This symposium is organized by the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and is co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the UN Environment Programme. The international symposium will serve as a forum for exchange between practitioners of development cooperation, technical and scientific specialists and representatives of political institutions who are committed to substantive support for improved sanitation. It will therefore discuss technical and scientific approaches towards improved sanitation and groundwater protection within a political framework. By outlining the state-of-the-art in sanitation and groundwater protection, the symposium aims to help to bridge the gap between political commitment and technical approaches of different disciplines.  

dates: 14-17 November 2008  
venue: Geozentrum  
location: Hannover, Germany  
e-mail: Symposium2008@bgr.de  
www: http://www.bgr.bund.de/EN/symposium2008