1st Meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of DNC 2017

Building on the success of the inaugural Dresden Nexus Conference (DNC) in March 2015, the second biennial DNC is planned to take place 17-19 May 2017. DNC2015, under the umbrella “Global Change, Sustainable Development Goals and the Nexus Approach”, focused on the challenges posed by different aspects of global change (climate change, urbanization, population growth) on environmental resources management and how a Nexus Approach may help to cope with them
DNC2017 will bring together researchers and implementers (policy- and decision makers from around the world under the theme “Sustainable Development Goals and the Nexus Approach: Monitoring and Implementation strategies”

Dr. Nairizi Given his valuable expertise and experience concerning sustainable approaches to managing environmental resources was invited to be a member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of DNC 2017.

1st virtual meeting of the International Scientific Advisory Committee (SciAdCom) of DNC 2017 held on 7 April 2016 and Dr. Nairizi as president of ICID attended in this meeting.

Proposed Agenda for this meeting was:

Election of Committee Co-Chairs

Discuss and Finalize DNC2017 Conference Schedule

Develop and Prioritize a list of potential Keynote Speakers

Discuss further Work Plan of the SciAdCom