The second is to promote interaction between scientists and policy makers for the purpose of facilitating the use of science in the making and executing of water policy. [...] The Advisory Committee of the Rosenberg International Forum has recently launched a second activity subsumed under the general title of “Regional Rosenberg Workshops.” The concept of the Workshop entails the convening of a small, international expert panel to consider a regional water problem or problems and offer scientific advice about the nature of the problem and the ways in which it might be [...] The deliberations began with a thorough review of the Water for Life Strategy and led to an explicit enumeration of the strengths and weaknesses of the strategy. [...] The citizens of Alberta and the Ministry of Environment are to be complimented on the development of the Water for Life strategy. [...] The efforts to involve stakeholders, both in the devising of the strategy and in the water management and operations processes themselves, should continue.