Day 1
Monday, June 7th
13:15-14:45 - "Opening Ceremony"
Moderator:
Renée Martin-Nagle,
IWRA Treasurer; CEO, A Ripple Effect pllc; Special Counsel, Eckert Seamans; & Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute
Co-Moderator of ceremony:
Mary Trudeau,
Project Officer, IWRA
15:00-16:30 FAO Special Session - "Bugs & Superbugs: Water Quality and Food Safety and preventing environmental AMR."
Moderator:
Omar Elhassan, Environmental AMR and Water Management Expert, Land and Water Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Co-Moderator of ceremony:
Mary Trudeau,
Project Officer, IWRA
16:45-18:15 - "How can we better manage water for food and public health in a changing world?"
Moderator:
Raya Marina Stephan
International Water Consultant, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Water International & Executive Board, IWRA
18:30-20:00 - "How can managing water in agriculture contribute to food security and public health?"
Moderator:
Tala Awada,
Associate Dean, Agricultural Research Division; Professor, Plant Ecophysiology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Day 2
Tuesday, June 8th
08:00-09:30 - "How can science better inform public policy, governance and capacity building for water, food and health?"
09:45-11:15 - "How can managing water in agriculture contribute to food security and public health?"
Moderator:
Mark Smith,
Director General, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Co-Moderator:
Henning Bjornlund,
Research Professor, Water Policy and Management, University of South Australia & Chair, Science, Technology and Publication Committee, IWRA
11:30-13:00 - "How can we better manage water for food and public health in a changing world?"
Moderator:
Raya M. Stephan,
International Water Consultant, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Water International & Executive Board, IWRA
Co-Moderator:
Asma Bachikh,
Executive Board, IWRA & Consultant, World Bank Group
15:00-16:30 - "High Level Panel"
Moderator:
Rabi Mohtar,
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Life Sciences, American University of Beirut & Professor, Environmental Resources, Engineering, Texas A&M
16:45-18:15 - "What opportunities lie in the improved cooperation between water, food, and public health sectors?"
Moderator:
Bassel Daher,
Research Scientist, Texas A&M Energy Institute
18:30-19:45 - "What are the synergies or trade-offs between ecosystem health and human health?"
Moderator:
Rabi Mohtar,
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Life Sciences, American University of Beirut & Professor of Environmental Resources Engineering, Texas A&M
Co-Moderator:
Mary Trudeau,
Project Officer, IWRA
Day 3
Wednesday, June 9th
08:00-09:30 - "How can we better manage water for food and public health in a changing world?"
Moderator:
Moderator:
Rabindra Osti
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Co-Moderator:
Gary Jones,
Executive Board, IWRA
9:45-11:15 - "What opportunities lie in the improved cooperation between water, food, and public health sectors?"
Moderator:
Iman Nuwayhid,
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut
11:30-13:00 - "What are the synergies or trade-offs between ecosystem health and human health?"
Moderator:
Dave Tickner,
Chief Freshwater Adviser, WWF-UK
Co-Moderator:
Lesha Witmer,
Steering Committee (advocacy lead), Women for Water Partnership
15:00-16:30 - “FAO Special Session (Water Tenure)”
Moderator:
Benjamin Kiersch
Coordinator, Project “Knowing water better: towards fairer and more sustainable access to natural resources – KnoWat”, Land and Water Division, FAO
Co-moderator:
Sofia Ramirez Fionda,
Publishing and Communication Specialist, Land and Water Division, FAO
16:45-18:15 - “How can science better inform public policy, governance and capacity building for water, food and health?”
Moderator:
Lesha Witmar,
Steering Committee (advocacy lead), Women for Water Partnership
Co-moderator:
Pedi Obani,
Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Bradford
18:30-20:00 Closing Ceremony
Moderator:
Renée Martin-Nagle,
IWRA Treasurer; CEO, A Ripple Effect pllc; Special Counsel at Eckert Seamans; Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute
Co-Moderator:
Mary Trudeau,
Project Officer, IWRA