Participation in the “Docinade” in Costa Rica
During the “Docinade” in San Carlos, Costa Rica, PhD students from all over Central America presented their work and obtained feed-back from experts in their field. The PhD students were mainly experienced professionals working in various themes. Water was part of the “Natural Resources theme” and topics like Arsenic removal with egg shells and banana peels in Nicaragua, and water quality monitoring in rivers in Guatemala and Costa Rica were presented.
I was asked to open the conference with a key note speech on drinking water supply in the Netherlands and the challenges we have and how we can translate them to Central America. Of particular interest for them was the collaboration we have between universities, knowledge institutes, water companies,water boards, and consultant firms in order to enhance innovation and application.
Various institutes and universities in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Colombia expressed their interest to further collaborate with the Netherlands.
Participants in Docinade
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