The purpose of the conference was mainly to provide a solutions-based forum and to exchange information regarding research activities within a widely varying target audience. The forum and information and knowledge exchange studied the relationship between climate, environmental changes and human activity with a specific focus on water related issues.

Participants included over 300 scientists, engineers, managers, legislators, NGO representatives and policy makers involved in the areas of water, climate and the environment. BALWOIS is primarily focused on countries from the Balkan region, but has grown to be quite international attracting participants from all over the world.

BALWOIS 2012 acted as a platform in creating partnerships and addressing water scarcity problems, floods, droughts, environmental degradation and risks affecting different regions. This was done by facilitating the sharing of experiences through the presentation of scientific and technical papers and posters on planning research and development activities.

UNESCO-IHE delegation at the BALWOIS 2012

• Environmental research in the Black Sea catchment: flood modeling case studies in Romania.
  Ioana Popescu, Adrian Almoradie, Andreja Jonoski

  Read the abstract or download the paper from the conference website here.
  

• Hydroinformatics and decision support: current technological trends and future prospects.
  Andreja Jonoski

  Read the abstract or download the paper from the conference website here.
  

• Cloud computing framework for a hydro information system.
  Blagoj Delipetrev

  Read the abstract or download the paper from the conference website here.

Video interviews

Alumni and former course participants from the region were also present at the conference. See videos below to get an impression.

More videos & images

See more videos on the conference Youtube Channel and view images in the Picasa web albums.