Xi’an, China 11th – 13th September 2018

Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the British Council’s Newton Fund, we will be holding a workshop on “Water-Wise Cities and Smart Water Systems” in Xi’an, China on 11^th – 13^th September 2018. The workshop is being coordinated by Professor Guangtao Fu (Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, UK) and Professor Xiaochang Wang (Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China). We have invited four leading researchers, who will give a keynote and act as mentors for early career researchers:

• Professor David Butler FREng, Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter,
• Dr Ivan Stoianov, Imperial College London,
• Professor Nanqi Ren, Academician, Harbin Institute of Technology, and
• Professor Qiang He, Chongqing University.

We are now inviting Early Career Researchers from the UK to apply to attend this workshop. All expenses related to travel, accommodation and meals will be covered by the Newton Researcher Links programme. The application form should be sent to Dr Fanlin Meng () for UK participants before the deadline of 15^th May 2018.

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Shenzhen, China 3rd – 5th July 2017

Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the British Council’s Newton Fund, we will be holding a workshop on “Urban Flooding and Sponge Cities” in Shenzhen, China on 3^rd – 5^th July 2017.

The workshop is being coordinated by Professor Dragan Savić FREng, Professor Guangtao Fu, and Dr Albert Chen at the University of Exeter, UK and Chinese partners Professor Yuntao Guan and Professor Haifeng Jia, Tsinghua University and Professor Huapeng Qin, Peking University. We are now inviting Early Career Researchers from the UK to apply to attend this workshop. All expenses related to travel, accommodation and meals will be covered by the Newton Researcher Links programme. The application form should be sent to Dr Fanlin Meng () for UK participants before the deadline of 1st April 2017.

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Telford International Centre, 28-30 March 2017

Led by the Environment Agency, Flood and Coast will draw together key stakeholders from the flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCRM) community, including local authorities, infrastructure owners, consultancies, contractors, businesses, community groups and universities.  It aims to advance the debate about flood and coast erosion risk, resilience and response.

A three-day programme of workshops, presentations, debate and panel sessions tailored to the topics selected by the government and industry panel is accompanied by a trade show and exhibition which allows all stakeholders unrivalled networking opportunities.

For more information and to register please see the website: http://www.floodandcoast.com/index.php