World Water Day 2024: Events Programme In '2024' Brain rhythms during audiovisual natural language processing (including research plans for developmental approach)Environmental Micro - and Nanoplastic Identification and Characterisation WorkshopExploring Communicative Efficiency in emerging gestural communication systemGender, visuospatial processing, and the modality effect in chemistryManual cognates: Iconic gestures facilitate the acquisition of a sign language as second languagePlasticUnderground Advanced Training Courses 1 & 2The Dynamics of Learning and Using Two Languages: A Potent Window into NeuroplasticityWhy linguists should look more at well-beingWorld Water Day 2023 - Leveraging Water for PeaceWorld Water Day 2024 - Events Programme Back to 'Events' Ahead of World Water Day, Friday 22 March 2024, there are a range of virtual events that have been organised to bring together experts from various fields to discuss the urgent need for action to address the global water crisis. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Events Schedule: The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN a Global world (HELPING)Date: Monday 18 March, 12:00 noon - 13:00Speaker: Prof. Berit Arheimer (IAHS)Location: Zoom Conflict or cooperation? Test the water! Date: Tuesday 19 March, 12:00 noon - 13:00Speaker: Dr. Annabelle Houdret (IDOS Bonn)Location: Zoom Pathways to Sustainability: Navigating the contested regime of freshwater sand mining through a nexus perspectiveDate: Wednesday 20 March, 12:00 noon - 13:00Speaker: Dr. Tahmina Yasmin (University of Birmingham)Location: Zoom Hydrological knowledge co-production and inclusive governance in mountain river basinsDate: Thursday 21 March, 12:00 noon - 13:00Speaker: Prof. Wouter Buytaert (Imperial College London)Registration: Zoom World Water Day 2024: Leveraging Water for PeaceDate: Friday 22 March, 13:00-14:30, Speakers: Chaired by the University of Birmingham, featuring guest speakersLocation: Zoom All of the above events are free to attend and are open to all, both within and outside the University. If you have any queries, please contact s.hira@bham.ac.uk.