WATER IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST: REGIONAL WATER SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
Co-Sponsored by: Northwestern Center for Water Research, Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, and the Buffett Institute for Global Studies
Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center, 633 Clark Street, Evanston Campus
Session One: 9:30 am to 11:45 am
Jean Cahan, Director/Chair, Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Explaining and Resolving Water Security Tensions in the Middle East: What Can the Humanities Contribute?
Hussein Amery, Director of the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies and Associatei Professor of International Studies, Colorado School of Mines
Threats to Water Security in the Gulf Arab States
Yoram Cohen, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Advances in Water Treatment and Desalination Technology in Israel: Regional Global Benefits and Challenges
Session Two: 1:15 pm to 3:45 pm
Naftali Lazarovitch, Associate Professor, Wyler Department for Dryland Agriculture, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Irrigation Studies in Arid Environments: From Measurements and Models Towards Sustainable Crop Production
Neda Zawahri, Associate Professsor, Political Science, Cleveland State University
Adapting to Climate Change in the Middle East
Seth Snyder, Water Initiative Leader, Argonne National Laboratory
The State of Technology for Providing Clean Water
