UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS, PUEBLA

1. UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMERICAS, PUEBLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCIENCES: THE CHALLENGES OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE (ICWEHS) CALL FOR PAPERS To be held at: Universidad de las Americas, Puebla Cholula, Puebla, Mexico April 13-17, 2009 Co-sponsored by: American Geophysical Union* American Institute of Hydrology* American Soc. of Civil Engineers* Colorado Water Institute Int. Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences Int. Water Resources Assoc. Mexican Water Tech. Institute Mexico’s Academy of Engineering Mexico’s Nat. Water Commission *considering to participate THE VENUE Ancient and beautiful town of Cholula, Mexico, where the Universidad de las Americas, Puebla is located, has been chosen as the site of the celebration of the ICWEHS. The city of Puebla, just 3 miles away from Cholula, is the 4th largest city in Mexico. The international airport of Puebla is served by an international flight connecting with Houston. Mexico City, Mexico´s capitol city, is just 1.5 hours away by bus. Mexico City’s airport has flights connecting to many cities of the world. OBJECTIVE OF ICWEHS ICWEHS will provide a forum for the interdisciplinary exchange of issues, views, experiences and needs for research in the areas of water, environment and health sciences under the influence of climate change INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE John R. Nuckols, Chairman,CSU john.nuckols@colostate.edu Mustafa M. Aral, GeorgiaTech Felipe Arreguin, CNA John England, USBR Benito J. Mariñas, UIUC Humberto Marengo, CFE Polioptro Martinez, IMTA Jose D. Salas, CSU Vijay Singh, Texas A&M Univ. Mary Ward, Nat. Cancer Inst. Reagan M. Waskom III, CWI FURTHER INFORMATION: E-mail: icwehs@yahoo.com icwehs@hotmail.com WWW: http:www.udlap.mx/ICWEHS/

2. TECHNICAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Suggested conference paper or poster and session categories, topics trade-offs are not only accepted but encouraged: A. Water Precipitation Potential Evaporation Groundwater Surface Water Interaction between Surface and Ground Water B. Environment Water and Wastewater Treatment Pesticides Remediation Hazardous Waste Heavy Metals C. Health Sciences Epidemiology Toxicology Exposure Assessment Risk Assessment and Communication D. Education GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts should be sent to the following e-mail addresses: icwehs@yahoo.com icwehs@hotmail.com The abstracts should be in English and no longer that 500 words. Deadlines will be strictly adhered to and authors whose abstracts are accepted for oral or poster presentations and who submit a final paper are expected to attend the Conference, pay the conference registration fees and make their presentation in person. For questions, contact the Technical Program Chair. The Proceedings will be published on CD. International Conference on Water, Environment and Health Sciences: The Challenges of the Climate Change (ICWEHS) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Jose A. Raynal, General Conference Chair, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla (UDLAP) josea.raynal@udlap.mx Benito Corona, Technical Program Chair, UDLAP benito.corona@udlap.mx Erick Bandala, Technical Program Co-Chair, UDLAP erick.bandala@udlap.mx Faith Sternlieb, International Relationships Chair, Colorado Water Institute, CSU faith.sternlieb@colostate.edu IMPORTANT DATES: Abstracts Due: Friday September 5, 2008 Authors Notified: Friday November 14, 2008 Final Papers Due: Friday January 30, 2009 REGISTRATION FEES Before Feb. 13, 2009: $500* Onsite (after 2/13/09): $600* *US dollars Registration fees allow participants to attend all the technical sessions, social events and obtain one copy of the conference proceedings.