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Final Announcement Table of Contents
About the World Lake Conference...................................................................................................... 5
Outline of 18th World Lake Conference............................................................................................... 5
About University of Guanajuato ......................................................................................................... 6
Conference Schedule .......................................................................................................................... 7
Opening Ceremony ............................................................................................................................. 8
Plenary Keynote Addresses ................................................................................................................. 8“Sustainable Management, Conservation, and Innovation in Water Management in Mexico” 8
Dr. Humberto Marengo Mogollón, Deputy Technical Director of the Mexican National Water
Commission. .................................................................................................................................... 8“Plenary Keynote Address” ......................................................................................................... 9Professor Tatsuki Toda, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Soka University. Project
Leader of Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS
by JST-JICA). ..................................................................................................................................... 9“Governance, Financing and Knowledge Management of Transboundary Lakes and Beyond,United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)” ..................................................... 9
Sonja Koeppel, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); Christian Severin,International Waters Focal Area, Global Environment Facility (GEF); Mish Hamid, IW: LEARN,
Global Environment Facility (GEF)................................................................................................... 9
Thematic Keynote Presentations ...................................................................................................... 10“ILBM platform process for successfully overcoming governance challenges and sustainable
management of Chilika Lake & its Basin - a case study from India” ......................................... 10
Dr. Ajit Kumar Pattnaik, Vice President Wetlands International South Asia. ............................... 10“Collaborative Efforts and Complementary Approaches for Ensuring the Future of our Lakes
and Wetlands as Settings for Human Wellbeing and Health” .................................................. 11
Dr. Colin Maxwell Finlayson, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University,
Australia. ....................................................................................................................................... 11“Use of the Integrated Lake Basin Platform (ILBM) in the Americas: development, current
status and perspectives” ........................................................................................................... 11
Mtro. Alejandro Juárez Aguilar, General Director, Institute Corazón de la Tierra, Mexico. ......... 11“Looking in the mirror … How societies value their lakes” ....................................................... 12
Professor Pieter Van der Zaag, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and at Delft University ofTechnology, The Netherlands. ...................................................................................................... 12“Lake food webs and C metabolism across gradients of catchment alkalinity and climate” ... 12
Dr. Tiina Nõges, Chair, Hydrobiology and Fishery, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental
Science, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia. ................................................................. 12
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“Studies, Research and Management of West African Lakes, and Updates on wwf9” ............ 13
Professor Salif Diop, Senior Officer at the United Nations, in UNEP’s Division of Early Warning
and Assessment (DEWA) University Cheikh Anta, Senegal. .......................................................... 13“Earth Project in Lake Tana, Ethiopia” ...................................................................................... 13
Dr. Shinjiro Sato; Soka University Japan........................................................................................ 13“The Governance and Protection of Lake Erhai” ...................................................................... 14
Zhengyu Hu, Deputy Director, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science. ............ 14
Technical Sessions ............................................................................................................................. 14
Program ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Information for Presenters................................................................................................................ 22
Information for Attendees ................................................................................................................ 23
Special Sessions ................................................................................................................................. 23
Citizen Participation in Lake Basin Management, coordinated by Shiga Prefecture .................... 23
UNEP-ILEC Special Session on Mainstreaming Lakes and Wetlands in the Global Water Agenda
and SDGs ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Water Solutionaries Create Waves from Great Lakes to Great Lakes .......................................... 24
Panel: Governance in Latin American Lakes (spanish language) .................................................. 24
Current Status, Suggested Management Interventions and Long-term Collaboration Needs on
the African Great Lakes. ................................................................................................................ 25
Lake Briefs for Obtaining Information and Data for Integrated Management of Lakes andReservoirs and Their Ecosystem Services in Latin America. ......................................................... 25
Integrated Lake Basin Management Workshop............................................................................ 26
Contribution from Younger Generations .......................................................................................... 26
Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize Awardees ................................................................................................ 27
Cultural Events .................................................................................................................................. 28
Closing Ceremony.............................................................................................................................. 28
The Guanajuato Declaration ......................................................................................................... 28
WLC 19 Venue Announcement and Presentation ........................................................................ 29
Conference Summary .................................................................................................................... 29
Tutorial for the use of the UG Events Platform................................................................................. 29
Access to the UG Events platform................................................................................................. 29
Access the Event............................................................................................................................ 31
Participate in forums ..................................................................................................................... 32
Answer the event evaluation ........................................................................................................ 333

Conference Committee ..................................................................................................................... 34
1. Scientific Committee ................................................................................................................. 34
Contact Information .......................................................................................................................... 35

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About the World Lake Conference
The World Lake Conference (WLC) began with the Shiga Conference on Conservation andManagement of World Lake Environment in 1984, known as LECS'84, which was held at Lake Biwa,
Japan with the objective of contributing and promoting scientific studies on the management oflakes around the world.
The Conference has since become recognized worldwide as a platform for participants from diverse
areas to exchange views and experiences on the assessment and management of lakes, theirresources, and their basins for sustainable use.
Past conferences have been held in the United States, Hungary, China, Italy, Argentina, Denmark,
Kenya, India, Indonesia, and Japan on a biannual basis.

Outline of 18th World Lake Conference

Theme

Governance Resilience and Sustainability of Lakes for a Better
Society.

Thematic areas

Lake Ecosystem Values, Uses and their Sustainability:• Resource values of lake, shoreline and basin ecosystems• Regulating functions, properties, resilience and sustainability• Anthropological, socio-cultural and historical values andassets• Geophysical, chemical and bio-ecological features
Problems and Issues of Concern:• In-lake problems• Nearshore/lakeshore problems• Problems arising from lake basin activities• Global-scale challenges
Management Approaches and Frameworks:• Governance• Social ambit• Environment and health• Science and technology• Economic ambit

Conference dates
Venue
Language
Host Organizations

November 9, 10 and 11, 2021
https://eventos.ugto.mx
English / Spanish
University of Guanajuato
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Supported byInternational Lake Environment Committee (ILEC)
Guanajuato State Government
National Water Commission, Mexico (CONAGUA)
Guanajuato Municipal Potable Water and Sewer System
Mexican Hydraulics Association
Mexican Network of Basins
Institute Corazón de la Tierra

This edition of the Conference, entitled “Governance, Resilience and Sustainability of Lakes for a
Better Society”, hosted by the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, will be held in a virtual format. It
is the first time in 23 years that the World Lake Conference will be convened in Latin America. This
Conference aims to contribute the Sustainable Development Goals through knowledge generation,
information exchange, management experiences and best practices directed to the comprehensive
management of lakes and their basins for sustainable use.
The 18th World Lake Conference represents an international forum for lake experts from countries
around the world, authorities in charge of their administration, users, technologists, scientists,
professionals, students, and civil society members interested in spreading, learning, andimplementing pertinent actions enhancing the management of lakes.

About University of Guanajuato
The University of Guanajuato is a comprehensive, multi-campus university with almost 300 years ofhistory. It ranked 4th among public (state) universities in Mexico, and 2nd best for international
outlook, according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking in 2019. UG is a major
research institution with 106 graduate and 98 undergraduate programs in Arts, Health Sciences,
Economics and Administration Sciences, Natural and Exact Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities,
Life Sciences, and Engineering. UG has a total population of 28,047 students in 4 Campuses acrossGuanajuato State, organized into 13 Divisions and 52 departments. The UG High School System has
15,214 students in 11 venues in the state of Guanajuato.
UG has over 330 laboratories and 642 researchers certified by the National System of Researchersof the Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT). Research is developed by researchgroups in an ideal environment for knowledge production, management, and the transfer oftechnology. UG also organizes every year its Summer Research Program, recognized internationallyfor its quality, offered to undergraduate and graduate students.
In terms of international collaboration, UG has 317 international agreements with 197 international
partners in 33 countries. It offers double degree programs at both undergraduate and graduatelevels.

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Conference ScheduleDay 1 Tuesday November 9th
Room 1

09:00

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5 Special Sessions

Opening Ceremony

10:00

11:00

Room 2

Sustainable Management, Conservation and Innovation in Water Management in Mexico,
Plenary Keynote Address by Dr. Humberto Juan Francisco Marengo Mogollón
Deputy Technical Director Mexican National Water Commission
The Practice of Managing of Water
Resources
Ajit Kumar Pattnaik Thematic Keynote
Presentation

Enviroment and HealthColin Maxwell Finlayson Thematic
Keynote Presentation

Spanish Technical Session
Alejandro Juárez
Thematic Keynote Presentation

12:00

Economics
Pieter van der Zaag Thematic Keynote
Presentation

Economics
The Practice ofManaging of
Water Resources

Enviroment and
HealthIntegrated Lake BasinManagement Workshop:
General Introduction

Spanish TechnicalSession

16:00

Special Session
Citizen Participation in Lake Basin Management,
coordinated by Shiga Prefecture

18:00

University of Guanajuato Symphonic Orchestra Performance

Day 2 Wednesday November 10th
09:00

Room 1Room 2

Room 3

Room 5 Special Sessions

Plenary Keynote Address by Tatsuki Toda
Soka University

10:00

11:00

Room 4

Science and Technology
Tiina Nõges Thematic Keynote
Presentation

The Practice ofManaging of
Water Resources

Enviroment and
HealthSpanish TechnicalSessionIntegrated Lake BasinManagement Workshop

Science andTechnology
14:00

Special Session
Panel: Governance in Latin
American Lakes (spanish
language)Special Session Water
Solutionaries Create Waves
from Great Lakes to Great
Lakes

16:00

18:00

University of Guanajuato Folkloric Ballet Performance

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UNEP-ILEC Special Session on
Mainstreaming Lakes andWetlands in the Global Water
Agenda and SDGs

Day 3 Thursday November 11th
09:00

10:00

Room 1Room 2

Room 3

Room 4

Room 5 Special Sessions

Plenary Keynote Address

Governance
Salif Diop Thematic Keynote
Presentation

Shinhiro Sato Thematic Keynote
Presentation

Social Ambit
Zhengyu Hu Thematic Keynote
Presentation

Special Session
Current Status, Suggested
Management Interventions andLong- term Collaboration Needs
on the African Great Lakes

11:00

Social Ambit
GovernanceIntegrated Lake BasinManagement Workshop

Enviroment and
Health

16:00

Ibaraki Kasumigaura
Prize Award

Special Session
Lake Briefs for Obtaining
Information and Data for
Integrated Management of Lakes
and reservoirs and Their
Ecosystem Services in Latin
America

Closing Ceremony

17:00

Guanajuato Declaration / WLC19 Announcement / Conference Summary

Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony will take place on the first day of the Conference, Tuesday November 9th,2021, is scheduled at 9:00 am (GMT-6). It will be enhanced by the participations of the Governor of
Shiga Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Taizo Mikazuki; the Rector General of the University of Guanajuato, Dr.
Luis Felipe Guerrero Agripino; the President of the International Lake Environment Committee
Foundation (ILEC), Dr. Kazuhiko Takemoto and representatives from the Mexican National Water
Commission and the Government of the State of Guanajuato.

Plenary Keynote Addresses“Sustainable Management, Conservation, and Innovation in Water
Management in Mexico”
Dr. Humberto Marengo Mogollón, Deputy Technical Director of the Mexican
National Water Commission.
November 9th, 10:00 hrs (GMT-6).

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Dr. Marengo has a bachelor degree, Master in Sciences and Doctorate in Civil Engineering, from theFaculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he has been aprofessor since 1985.
He has worked for the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission, particularly in dam and hydroelectric
plant projects, and as Mexican Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission
between Mexico and the United States, among other responsibilities.

“Plenary Keynote Address”
Professor Tatsuki Toda, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Soka
University. Project Leader of Science and Technology Research Partnership for
Sustainable Development (SATREPS by JST-JICA).
November 10th, at 9:00 hrs (GMT-6).
Dr. Toda received a doctoral degree from the University of Tokyo (Japan). As a Professor at Soka
University, he is attached to the Department of Science and Engineering for Sustainable Innovation,
Faculty of Science and Engineering. His main research activities are environmental dynamic analysis,
environmental impact assessment, environmental policy, environmental technology,
environmental material, resource maintenance studies, earth resources system engineering,form/structure, living organisms, diversity/classification, and general fishery studies.
Dr. Toda has an extensive academic output, including five books in joint works, 194 publishedpapers, 3966 citations, 221 conference presentations and talks and 27 honor awards for his
conference activities. He has been awarded a grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science, in the project “Creating marine forests that can withstand herbivory,” July 2017 - March
2020. Dr. Toda is one of the principal investigators of the Japan Science Technology Agency Project
for Continuous Operation System for Microalgae Production Optimized for Sustainable TropicalAquaculture (COSMOS): Preserving Malaysia's ecosystem through microalgae “aquatic jewels,”2015 – 2022. Dr. Toda was Director of the Center for Cooperative Research and Development ofEnvironmental Technology and currently serves as Dean of the School of Engineering, Faculty of
Science and Engineering, Soka University, Japan.

“Governance, Financing and Knowledge Management ofTransboundary Lakes and Beyond, United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE)”
Sonja Koeppel, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE);
Christian Severin, International Waters Focal Area, Global Environment Facility(GEF); Mish Hamid, IW: LEARN, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
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Thematic Keynote Presentations
Some members from the ILEC Scientific Committee (SciCom) will make presentations on topics intheir areas of expertise. The SciCom membership comprises a small number of internationallyrenowned scientists and experts in the field of lake and reservoir management and conservation.

“ILBM platform process for successfully overcoming governancechallenges and sustainable management of Chilika Lake & its Basin a case study from India”
Dr. Ajit Kumar Pattnaik, Vice President Wetlands International South Asia.
Tuesday November 9th, 11:00 hrs. (GMT-6), room “The Practice of Managing of Water Resources”.
This session will be presented by Dr. Ajit Kumar Pattnaik, Vice President, Wetlands International
South Asia; Member of the State Pollution Control Board, Odisha; Senior Scientific Consultant,National Center for Sustainable Management; Ministry of Forest & Environment, Government ofIndia Strategic Advisory Committee; Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India; Short Term
Consultant, The World Bank.
Session description:
Governance is a steering function and is generally defined as the institutions that are responsible
and accountable, structures and processes that determine who makes decisions, how and for whom
decisions are made, whether how and what actions are taken by whom and to what effect. So, whatmakes the governance of Lakes special? Firstly, Lakes encapsulate a range of ecosystems providing
myriads of ecosystem services that are incredibly significant for human well-being, the livelihood ofa host of dependent communities, and, most importantly, climate change adaptation andmitigation. Good governance, based on fairness, transparency, and empowerment of all
stakeholders, is essential for sustainable management and wise use of the lake & its basin. Manylakes globally are either degraded or lost due to unsustainable use and poor governance.
The Integrated Lake Basin Management (ILBM) Platform developed by International Lake
Environment Committee Foundation (ILEC) provides an excellent framework for sustainable
management of Lakes and their Basins. ILBM is an approach for achieving sustainable managementof lakes and wetlands through the gradual, continuous and holistic improvement of basingovernance, including sustained efforts for the integration of six pillars, i.e. institutional
responsibilities, policy directions, stakeholder participation, scientific and traditional knowledge,
technological possibilities, and funding prospects and constraints. The adequacies and inadequaciesof lake basin management for individual lake basins can be determined by reviewing and assessing
the existing management activities and practices. Based on the comprehensive surveys of the stateof the world's lakes conducted over the past decades, relevant review questions have been
categorized into six thematic domains, including; Institutions to manage a lake and its basin for the10

benefit of all lake basin resource users; Policies to govern people's use of lake resources, and its
impacts on lakes; Participation- Involvement of stakeholders to facilitate lake basin management;
Technological possibilities and limitations that often dictate long-term decisions; Knowledge of bothtraditional and modern scientific origin as the basis for informed decisions; Sustainable finances tosupport the implementation of all of the above-noted activities. ILBM platform is now being adopted
across the globe for sustainable management of the lake and their basins and gaining popularity day
by day.
ILBM Platform process was adopted successfully for restoration and management of Chilika lake, aRamsar site of India. The case study demonstrates how six governance pillars of the ILBM platform
are being used aptly to restore a highly degraded lake and bring it back to near pristine condition.

“Collaborative Efforts and Complementary Approaches for Ensuring
the Future of our Lakes and Wetlands as Settings for Human
Wellbeing and Health”
Dr. Colin Maxwell Finlayson, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt
University, Australia.
Tuesday November 9th, 11:00 hrs. (GMT-6), room: Environment and Health.
Session description:
This talk encourages the development and use of alternative and complementary approaches forlakes and wetland conservation and sustainable use to accompany the efforts that have been inplace for the last half century since the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was agreed. These include
collaborative initiatives for raising the profile of the impacts of climate change on aquatic
ecosystems, responding to the world scientists second warning to humanity, proposing adeclaration towards the rights of wetlands and lakes, supporting integrated “lake” basin
management, and addressing regime changes and novel ecosystems, and listing wetlands and lakesof distinction. These approaches have been supported by initiatives undertaken through the global
Society of Wetland Scientists in collaboration with other organizations.

“Use of the Integrated Lake Basin Platform (ILBM) in the Americas:
development, current status and perspectives”
Mtro. Alejandro Juárez Aguilar, General Director, Institute Corazón de la Tierra,
Mexico.
Tuesday November 9th, 11:00 hrs. (GMT-6), room: Spanish Session.
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Session description:
An overview of the application of the ILBM platform in the American Continent, analyzing the lakecases and countries where it has been used, the effects it has had on policies, grass root processes,
research promotion and governance structures. In the final part, a series of comments will ponder
the applicability and potential usefulness of this adaptable and strategic instrument, to improvebasin management in the Americas.

“Looking in the mirror … How societies value their lakes”
Professor Pieter Van der Zaag, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and at
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Tuesday November 9th, 11:00 hrs (GMT-6), room: Economics
Session Description:
The presentation focuses on the intricate relationships societies develop with lakes, including the
problems and challenges that emerge. Societies learn to value lakes not in a smooth way. Feedbacks
are critical in this learning process. Societies that completely disregard lakes may face surprises. It
typically takes quite some time for a society to transforms into a new mode that is compatible with
the needs of lakes. This symbiotic mode may encompass economic but also cultural and otherdimensions. Valuing lakes may therefore not be fully captured by economic approaches. Some iconic
examples of how societies have dealt with lakes will illustrate the argument.

“Lake food webs and C metabolism across gradients of catchment
alkalinity and climate”
Dr. Tiina Nõges, Chair, Hydrobiology and Fishery, Institute of Agricultural andEnvironmental Science, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia.
Wednesday November 10th, 10:00 hrs (GMT-6), room: Science and Technology.
Session description:
Humans are now plumbers of the world’s hydrologic cycle through irrigation, dam construction,inter-basin transfer, wetland drainage, groundwater extraction, and myriad other activities.
The science that explores the consequences of this plumbing for aquatic carbon cycling is now
emerging. We have yet to understand, how massive manipulation of surface and ground waters is
impacting carbon cycling in inland waters at the global scale. This requires an integrated, wholenetwork perspective.
Recognition of the significance of inland waters to the global carbon cycle has led scientists toredouble their efforts to understand how much carbon is being transported, transformed, or stored
by inland waters.
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These efforts have boosted the global-scale importance of limnology for generating the knowledge
needed to sustain the ecosystem goods and services provided by freshwater ecosystems in a rapidlychanging world.
Questions of “how much?”—need to be complemented with the questions “how?”.

“Studies, Research and Management of West African Lakes, andUpdates on wwf9”
Professor Salif Diop, Senior Officer at the United Nations, in UNEP’s Division of
Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) University Cheikh Anta, Senegal.
November 11th, 10:00 hrs (GMT-6), room: Governance.
Session description:
Discussions on lake systems, IWRM, ILBM, IILBM and wetland ecosystems all consider the multiple
crises observed in the West Africa sub-region during past decades, including:• Climate change, extreme events and disaster reduction (floods & droughts);• Population growth;• City expansions and unsustainable provision of drinking water and sanitation
infrastructures;• Ecosystem degradation and low population incomes, and• Pollution, degradation of ecosystem services, etc.
These evolving conditions require research & scientific interventions, and consideration of societal
realities and activities, to develop effective sustainable management options and solutions.
Objectives of these studies should be development of knowledge and initiation of research actions
focused on preserving and developing integrated management of lake basins and other aquatic
ecosystems.
Specific objectives:• Describe situations, characteristics and dynamics of West African lake systems;• Conduct analysis of water resources management policies, and compliance with laws andregulations;• Develop areas of cooperation to adopt a common approach to relevant research regardinglake and wetland ecosystems and their watersheds.

“Earth Project in Lake Tana, Ethiopia”
Dr. Shinjiro Sato; Soka University Japan.
November 11th, 10:00 hrs (GMT-6), room: Environment and Health.
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Since the year 2017, Soka University is making efforts to promote the international joint research
project “PLANE3T” with three Ethiopian universities; As a result of this initiative, the Japan Scienceand Technology Agency (JST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) selected theresearch development "Eco-engineering for Agricultural Revitalization Towards Improvement of
Human Nutrition (EARTH): Water Hyacinth to Energy and Agricultural Crops” as one of the Scienceand Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) research projects.
Lake Tana, the largest lake in Ethiopia, sources the Nile river and is originally known as a scenic placewith rich natural environment. Water hyacinth, an aquatic plant, covers the surface of the lake
making it impossible for boats to travel, causing environmental and economic problems. The project
aims are to restore a healthy lake ecosystem, the research and development of methods for
harvesting water hyacinth, as well as the effective utilization of such harvested biomass. The
obtained biomass will be converted into the nutritious superfood "Spirulina", fertilizers, and soil
conditioners destined to the production of local agricultural products which can improve thenutrition of the children of Ethiopia, where "hidden hunger" is pervasive.

“The Governance and Protection of Lake Erhai”
Zhengyu Hu, Deputy Director, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of
Science.
November 11th, 10:00 hrs. (GMT-6) Room: Social Ambit
Session description:a. An overview of Lake Erhaib. Changes of Governance Stagesc. Measures and Achievements
Future Challenges

Technical Sessions
In this 18 WLC there will be 128 technical presentations, during the 3 days, in which researchers,
government officers, civil associations, NGOs, academicians, etc., will present and discuss theirworks and their results within 20 min specific topical sessions, including Question & Answer period.
These sessions will be moderated by renowned research professors from the University of
Guanajuato, Mexico.

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Program*All time slots refer to (GMT-6)

12:00 Alejandro
Juárez Aguilar
12:20 Ana Paula
Montenegro
Generino
12:40 Ana Paula
Montenegro
Generino
13:00 Juan Grima
Olmedo13:20 Sophanna Ly
13:40 Sharon van
Tuylen
14:00 Melanie Kolb

14:20 Melanie Kolb
14:40 Cenk Gurevin
15:00 Christopher H.
D. Magadza
15:20 Marcela
Ormachea
15:40 Zati Sharip

12:00 Dilip Keshav
Kakvipure
12:20 Fatima Natuel12:40 Mary Grace
MaribaoNovember 9th
The Practice of Managing of Water Resources
Ficha Informativa ILBM del Lago Chapala, México
Validators applicable to qualitative water and sediment monitoring

Qualifiers applicable to qualitative water and sediment monitoring

Talayuelas lagoon. An example of hidden Groundwater-Surface waterinteraction
Delineation of water level regime for major vegetation types in a large
tropical floodplain of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Lago de Amatitlán, Guatemala Experiencias de gestión y lecciones
aprendidas
Inserción institucional del monitoreo participativo del agua y labiodiversidad acuática en CONAGUA para mejorar la gestión del agua ylos ecosistemas acuáticos en México
Propuesta de un marco de indicadores sobre servicios ecosistémicos
hidrológicos para la conservación y monitoreo de ecosistemas costeros
Investigation of Nutrient Release from Pore Water of Küçükçekmece
Lagoon (Istanbul) Sediment
The role and the Politics of the Lake Chivero wetlands.
El Sitio web del 'Observatorio permanente del Lago Titicaca'(OLT)
https://olt.geovisorumsa.com
Infusing ILBM into IWRM towards water sector transformation – a caseof Malaysia
November 9th
Environment and Health
DIVERSITY AND MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF FRESHWATER SPONGESFROM THANE REGION OF NORTHERN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA.
Microplastic Characterization and Concentration in Surface Waters ofLakes Sampaloc and Yambo in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines
CITIZEN SCIENCE ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN LAGUNA DE
BAY: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIVE STRATEGIC PLAN
IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING15

13:00 Royette
Posadas13:20 John Claude
Renan Salluta
13:40 Pradipta
Ranjan Muduli
14:00 Li Yang
14:20 Nadezda
Apostolova
14:40 Arturo Chacon
Torres
15:00 Mohd Fadhil
Kasim
15:20 Junichi
Tanoue,Emily Finnell
15:40 Mayela Zavala

12:00 Maribel Flores
Díaz / Pablo
Osiel Arenas
González
12:20 Luis Angel
Morález Pérez
12:40 Ángel Flores
Ponce
13:00 Jesús Alberto
Espinosa Arias
13:20 Ramiro Luján
Godínez
13:40 Dulce María
Arzola Torres
14:00 Cinthya
SoledadEffects of the Water Physico-Chemical Conditions to the Water
Mercury Levels of Palawan Quick Silver Mines, Inc. Pit Lake andTagburos River in Sta. Lourdes, Puerto Princesa City During the Dry
Season Using Multivariate Analysis
Taxonomic and functional feeding diversity of macroinvertebrates instreams draining to Lake Sebu (Mindanao Island), the Philippines
Impact of extreme events on the hydrological characteristics of Chilika
Lake, east coast of India
Physico-chemical assessment of water quality and selected heavy
metals of an ex-mining lake in Kg. Gajah, Perak, Malaysia
Lake Presa (North Macedonia) and its vicinity studied by remotesensing methodology: a clue for its dramatic drop in water level
A PROPOSAL FOR LAKE PATZCUARO RESTORATION, MEXICORESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED LAKE BASIN
MANAGEMENT PLAN (ILBMP) FOR TIMAH TASOH RESERVOIR AND
MELATI LAKE, PERLIS
Joint Presentation by the State of Michigan, U.S.A., and Shiga
Prefecture, Japan: The Impacts of Climate Change on Lakes and thesignificance of promoting the value of freshwater lakes
CARACTERIZACIÓN DE PELLETS PROVENIENTES DE RESIDUOS
LIGNOCELULÓSICOS PARA SU USO EN EL TRATAMIENTO DE AGUASCONTAMINADAS CON ARSÉNICO Y MERCURIO
November 9th
Spanish Language SessionsÁrea de influencia por la contaminación en el río Santiago y lago deChapalaFICHA INFORMATIVA DEL LAGO DE CHALCO - TLÁHUAC, MÉXICO.
EVALUACIÓN DEL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO EN EL BOSQUE LA PRIMAVERA,PERIODO HISTÓRICO Y FUTURO
Laguna de Zapotlán, México: Diagnóstico de Sustentabilidad y
Gobernanza
FACTORES DE DETERIORO, SITUACIÓN ACTUAL Y ACCIONES PARA EL
RESCATE DE LA LAGUNA DE CAJITITLÁN, EN JALISCO, MÉXICO
Tratamiento de aguas residuales del sector automotriz con laaplicación del proceso Fenton
RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE LOS CAMBIOS AMBIENTALES DE LA LAGUNA DE
YURIRIA MEDIANTE INDICADORES PALEOLIMNOLÓGICOS
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14:20
14:40
15:00

15:20

Manjarrez
RangelMaría Álvarez
Jiménez
AlfonsoBanderasClaudia
XimenaRobleroEscobarRafael Trueba

15:40 Rafael Trueba

Enfoque estratégico y formación de la Red Latinoamericana y del
Caribe para el Manejo y Gestión de Cuencas
En busca del manejo sustentable del embalse de Valle de Bravoilidad
PLATAFORMA SIG PARA EL INDICE DE VULNERABILIDAD A LASINUNDACIONES EN LA CIUDAD DE MORELIA, MICHOACAN.

"Deterioro ecológico del Lago de Cuitzeo, Michoacán, México:
impactos socioeconómicos".
"El Lago de Cuitzeo, Michoacán, México: acciones de restauración ydisposición a contribuir".

November 9th
Economics Ambit
12:00 Ivana Yuniarti Ecosystem services trade-offs in complex lake ecosystems of thetropics impacts of tilapia cage culture in Lake Maninjau, Indonesia
12:20 Sooriyakumar Villager’s Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Ecosystem Management
KRISHNAPILLAI of Lagoon: A locality study in Thondamanaru Lagoon in Sri Lanka
12:40 Zati Sharip
Economic valuation of ecosystem services of three reservoirs andtheir importance for lake governance in Malaysia

10:00
10:20
10:40
11:00

11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40

November 10th
The Practice of Managing of Water Resources
Osvaldo Corona La práctica de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca delSoria
Lago de Zirahuén
Arturo Chacón
LAGO DE CUITZEO
TorresRomina Diaz
Mapeo de la gobernanza para el manejo integral del Embalse
Gomez
Escaba, Tucumán, Norte de Argentina
Nancy Nayeli
Lago de Xochimilco, la importancia de su preservación: retos y
Domínguez
oportunidades.
AlfaroSandra Poikane Global survey on Lake Restoration: First results
Afroz
Basin and lake formation during the tectonic convergence in NW
Ahmd/Shah
HimalayaAdelina Santos- Downscaling of ILBM to the Sub-basin level: a Test of Effectiveness
Borja
Takashi FUJIO
Impact of Climate Change in Lakes - Water body, Ecosystem Keiko / Wada
New viewpoints beyond for managing nonpoint source pollution
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13:00 Arturo Chacón
Torres
13:20 Julia Pérez
Sillero13:40 Osvaldo Corona
Soria

10:00

10:40

Debasish
MAHAPATRO
Takayuki
Mochizuki
Uk Sovannara

11:00

Shang Shen

11:20

Alyssa Plata

11:40

Molika/Lim

12:00

ZANDRA T.
SALUTAman Ghutke

10:20

12:20
12:40

13:00

13:20

Luz Adriana
Vizcaíno
Rodríguez.
Javier Alberto
Maldonado
AlfaroCharleen
Nicole C.
Gonzales

10:00 Arturo Chacón
Torres
10:20 Ana Paula
Osorio Betanzos

LAGO DE PÁTZCUARO
Lake Brief: Lake Fúquene
La práctica de la gestión de los recursos hídricos en la cuenca delLago de Pátzcuaro
November 10th
Environment and HealthImpact of a tropical Cyclone “Tit li and Fani” on Spatial Distributionof Marine Community of Chilika lake
Conservation and Restoration of Lake Biwa, and the Mother Lake
Goals (the Lake Biwa version of SDGs)
Variability of planktonic chlorophyll and phycocyanin in a complexhydroecological system of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
Metagenomic analysis reveals the interaction between
cyanobacteria and their phages in a freshwater lake
Water Quality Assessment of Laguna de Bay Through Geostatistical
Analysis of Physicochemical Parameters
Enhancing Natural Organic Matter Removal by Simultaneous
Injection of Powder Activated Carbon and Coagulant in Conventional
Water Treatment
Status of Biodiversity and Hydrological Studies in Candaba,
Pampanga
Prospects of World Lake Vision on Nathsagar Reservoir of Jayakwadi
Dam, Aurangabad (MS), India.
Desarrollo de un bioindicador a partir de Scenedesmus acuminatus.

Estimación de concentraciones de clorofila-a del fitoplancton delLago Menor del Titicaca, poco profundo, de gran altitud tropical, contécnicas de teledetección utilizando el satélite Sentinel 2 y validación
con mediciones in situ.
Landmark-Based Geometric Analysis In Describing The Body Shape
Variation In Three Female Population Of Sardinella tawilis(Clupeiforms: Clupeidae: Clupeinae) from Taal Lake, Philippines
Novemebr 10th
Spanish Language Sessions
LAGUNA DE MEDIA LUNA
El agua residual en México: Estado actual y Oportunidades18

10:40 Rodolfo Jofre
Meléndez
11:00
11:20

11:40
12:00
12:20
12:40
13:00

ESCENARIOS FUTUROS DE CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO Y EROSIÓN EN LAPRESA ESPERANZA, GUANAJUATO, MÉXICO UTILIZANDO EL MODELO
CE-QUAL-W2
Axel Julissa Baez Calidad de agua en el lago “Laguna de Yuriria” periodo 2018-2020
Lara
Juan Felipe
Arsenic and hydrated silica removal from underground water by
Rodríguez Ruiz
electrocoagulation coupled to a flocculator-settler in continuous
mode
Monserrat Vidal CARACTERIZACIÓN Y ANÁLISIS DE LA CALIDAD DEL AGUA DE LAÁlvarez
LAGUNA OLMECA EN VERACRUZ, MÉXICO.
Pablo Andrés
Importancia de la interacción de los cuerpos de agua y las aguas
Pineda Capacho subterráneas ante los potenciales efectos del cambio climático
Mauricio Vargas El patrimonio boicultural de los recursos pesqueros de Ihuatzio,
Michoacánio biocultural
Enrique Mora
Riqueza y diversidad del fitoplancton tropical: el caso de Los Tuxtlas,
Heredia
Veracruz.
FatimaControl integral del lirio acuático 2020
Rodriguez
Novemebr 10th

11:00

11:20
11:40
12:00

Gilberto
Carreño
Aguilera
Marycarmen
Verduzco
Rajashree Naik

12:40

Tri
Soeprobowati
YOSHIAKI
KOHNO,
Pranshu Bhatia

13:00

Anas Hijazi

13:20

Stella Chan

13:40

Kento Nishi

14:00

Elsa JanetCorona Rivera

12:20

Science and Technology
Sulphate ions removal in water through the electrocoagulation
process and characterization of flocs
FIRST APPROACH TO WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF LAKEATOTONILCO, MEXICO
Assessment of India’s largest inland saline lake during the timeframe of phase one COVID-19 pandemic using GEE platform
INFERRING WATER QUALITY OF LAKE BALEKAMBANG, DIENGCENTRAL JAVA BASED ON THE DIATOM INDEXApproaches to enhance biodiversity in a eutrophic inner bay of Lake
Biwa
Understanding the structural and chemical composition of lignin-richsteam-exploded Ludwigia grandiflora during semi continuous
anaerobic digestion
Effect of sedimentation time on methane generation rate ofcompressed water hyacinth juice
Comparing of effect of various conductive materials and substrates
on enhancement of methane production
Evaluation of microalgae-nitrifying bacteria immobilized in lightshielding hydrogel consortia under strong light irradiation
Remoción de Cromo hexavalente de un lixiviado industrial con elempleo de un compósito de biocarbono impregnado con maghemita
1914:20Mauro Vilar

14:40

MasaakiFujiwara
Demetrio Meza

15:00

15:20
15:40

Jonathan
Valentin-Reyes
Hailemariam
ZewuduThe bright side of a weed: Daphnia as a biosensor on the assessmentof cyanotoxins (saxitoxins) phytoremediation by the invasive water
hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
Semicontinuous anaerobic digestion of excessive growing aquatic
weeds harvested from Lake Biwa for energy and nutrient recoveryANÁLISIS CUANTITATIVO DEL DRENAJE Y LAS CARACTERÍSTICASMORFOMÉTRICAS DE LA CUENCA DE LA LAGUNA DE ATOTONILCO,
JALISCO
Arsenic and hydrated silica remotion from drinking water byelectrocoagulation using iron as sacrificial electrodes
Anaerobic digestion of water hyacinth juice in upflow bubble column
bioreactor for production of biogas and nutrient recovery.

November 11th
Governance
11:00 Naoko
Role Sharing among Stakeholders in Collaboration Activities for Lake
Hirayama
Basin Conservation
11:20 Naoko
Sewerage financial system for Lake Biwa environmental
Hirayama
conservation
11:40 Inge Retnowati GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES AND GOVERNMENT’s POLICY AND
ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE LAKE MANAGEMENT
12:00 Mr. Jackson
Use of Research Findings in Promoting Lake Basin Management: A
Akama Rainicase of Lake Nakuru, Kenya
12:20 Betty Betharia
The Lake Toba Degradation in Indonesia: How Water Grabbing
Sonata Naibaho Aggravates The Pressures on a Common-pool Resource
12:40 Supriyanto
SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCE IN LAKE RAWA PENING INDONESIA
13:00 Sara Venturi
Trasimeno lake responses to climate change and governancepolicies: present and future scenarios
13:20 Xavier Lazzaro
El ‘Observatorio permanente del Lago Titicaca’ (OLT), Bolivia
13:40 Arturo Gándara- Redes: sinergia por la sustentabilidad. Configuración y características
Mendozade la red pro-sustentabilidad ambiental de la Cuenca del Lago de
Pátzcuaro (CLP)
14:00 Lauren
Governing the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River: the rise of
Touchant
municipal governance.
14:20 Alejandro
Elaboración de Fichas Informativas ILBM de América Latina
Juárez Aguilar
14:40 Eduardo Ríos
Colaboración en RED para la gobernanza en cuencas lacustres, elPatróncaso de la Red Mexicana de Cuencas
15:00 Zeeda Fatimah
Towards an integrated “Heartware – Hardware – Software”
MohamadApproach to Lake Management: Insights Water Warriors Living Lab,
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
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15:20 SERGIO A. SILVA
M.
15:40 Audy Joinaldy
16:00 Pablo Villoch

11:00 Nickel Jean S.
Lagare

11:20 Fidel GarcíaGranados
11:40 Juan MiguelReyes-Cisneros
12:00 Jeph Roxy M.
Macaraig
12:20 Mylene
Cayetano
12:40 Arturo Chacón
Torres
13:00 María

Revisiting the Lake Basin “Heartware” Concept
Leadership for Economic Growth and Sustainable Lake Management
Sistematización del proceso participativo para el Acuerdo Voluntariopara la Gestión de la Cuenca de Aculeo, Chile
November 11th
Environment and Health
Rediscovery and conservation status of Philippine endemic
freshwater crabs, Mainitia mainitensis Balss, 1937 and Amarinus
wolterecki Balss, 1934 from Lake Mainit, Mindanao Island,
Philippines
Fomento al establecimiento de biodigestores a base lirio acuático enla Laguna de Yuriria
Batimetría y estimación de sedimentos en la Laguna de Yuriria
Waterborne Parasites as Sentinels of Fecal Pollution in the Seven
Maar Lakes of San Pablo, Laguna, Philippines: Implications to Publicand Ecosystem Health
Population-based health risk assessment of potentially toxic
elements (PTEs) in commodity fishes from Laguna de Bay,
Philippines
LAGO DE ZIRAHUÉNEvaluation of the design of an artificial wetland to rehabilitate the
Fernanda Ruiz Tzoncoyotl river through environmental, social, and economic
indicators in Teteles de Ávila Castillo, Puebla.
Parada13:20 William Gustavo Microalgas del fitoplancton y perifiton como bioindicadores de laLanzaeutrofización en el Lago Menor del Titicaca, con perspectiva al WFD
EU (European Water Framework Directive)
13:40 Charina Gracia
Assessment of the Biomechanical Filtration Ability of Asiatic Clams
B. Banaay(Corbicula fluminea) from the South Bay of Laguna Lake, Philippines
14:00 Yang Gao
The aggregation behavior of commercial graphene oxide in natural
surface water: Aggregation mechanism and microbial diversity.
14:20 Kathleen Joyce
Effect of Water Quality on the Volume of Freshwater Fish Productionin Laguna
14:40 Jacobo
Resultados preliminares de la ficha informativa del Lago deSantander
Catemaco.
Monsalvo
15:00 Simeon
Reconstruction of past metal pollution and sources from thesediments of Bukit Merah Reservoir (BMR), Perak, Malaysia.
15:20 Jun Xu
Synergistic effects of warming and eutrophication alert predatorprey interactions along the benthic–pelagic interface21

15:40 Toshiaki Mizuno

11:00

Toshiyuki
ISHIKAWA

11:20

Claudia
González
Gómez
Katia Beatriz
VillafánVidales
Yaaye
Arellanes
Taishi YAZAWA

11:40

12:00
12:20

12:40
13:00
13:20
13:40

14:00

ManseeBHARGAVA
ManseeBHARGAVA
Gautamee
BAVISKAR
Haruka Tsujino

HectorArciniega Ruiz

Improved the sediment environment in the lake basin byconservation of the understory of the forest
November 11th
Social Ambit
Learning about the lake environment in compulsory education in
Japan and efforts in the teacher training program at the Faculty of
Education, Shiga University
Programa Bosques Agua Gente Para Chapala

Hacia la Soberanía alimentaria en regiones lacustres en Michoacán:análisis desde los actores
Retos de la pesca en lagos de MichoacánInvestigation of University Students’ Values over Environment
through Mutual Educational Workshops toward Integrated
Watershed Management
Social Dilemmas in Public Participation in Urban Lake Management:
A case of Thaltej Lakes in Ahmedabad, India
Why Resource Governance Fail? Examples from Urban Lakes in India
Governing Principles of Inter-District Transboundary Lake BasinManagement of Upper Godavari, Maharashtra, India
Collaborative removal of an invasive alien aquatic weed byvolunteering university students in collaboration with multiple
stakeholder groups around Lake Biwa, Japan
Diagnóstico de Percepción Ambiental del Lago Chapala y su Cuenca.

Information for Presenters
Technical Sessions will run as follows: 20 minutes
1. Session chair will introduce the session and authors before the video is played
2. The technical staff will playback each video presentation (15 min)3. Q&A after each presentation (5 min)Access to the zoom sessions will be through the platform https://eventos.ugto.mx .
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The session chair will lead questions from the audience in the Q&A box if the presenter is online.
Otherwise, the attendees can upload their questions at the chat platform section, at the end of thejourney.
Once the last question has been answered and/or the session is running out of time. The session
chair will thank the authors and participants for joining.
At the end of the technical session, the session chair will conduct closing remarks.
Notes:• If you cannot share your camera, consider adding a profile picture to your Zoom account.
• The Session Chair and Presenting Author should join using the link is provided to you. Only
one author per paper/presentation can answer questions.
• For those who wish to present their work live, the conference staff will email instructions
related.

Information for Attendees
The registration for attendees still open until November 7th, 2021 (15:00 GMT-6). There is notregistration fee. The registration platform will be sending you a confirmation e-mail.
No longer than November 8th (15:00 hours GMT-6); you will receive the credentials to access theplatform: https://eventos.ugto.mx
Please consider than each Technical Sessions will be host 300 attendees, “first come – first served”.
For attendee registration, please visit our website:
http://www.worldlakeconference.ugto.mx
or the following link:

REGISTRATION

Special Sessions
Citizen Participation in Lake Basin Management, coordinated by Shiga
Prefecture
Tuesday November 9th 16:00 hrs (GMT-6)
A case of Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, will be held as a Special Session, showcasing the citizen– government collaboration in lake basin management. It will consist of several segments. They
include introduction to a brief history of participatory lake basin management, to a new designatedas MLGs, or Mother Lake Goals being a citizen driven pursuit toward meeting the Lake Biwa SDG
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goals, to environmental education at the grade school level, to voluntary action initiatives at theuniversity level, as well as to some typical non-governmental programs and projects.

UNEP-ILEC Special Session on Mainstreaming Lakes and Wetlands in the
Global Water Agenda and SDGs
Wednesday November 10th 16:00 hrs (GMT-6)
This Special Session will highlight UNEP and ILEC programs and activities regarding the state of theworld’s lakes and wetlands, and the management challenges to their sustainable use, as well as
highlighting their essential roles in achieving the SDGs. It also highlights the urgent need to recognize
them as a significant missing link in the Global Water Agenda. The Session will introduce a brochureand a revised version of the “Call to Action Statement” on this topic. Other Session components
include a global overview of the state of the world’s wetlands, and global eutrophication trends andhealth impacts. Relevant perspectives on mainstreaming lakes needs will be provided by Latin
American, Asia and African representatives, and highlights from a range of clips from government
and international organizations participating in a previous global webinar on this topic will bepresented.
In addition to messages previously received from WHO, FAO and other UN/UN-related international
agencies such as the World Bank, Global Environment Facility (GEF) and various international
scientific organizations and NGOs, including the International Society of Limnology (SIL) and Global
Nature Fund (GNF), will also provide their perspectives and support for this initiative. The Session
will be closed by recognizing the importance of continued efforts to realize productive deliberations
at forthcoming global meetings, including the 5th United Nations Assembly (UNEA5) planned for
February 2022 and the 9th World Water Forum planned for March 2022.

Water Solutionaries Create Waves from Great Lakes to Great Lakes
Wednesday November 10th 14:00 hrs (GMT-6)
This special session will highlight the role of hope and action in international youth collaboration onwater and climate issues. Teenagers from Water Solutionaries (WS) will show and discuss Where
Hope Lives, a 10-minute new film by Ben Keller about their peer-to-peer experiences working onwater and climate change issues on Lake Victoria (East Africa) and Lake Michigan (US), from theAfrican Great Lakes to the North American Great Lakes. The film highlights how youth from Uganda
and the United States collaborate to stay hopeful while working on issues related to climate change
including flooding, drought, and pollution. In this session, the teens, filmmaker and adult guides willtalk about Water Solutionaries, show the film, and hold a discussion panel about lessons the groupis learning and what it takes for youth to remain inspired to take action to solve critical water issues.
This session will emphasize the intersection between climate and water issues, and how adults can
support teens working across these sectors.

Panel: Governance in Latin American Lakes (spanish language)
Wednesday November 10th 14:00 hrs (GMT-6)
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To reflect on lake basin management in Latin America, through a panel of experts from different
countries, analyzing challenges and progress in the process of strengthening ILBM (Integrated Lake
Basin Management) governance, in particular the aspects of participation and information,
responsible institutions, financial instruments, and alliance building.

Current Status, Suggested Management Interventions and Long-term
Collaboration Needs on the African Great Lakes.
Thursday November 11th 10:00 hrs (GMT-6)
Collaboration on the African Great Lakes to Strengthen Science and Create Solutions.
In this Special Session, the African Center for Aquatic Research and Education (ACARE) will present
an overview of their vision and long-term strategies for strengthening science, research andeducation on the Great Lakes of Africa: Albert & Edward, Kivu, Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa Basin,
Tanganyika, Victoria and Turkana. In line with the WLC Conference theme, session presentations
and talks will be made through i) lake specific-advisory groups and ii) the African Women in Science
program. The session will focus on outcomes of the recent scientific inquiry conducted on assessing
the current status of each of the African Great Lakes, suggested management interventions, lessons
learnt and present opportunities for global freshwater collaboration for improved health of theselakes. Integrated in these presentations will be matters of gender balance and critical roles played
by women on the African Great Lakes towards their sustainable management and use. The special
session will conclude with interactive discussions by attendees on how to better collaborate withand learn from other global lake entities focused on science, research and building bridges to policy
and positive change for lake ecosystems and their surrounding communities.

Lake Briefs for Obtaining Information and Data for Integrated Management ofLakes and Reservoirs and Their Ecosystem Services in Latin America.
Thursday November 11th 14:00 hrs (GMT-6)
Consistent with the conference theme, the proposed session focuses on the Integrated Lake BasinManagement (ILBM) platform developed by the International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC)
for assessing and managing lakes and other bodies of standing water for sustainable use of theirlife-supporting ecosystem services. ILBM focuses on achieving sustainable management of naturaland manmade lakes through gradual, continuous, and holistic improvement of lake governance,
including sustained efforts for integration of institutional responsibilities, policy directions,stakeholder participation, scientific and traditional knowledge, technological responsibilities, andfunding prospects and constraints. Achieving this goal requires accurate knowledge and information
regarding a lake, its basin, and its resources, including the status of its governance structure andassociated management activities. ILEC previously developed guidelines for obtaining thisinformation in the form of so-called Lake Briefs. The Lake Briefs are structured to obtain not only
the essential scientific/technical information, but also the scope of lake resource uses, theimpediments to these uses, and the structural and non-structural responses for addressing them,25

including the range of socioeconomic, political, and cultural realities to be addressed to achieve
their integrated management over the long term.

Integrated Lake Basin Management Workshop
November 9th, 10th, 11th 11:00 hrs (GMT-6)
The workshop program will be designed to fulfill three general objectives, during 3-hours sessions
each day of the Conference.
a) Introduction to and review of the ILBM concept, representative application cases and theirtypologies, and key challenges faced and emerging prospects for overcoming them.
b) Review of the state of program development at the local, national, regional, andinternational levels, the state of cross-fertilization of the lessons learned and experience
gained from the past and ongoing efforts, and the state of international collaboration forfurther program development.
c) Development of an international network of ILBM research, human-resource development,
and information resource generation and use, particularly for facilitating the local, national,
regional and international governmental and non-governmental efforts.
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Introduction to the Session
An overview of the lake basin management national programs
2 case presentations, Lakes in the Pokhara Valley, Nepal and Lake Nakuru, Kenya
Interactive discussion
Review of Day1
An overview of the Latin American lake basin management status and prospect
3 case presentations, Lake Chapala, Lake Atitlan and Lake Titicaca
Interactive discussion
Review of Day1 and Day2
An overview of the lake-river-coastal basin management issues and challenges
Case presentation on the Lerma-Chapala-Santiago Basin
The emerging issues in lake-river-coastal basin management, i.e., disaster prevention,
climate change, etc.
Interactive discussion

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The purpose of these sessions is to foster the new generations in relevant issues of water care, but
above all to create awareness of the importance of this concern. In this regard some activities havebeen carried out in parallel to the 18th World Lake Conference, involving children and youths.
Drops of HopeWithin the framework of the 18th edition of the World Lake Conference (WLC18), the University of
Guanajuato, carried out the project "Drops of Hope" in collaboration with the educational area of 7
Highschool Session
A satellite session on the exchange between Shiga and Guanajuato-Chapala high school students on
the conservation of water bodies and their future in our environments will be held in the weekend
prior to the Conference.
A summary of this satellite session and its output will be shared in the main Conference.
Where hope lives
This is an international collaboration from Water Solutionaries, an organization from youth aroundthe world who face current challenges linked to: the pandemic, climate crisis, water inequity, andenvironmental, racial and social injustice, which all have water-related elements.
This contribution about Lake Victoria, Uganda; Lake Michigan, United States; Jexa Northern
California, River Nile, contents their concerns about the state and future of fresh water. There are
their actions and their desires to create and to be the change.

Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize Awardees
The 11th Ibaraki Kasumigaura Prize, supported by the Ibaraki Prefectural Government, Japan, award
two distinguished researchers: Jackson Akama Raini, (Kenya), for their work titled: “Integrated Lake
Basin Management as an approach for improved Governance of Rising Water Levels in Lake Nakuru,
Kenya”; and Pradipta Ranjan Muduli (India), for their work “Impact of Extreme Events on theTransformation of Hydrological Characteristics of Asia’s Largest Brackish Water System, Chilika Lake.
The award ceremony will be held on November 11th at 16:00 hrs (GMT-6).
Each recipient of the prize will receive a certificate of commendation and a monetary prize of
JPY250,000, in addition to the opportunity to make a presentation to an international audience at
WLC18 on their submitted paper.
The presentation of Jackson Akama Raini is scheduled on November 11th at 12:00 hrs (GMT-6), inroom “Governance”.
The presentation of Pradipta Ranjan Muduli is scheduled on November 9th at 13h40 (GMT-6), inroom “Environment and Health”.

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The 18 World Lake Conference Organizing Committee has contemplated two cultural events for thisprogram, to the delight of the public.
The University of Guanajuato Symphony Orchestra (OSUG) presentation.
Born in 1952, the OSUG is one of the most prestigious orchestral ensembles in the country, with asolid international projection. In the last five years (2015 to 2020) it has offered around 210 concerts
for more than 119,000 people. In 2017, on its 65 years of foundation, it toured Spain, France and
Italy, where 54 concerts were offered, addressing approximately 7,000 people. In addition to its
artistic presentations, it undertakes training activities, such as pre-concert talks; open rehearsals
and score reading tables with music students; composition and arrangement competitions made by
students and teachers to be performed in special concerts and didactic concerts.
For this Conference, the OSUG will perform a special program, available from November 9th 18:00
hrs (GMT-6), on the event's platform.
Folkloric Ballet of the University of Guanajuato (BAFUG)
Iconic group of Mexican folkloric dance, accredited since 2011 by the International Council ofOrganizations of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts. Since 1997, with the founding of theChildren's Ballet, the dance activity has a comprehensive training approach. In the period 2015-2020
it has had international presence, such as in Peru (2016), and as a guest of Mc Allen University, Texas(2017). It highlights its successful presentation at the Palace of Fine Arts in 2017 with the program"Guanajuato, land and tradition"; and in 2016, 2017 and 2018 it was nominated for better
presentation at the National Auditorium within the category Traditional Dance.
For this Conference, the BAFUG will perform a special program, available from November 10th 18:00
hrs (GMT-6), on the event's platform.

Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony will be held on November 11th at 17:00 hrs (GMT-6), on the events platform.

The Guanajuato Declaration
The 18 World Lake Conference Organizing Committee is invited all stakeholders to makecontributions to construct the Guanajuato Declaration, at the end of the Conference.
These contributions, in free format, can be upload in the specific section created for this purpose in
the platform.
The Declaration Committee of Selection, will organized and discussed all the contributions and the
Chair of International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) Scientific Committee, Dr. Walter Rast will
make the announcement of the Guanajuato declaration at the closing ceremony, on November 11that 17:00 hrs.
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WLC 19 Venue Announcement and Presentation
A formal invitation from the WLC 19 Venue will be displayed on the closing ceremony, to participate
in 2023.

Conference Summary
The remarks of the Conference will be conducted by Dr. Sergio Antonio Silva Muñoz, UG - Provost
for Academic Affairs at the University of Guanajuato and Chairperson of the Scientific Advisory
Board Committee.

Tutorial for the use of the UG Events Platform
Access to the UG Events platform
To log in to the digital platform, you will need to go to the web address https://eventos.ugto.mx
It is important that you have your login credentials before going to the platform, otherwise you will
not be able to access your course or learning activity.
Then, perform the following steps to access the platform:
In your web browser, enter the following address: https://eventos.ugto.mx On the platform's home
page do the following:

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In the Username field, enter your username.
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steps:
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2. The user profile window will open where you will click on the Actions Menu button, a menu
will open where you will click on the Edit profile option.

In the user profile, go to the User picture section and do the following:
1. Click on the Add button.
2. The File picker window will open where in the Upload a file menu you will click on the Selectfile button.
3. Locate on your computer the image that you will use in your user profile.
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To log out, go to the User menu and click on it, a menu will appear where you will click on the Log
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Access the Event
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In the Event overview section, where all the events available on the platform will belisted, click on the event you wish to enter.

3. Within the event, you will see all the sections that make up the event.

Participate in forums
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In the Oral Presentations Catalog, click on the forum that most interests you.

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Conference Committee
The 18th World Lake Conference Program Committee is comprised of the University of Guanajuato
and the International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) Scientific Committee members and the
Local Organizing Committee members, as follows:

1. Scientific Committee
This Committee consists of two main boards as follows:
A. University of Guanajuato, Mexico, Scientific Advisory Board
Chair Person:
Sergio Antonio Silva Muñoz
Members:
Gilberto Carreño Aguilera
Pabel Antonio Cervantes Avilés
German Cuevas Rodríguez
Arodi Bernal Martínez
José Antonio Arciniega Nevárez
José de Jesús Mora RodríguezLuz Adriana Arias Hernández
Josefina Ortiz Medel
José Luis Nava Montes de Oca
Xitlali Virginia Delgado Galván
Locksley Fabian Castañeda Ulloa

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B. ILEC Scientific Committee
Chair Person:
Walter Rast (Chair; USA)
Members:
Alejandro Juarez Aguilar (Mexico)
Sandra Azevedo (Brazil)
Salif Diop (Senegal)
Colin Maxwell Finlayson (Australia)
Zhengyu Hu (China)
Tiina Nõges (Estonia)
Daniel Olago (Kenya)
Ajit Kumar Pattnaik (India)
Adelina Santos-Borja (Philippines)
Yoshihisa Shimizu (Japan)
Masatsugu Takamatsu (Japan)
Pieter van der Zaag (The Netherlands)
2. Local Organizing Committee
Elías Rigoberto Ledesma Orozco
Verónica Carmona Hernández
Marco Roberto Delgado Cortés
Daniela Pereda Valdez
Erick Manuel Sánchez Robles
Karla Marcela Rivera Nieto
Carmen Aragón Jauregui
José Francisco Márquez González
Virginie Sophie Pautrat
Aideé Carmina Flores Tello
Betzabee Romero Moya
Ivón Ledesma Páramo

Contact Information
The 18th World Lake Conference Organizing Committee, University of Guanajuato can be reachedas follows:
Lascuráin de Retana #5 Colonia Centro C.P. 36000
Guanajuato, México
Tel: +52-47373-20006 Ext. 2757
E.mail: support.wlc@ugto.mx
www.worldlakeconference.ugto.mx
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