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Themes and sessions

Four themes provide the overall structure for the Congress:

• Adaptive water management
• Water resources and global change
• Governance and water law (co-convened by IWRA and AIDA)
• Knowledge systems

Each theme is comprised of a set of sessions as indicated below. Sessions may be combined, or expanded, depending on the final number of Congress participants.

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Sessions

Adaptive water management	Water resources and global change	Governance and water law	Knowledge systems	Special sessions
AM1. TRANSITION TO AWM: MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE OF TRANSFORMATION Moderator: Claudia Pahl-Wostl, University of Osnabrück, Germany Info | Print	GC1. DRIVERS OF CHANGE: CONTEXTUALIZATION Moderators: Asit K. Biswas, Third World Centre for Water Management and Cecilia Tortajada, Past President IWRA Info | Print	GL1. EMERGING CHALLENGES IN WATER LAW AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Moderator: D. Alhéritière, AIDA Info | Print	KS1. DISCURSIVE SCIENCE, INNOVATIVE POLICIES AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION Moderator: Philippus Wester, Wageningen University, The Netherlands and Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan, USA Info | Print	SN1. MOUNTAIN WATER TOWERS AND GLOBAL CHANGE - DOCUMENTING HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN THE AMERICAN CORDILLERA AND RIVER BASINS Moderator: Brian Luckman, Univ Western Ontario, Canada (coordinated with SN2)
AM2. AWM, IWRM, AND CO-MANAGEMENT Moderator: Jan Sendzimir, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria Info | Print	GC2. AWM AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES Info | Print	GL2. WATER GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS Info | Print	KS2. BUILDING SCIENCE-POLICY-STAKEHOLDER INTERFACES Moderator: Geoffrey Gooch, Linköping University, Sweden Info | Print	SN2. MOUNTAIN GLACIERS AND LIVELIHOODS IN THE ANDES AND HIMALAYAS Moderator: Marco Rondon, International Development Research Centre, Canada (coordinated with SN1)
AM3. CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKS IN AWM: HOW TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED Info | Print	GC3 – CLIMATE CHANGE – IMPACTS ON WATER FOR FOOD IN LARGE RIVER BASINS Moderator: Tingju Zhu, International Food Policy Research Institute,USA Info | Print	GL3. BALANCING EQUITY, EFFICIENCY AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WATER ALLOCATION AND RE-ALLOCATION, IN THE CONTEXT OF ADAPTIVE WATER MANAGEMENT (AWM) Moderator: S. Burchi, AIDA Info | Print	KS3. ROLE & INTERACTION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE IN AWM Moderator: Rosalind Bark, CSIRO, Australia Info | Print	SN3. Water-Food-Trade-Energy-Investment Nexus Moderator: John Anthony Allan, Kings College, UK
AM4. HOW TO DEAL WITH UNCERTAINTY IN AWM Info | Print	GC4. AWM AND ENERGY SECURITY Info | Print	GL4. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL Moderator: M. Nanni, AIDA Info | Print	KS4. IMPACT PATHWAYS AND THE ADOPTION OF INNOVATION Moderator: to be identified Info | Print	SN4. THE UN WATERCOURSES CONVENTION: CONTENT, PROSPECTS AND RELEVANCE Moderator: Flavia Loures - World Wildlife Fund, USA
AM5. AWM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Info | Print	GC5. AWM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Info | Print	GL5. THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER: GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS Moderator: Carmen Maganda, Univ. Luxembourg Info | Print	KS5. KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS, SOCIAL LEARNING AND LEARNING ALLIANCES IN AWM Moderator: Sunetra Lala, Water Community of Practice, United Nations Solution Exchange, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) India Mario Aguirre, Programa de Agua UICN, Oficina Regional para Sudamérica, Ecuador Info | Print
AM6. AWM IN OVERCOMING TRADE-OFF BETWEEN HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL WATER NEEDS Info | Print	GC6. AWM AND CLIMATE CHANGE Info | Print	GL6. THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER: LEGAL DIMENSIONS Moderator: Jonathan Schutz, AIDA Info | Print	KS6.WATER MANAGEMENT IMPACTS FROM OUTSIDE THE WATER SECTOR Moderator: Rosa Maria Formiga Johnsson (State University of Rio de Janeiro, and Director for Water Resources Management for the State of Rio de Janeiro Info | Print	SN6. ADAPTATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Moderator: ANNE BROWNING-AIKEN - University of Arizona, USA
AM7. THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONCEPT IN AWM Info | Print	GC7. AWM AND ALTERED HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS Info | Print	GL7. LAW AS LEADER IN COMMUNITY ATTITUDES AND SUSTAINABILITY Moderator: Jennifer McKay Info | Print	KS7. ROLE OF MODELS IN ADAPTIVE WATER MANAGEMENT Moderator: Claudia Ringler, International Food policy Research Institute, USA / Prof. José Manuel Pereira Vieira, University of Minho Braga, Portugal Info | Print	SN7. COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WATER UNDER GLOBALIZATION: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES Moderator: Elena López Gunn Fundación Botín, Spain
AM8. AWM AND FLOODS Info | Print	GC8. AWM AND MANAGING UNCERTAINTY AND EXTREMES Moderators: Suzana Maria Gico Lima Montenegro, UFPE, Brazil and CPRM team, Brazil Info | Print	GL8. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS Moderator: Robert Varady, University of Arizona Info | Print	KS8. SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENTS AND THE SCIENCE-POLICY INTERFACE Moderator: Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan, USA Info | Print	SN8. WATER AND SANITATION: LAC CITIES ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE BY MAKING BETTER USE OF THEIR AVAILABLE BIOENERGY RESOURCES Moderator: Walter Ubal Giordano, International Development Research Centre, Canada
AM9. AWM, WATER SCARCITY AND DROUGHTS Moderators: Jun Xia, President of IWRA, China and Naim Haie, University of Minho, Portugal Jawad Al-Bakri, Land, Water and Environment Department, University of Jordan Info | Print	GC9. EMERGING TECHNOLOGYAND INFRASTRUCTURE Moderator: João Paulo de Cárcomo Lobo Ferreira, LNEC, Portugal Info | Print	GL9. THE LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS IN THE FACE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE Moderator: Lilian Del Castillo Laborde, AIDA Info | Print	KS9 – CAN ADAPTIVE RIVER BASIN GOVERNANCE MEET INDIGENOUS WATER RIGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS? Moderator: Sue Jackson, CSIRO, Australia
			KS10 – FUTURE OUTLOOK PLENARY Moderator: Dr. Cecilia Tortajada and David Molden (IWMI) Info | Print

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