2012 Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation

Bringing together academic research with policy, practice and networking events.

This year's conference will take place October 29th through November 2nd in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Main Conference Themes:

- Monitoring and Evaluation for Sustainability
- Ecosystem Protection and Drinking Water Safety
- WaSH and Child Health
- Southeastern US Water Challenges
- Beyond 2015: Realizing Universal Access and Human Rights
- Water, Energy and Climate
- Making Sanitation Benefits Achievable and Sustainable for All
- Household-centered WaSH

Key Note Speakers:

- Bai Mass Taal, Executive Secretary of the African Ministers Council on Water

- Tessie San Martin, Director, CEO of Plan International USA

- William G. Ross, former North Carolina Secretary for the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources and Visiting Professor at the Nicholas Institute for the Environment

- Letitia Obeng, Chair of the Global Water Partnership

- Charles Fishman, author of The Big Thirst

- Tom Earnhardt, producer and host of Exploring North Carolina


Submissions have closed for abstracts for oral and poster presentations. Registration can be made at: whconference.unc.edu/register.cfm.