Final Scientific ConferenceMURMAN – project meeting/ Fehring, 11th October 2012
Mag. Irena KOPAČ, Dipl.-Ing.
Basic information
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Title: MURMAN – Sustainable management for
drinking water suply systems
Location: MORAVCI, Slovenia
Time: 20th – 22nd March 2014
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The broad objectives of the conference are to: bring researchers and practitioners from Slovenia, Austria and Europe to
confront the real problems in sustainable magament for drinking water supply systems;
to generate new value for this sustainable magament ; provide an international forum for researchers and practitioners; provide a forum for multi-disciplinary interaction between academics and
practitioners; provide an internationally recognised, accredited conference; disseminate MURMAN projects results and innovative and cutting edge
practices, and contribute to the infrastructural creation, development and management bodies of knowledge;
the organisers aim to bring together researchers, academics, administrators and practitioners representing educational institutions, government agencies, contracting organisations, consulting enterprises, financial institutions, and other related organisations basicaly from Slovenia and Austria and from other Europe countries.
Objectives
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Relative to sustainable management for drinking water supply systems are sought to the following critical questions: What changes would lead to an improvement in performance? How can information technology contribute to improved performance? What are the barriers to change? … … … How can education, training, and professional development be
improved? How can skills better be developed and transferred? How can communication and management difficulties be addressed? How can risk be better recognised, understood and avoided? How can ethical behaviour be promoted? How can the regulatory environment be more effective?
Conference outcomes
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Abstracts and Papers Authors are invited to submit abstracts in English of not more than 300 words for
peer review by the scientific and technical committee by not later than 20st June 2013. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references. Each abstract should indicate the topic of the conference the proposed paper will address, and give the name and full contact details of the author to be contacted concerning the paper. Abstracts will be reviewed according to: the relevance to the topics and objectives of the conference; originality of subject matter; likely academic rigour of the proposed paper; and likely contribution to knowledge, or practical relevance, of the proposed paper.
Deadlines Abstract (100-300 words max.): 20 June 2013 Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2013 Submission of completed paper: 9 November 2013 Notification of acceptance: 31December 2013 Submission of final paper: 25 January 2014
Submissions Submit abstracts to Aleš Gutmaher: [email protected]
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Scientific and Technical Committee … … …
Organisers / Contact persons … … …
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Scientific Sponsors and Institutional Supporters ASO Ljubljana (Austrian Science and research Liaison Office)
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Highlight of the Conference (2014) Wednesday, March 20th
Registration Opening Ceremony Keynotes/Sessions
Thursday, March 21th
Technical visit Friday, March 22nd
Keynotes/Sessions Conclusion
Preliminary Conference Programm
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