River Symposium 2005 will focus on some of the pressing issues in water and food security, such as transboundary catchment conflicts and resolutions, water scarcity and urban and rural tensions over sharing water resources. Institutional and legal arrangements for river management will be featured along with work on rivers as corridors.  

dates: 2-11 September 2005  
location: Brisbane, Australia  
contact: International River Festival  
phone: 61-7-3846-7444  
fax: 61-7-3846-7660  
e-mail: glenn@riverfestival.com.au  
www: http://www.riverfestival.com.au/2005/content/2004home.asp?