Celebrating 2006 Earth Day (June 5) in the second year of U.N. Decade of Water for Life, and with an eye on climate change issues, the WaterWeb Consortium (WWCo) is pleased to announce the Eight Water Information Summit (WIS-8), to be held in Brasilia, Brazil. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss water information issues in a broader context, network with other environmental information experts, and discuss means of delivery of water and related information to the stakeholders and the general public using the latest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) advances.

The mission of the Water Information Summits includes:

• Focusing on use of the Internet to support and promote information sharing in the context of Integrated Land and Water Resources Management.
• Discussing current perspectives on water information dissemination, the implementation of water information systems, and methods and opportunities to share water information.
• Bringing together information specialists, webmasters, scientists, policymakers, and other water information users and providers.

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"Double the Exposure, Double the Cooperation"

The American Water Resources Association (AWRA), the State Water Commission of Guanajuato (CEAG), Mexico, and the WaterWeb Consortium are collaborating to hold the 7th Water Information Summit and WaterWeb Consortium Meeting at the end of the AWRA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida and at the ExpoAgua 2004 in Guanajuato, Mexico.

The purpose of these meetings is to continue the exchange of information on the use of the Internet to promote the use of integrated land and water management approaches to cope with the world’s water problems.

Abstracts for oral or poster presentations are invited for both meetings and are due no later than July 30, 2004. Relevant topics include but are not limited to

• New information sharing technologies
• Water and water-related information sharing efforts
• Water taxonomies, indexing schemes, and the use of metadata
• Information portals in water management, hydrology, or related fields
• Internet delivered distance learning and capacity building efforts
• Information and knowledge needs of watershed managers to implement integrated land and water resources management (IWRM)
• Case studies are invited on all of the above topics

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"Breaking the Barriers: Let the water information flow "

The sixth Water Information Summit was held for the first time in Europe to stress the global importance of the Summit. Water and information have a lot in common. Both flow from a source to users. There can be too much of it, or too little, it can be clear or ~Qpolluted~R. Having and using it is essential and that is why we want to make a difference.

WIS 6 was a joint effort of the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and the Water Web Consortium (USA), with assistance from the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD).

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"Regional Perspectives on Water Information Systems - Case Studies, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, October 23-25, 2002"

The 5th Summit will bring together information specialists, Web site managers, scientists, policymakers, and other water information users, to discuss regional perspectives on water information and to present selected case studies of the implementation of international, national, regional, and local water information systems with emphasis on the use of the Internet to disseminate water information.

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"Internet-Based Mechanisms and Partnerships to Build Virtual Capacity for Sustainable Water Resources Management, Panama City, Panama, October 25-27, 2001"

The Fourth Summit will be held in conjunction with a meeting of the Central American Environment Commission, a ministerial level conference, and the Water Fair for Central America and the Caribbean. WIS-4 will be hosted by the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and the National Environmental Authority (ANAM) of Panamá. There will be opportunities to visit the Panamá Canal locks and other water-related projects.

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"Status, Challenges, and Future Opportunities of Internet-Based Communications Supporting Sustainable Water Resources Management. Attendance specifics continued to grow in size, stature and exposure with representation from nineteen countries of five continents"

The WaterWeb Consortium's Third Water Information Summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami, Florida, November 3-5, 2000. This series of meetings for web site managers and water information users focuses on the use of the Internet to support and promote the application of Integrated Land and Water Resources Management. The Summit is being held in collaboration with the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Annual Conference www.awra.org (November 5-8, 2000).

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Reinforced the need for a truly international meeting on the subject. Attendance at the workshop doubled, with representatives from eleven countries in the Americas and Europe attending.

Reports from the Working Groups of the Second WaterWeb Information Summit (October 1999)

• Availability of Water Information Working Group 1 (14 KB PDF)
• Policy and Culture Working Group 2 (11 KB PDF)
• Information and Data Quality Working Group 3 (33 KB PDF)

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The initial Water Information Summit was the Water on the Web Workshop held in October, 1998. Representatives from eighteen organizations housed in seven countries came together for two days to exchange ideas and discuss experiences on water related information availability, needs, quality and usage in the Web environment. Cooperation and collaboration were the keywords of the meeting with all participants expressing firm commitment to advance the ideas set forth.

• A Report of Recommendations (52KB PDF) from this meeting is available.

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