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Major multipurpose water resources schemes, including many large regional hydro projects, are moving ahead in Africa atan unprecedented rate. A status update, potential and development opportunities, as well as technical, environmental andfinancial challenges, covering all regions of the African continent, will be the focus of the presentations and discussions .

Abstracts are now invited on the following and related themes:

Potential and planned developments in Africa

African multipurpose water storage including hydropower, irrigation,water supply, navigation and fisheries

Quantifying and qualifying the benefits of water infrastructure

African small dams for irrigation

Role of storage in river basin management for sustainable development

The role of risk mitigation in making hydro more competitive

Concession agreements and construction contracts

Finance options including resource mobilization and the Africa 50 fund

Implementation and review of dam safety legislation in Africa

Monitoring the safety of dams, gates and powerplants

Public safety around dams

Dam engineering: design and construction Institutions and institutional arrangements

Case studies from the Water Towers: the Congo Basin, the EthiopianHighlands, the Fouta Djallon and the Lesotho Highlands

Effects of climate change in Africa: adaptation and mitigation

Flood control

The role of hydro in African regional development

Update on the PIDA Energy Priority Action Plan

Pumped storage; hydro in synergy with other renewables

Hydros role in electrical system stability in Africa

Small hydro in Africa

Rural electrification in Africa

Hydro machinery: research and operational issues and, practical examplesof innovative low cost technologies

Environmental and social aspects of African schemes, including waterconservation and transfer, and social challenges of transboundary projects

Reservoir sedimentation mitigation

Operation, maintenance and rehabilitation challenges; obstacles andsolutions

In addition to plenary and parallel sessions exploring the themes above, there will be focused workshops and paneldiscussions on topics such as project finance, regional cooperation and progress with the Programme for InfrastructureDevelopment in Africa, including Grand Inga and other large regional hydro projects.

English and French interpretation is generously sponsored by:

S. Alam, FranceJ. Antunes Sobrinho, BrazilI. Araki, JapanAzeb Asnake, EthiopiaDr Seleshi Bekele, EthiopiaDr E. Bellendir, Russian FederationProf L. Berga, SpainProf P. Boeriu, UNESCO-IHEProf H. Brekke, NorwayR. Bucher, Germany

J.M. Buil Sanz, SpainA. Chraibi, MoroccoA. Coulibaly, UNECAD. Develay, FranceM. De Vivo, ICOLD, FranceDr E. Doujak, Austria

Dr M.R.H. Dunstan, UKI. Ekpo, NigeriaP. de Flix, FranceJ. Freitas, PortugalS. Gatera, UNECAM. Gospodjinacki, ESHA, SloveniaR. Grether, GermanyJ. Gummer, AustraliaC.R. Head, UKDr A. Hughes, UK

F. Isambert, FranceR.E. Israelsen, USADr Jia Jinsheng, China. Johansen, NorwayS.N. Karingi, UNECA, EthiopiaC. Kayitenkore, Burundi

H. Keck, SwitzerlandV. Kercan, SloveniaDr H. Kreuzer, SwitzerlandT. Kunz, SwitzerlandDr Peter Mason, UKAbdelhakim Mohammed, EthiopiaL. Mouvet, SwitzerlandU Myo Myint, MyanmarProf R. Lafitte, SwitzerlandF. Lemprire, France

B. Leyland, New ZealandLin Chuxue, ChinaN. and L. Nielsen, AustraliaA. Nombre, Burkina FasoA. Palmieri, ItalyProf B. Pelikan, ESHA, Austria

J. Plummer, UKDr V. Radchenko, Russian FederationP.J. Rae, USAJ.R. Rojas Morales, Costa RicaF. C. da Rocha e Silva, MozambiqueProf A. Schleiss, SwitzerlandK. Seelos, NorwayProf J-J. Simond, SwitzerlandB. Skcel, Czech RepublicB. Tardieu, France

J. Teyssieux, FranceJ. Thanopoulos, GreeceS. Tickodri-Togboa, UgandaB. Trouille, USAC.V.J. Varma, IndiaProf D.A. Williams, UK

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