The CEOs and leaders on our speaker lineup represent some of the most inspiring and visionary figures in the water sector and beyond. Among them, firm voices leading Japan’s transition to low carbon, a biotech pioneer who has revolutionised water and wastewater treatment, a visionary driving the digitalisation of the water sector, and practitioners implementing better water futures on the ground.
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8 Keynote speakers
Yuriko Koike
Governor of Tokyo, Japan
How is Tokyo dealing with the challenges of urban water scarcity and drinking water quality?
Toshio Koike
Director, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM), Japan
Which resilient solutions to floods, earthquakes and other water-related disasters induced by climate change? How policy frameworks for disaster risk reduction can be strengthened?
Silver Mugisha
Chief Executive Officer, National Water and Sewerage Corporation, Kampala, Uganda
Claudia Sadoff
Director General at International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Rebekah Eggers
Global Water Leader, WW IoT, Energy, Environment & Utilities Business, IBM
The digitalisation of water is no longer optional, what will be the major impacts on water utilities?
Joint keynote address
Sudhir Murthy
Innovations Chief, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, USA
Mark van Loosdrecht
Chair professor in Environmental Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
The diffusion of innovation in the water sector remains a big challenge. What can we learn from technical innovations successfully adopted and adapted by water and sanitation practitioners?
Lars Therkildsen
CEO, HOFOR, Copenhagen, Denmark
How do water, sanitation and energy services intertwine to achieve greater climate resilience?
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