Purdue to host U.S.-French symposium on water and food security and climate change
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University will host a joint U.S.-French symposium on developing partnerships to deal with sustainable water management and agriculture in an era of climate and global change.
The symposium, scheduled for May 11-12, is being organized by Purdue's Global Engineering Program and the Office for Science and Technology of the French Embassy in Chicago.
More than 100 scientists from international universities, research labs, industries, and public and private policy-making agencies are expected to attend.
The symposium's goal is to enhance the development of U.S.-French research, education and industrial partnerships to address issues of climate change, sustainable water management and agriculture. It also is designed to present needs and skills to policy-makers, researchers and businesses.
Topics to be addressed include water resource management under shortages and climate extremes; impact of human activities on agricultural water quality and the impact of water quality on agriculture; drinking water quality; and the impact of climate changes on ground water.
The U.S.-French partnership producing the symposium is considered a model for future bi-national partnerships in other areas of research and other regions of the world.
The symposium is sponsored by the National Science Foundation; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); several French agencies and organizations, including the Embassy of France-U.S. Science attaché office, Ministry of Agriculture, Invest in France Agency, Veolia Water North America and research institutions CNRS, INRA, INP, IRD, IAMM; and Purdue's Office of the Vice President of Research, colleges of Engineering and Agriculture, Indiana Water Resources Research Center and the Office of International Programs.
More information on the symposium can be found at https://globalhub.org/groups/us_french_symposium
Writer: Judith Barra Austin, 765-494-2432, jbaustin@purdue.edu
Source: Rabi Mohtar, director of the Global Engineering Program, 765 494-1791, mohtar@purdue.edu