian
Sandino will speak about process configurations for
wastewater treatment in Latin America, with examples from
Argentina, Chile and Brazil
|
|
New York City |
April 30,
2003 |
Evening
meeting on the subject of
Project Financing
(click for more
information) |
EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE
USA IN 2004:
EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE
USA IN 2003:
|
Sao Paulo,
Brazil |
June
3-5,
2003 |
AIDIS-Southern
Cone Region
Southern Cone
Congress of AIDIS
www.fitmaaquatech.com.br
|
|
Arequipa, Peru |
June
9-13,
2003
|
Latin American Watershed Management Congress
(Spanish will be the
official language of this Congress, and all relevant info
is presented in Spanish) |
|
Canoas,
Río Grande do Sul, Brazil
|
July
23-25, 2003 |
AIDIS-Interamericana:
Inter American Congress
on Air Quality
www.abes-rs.org.br/qualidadedoar |
|
Guayaquil, Ecuador |
August 11-13,
2003 |
AIDIS-Andean
Region:
Bolivarian Congress on Environmental and
Sanitary Engineering and Exhibit on Water Quality and
Environment Technology
E.mail:
algonzal@gye.satnet.net |
|
Joinville, SC,
Brazil |
Sept.
14-18,
2003 |
AIDIS-Brazil (ABES):
Congress of the
Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental
Engineering
www.abes-dn.org.br |
|
Concepción, Chile |
Oct. 1-3, 2003
|
 AIDIS-Chile:
Chile Congress of AIDIS
www.aidis.cl/eventos/xvcongreso/index.html |
|
Managua,
Nicaragua |
Oct. 23-25, 2003
|
AIDIS-Central
America Region:
Central American Congress of AIDIS
E.mail:
nmedina@tmx.com.ni |
|
Cali, Columbia |
Oct. 29-31, 2003 |
AIDIS-Columbia -
ACODAL:
http://congreso.webcindario.com
|
| |
AIDIS-Interamericana: