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African Utility Week

This event brings together 6 000 engineers, stakeholders
and solution providers internationally. It will feature 250
exhibitors, 250 speakers, a six-stream strategic conference,
a technical conference on the expo floor, keynote sessions,
technical site visits and a glittering industry awards gala
dinner. The programme tackles the latest challenges
in the power and water sectors, including generation,
transmission and distribution, metering, clean energy,
finance, reliability, water supply and energy efficiency.
It will once again showcase success stories in clean
energy, look at bankable power projects and storage
will be discussed as a possible game changer. It will
also have a strong focus on water, including the waterenergy nexus, efficiency and wastewater management.
CCITC, Cape Town, South Africa
May 17 to 19
Website: http://www.african-utility-week.com/

First Conference of the Water Footprint
Research Alliance

At this, the Water Footprint Research Alliance’s first
conference, the theme is the water footprint and
sustainable water use in food production. The event is
organised by the Water Footprint Network, the University
of the Free State and the Water Research Commission.
The conference will feature a keynote speech by
Prof Arjen Hoekstra of the University of Twente, the
Netherlands, the creator of the water footprint concept.
The sub-themes of the event are water footprint
assessment, water management at a catchment
scale, irrigation efficiency, water productivity
and modelling water use, water footprint and
sustainable growth, role of green water in food
security and ground water for food production.
April 4 to 7
Cape Town, South Africa
Website: www.waterfootprint/fir