The first International Conference on Interdisciplinary Water Studies (iWatCon22), with the theme "Reimagining Water Future" Connecting the Visible and Invisible", provides a forum for local, regional, and global exchange of perspectives, knowledge, and practices on sustainable water resources management to reimagine the future of water, benchmark the invisible, and link the invisible and visible. The iWatCon22 is organized by the UPLB Interdisciplinary Studies Center for Water (IdSC Water) in partnership with UP Office of International Linkages, DOST-PCAARRD, SEARCA and BP Integrated Technologies, Inc.
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The conference consists of plenary sessions with a variety of renowned speakers who are experts in the field of multidisciplinary studies on water. Applications of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology in the Assessment of Water Resources in the Philippines; Characterization of Hydrological Systems Using Isotopes; Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Emerging Micropollutants in Water Environment; The State of the Groundwater in the Philippines: Challenges and Opportunities; Water Resources and Agriculture in Southeast Asia; Identifying, Understanding, and Mitigating Environmental Issues: The Necessity of Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling; and Reimagining the Irrigation System in Hungary: Research and Education for the Development of Irrigation Management are a few of the topics covered.
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| iWatCon22 Best Paper: Poster Category |
Engr. Jose Carlo R. Dizon, a faculty member of the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, participated in the said event and presented his work on Hydrologic Modeling and Flood Inundation Mapping of Imus River Basin, Cavite, Philippines Using Hydrologic Engineering Center - Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) and River Analysis System (HEC-RAS). Engr. Dizon together with his co-authors, Dr. Roger A. Luyun Jr., Dr. Rubenito M. Lampayan, and Prof. Moises A. Dorado, won the Best Paper Award for the Poster Category.
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| Engr. Dizon during his poster presentation on iWatCon22 |
iWatCon 2022 also covers research in different categories such as Water Resource Assessment and Management; Water in Food Systems; Water and Urban Systems; Economics of Water; Water Technology and Innovation; Pollution of Water Resources; Water-related Disasters; and Water Policy and Governance. The conference was held on November 10-11, 2022.
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The Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering congratulates Engr. Dizon on this recognition. We are so proud of you! THUMBS Up! (KACrystal)
