Fifth International Conference on Water, Energy and Environment (ICWEE/5) American University of Sharjah| February 28–March 2, 2017 First Call for Papers The conference promotes a global collaboration among faculty, students, engineers and managers on ecological economics and water, energy and environment resources management. It provides a forum for distinguished guest speakers and practitioners to address recent research results and to present and discuss related issues in energy, water and environment. A number of leading practitioners, policy makers and researchers will be invited to deliver keynote lectures. The conference will include a peer-reviewed technical program, demos, short papers, posters, invited sessions, industrial presentations and exhibitions on topics such as: water regulation and policies water resources and sustainable development of the region progress in water protection and remediation desalination wastewater treatment energy environmental impact economic management and development of water resources environment other water-related topics Submitting Abstracts All extended abstracts (two pages in length) should be submitted via the conference website https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICWEE2017/Submission ; or by email to ICWEE2017@aus.edu">ICWEE2017@aus.edu. Posters We encourage our colleagues to limit their submission to their best poster abstract. No more than two total abstracts per author will be allowed (one poster and one paper). Papers All submissions must be in Microsoft Word format. Each submission should include a separate title page listing the following: title of paper, author(s), organization affiliation(s), complete mailing address, email address and keywords (three to four keywords). All abstracts will be reviewed by members of the technical committee. Selected manuscripts will be published in a special issue of selected journals such as Desalination and Water Treatment and International Journal of Energy Research after the normal peer-review process. Tutorials and Exhibitions The conference constitutes an excellent opportunity for participants to hear from experts about the latest developments in water and environmental technology and to get practitioners’ views of innovative practices in some of the leading organizations. Companies and individuals are welcome to submit proposals for tutorials (short courses) and exhibitions to be held in conjunction with ICWEE 2017. Please send your proposal by email to ICWEE2017@aus.edu">ICWEE2017@aus.edu. Important Dates Paper extended abstract submission: September 30, 2016 Poster extended abstract submission: September 30, 2016 Notification of acceptance: October 30, 2016 Tutorial/special session proposal: October 30, 2016 Paper submission: November 30, 2016 For further information, please visit www.aus.edu/ICWEE2017 or contact the organizers. Dr. Taleb Ibrahim, Department of Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE | Tel + 971 6 515 2460 | Fax + 971 6 515 2979 | italeb@aus.edu