Dear Collegues,

With apologies for cross-postings, may I invite you to our


SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WATER SEMINAR:
WATER 98: LEGAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND 8-12 JUNE 1998

SESSION I: Private Sector Participation in the Water
Industry: A Viable Option?
MONDAY 8 JUNE
-- Tony Allan, (SOAS), "Water as an Economic Instrument"
-- Penelope Brook-Cowen (World Bank), "Private Sector Participation:
Options; The Role of Competition and Regulation"
-- Rosamund Blomfield-Smith, (Rothschilds), "Private Sector Financing
in the International Water Industry"
-- Hans van Heerden, (Booz-Allen & Hamilton), "Privatisation: the
South African Experience"-- Jos Bos, (Trenite van Doorne) "Tough
Questions on Private Sector Participation"

TUESDAY 9 JUNE
-- Jim Oatbridge (Severn Trent), "Water in the Business World:
Current Challenges"
-- Jack Moss (Lyonnaise des Eaux) "Corporate Views
on National Water Regulation"
-- Victor Smith (Foster Wyatt), "Assessing the Risks of Financing
Private Sector Projects"

SESSION II:  Current International and National Legal Issues in Water
Management
WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE 1998
-- Stephen McCaffrey (Special Rapporteur, ILC) "Legal Issues in the
new UN Watercourses Convention"
-- Branko Bosnjakovic (UN ECE), "Implementing Regional Instruments:
the 1992 Helsinki Convention"
-- Chad Day (Simon Fraser), "Stakeholders Interests: Reconciling
Competing Claims"
-- George William Sherk (George Washington U.) "Interstate Water
Conflict Resolution"
-- Stefano Burchi (FAO), "National Water Law and Regulation: Lessons
from Practice"
-- David Grey (World Bank), "Implementing Water Law: Overcoming the
Obstacles"
-- Salman Salman (World Bank), "Recent Trends in Water Management in
South Asia"

THURSDAY 11 JUNE
-- Vadim Sokolov (SICICWC Uzbekistan), "Aral Sea"
-- Paulo Canelas de Castro (Coimbra, Portugal), "European and
International Water Regulation"
-- Slavko Bogdanovic (Federal Ministry, Yugoslavia), "Existing Legal
Regime for Yugoslav Rivers"

CONFERENCE DIRECTORS: PATRICIA WOUTERS & SERGEI VINOGRADOV
CEPMLP, UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
TO REGISTER, CONTACT: MOIRA MCKINLAY
PHONE: +44      1382 344 303
FAX: +44 1382 322 578
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