5th IWA Specialist Conference - Efficient 2009 25th to 28th October 2009, Sydney, Australia We are delighted to invite you to participate in the premier international conference on the efficient use and management of urban water. This conference is the 5th in the series, having been held in 2001 (Madrid, Spain), 2003 (Tenerife, Spain), 2005 (Santiago, Chile) and 2007 (Jeju Island, Korea). In 2009 the conference will be held in the iconic city of Sydney, Australia. The aim of the 5th international conference on efficient use and management of water in urban areas is to provide a forum for the exchange of the most recent ideas, techniques and experience in all areas of water management that could contribute to more efficient and sustainable use of water. Professionals from around the world (water managers, regulators, consultants, scientists, local authorities, environmentalists, researchers and providers of equipment and solutions) will attend the conference as it is the key international event on water efficiency. The technical, institutional, legal, environmental, economic and service quality perspectives will be comprehensively examined in order to identify the main driving factors, problems and solutions to the efficient use and management of water in urban areas. The conference will include the participation of outstanding international experts in each of these subjects. Topics covered will include: • Water supply-demand planning • Drought response and climate change • Integrated resource planning and best practice decision making • Non revenue water management • Water demand forecasting and analysis • Pricing reform and governance for efficient water use • Demand management program design and implementation • Economic and sustainability assessment • Monitoring and evaluation of water efficiency programs • Emerging technologies for water efficiency • The role of regulation for water efficiency • Education community engagement and behaviour change • Commercial, industrial and institutional water use and efficiency • Innovative pricing, billing and smart metering • Water and energy linkages • Demand management in developing and emerging economies • Water efficiency in arid climates • Agricultural water efficiency for rural urban water trading • Distributed and emerging water systems • Training and capacity building for water efficiency • Benchmarking for water efficiency Please click here for further details and registration.