HARBIN, P.R. China
© Photographs courtesy of Harbin Institute of Technology
Distance map, between conference venue and conference hotel
Conference Venue:
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, 6th floor, No. 73, Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin
Conference hotel: Orange Crystal Hotel (near the Harbin Convention Center), No.1 Xuanyuan East Road, Harbin
Conference hotel: Orange Crystal Hotel (near the Harbin Convention Center), No.1 Xuanyuan East Road, Harbin
1. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Managing access to water to ensure adequate quantity and quality of this vital resource presents unique challenges for the communities in colder climates. The session will focus on the observations, trends and mitigation options that are of particular importance in colder climates. Contributions that discuss types and typical concentration of water pollutants, pollutant transport and fate and how these are impacted by climate change, as well as water management in smart cities are particularly welcome.
2. WATER SUPPLY TECHNOLOGIES
The session will focus on challenges and related solutions for cost-efficient water supply for drinking and industrial purposes in cold climates. The scope includes, but is not limited to innovative solutions for managing water treatment challenges (e.g. removal of NOM, emerging micropollutants) and unique challenges related to water distribution systems in colder climates.
3. WASTEWATER TECHNOLOGIES
The session will focus on challenges and related solutions for cost-efficient treatment of municipal wastewater in cold climates. The scope includes innovative solutions for managing challenges ranging from sanitation to safe disposal and reuse of wastewater. Contributions on low-footprint and energy-efficient technologies are especially welcome.
4. MANAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES
The session will focus on challenges associated with industrial activities in cold climates; Impacts and risks related to oil explorations and transport, aquaculture impacts and risks on water environment; treatment and management of industrial wastewater and solid waste.
The conference will cover the challenges in the regions with seasonal cold climates as well as extreme cold climates.
Welcome notes
Johannes Lohaus
Secretary General, European Water Association - EWAThe European Water Association warmly welcomes the initiative of the Harbin Institute of Technology to organise the 2nd conference on the water challenges in cold climates. Most of the water technologies are developed without considering the special needs of cold climate conditions which are faced by many regions in the world. Adopted solutions and further developments are definitely necessary. The water bodies in cold climate must be protected. Water has no boundaries and pollution must be avoided, wherever possible. This conference will bring experts together with a vast experience to exchange knowledge, presents solutions and ideas and elaborate on lessons learned in this field.
The fact that the EWA event will take place in a city with traditions to celebrate winter with a unique ice sculpture festival will make the WMCC-2020 a memorable one. I am glad to note that the conference is sponsored by the IWA, and our two associations have a history of collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2014.
Moreover, EWA invites its cooperation partners in the US, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the Japan Sewage Works Association (JWSA) in Japan to join this conference and to contribute with their experiences.
We are looking forward to an inspiring conference in a unique water
environment.
Kala Vairavamoorthy
Executive Director, International Water Association - IWADrawing on 10,000 exceptional professionals from 130 countries, the membership of the International Water Association (IWA), brings together scientists, researchers, technology companies, and water and wastewater utilities, all working to address the world’s most urgent water challenges. A good part of the IWA’s membership lives in cold climate regions, with significant annual temperature differences. IWA considers the topic and the thematic priorities of the WMCC 2020 as very relevant and timely, and is very proud to be involved in such an important event.
It is important that we reach out beyond narrow approaches to instead, build wide institutional bridges between silos, linking outcomes across sectors, and raising awareness and urgency in the political arena. Further, we need to combine leading-edge scientific breakthroughs, technological developments and creative mindsets from the laboratory with the best water management practices in the field. Hence, the WMCC 2020 is a very important event, in that it provides an excellent platform for researchers and practitioners to share experiences, recognise new and innovative solutions, and generate professional content and programming, that is relevant and widely valued by the international water sector, particularly for those in cold climates.
In 2019, IWA established it a global office in Nanjing, China and is therefore happy to see the WMCC 2020 in China. We especially welcome holding the WMCC 2020 in Harbin, China, a city which represents both the beauty and the harshness that cold climates create.
I would like to thank the EWA and the Harbin Institute of Technology, both with whom IWA has a long record of collaboration, for all their efforts in preparing for such an important water event. I wish the conference and the participants great success and hope it will strengthen the potential to be a regular biennial conference which brings IWA, EWA and water professionals closer together.
Nanqi Ren
Co-chairman of the scientific committeeHarbin Institute of Technology (HIT) has been a pioneer in basic and applied water research in China for several decades. HIT leads several initiatives focusing on the arctic environment and education, thus it is very appropriate for us to host this very important and relevant conference. We appreciate the trust endowed on us by the two leading water organisations – the European Water Association and the International Water Association.
HIT has a long tradition in international joint research and industrial collaborations. We look forward to welcome our collaborators and their partners and students, both from China and abroad, to this unique event.
Harsha Ratnaweera
Co-chairman of the scientific committeeWelcome to Harbin for the 2nd EWA conference on Water management in cold climates (WMCC); a forum where water professionals from colder climates will share their challenges and solutions for the second time, following the great success of Spitsbergen, Norway in 2016.
The conference will provide a forum to have a fruitful dialogue among engaged water researchers, suppliers and utility personnel on this important theme, which could be the start of a regular forum.
The WMCC conference will be held in a city experiencing extreme cold during winters, hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology. The conference will be held during the renowned ice festival in Harbin, giving the participants a unique experience. We look forward to welcome you in Harbin.
Yifan Li
Co-chairman of the organizing committeeIt is my great honor to welcome you to the second international conference on water management in cold climates, hosted by my university – Harbin Institute of Technology, in the famous city – Harbin, where the city’s unique beautifulness is even more enhanced each January when the unique ice sculpture festival takes place.
The WMCC 2020 focuses on important aspects of water pollution surveillance and control, which is also the focus of the UArctic-HIT Training Centre and Polar Academy of HIT. The International Arctic School-Winter2020 of HIT will be held back-to-back with the WMCC 2020 conference, providing many participants an opportunity to be involved in both activities. I warmly welcome all water researchers and practitioners to Harbin in January 2020.
WMCC-2020 Scientific committee
- Nanqi Ren (co-chair)
- Harsha Ratnaweera (co-chair), Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Jun Ma, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Katuski Kimura, University of Hokkadio, Japan
- Pierre Berube, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Xuejun Bi, Qingdao University of Technology
- Bjørn Jenssen, Geological Survey in Denmark and Greenland, also the president of EWA
- Petter Jensen, NMBU, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Lech Smoczynski, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland
- Joachim Fettig, University of applied Sci, Høxter, Germany
- Gregory Korshin, University of Washington, Seattle
- Howyong Ng, National University of Singapore
- Vlad Tarabara, Michigan State University
- Ted Roberts, University of Calgary
- Yujie Feng, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Yu Tian, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Yi-Fan Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Liyan Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (co-secretary)
- Zakhar Maletskyi, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (co-secretary)
WMCC-2020 Organising committee
- Yi-Fan Li (co-chair) , Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Harsha Ratnaweera (co-chair), Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- Tao Li, IWA-China
- Liyan Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Jing Ding, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Wanli Ma, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Zifeng Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
- Weiwei Song, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Conference secretariat email address: post@wmcc2020.net
Conference sitelink: www.WMCC2020.net
Secretary, Organising committee
Liyan Liu, HiT
Phone: +86 186 8682 6950
Email: llyan7664@163.com
Secretary, Scientific commitee
Zakhar Maletskyi, NMBU
Phone: +47 6723 1911
Email: zakhar.maletskyi@nmbu.no
Yifan Li, Co-chair, Organising commitee
Phone: +86 185 4513 5495
Harsha Ratnaweera, NMBU, Co-chair, Scientific commitee
Phone: +47 6723 1587
Email: harsha@nmbu.no
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