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Job Vacancy! Senior Scientific Programmer- NOAA CoastWatch

RIVA Solutions, the contracting firm covering NOAA Coast watch/Ocean watch (CWOW) operations, is seeking a senior scientific programmer to support the day to day operations.  This programmer position is a contractor hired through RIVA Solutions, Inc. and is open to US Citizens or permanent residents of the US.  The duty station is based in College Park, MD, but this can be a remote opportunity.

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UNOOSA’s 5th Space Technologies Conference on Water Management

Space is limited in person!  Register online here (closes in March 2022)

Rationale and context

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Government of Ghana are jointly organizing a Conference with the support of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) to promote the use of space technology in water management to the benefit of developing countries.

The Conference will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 10- 13 May 2022, hosted by the University of Energy and Natural Resources on behalf of the Government of Ghana.

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IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2022

The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, September 11-15, 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark, will offer a long-awaited opportunity to reconnect and network with global peers in the water sector and beyond. IWA is pleased to offer an extension to the call for content deadline for the Copenhagen 2022 IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition. The revised deadline is 17 January 2022. We look forward to receiving your proposals!

Remember that you may submit proposals for presentations, workshops, and training opportunities.

More here: https://worldwatercongress.org/programme/

WWQA 3rd Annual Meeting – January 26-27, 2022

The theme of this meeting is ‘Data to Knowledge, Knowledge to Action’ and the objectives are:

1. WWQA Coordination Team Update
2. Present ongoing work and interfaces and products contributing towards the World Water Quality Assessment that will be shared on the UNEP World Environment Situation Room (WESR) as the main portal to update UNEP Member States towards the World Water Quality Assessment and WWQA workstreams contributing to this
3. Understand the role of in-situ data on water quality available from GEMS Water. Identify requirements for in-situ data within the WWQA community to better support stakeholder needs and demands in this area.
4. Identify emerging topics of environmental and socio-economic concern for water quality and inclusion into the Assessment
5. Strategic planning and thematic focus.