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Event Let's Talk About Water - A Panel and Film Event: Water policy in the age of big data - A panel and film event

Technological advances in water data exchange promise to make unprecedented quantities of information available to inform water management from both operational and policy perspectives. CUAHSI, a US-based university consortium focusing on water research, has assembled a panel of experts to discuss this opportunity with OECD. What information do economists need? How can these data sources be adapted to meet these needs?


Programme

15h45-16h: Introductory remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General

16h-17h20: Showing of the documentary “Last Call at the Oasis” (80 min), an award-winning film by Jessica Yu that exposes defects in current water management policy and water infrastructure through a series of stories

17h20-17h30 : Remarks by NASA scientist Dr. Jay Famiglietti (via Skype)

17h30-18h: Panel discussion



18h-19h30: Cocktail

 

Registration

To attend, kindly proceed with your online registration here by 21 August 2015


Contact
For any queries, please contact water.governance@oecd.org

Contact information Aziza AKHMOUCH, PhD Head - Water Governance Programme Regional Development Policy Division Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate : 2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16 (email: Aziza.AKHMOUCH@oecd.org ; water.governance@oecd.org)
Phone: Mobile: +33 6 26 96 42 46 Office : +33 1 45 24 79 30
Event type Seminar
File link http://www.oecd.org/gov/water
Source OECD Water
Subject(s) INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT
Relation http://survey.oecd.org/Survey.aspx?s=c05c1fe8484b4410b9c1933ba20381e0
Geographical coverage France,
Address OECD Headquarters, Paris
Organizer OECD
Target audience National
Period 21/09/2015
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ENGLISH , FRENCH
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