2nd International WaTER Conference
will be held October 24-25, 2011 in Norman, Oklahoma

Please click here to register for the conference.

The WaTER Center would like to thank the many generous sponsors who have made this conference possible.

Please click here for more information about the K�12 Clean Water Poster Contest.

Ben Fawcett, 2011 International WaTER Prize Winner, will give a plenary address.

In addition the conference will feature keynote speakers from the fields of social entrepreneurship, behavior change, water technologies, climate change, and hydro-philanthropy in the developing world.

• Ned Breslin, Water for People -“ Hydrophilanthropy
• Annette Johnson, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology - Water Technologies
• Dennis Lettenmaier, University of Washington - Water Resources/Climate Change
• John Oldfield, Water Advocates - Legislative Update
• Kurt Soderlund, Safe Water Network - Social Entrepreneurship
• Peter Winch, Director, Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - Behavior Change

A press release about this exciting upcoming conference is available here.

The conference program is available as a PDF by clicking here.

First International Water Prize Award Ceremony

Featured speakers included:

Plenary lecture by Dr. Stephen Luby - First International Prize Winner

• Dr. Jamie Bartram - WHO, Geneva
• Dr. Rob Quick - Centers for Disease Control
• Dr. George Greene - Water Missions International
• Dr. Steve Silliman - University of Notre Dame

The Water Technologies for Emerging Regions (WaTER) Center at the University of Oklahoma hosted the Inaugural OU International WaTER Conference and International Water Prize Award Ceremony on October 26-28, 2009 in Norman, Oklahoma.

The conference brought together participants from multiple groups responding to the UN Millenium Development Goals focused on bringing water and sanitation to remote villages in developing countries. Water and sanitation experts from academia, industry, NGOs, government, and foundations are invited to participate. Participants from developing countries are especially encouraged to attend; a limited number of travel assistance scholarships will be available for international participants.