From May 23 to 25, the three-day 2013 International Water Conference was held at Sias. Over 50 Scholars, government officials, and corporate representatives from China and abroad attended the conference.

At the first Sias International University Water Summit, the Chairman of the Sias Foundation, Dr. Alan Brown, said that the conference not only highlighted the environmental challenges to our planet but also would explore how to save our vulnerable planet.

2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Professor of Geological Science and Atmospheric Science, Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, also delivered a speech. He focused on the climatic challenges to water supply all around the world, such as changes in precipitation, rainfall, snow, and drought. He also thought it was very exciting that students at Sias were exposed to these problems and were thinking about them in the present, and not just in the future, as it would be these young people who will have to figure out ways to solve important environmental problems, as well as climate change, and water management problems.