Renowned Water-Health Expert Prof Jamie Bartram Speaks in Brisbane, Australia, today on 1 December

    BRISANE, AUSTRALIA, December 01, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Professor Bartram is the Director of The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina (USA), formerly the Chair of UN Water and a Coordinator at the World Health Organisation.

Details of the free seminar:
Date: 1 December
Time: 3:30 pm 
Venue: Auditorium 1, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane

Free tickets for this seminar can only be booked online at
https://watercentre.wufoo.eu/forms/seminar-featuring-professor-jamie-bartram/

"We are delighted to have been able to secure Professor Bartram for a special seminar in Brisbane, and we strongly encourage everyone with an interest in water and health to quickly secure a free ticket for this unique opportunity," said Mark Pascoe, CEO of IWC.

"Professor Bartram's public seminar is highly relevant to Australia as he will share his insights into the global water and health agendas, the challenges and outcomes of the Millennium Development Goals, the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their meaning for developed countries like Australia," he added.

The SDGs were recently adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York as part of the UN's 2030 development agenda, signaling a direction for future investments in water and health.

Prof Bartram works at the interfaces of water (including sanitation and hygiene) and health - especially the links between science, policy and practice, in both developing and developed countries.

Media contact:
Agnese Middleton, Marketing & Communications Manager, International WaterCentre,
(m) 0407 389 847, http://www.watercentre.org

IWC is a Brisbane-based company providing world-class education and training, applied research and consulting services to develop capacity and promote whole-of-system approaches to integrated water management around the world. Find out more at http://www.watercentre.org

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