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Previous conferences

Please find below details of previous WEDC Conferences. Please click the conference titles to access conference papers, or click here to search the complete database of papers from past conferences or here to access the Proceedings.

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T: Total number of participants; L: Local participants; F: Foreign participants; P: Papers

Num	Year	Location	Title	T	L	F	P
01	1973	Loughborough, UK	Environmental health engineering in hot climates and developing countries	63	48	15	4
02	1975	Loughborough, UK	Water, waste and health in hot countries	83	51	32	7
03	1976	Loughborough, UK	Planning for water and waste in hot countries	76	56	20	7
04	1977	Loughborough, UK	Engineering for health in hot countries	64	48	16	9
05	1979	Loughborough, UK	Collaboration in water and waste engineering for developing countries	91	43	48	8
06	1980	Zaria, Nigeria	Water and waste engineering in Africa	86	60	26	37
07	1981	Loughborough, UK	Water, people and waste in developing countries	78	41	37	19
08	1982	Madras, India	Water and waste engineering in Asia	134	122	12	35
09	1983	Harare, Zimbabwe	Sanitation and water for developing in Africa	117	67	50	24
10	1984	Singapore,	Water and sanitation in Asia and the Pacific	133	17	116	49
11	1985	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Water and sanitation in Africa	124	68	56	37
12	1986	Calcutta, India	Water and sanitation at mid-decade	339	240	99	47
13	1987	Lilongwe, Malawi	Rural water and engineering development in Africa	140	59	81	32
14	1988	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Water and urban services in Asia and the Pacific	115	76	39	26
15	1989	Kano, Nigeria	Water, engineering and development in Africa	135	81	54	27
16	1990	Hyderabad, India	Infrastructure for low-income countries	131	80	51	31
17	1991	Nairobi, Kenya	Infrastructure, environment, water and people	224	96	128	55
18	1992	Kathmandu, Nepal	Water, environment and management	503	389	114	60
19	1993	Accra, Ghana	Water, sanitation, environment & development	254	147	107	91
20	1994	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Affordable water supply and sanitation	240	113	127	86
21	1995	Kampala, Uganda	Sustainability of water and sanitation systems	406	260	146	85
22	1996	New Delhi, India	Reaching the unreached; challenges for the 21st century	536	408	128	119
23	1997	Durban, South Africa	Water and sanitation for all: partnerships and innovations	386	233	153	118
24	1998	Islamabad, Pakistan	Sanitation and water for all	297	206	91	96
25	1999	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Integrated development for water supply and sanitation	462	282	180	118
26	2000	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Water, sanitation and hygiene	433	271	162	115
27	2001	Lusaka, Zambia	People and Systems for Water, Sanitation and Health	600	400	200	126
28	2002	Kolkata (Calcutta), India	Sustainable environmental sanitation and water services	513	358	155	160
29	2003	Abuja, Nigeria	Towards the Millennium Development Goals	367	283	84	107
30	2004	Vientiane, Laos	People-centred Approaches to Water and Environmental Sanitation	450	240	210	113
31	2005	Kampala, Uganda	Maximizing the Benefits from Water and Environmental Sanitation	420	261	159	98
32	2006	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Sustainable Development of Water Resources, Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation	360	200	160	123
33	2008	Accra, Ghana	Access to Sanitation and Safe Water: Global Partnerships and Local Actions	310	172	138	92
34	2009	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Sustainable Development and Multisectoral Approaches	645	373	272	135
35	2011	Loughborough, UK	The future of water, sanitation and hygiene in low-income countries: Innovation, adaptation and engagement in a changing world	266		266	108

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