Please Submit Separate Abstracts for Each Session

The Third International Forum on Water and Food To be held in Johannesburg, South Africa November 14 – 17, 2011

2-Pager Abstract Template Please submit separate abstracts for each session Please fill the boxes as described below.

1. Authors Provide names and contact of lead author. Please indicate if another person will present the work. While a few authors may lead this initiative, this is a project team effort.

Authors names: Project Number: E-mail address of lead author:

2. Forum session Which session this 2-pager is contributing to

Basin (Andes, Ganges, Limpopo, Mekong, Nile, Volta): Core TWG (Resilience, Global Drivers, Learning to Innovate): Emerging TWG (including but not exclusively: Research-to-Policy, Benefit Sharing Mechanisms, Modeling):

3.Key message/highlights What key message do you want to share in this session (why is your contribution relevant and special?)

Key message (1-2 sentences):

1 Short abstract (150 words) including:  A brief description of your study and preliminary findings  A focus on what makes this piece of work new/innovative and exciting  What are the lessons (could be of failure)?  What is particularly relevant to the other basins or topics?

Add a visual representation (i.e. graph, chart or figure to highlight emerging results)

Your preliminary highlights for the Forum capitalizing sessions  Your message at local, regional and/or global level  If relevant your message for Africa  Your key target audience (researchers, practitioners, decision-makers)

Please fill in by 15 July 2011 and return to:

Bing Bayot [email protected]

If you have questions, please contact Sophie NGUYEN KHOA [email protected]

Further information on the Forum through www.waterandfood.org