The IWA Asia Pacific Region Grouping (IWA-ASPIRE) was formed by the merger of the Asia Pacific Group of the International Water Services Association (IWSA) and Asian Waterqual Group of the International Association on Water Quality (IAWQ) to advance the education of IWA's Asia Pacific members in the science and practice of water management; and to encourage communication between members within the region.
The ASPIRE Group comprises of IWA Governing Members of the Asia Pacific Region, which currently includes Australia, the People's Republic of China, Chinese Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, Korea, Macau SAR, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pacific ISlands, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Every two years, the ASPIRE Group organizes the IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition as a platform for sharing and networking for water professionals in the region. Three ASPIRE Conferences have been held to date - Singapore in 2005, Perth in 2007 and Taipei in 2009. The 4th ASPIRE Conference will be hosted by Tokyo, Japan in 2011 and the 5th ASPIRE Conference by Daejeon, Korea in 2013.
Chairmanship of the ASPIRE Council is rotated every two years and assigned to the next host of the IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition. The current co-Chairs of the Council are Professor Shinichiro Ohgaki of the National Institute for Environmental Studies and Masaru Ozaki of the Nureau of Waterworks, Metropolitan Government of Tokyo. The ASPIRE Council is supported by the IWA East Asia and Pacific and China Offices.
For more information on the 2011 ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition, please visit www.aspire2011.org.
For news on other upcoming events and programmes in the Asia-Pacific and China, please click here.
The following is the current list of IWA events (except Specialty Conferences) that will be taking place in the region in 2010 and beyond:
For more information on events and programmes in the region, please contact Brenda Lai.
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