You may have seen a picture of MIT's 'digital water pavilion' at Boing Boing. (Make sure to check out the interactive video http://digitalwaterpavilion.com/) This water pavilion is going to be setup in 2008 at the Zaragoza Water and Sustainable Development Expo in 2008.

Key themes:

• water, a scarce resource
• water for life
• waterscapes
• water, an element linking peoples

The EXPO includes a Water Tribune based on the theme of ‘Water and Sustainable Development’, which will include:

• themed weeks consisting of sector seminars and meetings culminating in an international Conference on Water and Sustainable Development
• a forum for citizen participation
• parallel events by international bodies and associations


A full list of thematic elements of the expo is available here.


The expo starts June 11, 2008 and runs until September 14, 2008.