Events - Environmental Data and Analysis
Water Affordability and Equity in the United States
Martin Doyle, Director of the Water Policy Program, presents "Water Affordability and Equity in the United States," an American Water Resources Association webinar, on March 24. A recording of the webinar will be available through the AWRA website.
Water Data for COVID Pt. 2
Join the Internet of Water (IoW) for "Water Data for COVID Pt. 2 - Data for COVID: Wastewater Surveillance" on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 3:00pm-4:30pm ET.
A Water Policy for the American People Revisited
Water Policy Program Director Martin Doyle will present, "A Water Policy for the American People Revisited" as the Gilbert F. White Lecture in the Geographical Sciences on January 26.
American Water Resources Association Annual Conference
Internet of Water staff will co-present a pre-conference technical workshop entitled "That's so Water Meta!" at the American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, in Salt Lake City, UT, November 3-6, 2019.
One Water Summit 2019
Internet of Water staff will attend One Water Summit in Austin on September 18-20, 2019.
One Water Summit is a national conference focused on sustainable, integrated, and inclusive approaches to managing water.
The Politics of Flood Mapping and Its Implications for Climate Change Adaptation
Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science at Syracuse University, will present "The Politics of Flood Mapping and Its Implications for Climate Change Adaptation," on Friday, February 23 in the Levine Science Research Center on Duke University's West campus.
Constructing Africa’s Future: The Environmental and Social Implications of Chinese-Financed Infrastructure in Africa
WEATHER ALERT: All Thursday programming associated with this event has been cancelled. An abridged version of Friday's programming will take place 10 a.m.-noon. Please check back for further updates.
Hear leading academics, journalists, policymakers, and NGO experts discuss the environmental and social Implications of Chinese-financed infrastructure in Africa on Thursday, January 18 and Friday, January 19 on the Duke University campus. The workshop will assess how Duke/DKU and partner institutions can contribute to infrastructure planning in Africa so as to optimize its impact on the environment and global health.
Annual American Water Resources Association Conference
Lauren Patterson, policy associate at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will present at the Annual American Water Resources Association Conference in Portland, Oregon, November 5–9.
At the Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability session (November 7), she will discuss a national framework for sharing and integrating water data for sustainability, presenting findings from a recent Aspen Data Dialogue report, Internet of Water: Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability. Such a network would allow for real-time transmission of water-related data and information among regional data-sharing communities, revolutionizing how water resources are managed to address water problems such as extreme flooding, scarcity, contamination, and aquatic system degradation. Other presenters will describe the value of open data from the user perspective, California’s role as a data producer and data-sharing community, and the role of the Water Data Exchange, a platform to share and integrate data on water use across western states.
Patterson will also present during the Sharing and Integrating Water Data for Sustainability session (November 8), which will focus on one of the primary findings and recommendations from the Internet of Water report: the importance of demonstrating the value of open and shared water data to meet water management needs.
Economics of Environmental Data Manipulation
Junjie Zhang, director of the iMEP Program and Environmental Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, will present “Economics of Environmental Data Manipulation,” 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 12.
Data Drought: An Assessment of Global Hydrological Monitoring Systems
As part of World Water Week Stockholm, August 27–September 1, Water Program director Martin Doyle will co-present Data Drought: An Assessment of Global Hydrological Monitoring Systems, August 27. The multi-stakeholder discussion will explore the challenges of and the potential solutions to the mismatch between the need for and the supply of data on water resources. The aim of the event is to assess global water monitoring infrastructure relative to current needs, to explore challenges and solutions to scaling up the global water monitoring system, and to provide a platform for defining next steps and avenues for collaboration. The event is co-convened by Xylem Inc., Duke University, the Smith School of Environment, and Enterprise at the University of Oxford, and The Aspen Institute.