WWW-YES-2009-Brazil: the 9th edition

Detailed scientific programme of the WWW-YES workshop, including presentations and publications

You will find below some pictures of the 9th edition of the WWW-YES workshop at Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. We hope that you will enjoy them.
Martin and Daniel

Collaborative research project building-up
27-30 October 2009 - half-day sessions
At the start of the workshop, participants built multidisciplinary groups of 4-5 persons. Each group prepared a proposal for international scientific research, under the guidance of senior experts. The topics of these proposals were defined with the help of actors of decentralized cooperation in the field of water supply and sanitation, or with academic searchers.
For better understanding of such role (...)

Discussion on drinking water management
Wednesday 28 October 2009 evening
Prior to the WWW-YES-2009-Brazil workshop, all participants were asked to conduct a survey on the drinking water resources, production and distribution within a city of his/her choice. Using an on-line survey form, a table of the water survey results was built.
3 voluntary workshop participants prepared an English summary of the surveyed towns and presented it orally together with the necessary illustrations. (...)

Desde 8 anos, o WWW-YES, um Workshop Internacional para os jovens cientistas ambientais, busca promover a pesquisa no campo da ciência ambiental, em especial, no campo das águas urbanas entre os jovens científicos. Seu objetivo principal é ajudar aos jovens pesquisadores a criar sua própria rede através de uma oficina composta de apresentação oral das pesquisas individuais, da formulação comum de uma proposta de pesquisa e da visita técnica. A oficina tenta reforçar as interações entre (...)

BELO HORIZONTE accommodation site
Thanks to Conselho Regional de Engenharia, Arquitetura e Agronomia de Minas Gerais (Crea-MG), all WWW-YES-2009 participants can be accommodated at
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Pousada "O Sorriso do Lagarto" www.osorrisodolagarto.com.br
R. Cristina, 791
Belo Horizonte
(++55)31.3283.9325
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This accommodation site contains : Triple rooms and double room, all containing a washing basin, Sheets, blankets, pillow… are placed in plastic gaskets below each bed, but neither (...)

The WWW-YES-Brazil-2009 workshop will take place from Monday 26 October 2009 to Friday 30 October 2009 from 9:00 to 17:30 at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil) (see first announcement).
1/ Official opening of the workshop (26 October 2009)
Within a morning session open to institutions and UFMG PhD students, the 9th edition of the WWW-YES workshop will be officially opened and 3 example of programs related to urban water will be presented: (...)

After 2007, 2009 is the second year of French - Brazilian bilateral cooperation. In 2007 Brazil was a special guest in France. In 2009, France is invited in Brazil. The purpose if this cooperation is to strengthen bilateral, cultural, scientific and principally commercial exchanges. The special 2009 edition of WWW-YES in Brazil was certified in December 2008 as a part of this program.
The special edition was held in Belo Horizonte, capital of the Minas Gerais state. The University of (...)