Come and meet us at the Amsterdam International Water Week!

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Session: AIWW Meet & Greet

Location: QO Hotel Amsterdam

16:30 to 18:30 hrs

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Network meeting and informal kick-off of the AIWW Conference Programme for all AIWW delegates.

 

Session: AIWW Leadership Dinner (by invite only)

Location: QO Hotel Amsterdam

19:00 to 22:00 hrs

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Kick off of the AIWW Conference Leadership Programme.

 

Monday, November 4, 2019

Session: Financial models for water management

Location: Amsterdam RAI

10:00 to 11:30 hrs

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• A demand-driven long-term water authority partnership for implementation of an ambitious water sector reform in the Palestinian Territories. Speaker - Frank Tibben, Waternet 

• Aquarating (light) as a benchmarking and loan structuring tool in developing countries. Speaker - Abdoul Aziz Traoré (SOMAGEP SA, Malian partner of World Waternet) 

• Shimla (India): An IFI-supported water operators’ partnership for implementation of water supply and sewerage services. Speaker: Leon Kors, Waternet

 

Session: AIWW Conference Utility Leaders Forum (ULF) – round 1 (by invite only)

Location: Amsterdam RAI

10:00 to 11:30 hrs

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The Utility Leaders Forum (ULF) catalysis discussion and partnership between CEOs of water and wastewater utilities. Utility leaders from across the globe will share the challenges they are facing, with the aim of developing ideas to solve those challenges.

 

Session: AIWW Conference Integrated Leaders Forum – round 2 I & II

Location: Amsterdam RAI

11:45 to 13:15 hrs

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• Table 1 : Zhuhai – International Exchange Sponge Cities
• Table 5 : RESILIO: Smart & dynamic micro water management brings blue-green roofs to life
• Table 5: Performance based cooperation for improving utilities 
• Table 6 : WaterWorX programme as a tool for increasing access to drinking water
• Table 7 : New Initiatives to catalyst the mobilisation of investment finance

 

Session: AIWW Opening Ceremony

Location: Amsterdam RAI

17:00 to 18:30 hrs

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The AIWW opening ceremony is opened by a representative of the city of Amsterdam as hosting city, followed by speeches of Dutch government officials, representatives from cities, utilities, industry and finance, the recipients of the Sarphati Sanitation Awards (You are leaving this website) and Aquatech Innovation Award will also be announced.

Session: AIWW Conference Dinner

Location: Scheepvaart Museum Amsterdam

20:00 to 22:00 hrs

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Let’s seize the opportunity to meet up and reflect on the first Conference day!

 

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Session: Amsterdam Agreements

Location: Amsterdam RAI

09:45 to 10:40 hrs

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Originated from AIWW 2017, the Amsterdam Agreements support case owners, experts, suppliers and investors for achieving sustainable cooperation, in order to achieve real breakthroughs on water issues. This session is about the progress made, the challenges faced, road blocks and successes.

Chair: Roelof Kruize, Managing Board AIWW and CEO Waternet

 

Session: Implementation challenges: water utilities working on stormwater and wastewater resilience in cities

Location: Amsterdam RAI

11:00 to 12:15 hrs

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Water utilities from Copenhagen (HOFOR), New York (NYC-DEP), Berlin (Berliner Wasserbetriebe) and Amsterdam (Waternet) share their major implementation obstacles and successes of stormwater and wastewater resilience their cities.

Speaker - Daniel Goedbloed, Waternet

Chair - Paulien Hartog, Waternet

 

Session: Water treatment options and dealing with emerging substances

Location: Amsterdam RAI

11:00 to 12:15 hrs

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Learn more about how World Waternet, Acacia Water and Wageningen University and Research successfully improved Integrated water resources management in Bekaa Valley Lebanon.

Speaker: Richard Oudhuis, Waternet

Chair - Gerhard van den Top, Chairman Regional Water Authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht

 

Session: Water security – assessment and quantification methodologies

Location: Amsterdam RAI

11:00 to 12:15 hrs

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World Waternet and partners present the three resilient city solutions for Zhuhai, China.

Speaker - Xiaocun Ruan, East-West Urban Consultancy

 

Session: River basin approach and nature based solutions

Location: Amsterdam RAI

13:30 to 14:45 hrs

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World Waternet and partners present the best practices of governance for improved basin management in the Ethiopian Ziway basin.

 

Session: Networking and plenary closing

Location: Amsterdam RAI

16:00 to 18:00 hrs

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Let’s meet up and reflect on the outcomes of the Conference!

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Session: Sarphati Sanitation Symposium: Access for all, within reach

Location: Amsterdam RAI, Future Water Theatre, hall 13, 1th floor, booth number 13.120

10:00 to 16:00 hrs

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This year, World Waternet, Aqua for All and FMO are honoured to present the first ever Sarphati Sanitation Symposium. This one day free symposium will bring together actors in water and sanitation to discover and explore innovative sanitation methods, funding instruments and ways to increase the awareness and political support for sanitation. 

Entrence is free! But please do register for the AquaTech and RSVP via [email protected] (You are leaving this website)