Science Summit on Urban Water

Welcome Message

Prof. Nanqi Ren Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice president of HIT Chair, Science Summit on Urban Water: It is my great honor to welcome you to attend the 4th IWA Conference of Science Summit on Urban Water from November 25-27, 2018, co-organized by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and International Water Association (IWA). The forum will mainly address the current situation, challenges, and future development trends of urban water system, and will be a brain-storming and high-level academic event.
China has made tremendous progress of socio-economic development in the recent decade and for the first time "Smart City" is incorporated into the national strategic plan. As an important part of the “Smart City”, “Smart Water” is one of the important signs that embodies the level of urban management intelligence and also an important technical support for ensuring people’s livelihood in the world. This also reflects the IWA Sustainable Development Goal asking for an intelligent water management on a global scale.
China has made great efforts for the security of urban water environment and provides valuable experience to the world. Yet the urban water environment in China is still facing enormous challenges and became extremely complicated with the accelerated progress of urbanization. Focus on the sustainability of urban water, and targeting the key scientific and technical problems in this area, the Summit would provide an opportunity of gathering the world scientific communities and scientists, where participants can deliver brilliant talks, fostering potential R&D collaborations and find solutions in the area of urban water environments.
This event will bring researchers, engineers and decision makers together to outline the state-of-the-art scenario and address future perspectives for urban water both in scientific and engineering field. We are very pleased to offer this Summit and warmly welcome all of you to Harbin.

Prof. Yu Tian Deputy Director, State Key Lab of Urban Water Resource &Environment, HIT Executive Chair, Science Summit on Urban Water: Following the successful Summits in 2011, 2014 and 2016, the 4th Science Summit on Urban Water will be held during November 25-27 in Harbin, China. On behalf of the Organizing Committee and as Executive Chair of this event, it is my honor to welcome you to attend this event.
The aim of the Summit is to promote the development of smart and healthy urban water system. The Summit intends to become an “Olympic of Urban Water”, and will provide an interacting platform for exchange of ideas between scientists, engineers, environmentalists, managers, consultants, administrators and regulators, student researchers from other countries with the Chinese counterparts, for “a world in which water is wisely managed to satisfy the needs of human activities and ecosystems in an equitable and sustainable way”. The success of this summit will be of great importance for China’s water policy in the future but also has the potential to inspire the change of global water management for a better future. Harbin is a charming, multi-cultural city with fashion and music. We believe that we will offer you a safe and pleasant stay in Harbin during the conference. I sincerely wish to see you all on November 25-27, 2018.

Theme Settings

Session 1：Smart management for urban water system

Big data (artificial intelligence) and the future of urban water system management

Urban water monitoring system based on Internet Of Things

Modelling for surface and underground water management

Large scale urban water system: operation, management and innovation

Session 2：Healthy water cycle for urban water system

Urban water cycle: planning, design and operation

Technological innovations for improving water security

Sponge city storm water management & risk

Sponge city theories and practice

Comprehensive management of urban water basin eco-environment

Session 3：Sustainable development of urban water system

Innovative technologies for future urban water

Wastewater resource recovery and reuse

Emerging contaminants risk and control

Environmental ecology and ecotoxicology

Important Dates

Outline Paper Submission Deadline September 25, 2018
Notification of Acceptance October 15, 2018
Deadline for Early Bird Registration October 20, 2018

Invited Speakers

Glen Daigger

Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
IWA Distinguished Fellows
University of Michigan, USA

Helmut Kroiss

Member, European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA)
IWA Distinguished Fellows
Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Willy Verstraete

Member, Royal Academy of Sciences of Belgium (RASB)
IWA Distinguished Fellows
Ghent University, Belgium

Zhifeng Yang

Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering(CAE)
Leader, National Creative Research Group
Beijing Normal University, China

Mark Van Loosdrecht

Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Member, Dutch Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI)
Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

John Crittenden

Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Director, Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Jurg Keller

Member, Australian Academy of Technol. Science and Engineering (ATSE)
University of Queensland, Australia

Xiaochang Wang

Chairman of IWA China Chapter of Alternative Water Resources Cluster IWA Distinguished Fellows
Xi'An University of Architecture and Technology, China

In S Kim

Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
President, Korea Desal. Plant Association
Gwangju Institute of Sci. & Technol., Korea

Xie Quan

Chair Professor of "Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of China" and Distinguished Young Scholar of NSFC
Dalian University of Technology, China

Weimin Wu

Senior Research Engineer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Stanford University, USA

Beidou Xi

Director, State Key Lab of Environ. Protection and Groundwater Pollution Control Distinguished Young Scholar of NSFC
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science, China

Zhiyong (Jason) Ren

Director, Water Resource Recovery Lab in Environmental Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Jianlong Wang

Chair Professor of "Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of China" and Distinguished Young Scholar of NSFC
Tsinghua University, China

Joon-hong Park

Associate Dean, School of Engineering
Yonsei University, Korea