The IWA Xi'an Conference on the Future of Urban Wastewater System - Decentralization and Reuse was successfully held at Xi'an International Conference Center from 18 to 20 May, 2005. More than 210 delegates from 20 countries/regions attended the Conference and 86 oral presentations, 28 poster presentations and 7 keynote lectures were given. The following photos may recall you the unforgettable time in Xi'an during the Opening Ceremony, Keynotes and Technical Sessions, Closing Ceremony and Social Visits. Thank you very much for your attendance and support to the Conference and Xi'an is waiting for your visit again!

 

Opening Ceremony

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction by Professor Xiaochang C Wang
(Chairman, Organizing Committee, FUWWS-XIAN2005)

Welcome speech by Professor Delong Xu (President, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology) .

Opening address by Mr. Paul Reiter (IWA Executive Director) .

Address by Mr. Junchang Tang (Director, Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province ) .

 
Keynote lectures, May 18
“The Need for Integrated Thinking – Is your mindset?” by Michael Rouse (IWA Ex-President, United Kingdom) “ Technology in the High Entropy World” by Norihito Tambo (President, The University of the Air, Japan . IWA Ex-President)
“Towards the Healthy Water Cycle of China ” by Jie Zhang (Academician, Northeast Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute, China) “ Innovations in wasterwater treatment - themoving bed biofilm process” by Hallvard Ødegaard (Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Norway )
 
Welcome banquet
 
Technical sessions
Oral presentations were held in 6 sessions.
 
Coffee break
 
Poster Exhibition
 
Keynote lectures, May 19
“Decentralised, source-separation based sanitation leading to recovery and reuse of resources” by Katarzyna Kujawa-Roeleveld ( Wageningen University , The Netherlands ) “Development of Sustainable Sanitation System and its implementation to Asian countries” by Naoyuki Funamizu (Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan)
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“Rehabilitation of Water Environment by Recycling the Organic Waste through toilets” by Tadaharu Ishikawa (Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
 
Closing Ceremony
Brief summary of 6 sessions
Session 1
Dr. K.Kujawa-Roeleveld (Netherland) (left)
Prof. Tadaharu Ishikawa (Japan) (right)
Session 2
Prof. Tetsuya Kusuda (Japan)
Session 3
Dr. Francesco Fatone (Italy)
Session 4
Prof. Hallvard Ødegaard (Norway)
Session 5
Prof. Masahiro Otaki (Japan)
Session 6
Prof. In S Kim (Korea)
Closing address by Mr. Michael Rouse, IWA Ex-President
 
Social Visits and Entertainment
Visit to the Museum of Qin Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses
Visit to the Tang Paradise, dinner and night entertainment
 
 

For further information, please contact with Mr.Chen Rong
Organizing Committee, FUWWS-XIAN2005 E-mail: fuwws-xian2005@xauat.edu.cn

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