Speakers
Aasim Mansuri
Senior Programme Lead - Center for Water and Sanitation, CRDF, CEPT University
Adriaan Mels
Regional Director - VEI
Ahmad Abu Al Soud
Director of Systems and Information Technology - Aqaba Water Company
Akram Nassar
General Manager - Water Supply & Sewerage Authority of Bethlehem
Alejandro Jiménez
Water and Sanitation Director - SIWI
Alphonsina Ntibingwa
Young Expert - Arusha Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority
Alvin Papatria
Chief Financial Officer - PDAM Surya Sembada Kota Surabaya
Amir Khan Mohmand
CEO - WSSCM
Andre Dzikus
Chief Urban Basic Services - UN-Habitat
Andy Smith
Smart Water Strategy Manager - Anglian Water
Anke Verheij
Deputy Programme Coordinator WaterWorX - VEI Netherlands
Anna Shiweda
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform of the Republic of Namibia
Annabelle Houdrets
Senior Researcher - German Development Institute
Ana Allen
Head of the Basin Management, Linkage, and Financing Unit - Municipal Commission of Drinking Water and Sanitation of Xalapa
Anne Le Strat
Research Fellow & Senior Consultant - NYU/Independent
Annukka Lipponen
Chief Specialist on Water Resources Management - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Antonio Fantasia
Project Manager - MM SPA, Water Operator entirely owned by the City of Milan
Antonio Javier García Heredia
Head of Sanitation Networks - Empresa Metropolitana de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento de Aguas de Sevilla (EMASESA)
Antoon Blokland
Political Advisor - BBO Ltd.
Arbana Kola
Project Manager - Water Supply and Sewerage Association of Albania (SHUKALB)
Arnaud de Vanssay
Water Team Leader - European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships
Ashan Nandlal
Civil Engineer - eThekwini Municipality
Barbara Kazimbaya-Senkwe
Africa Coordinator - USAID's WASH-FIN Program
Barbara Schreiner
Executive Director - Water Integrity Network
Benjamin Gestin
General Manager - Eau de Paris
Bernard Ettinoffe
General Manager - Dominica Water and Sewerage Company
Bernard Mwaka
Senior GIS Officer - NWSC Uganda
Bienvenido V. Batar Jr. (Jong)
General Manager - Cagayan de Oro Water District
Birgit Kemmerling
Senior Researcher - Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC)
Bisi Agberemi
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist - UNICEF
Boudewijn Sterk
Country Manager - VEI Bangladesh
Brianna Huber
Executive Director and Founder/Director of Water Filtration - Her20/City of East Moline
Carl Kamstra
PEWAK WOP Resident Project Manager - VEI Philippines
Carlos Diaz
Senior Consultant - CD Consultancy
Cesar Augusto Rissoli
Project Manager - Companhia de Saneamento Ambiental do Distrito Federal (CAESB)
Chantal Marijnissen
Head of Unit for Environment, Sustainable Natural Resources, Water - DG INTPA, European Commission
Charles Boti
WASH Specialist - African Water Association
Christelle Balibago
Christian Wiebe
Divisional manager WASH - Viva con Agua
Christine Kolenbrander
Administrative Assistant - Vitens
Christopher Wenzel
Deputy Head of Division, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany
Claudia Wendland
Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist - Hamburg Wasser
Collins Heather
Water Treatment Manager - Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Corinne Cathala
Lead Water and Sanitation Specialist - Inter-American Development Bank
Cosmas Makala
Director of Finance - Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company
Cristina Zuffo
Director of Research, Technological Development and Innovation - Sabesp
Cyprian Gibson
Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC), The Bahamas - Assistant General Manager, Family Islands Division
Daniel Moss
Director - Water Commons & AgroEcology Fund
Danielle Pedi
Senior Programme Officer - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Darren Moens
Executive of Capital Raising and Business Development - Climate Fund Managers
David Boys
Deputy General Secretary - Public Service International (PSI)
David Peral Pozo
Sustainability Analyst and head of the United Nations Sustainable Water and Energy Solutions Network - Canal de Isabel II
Dee Zinke
Assistant General Manager - Metropolitan Water District of Souther California
Dennis Mwanza
Senior WASH Advisor - RTI International
Dharma Ratna Chitrakar
Technical Manager - WaterAid Nepal
Georgi Hristov
Senior Project Manager - GIZ
Dr Hugo Isaak Zepeda
International General Coordinator of Urban Projects - Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
John Matthews
Executive Director - Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
Maria Flachsbarth
Parliamentary State Secretary - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Germany
Petros Kolovopoulos
Executive Director - Hydro-Comp Enterprises
Solomie Gebrezgabher
Researcher - International Water Management Institute
Dwike Riantara
Managing Director - Tirta Mayang
Elida Villalba Vargas
PhD, Lawyer - University of St. Gallen
Elisa Bernal
Communications Consultant - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Emma Lesterhuis
Programme Coordinator Water for Life - VEI
Emmanuel Chaponniere
Senior Water Sector Engineer - European Investment Bank
James Nganga
Managing Director - Nakuru Water and Sanitation Services Corporation
Ephantus Mwangi Mugo
Donor Projects Manager - Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Co Ltd
Estelle Desarnaud
Deputy General Manager - Eau de Paris
Eyob Bekele
Young Expert - VEI Ethiopia
Fatimata Sarambe
Cooperation Manager - ONEA
Faustina Boachie
Head Low-Income Customer Support Unit - Ghana Water Company
Fernando Estévez Pastor
Water Chair Advisor - Empresa Metropolitana de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento de Aguas de Sevilla (EMASESA)/Universidad de Sevilla
Fernando Villalvir
Decentralized Municipal Unit General Manager - Aguas de Siguatepeque
Florencia Rieiro
Regional Liaison and Coordination Officer - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Florian Thevenon
Consultant - UN-Habitat
Francisco Dumler
President - Sedapal
François Xavier Nshimiyimana
Research and Development Specialist - Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC)
Franziska Volk
Associate Expert - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Frédéric Derousseau
Water Department Manager - Unelco
Frederic Kabore
Director General - Office National de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement (ONEA)
Frodo van Oostveen
CEO - World Waternet
Georges Pierre Lesjongard
Minister of Energy and Public Utilities of the Republic of Mauritius - Facebook
Georgina Vidriales
Responsible for the area of Linkage, Communication and Biomarket - Sendas
Gilbert Houngbou
Chair - UN-Water
Giorgos Sachinis
Director of Strategy and Innovation - Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP)
Giuliana Ferrero
Freelance Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Consultant & Visiting Associate Professor - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Gladwell Mphande
Director of Finance - Lilongwe Water Board
Gonzalo Meschengieser
International Relations Manager - Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA)
Graciano Carpes
Cooperation and funds technician - EMASESA
Greg Solecki
Senior Associate - GoCrisis
Guillaume Mérère
Project Team Manager - French Development Agency
Guillermo Saavedra
President - Federación Nacional de Cooperativas de Servicios Sanitarios (FESAN)
H.E. Fatima Maada Bio
First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone and Africa Champion for Sanitation and Hygiene
H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid
President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly
H.E. Mr. Prithvirajsing Roopun
President of the Republic of Mauritius
H. Rahmatullah SE
Director - PERUMDA PALD Banjarmasin
Hamanth Kasan
Chair AfWA Strategic Capacity Building Committee - Rand Water
Hannah Crichton-Smith
Senior Advisor – System Strengthening - WaterAid UK
Harm van Donk
Operations Manager - Vitens
Heiko Heidemann
Project Manager - GIZ
Henk Ovink
Special Envoy for International Water Affairs - Kingdom of the Netherlands
Hezekiah O. Pireh
WASH Expert - UN-Habitat
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
Ian Mcilwham
Compliance Manager - Regional Municipality of Durham
Ignatius Jean
Executive Director - Caribbean Water & Sewerage Association
Igor Ruz
Technical Director - Federación Nacional de Cooperativas de Servicios Sanitarios (FESAN)
Ismail Banoo
Senior Researcher - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Ivan Dragaic
Senior Knowledge Management and Advocacy Consultant - UN-Habitat/GWOPA
Jeanne Cole
Water Operator Partnerships Advisor - WaterAid UK
Joaquín Alberto Montagut Mejía
Wastewater Management Business Operations Coordinator - Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM)
Joaquin Buendia
Director of New Developments and European Funds - Empresa Metropolitana de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento de Aguas de Sevilla (EMASESA)
Jörg Dux
Head of Division - KfW German Financial Cooperation
Johanna Patiño Benavides
Expert in Water Resources Management - Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento de Quito (EPMAPS)-Agua de Quito
Jonathan Kampata
Managing Director - Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company
Josaine Nikiema
Research Group Leader - Circular Economy and Water Pollution - nternational Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Jose Luis Martin Bordes
Consultant - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Luis Alberto Merida
Renewable Energy and Water Resources Manager - OSSE Mar del Plata
Jovana Gojkovic
Senior Officer, External Relations - Aqua Publica Europea
Julie Marechal Perkins
GWOPA Officer-in-Charge - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Kabindra Pudasaini
Beacon Lead - WaterAid Nepal
Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy
Executive Director - International Water Association (IWA)
Kari Davis
Technical Director - Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA)
Karina Alejandra Navone
Lawyer - Sindicato Gran Buenos Aires de Trabajadores de Obras Sanitarias (SGBATOS), Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA)
Kasenga Hara
Secretary General - Eastern and Southern Africa Water and Sanitation Regulators Association (ESAWAS)
Katharina Hoereth
Research Assistant - Department of Geography, University of Bonn
Kevin Carter
Assistant to the Director, Water & Wastewater Services - Broward County Florida
Kevin Ogonda
Pro-poor Programme Manager - KIWASCO
Khaldon Khashman
Secretary General - Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA)
Klaas Schwartz
Acting Head Water Governance Department & Associate Professor - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Koen Maathuis
Regional Director - World Waternet
Koh Chong Hin
Vice President & Managing Director - Xylem, South East Asia
Krijn Driessen
Resident Project Manager - Ghana Water
Kristine Jessah Guevarra
Head Corporate Planning - Manila Water
Lars Stordal
Programme Officer - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Laurent Geneau
General Manager - Eau du Bassin Rennnais Collectivité
Le Thi Hong Van
Communication and Shareholder Relation Department Deputy Manager - Danang Water Supply Joint-Stock Company
Léo Heller
Former Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Linnéa Foelster
Strategic Infrastructure Coordination Officer - Hamburg Wasser
Lisa Reudenbach
Urban Innovation Specialist - UNITAC Hamburg
Lucatina Ercolano
Project Manager - Hamburg Wasser
Lungi Zuma
Senior Chemical Engineer - eThekwini Municipality
Magnus Williams
Chief Engineer - Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited (DOWASCO)
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director - UN-Habitat
Manas Rath
Senior Advisor - BORDA India
Manasa Tusulu
Institutional Reform & Acting Manager Strategic Planning, Water Authority Fiji - Executive Officer
Manuel Tayara
Project Officer - VEI Netherlands
Marcel Lips
Director of Marketing and Customer Experience - Vitens
Marcelo Estrada
President - Asociación Buena Esperanza ADECOR
Marcelo Rogora
Director of Integrity and Good Practices - Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA)
Marcus Newbury
Statistician - United Nations Statistics Division
Margaret Maina
Managing Director - Limuru Water
María José Chesa Marro
Head of Environmental and External Relations Service - Barcelona Water Cycle – Barcelona City Council
Maria Koenig
Programme Advisor - GIZ
Maria Martinez
Knowledge Management Consultant - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Maria Pascual Sanz
Programme Officer - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Marieke van Nood
Regional Manager East Africa and Asia - World Waternet
Jaff Marilyn Bongmo
Rural Engineer - Ministry of Water Resources and Energy Cameroon
Mark Ayertey
Water Quality Officer - Ghana Water Company (GWCL)
Martin Nijsse
Project Leader WWX Water Operating Partnership - VEI-NWSC
Mbaye Mbeguere
Senior Sanitation Program Coordinator - African Water Association
Melodie Boissel
Chargée d'études - psEau
Mike Lester Carreon
Pro-Poor Coordinator - Performance Enhancement Water Utilities Philippines
Miki Mizunuma
Intern - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Milo Fiasconaro
Director - Aqua Publica Europea
Minazola Miantuadi
Head International Projects - Société Wallonne Des Eaux
Mireia Tutusaus
Project Manager - VEI Rwanda
Míriam Planas
Campaing Manager - Enginyeria Sense Fronteres
Mirjam van Roode
Senior Officer Strategic Stakeholder Management - Waterleiding Maatschappij Limburg
Misileti Satuala
Pacific Water and Wastewater Association - Development Project Coordinator
Mohammad Abdullah
CEO - Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA)
Mohammad AmenAl-fetyane
Water and Sewage Department Manager - Jericho Municipality Palestine
Mohammad Homeidan
Process Engineer - Nablus Municipality-Nablus WWTP
Mohammad Juma Bin Jarsh Al Falasi
Undersecretary - Abu Dhabi Department of Energy
Mokhtar Jaait
Responsible of R&D division - International Institute for Water and Sanitation of ONEE
Monique Avoaka
Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Manager - African Water Association
Mouhamadou Gueye
Programme Director - ONAS
Annette Lang
Head International Relations and Development Cooperation - Senate Chancellery of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Katja Dörner
Mayor - City of Bonn
Mwansa Nachula Mukuka
Sanitation Specialist - Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company
Nadine Arce Haanraadts
Senior Sanitation Advisor - Finish Mondial
Nancy Kadeni
Narendran Maniam
CEO - Indah Water Konsortium (IWK)
Natalia Gullón
Technical Advisor - Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Natalie Páez Curtidor
Research Assistant - Technical University of Munich
Nathalie Sänger
Junior Researcher - United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)
N.C. Narayanan
Professor - Ashank Desai Centre for Policy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Neil MacLeod
Former Head - eThekwini Water and Sanitation
Nicole Austin
Water Quality Technologist - Barbados Water Authority
Noemi Aramayo Guzmán
General Manager - Empresa Municipal de Saneamiento Básico Villazón (EMSABAV)
Oliver Nachevski
Vice Chair - IWA Strategic Asset Management Specialist Group
Oscar Izquierdo Sandi
Director of Cooperation and International Affairs - Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (Aya)
Ossei Assibey Bonsu
Deputy Sanitation Engineer - Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly
Oswald Chanda
Acting Director of the Water and Sanitation Department - African Development Bank
Pascal Mellier
Deputy General Manager - Syndicat des Eaux et de l'Assainissement Alsace Moselle (SDEA)
Patrick Kayizzi
Engineer - Umbrella of Water and Sanitation, East in Uganda
Paulina Rubio Sainturat
Head of Communications - Essbio
Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
Special Rapporteur on the human right to water and sanitation
Peter Macy
President and Co-Founder - RockBlue Foundation
Peter Njaggah
Engineer - Water Services Regulatory Board Kenya
Pilar Avello
Programme Manager - SIWI
Pim van den Male
First Secretary - Food Security and Water - DGIS Netherlands
Puneet Kumar Srivastava
Urban WASH Advisor (Utilities) - WaterAid UK
Raf Tuts
Director, Global Solutions Division - UN-Habitat
Reena Shah
Chief of the Environment Statistics Section - United Nations Statistical Commission
Reinder van den Brik
Programme Manager - VEI Netherlands
Reint-Jan Deblois
Senior Project Officer - VEI Netherlands
Richard Gevers
Founder - Open Cities Lab
Richard Johnston
Joint Monitoring Programme Technical Officer - WHO
Rifaat Abdel-Wahab
Head of the research and development unit - Holding Company for water and wastewater (HCWW)
Rob Fuller
Global Water Sector Advisor - WaterAid UK
Rojina Manandhar
Programme Officer - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Rolien Sasse
Senior Consultant - Water for Life/Water & Peace
Romana Konjevod
Intern - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Romano Radjkoemar
Project Manager - VEI Vietnam
Rose Kaggwa
Director of Business and Scientific Services - National Water and Sewerage Corporation
Rukia Selemani Yange
Water Distribution Network Engineer - Mwanza Water Supply and Sanitation Authority
Salma Yousry
Urban development Programme Manager - United Nationals Human Settlements programme (UN-Habitat)
Samir Bensaid
Consultant - Independent
Sandeep Mahajan
Head GIS & Digital Solutions Division - Suez
Sandrine Kayap
CUY
Sara Muradi
Saravanan V Subramanian
Senior Researcher - Germany Development Institute (DIE)
Sareen Malik
Executive Secretary & Vice Chair Steering Committee - ANEW/SWA
Sergi Grau Torrent
Engineer - Aigues Manresa
Seymour Singh
General Manager Corporate and Commercial Services - Water Authority Fiji
Sibasish Dasgupta
Project Manager for Smart Cities Mission - Udaipur Municipal Corporation
Silvia Cervera
Institutional Relations Manager - OSSE Mar del Plata
Simeon Kenfack
Director of Programs and Professional Development - African Water Association
Sonja Schlipf
Integrated Rainwater Working Group Manager - Hamburg Wasser
Stefan Rau
Senior Urban Development Specialist - Asian Development Bank
Suresh Kumar Rohilla
Senior Director - Centre for Science & Environment (CSE)
Susan Spronk
Associate Professor - International Development and Global Studies - University of Ottawa
Sylvain Usher
Executive Director - African Water Association
Tahera Ferdows Begum
Thibaud Chazal
Water Construction Expert - Enabel
Thierno Amadou Sissiko
Project Lead NRW & Pro-poor Connections - SOMAGEP SA
Thierry Delaunay
Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist - Inter-American Development Bank
Thomas van Gilst
Head of Water Security and Resilience Division - European Investment Bank
Toine Ramaker
Director - VEI Netherlands
Tripti Rai
Country Director - WaterAid Nepal
Tumain Msacky
WOP Project Manager Tanzania - VEI/Mwanza Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority
Uschi Eid
Former Vice-Chair and Chair - UN-Secretary General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
Valentine Nana Kaupa
Zone Manager - Lilongwe Water Board
Valeria Suarez
WOP-LAC Secretariat Coordinator - Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA)
Valerie Jenkinson
CEO - World Water & Wastewater Solutions Ltd.
Veronika Sojkova
Digital and Community Support Officer - GWOPA/UN-Habitat
Vincent Dussaux
Programmes Director - Solidarité Eau (pS-Eau)
Vishnu Mabeer
Professional Technologist - eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Volodymyr Bilynskyy
Deputy Chief Engineer - Lvivvodokanal, Lviv City Communal Enterprise
Wayne Williams
Executive Director - Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA)
Willy Lenk
Project Manager - Stadtentwässerung Dresden
Xuan Che
Associate Statistician - United Nations Statistics Division
Yaouba Balde
Head of the Studies and Planning Department - ONAS
Yasmina Ferrer
Head Water and Sanitation - Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)
Zaituni Kanenje
Low-Income Consumers Manager - Nakuru Water and Sanitation Services Corporation