12th IWA Specialised Conference on Design, Operation and Economics of Large Wastewater Treatment Plants

This conference is the 12th conference in series when the first one was organized already in 1971 in Vienna. The 2015 Conference is the 3rd one being organised in Prague and the Czech Water Association as a national member of IWA is very glad and proud to be a host of this prestigious conference after 12 long years. The world has changed dramatically during those last years, the number of people involved in the LWWTP topics increased significantly and also the amount of information available multiplied several times. There are many new sources of information, not only internet with professional web pages and with wonderful literature searching machines, but also digital journals and books, videoconferences, networking on social nets, etc., etc. This development has created a very strong competition for traditional conferences where people have to travel, very often long trips, to the conference venue, pay the registration fees, pay for more and more expensive hotels, and mainly stay out of the office for several days. In spite of all this drawbacks we are inviting you for a traditional conference where you can listen to live speeches and discuss with your colleagues personally, not only on the screen of your computer. Why? Why we expect you will come to Prague? Because we still believe in two strong advantages of traditional conferences:

1. Effectiveness of information exchange – the listening and discussion to the authors is still the most rapid and effective way of information exchange when you can be involved in discussion groups of several people and formulate your ideas in interactions with others.

2. Social dimension of the conference. The conference visitors can meet and talk with old friends in a friendly atmosphere during the breaks or conference evenings. The new members of the LWWTP community can make very useful contacts for their future career at the conference. Well, you can have some nice chat also on internet but you cannot enjoy the glass of excellent Czech beer with your partner in this way.

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