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This chapter has made me think of quite similar situations in which other sectoral or cross-cutting issues are being discussed recently.
For one of those who have been involved in continual feelings of less fulfilment despite the numbers of events we have been organising or participating in, I've found the chapter informative with respect to showing that same concerns have already been shared.
According to the Chapter, Salman (2003, 2004) offers history of large international water meetings. This further took me to a question: Why are we still continuing to have large meetings with substantially unchanged formats, which the Chapter judges as ineffective?
The Chapter also seems to have offered me good insights into how to improve the situation that I've been experiencing; or how I could approach this issue to solve.
By further studying the historical discourse regarding the increasing large international meetings, I may be able to at least capture the reality, and to hopefully come up with practical alternatives to replace the current situation.