BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.2// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:UMCES Events BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.23978.field_date_time.0@www.umces.edu DTSTAMP:20260405T181248Z CREATED:20250717T172518Z DESCRIPTION:July 30\, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n Watch the rec ording\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n             Watch th e recording HERE\n\n\n\n            Passcode: Ts8!1V@*\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n Target Audience\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nThis webinar is directed at p ractitioners\, policy and decision makers\, scientists\, researchers\, aca demics and other professionals interested in modeling and decision-support tools in the water\, energy\, food\, climate and environmental/ecosystems areas.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n Backg round\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nThis webinar is part of a project sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) entit led Innovation and Science for the Operationalization of the Water-Energy- Food Nexus within the Framework of the Amazon Regional Observatory. This p roject is focused on the development and application of modelling tools in an integrated multi-sectoral planning process based on the water-energy-f ood nexus approach.\n\n\n\nThis project is under the scope of the IDB's Am azonia Forever regional coordination program\, which aims to scale sustain able and inclusive development in the Amazonia region. \n\n\n\nThe objecti ve of this project is to operationalize an integrated water-energy-food ne xus modeling tool(s) that allows the exploration of different physical and socioeconomic scenarios in the entire Amazon basin. This project leverage s the experience acquired and efforts made by the Bank and client countrie s in areas such as water\, agriculture and land use\, energy and climate c hange.\n\n\n\nThe knowledge and tools developed through this project will support an integrated\, multi-sectoral (nexus) approach to policy developm ent and investment in the Amazon Basin. This will promote coherent\, colla borative environmental governance to understand tradeoffs and maximize syn ergies and co-benefits while minimizing vulnerabilities\, risks\, and unin tended consequences. This capacity is needed to address priority regional transboundary problems in the Amazon Basin such as the lack of integrated water resources management\, water pollution\, biodiversity loss\, effects of extreme hydroclimatic events\, and land use change\, among other issue s. \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n Objective s of the Webinar \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nThis webi nar will illustrate and provide hands-on the operationalization of the wat er-energy-food nexus model developed for the Amazon River Basin through in teractive visualization dashboards. The main objective of this webinar is to collect input from participants to improve these operational dashboards .\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n Expected Ou tcomes\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nThe expectation is t hat\, by the end of the webinar\, participants will have strengthened thei r skills and abilities\, especially in:\n\n\n Understand the scope of the W ater-Energy-Food Nexus modeling activities in the basin\, specifically the implementation of the HydroBID-WHATIF ((nexus) model.\n Provide input to t he process of improvement of the operational visualization dashboards of t he nexus model.\n Promote the participation in the discussions and analyses that will be carried out in the tasks included in the Project's Work Plan .\n Gain experience in the use of the operationalized nexus model through a participatory and inclusive process of discussion and analysis.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n Registration\, Meeti ng Link\, Language and Certification\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nThe webinar will have simultaneous translation into English\, Po rtuguese and Spanish.\n\n\n\nUMCES will issue certificates of participatio n to registered participants.\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n Webinar Agenda\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n\nThe Technical Webinar will have a duration of 120 minutes\, with the following sessions:\n\n\n\nWebinar Opening and Introduction of Presenters (10 min)\n\n\n\n●    Workshop Opening (IADB)\n●    Introduction of Nexus Team Specialists\n\n\n\nNexus Readiness Exercise (Interactive) (5 min)\n\n \n\nNexus Model Operationalization Results and Discussion (45 min)\n\n\n\n ●    Introduction to the Nexus project background and objectives\n●    Nex us model operationalization approach: introduction\, basic principles\, ap plication(s) and limitations - considerations for its implementation in th e Amazon River Basin\n●    Nexus model operationalization results: dashboa rd design\, software needed\, navigation\, analysis and interpretation of model results.\n\n\n\nHands-on exercises using the Nexus Model Dashboards (30 min)\n\n\n\nThis will be a hands-on session on the use and visualizati on of results of the operationalized version of the Nexus modeling dashboa rds. This session will include the use of the dashboard to generate the re sults of nexus physical and intervention scenarios. \n\n\n\nModerated disc ussion on the use of the operationalized Nexus model (20 min)\n\n\n\nBased on the experienced obtained using the operationalized Nexus modeling dash boards\, participants will be encouraged to share their feedback\, vision of other challenges and opportunities of the Nexus approach and modeling t ools for the Amazon River Basin. This discussion will be live using prompt ed questions in interactive format\, plus oral discussions.\n\n\n\nClosure Discussion on the Project’s Work Plan and Next Steps (10 min)\n\n\n\nThis session will consist of a presentation of the next stages involved in the Nexus project and a preview of the next webinars in this series. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250730T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T170124Z SUMMARY:Webinar: Operationalization of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Model fo r the Amazon River Basin URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.umces.edu/events/webinar-operationalization-of-the -water-energy-food-nexus-model-for-the-amazon-river-basin END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR