Society
December 5, 2016
Catarina de Albuquerque of Portugal is the winner of the 2016 IWA Global Water Award. The award recognises the exceptional role she has played as the driving force behind the recognition of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation...
Asia-PacificKeynotesSociety
December 5, 2016
Honorable Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchoen Tshering Tobgay from IWA on Vimeo. A water story in the first person by a surprise keynote at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition. Listen to the Honorable Prime Minister of B...
HealthKeynotes
December 5, 2016
The water microbiome and the biohealth of the planet by Joan Rose from IWA on Vimeo. “Water is Life, But Water Quality is Health” – The microbiome of water allows to diagnose water quality in an unprecedented manner....
KeynotesUrbanisation
December 5, 2016
James Lynch is Deputy Director General, Pacific Department at Asian Development Bank (ADB), with more than twenty years of international experience in infrastructure finance, project development, regional cooperation and managing ...
KeynotesSociety
December 5, 2016
John Thwaites elaborates on “How can water contribute to achieving the global Sustainable Development Goals?” Learn more: www.worldwatercongress.org and watch the full presentation: https://vimeo.com/192475686 John Thw...
KeynotesSociety
December 5, 2016
Ending extreme poverty by Barbara Frost from IWA on Vimeo. Barbara Frost explains what do the SDGs mean for access to water, sanitation and hygiene. Watch her entire keynote session: https://vimeo.com/192129507
EnvironmentKeynotes
December 5, 2016
Eva Abal is the Director of the recently established University of Queensland (UQ) Water, which aims to coordinate research activities in water across UQ’s faculties, institutes and centres. She is also the Strategic Science Dir...
Climate changeEnergyEnvironmentHealthKeynotesSocietyUrbanisation
December 5, 2016
Ben Schouten is an advisor for the European Commission on the ‘Internet of Things’ as well as for the Dutch Cultural Media Fund, responsible for E-culture. He graduated from the Rietveld Art Academy in 1983 and found himself i...
EnvironmentIndustryKeynotesSociety
December 5, 2016
Gunter Pauli on the Blue Economy from IWA on Vimeo. Irrigate with sea water? Farm and have drinking water as a by-product? Increase water retention with carbon? Innovation and inspiration from Gunter Pauli, the founder of the ZERI...
December 2, 2016
I recently worked on developing the Dakar City Water Story as part of the IWA’s Cities of the Future Programme. Learning about Dakar’s well-established urban water governance and innovative projects that attract delegations fr...