Minutes of the 10th Executive Committee Meeting

(2) Matters arising from the 5 th General Meeting (28 Mar2011)Action(i)Nomination of IWA FellowThe Chairman informed members that the nominationof Prof G H CHEN to be IWA Fellow (for a term of 5years) had been endorsed and a formal reception of thenewly appointed Fellows would be held during the 4 thIWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition in Tokyo,2-6 October 2011. Under the IWA Fellowprogramme, Prof CHEN would be required to:(a)(b)(c)(d)continue as a leading researcher in thedevelopment of novel water science andtechnology;continue as a contributing editorial boardmember for IWA publications including WaterResearch and Aqua and Water Science andTechnology;continue as a leading person in organizingmajor IWA conferences and managingspecialist groups; andcontinue as a leading person in promotion ofexchanges among water academicians andprofessionals in China and HK.Due to some technical reasons, another nomination forProf Herbert H P FANG that also met the requirementsfor classification as an IWA Fellow had not beenpursued further this time. However, IWAHK wouldcontinue to render its support to the nomination forProf FANG when required in the next round ofelection.(ii)Proposal for IWA Leading-edge Conference onWater and Wastewater Technologies in Hong KongAs agreed in the 5 th General Meeting, the target yearfor Hong Kong to host the IWA Leading-edgeConference on Water and Wastewater TechnologyConference would be 2016. Ir T O LEE informedmembers that Prof G H CHEN was drafting thebidding proposal and would submit it to IWA forconsideration in ample time.- 2 -