Forwarded to the Portal by: Shruti, SOPPECOM Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India invites abstracts for papers on "Contending Water Uses and Users and Inter-Sectoral Equity in South Asia: Cases and Learnings for a New Policy, Legal and Institutional Framework" for the International Conference on Water Resources Policy in South Asia, to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka during December 18 - 20, 2008, organized by South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs). Those who have already sent abstracts under the theme, "Inter-sectoral water allocations, negotiations and conflicts" to conference@saciwaters.org or to Anjal Prakash of SaciWATERs need not send abstracts again as these abstracts would also be considered for this session. More details can be had here: Call For Abstracts Important Dates: Last date for submission of abstracts , 28 June 2008 Notification of the acceptance of abstracts -12 July 2008 Last date for submission of final papers - 30 September 2008