Dr Amita Bhakta takes to the floor for the second keynote at the Water-WISER ECR Conference 2022 WiserPhds early career conference.

Excellent keynote Water-WISER ECR Conference 2022 by the fantastic Dr Amita Bhakta; in particular highlighting the needs of perimenopausal women that have so often been hidden in WASH discourse.

First speaker in the #groundwater session of the Water-WISER ECR Conference 2022 is Hannah Ritchie talking about sand dams in Kenya and whether they supply water through the dry season. With Sand Dams Worldwide

Follow up on our oral presentations for today, and come back to the same rooms after break to Q&A and discussions!

Find useful info about the conference in the Atrium’s TVs!

Loving being at Water-WISER ECR Conference 2022 where all the work, planning and organisation has been done by our fabulous WiserPhds researchers. Superstars all round.

Lunch time at the Water- WISER ECR Conference today following some productive thematic workshops

Some amazing presentations, posters, and people today at the conference! Day 1 over.... Day 2 to come and bring even more amazing opportunities.

Ending the day with a lovely game of ultimate frisbee! Thank you Katie Allen for teaching us how to take a Frisbee to the face effectively

Our first keynote speaker of Day 2, Professor Elizabeth Tilley giving us all a memetastic presentation! Kept us laughing through an early morning start.

Important lessons from Elizabeth Tilley presentation today. Thank you Professor Liz, we are all feeling very inspired by your words!

Our second keynotes Loughborough Lecturer duo: Dr Andrew Longley, and Rebecca Scott giving some excellent insights into the reality of working in the WASH sector. WEDC

Follow up the oral presentations for this morning and enjoy your networking!

Some of our thematic workshops and discussions. #earlycareersresearchers

First of the general workshops at the conference on effective science communication. Run by James McKay from the Water-WISER CDT

Sadly Hannah couldn't make it to the conference but as an integral member of the committee she has helped to end the conference from affair by being our feedback board. Thank you to everyone who came, its been a blast!

Final day field trip to Bradgate Park! Looking at geology and hydrology of this fantastic park

Well that's a wrap! 2 days of conference, 1 day of field trip, and a whole bunch of tired committee members and volunteers! For those who came along to this event we loved having you, and are so pleased with all the positive feedback. See you all at the next one!!

CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP: I will be leading a RWSN workshop with my co-lead for the LNOB theme #LeaveNoOneBehind on the Hidden #WASH needs of perimenopausal women on 17th August at 12pm BST/1pm CEST Registrations are now open here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rwsn-worksho…

A massive shout out to the Open Research Collective at Loughborough University for providing some of our conference delegates with financial support following our conference! This made it possible to bring a range of international researchers together! Thank you! Loughborough Open Research Collective