For the Banff Mountain Summit - Mountains as Water Towers, November 23-26, 2003 we are seeking examples of successful projects or management tools and techniques that can be highlighted for our participants in the form of a visual display.

Posters will be up throughout the conference, and there will be a dedicated "poster session", during which posters will be staffed by their presenters and conference participants will be able to ask questions and/or comment.

If accepted as a poster presenter, you will be provided with a 6-foot wide by 4-foot high display surface and a six-foot table. We suggest a combination of text materials and visuals for display.

There are five (5) theme areas in the conference. All suggested poster sessions should relate to one of them:

• Who owns it and who profits from it? (For example: trans-boundary issues; trans-watershed issues; international agreements; supply and demand pricing)
• Integrated watershed management (For example: shared solutions; shared strategies; decision-making models; upstream/downstream link)
• Mountain water ecosystems: conservation and restoration (For example: aquatic biodiversity; contamination)
• Climate change (For example: mountain ecosystems as early indicators; planning for uncertainty; mitigating the impacts; mobilizing citizen action on climate change)
• 20 Year Horizon – search for solutions (For example: what drives innovation; increasing water efficiency in industry; tourism infrastructures)

NEXT STEPS: If you are interested in presenting a poster presentation at the Summit, please email mountainculture@banffcentre.ca a Word document that includes the following information. All poster presentations must be relevant to "mountains as water towers" theme, and to one of the five theme areas. Poster sessions will be subject to approval by our Conference Chair. Final deadline for submissions: September 15, 2003.

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In your opinion, to which theme does this poster best relate?

Please provide a summary (150 words or fewer) of the subject matter of your poster, and its relevance to Mountains as Water Towers.