Latest information on IFAWET-4
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Wed, 16th February 2022
The international forum IFAWET-4 which was held online on December 10-11 was attended by a total of 190 people from the host countries Japan and Hong Kong, as well as India, Thailand, South Korea, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Australia, the Philippines and others. As an event report, the image files of the lectures were released.
Wed, 15th December 2021
Thank you for participating in this international forum. IFAWET-4, which we have been planning since last year, was successfully completed. It gathered a large audience partly because it was held online with no participation fee.
A lively Q&A session was held with 16 invited lectures. However, especially in the three keynote lectures, we decided to extend the time frame to answer a number of questions. There were 32 poster presentations, mainly by researchers and graduate students in Asia. Also, from the University of Tokyo, researchers and students under the guidance of RECWET and its collaborative members made presentations.
We hope that this one-and-a-half-day forum will provide opportunities for young researchers to interact and exchange information, which will greatly contribute to the formation of a researcher network in the Asian region.
Thu, 9th December 2021 1 day to go!
We are looking forward to welcoming you. All information is on the official website.
●Zoom Webinar Address (4 for each session): Written on the right of each session
●Programme：Here
●Keynote and Invited speech: Speakers, Abstract
●Poster Presentation: Abstract and Poster
Wed, 8th December 2021 2 days to go!
An overview of this forum is summarized in the Flyer.
Tue, 7th December 2021 3 days to go!
Despite the short-term call, we received 32 applications for poster presentations. Young researchers will gather from universities and other institutions in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Thailand, Nepal and China. The link to the details of the Poster Session is at the bottom.
Mon, 6th December 2021
Abstracts of 16 Invited Speeches and abstracts and posters of 32 Poster Presentations are open (Register and Login).
Wed, 1st December 2021
Co-Chairs of IFAWET-4 have released an invitation letter.
30th November 2021
The program has been released and registration has started! We believe it will be a valuable opportunity for young researchers mainly in Asia to interact and exchange information. Please come and join us!
26th October 2021
Call for Poster Presentatios until November 10th. It would be appreciated if you could ask the graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in your laboratory to apply for presentations. We also welcome presentations from local governments and businesses.
20th October 2021
The website has been launched and details are being decided one after another! Three world-renowned researchers, Prof. Shane A. Snyder (Nanyang Technological University), Assoc. Prof. Shuhei Tanaka (Kyoto University), and Prof. Hokyong Shon (University of Technology Sydney) will give keynote speeches.
16 oral presentations will have a chance to be published in a special issue of international journals. Not only graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, but also local governments and companies are welcome to participate in the poster session. Here is an abstract post of the poster presentation.
August 2021
Joint meetings between Japan and Hong Kong were held in June and early August. We've narrowed down the candidates for keynote speeches by listing the leading figures in Europe, the U.S., Australia and Asia for the three pillar topics of this forum: Membrane, Advanced Oxidation Processes, and Emerging issues. We've started contacting the candidates as well as building a dedicated website. So, please wait for a while until the details are announced.
June 2021
We are proceeding with the project with the aim of promoting exchanges between young researchers from Japan and Hong Kong. At the monthly joint meeting with City University of Hong Kong in May, RECWET members and seven young researchers from inside and outside U-Tokyo participated in the discussion.
The date has been decided on 2021/Dec/10 (Friday) -11 (Saturday)! We will continue to solicit keynote speakers and presentation papers. We are also considering free online participation, so please leave a schedule.
April 2021
We had a joint meeting with City University of Hong Kong in March. One of the main objectives of IFAWET is providing opportunities for young researchers to interact and exchange information to deepen research collaboration. Thus, a face-to-face forum is desirable whereas it is difficult in the pandemic. Our sponsor Kurita Water and Environment Foundation agreed that we will postpone it from September to December (before Christmas) 2021. As a result, a face-to-face and online hybrid forum is being planned in earnest.
December 2020
For the 4th IFAWET, we are working to materialize the content of the project with the cooperation of young, active researchers in the water environment field. We are planning the details at a rapid pace for the second meeting with City University of Hong Kong at the end of the month.
October 2020
The Environment and Conservation Fund (ECF) will also support our co-organizer in addition to the Kurita Water and Environment Foundation. Taking full advantage of these, we will start full-scale planning in collaboration with Associate Professor Alicia AN, our partner on Hong Kong side.
August 2020
We are going to receive a grant from the Kurita Water and Environment Foundation. This time, the international forum IFAWET-4 will be held by September 2021 in cooperation with City University of Hong Kong. (Later we changed the schedule)
June 2020
We have applied for a grant for our 16th overseas event to be held for the first time in two years (planned in Hong Kong).
