watermicro23
21st Symposium on Health-related Water Microbiology
4 -9 June 2023, Darwin
Online registrations close 26 May.
About the Conference
The conference program will cover all aspects of health-related water microbiology across the whole water cycle, applied and basic research on water, micro-organisms and impacts on human health. It will bring together microbiologists, researchers, policymakers, water practitioners from academia, industry, engineers, water utilities, indigenous communities, public authorities and administration to exchange the latest scientific findings, experience and know-how.
The conference will welcome over 200 delegates from across the world to Darwin, in Australia's North during the beautiful dry season. The conference will be held at the waterfront Darwin Convention Centre, close to the city centre, accommodation and local amenities.
Delegates will include specialists in environmental and clinical microbiology; infectious diseases epidemiology; and water and sanitation engineering and environmental health practice.
Conference Theme
“Water Safety for All — reflections and emerging concerns.”
The theme encourages reflection on the efficacy of water and sanitation safety plans, water quality guidelines, frameworks and surveillance adopted over the past 20 years. A focus on emerging concerns from climate change, environmental stress and extreme events will also feature in the program. The theme contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sub-themes
Indigenous knowledge and engagement
- Cultural indicators of water health
- Co-designing water and sanitation safety plans
- Incorporating indigenous knowledge and values in water quality management
Water safety planning - reflections and improvements
- Lessons from success
- Incorporating indigenous knowledge and values into water and sanitation safety planning
- Water quality management in emergencies, disaster situations and other extreme events
- QMRA and achieving health-based targets
- Capacity development
Climate change impacts on water safety
- Water-sensitive cities and adapting to the changing environment
- System impacts of climate change
- Climate impacts on catchments, drinking water sources, sanitation and recreational waters
- Metagenomics
- Microbial source tracking
- Anti-microbial resistance
- Applications in QMRA
- Rapid point of use surveillance technologies
- Using digital platforms
- Real-time, remote sensing
- Automation of water quality information and interpretation
- Using citizen data and apps
- Lessons learned from Covid-19 and new possibilities/application
- Quality assurance in sampling and laboratory analyses
- What do policymakers need and when?
- Social licence for surveillance
From research to practice
- Evidence-based policy vs policy-based evidence
- Global environmental change – emerging research needs
- Unrecognised pathogens and those of emerging concern
Wildcard
- An abstract theme we have not listed that will help to keep communities safe
Committees
| Organising Committee | Program Committee |
| Darryl Day, Peter Cullen Trust (Co-Chair) | Prof Nicholas Ashbolt, Southern Cross University (Chair) |
Dr Annalisa Contos, Atom Consulting (Co-Chair) | Prof.
Regina Sommer, Medical
University Vienna, Austria |
Prof. Nicholas Ashbolt, Southern Cross University | Prof.
Hiroyuki Katayama, The
University of Tokyo, Japan |
Wayne Sharp, Power and Water Corporation | Prof.
Rosina Girones, University
of Barcelona, Spain |
Prof. Anne Roiko, Griffith University | Prof.
Daisuke Sano, Tohoku
University, Japan |
| A/Prof. Helen Stratton, Griffith University | Ms. Maronel Steyn, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa |
| Dr Susan Petterson, Water and Health | Dr.
John Scott Meschke, University
of Washington, USA |
| Karen Rouse, Water Research Australia | Dr.
Ricardo Santos, Technical
University of Lisbon, Portugal |
| Dr Marion Savill, Affordable Water Ltd | Dr.
Kwanrawee Sirikanchana, Chulabhorn
Research Institute, Thailand |
| Sonya Kozak, Griffith University | Dr.
Susan Petterson, School
of Medicine, Griffith University, Australia |
| Dr Christobel Ferguson | Prof.
Andreas H. Farnleitner, Karl
Landsteiner University for Health Sciences, 3500 Krems, Austria |
| Dr.
Kathleen Alexander, Virginia
Tech, USA | |
| Robert Bos | Dr.
Eiji Haramoto, Interdisciplinary
Center for River Basin Environment
University of Yamanashi, Japan |
| Jacqueline Frizenschaf, Water Research Australia | Dr.
Veronica Rajal, National
University of Salta, Argentina |
| Prof. Karen Gibb, Charles Darwin University | Prof.
Anne Roiko, Griffith University, Australia |
| Dr.
Lisa Casanova, Georgia
State University, USA | |
| Dr.
Christobel Ferguson, Australia | |
| Prof.
Nicholas Ashbolt, Southern
Cross University, Australia | |
| Prof.
Ana Maria de Roda Husman, Centre
for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM, Netherlands | |
| Prof.
Gertjan Medema, KWR
& Technical University
of Delft, Netherlands | |
| Dr
Joan Rose, Michigan
State University, USA | |
| Dr
João Brandão, National
Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Portugal | |
| Dr
Marion Savill, Affordable
Water Ltd, New Zealand | |
| A/Prof
Helen Stratton, Griffith University, Australia | |
| Dr
Annalisa Contos, Atom Consulting, Australia | |
| Prof.
Gary Toranzos, University
of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico |
Contact Us
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