sustainability

Water Institute Research Conference 2022

Julie Grant — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:55:29 +0000

Water Institute Research Conference 2022 Julie Grant Thu, 08/11/2022 - 10:55

Water as a foundation for healthy communities and sustainable livelihoods

This online three-day international conference will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.

Day One: Monday, September 26, 7:00 to 10:00 AM ET

Time (ET)	Speaker
7:00 to 7:05	Day One – Conference opening Roy Brouwer Executive Director, Water Institute, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Canada
7:05 to 7:10	Conference opening remarks Katie Bryant Program Officer, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
7:10 to 7:15	Brief overview of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship program Jeanne Gallagher Program Manager, Universities Canada
7:15 to 8:00	Keynote presentation: Global child health and development: Does improving water safety and sanitation matter? Zulfiqar A. Bhutta Inaugural Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children and Director of Research at the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Toronto, Canada
8:00 to 8:05	Break
8:05 to 8:55	Panel discussion: Lessons learned in achieving SDG6 – Clean water and sanitation for all Moderator: Diana Karanja Director, Community Health Support Programme COHESU, Kenya Panelists: Elijah Bisung Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University, Canada Inonge Milupi Head of the Department Language and Social Sciences Education, University of Zambia, Zambia Thelma Zulfawu Abu Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, USA
8:55 to 9:05	Break
9:05 to 9:55	Panel discussion: Lessons learned in achieving SDG3 – Good health and wellbeing for all Moderator: Tom Wanyama Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Practice and Technology, McMaster, Canada Panelists: Elizabeth Onyango Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada Buba Manjang Director of Public Health Services, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Gambia Andrea Rishworth Postdoctoral Fellow, Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
9:55 to 10:00	Day One – Closing remarks Craig Janes Director, School of Public Health Sciences, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Canada

Day Two: Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 to 10:00 AM ET

7:00 to 7:05	Day Two – Welcome Roy Brouwer Executive Director, Water Institute, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Canada
7:05 to 7:50	Keynote presentation: Community-based approaches to achieving water and food security in Africa: Linking policy to practice Inga Jacobs-Mata Country Representative Southern Africa, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Pretoria, South Africa
7:50 to 8:00	Break
8:00 to 8:50	Panel discussion: Lessons learned in achieving SDG10 – Reduce inequality Moderator: Soumya Balasubramanya Senior Economist, The World Bank, Washington, USA Panelists: Douglas Singini District Medical Officer, Limulunga District Health Office, Zambia Jullian Sone PhD student, Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation, University of São Paulo, Brazil Archisman Mitra Researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), New Delhi, India
8:50 to 9:00	Break
9:00 to 9:45	Keynote presentation: Irrigation nutrition linkages with implications on the role of water in transforming food systems Dawit Mekonnen Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, USA
9:45 to 9:50	Day Two – Closing remarks Sarah Dickson-Anderson Professor, Department of Engineering, McMaster, Canada

Day Three: Wednesday, September 28, 7:00 to 10:00 AM ET

7:00 to 7:05	Day Three – Welcome Roy Brouwer Executive Director, Water Institute, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Canada
7:05 to 7:50	Keynote presentation: Water, Gender and Social Inclusion: A long way to go Deepa Joshi Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead in the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
7:50 to 7:55	Break
7:55 to 8:50	Panel discussion: Lessons learned in achieving SDG5 – Gender equality and empowering all women and girls Moderator: Lina Taing Director, Water Without Borders Graduate Diploma Program, Senior Researcher Water & Health, UNU-INWEH, McMaster, Canada Panelists: Rodgers Tayebwa Head of the Department Civil Engineering, Uganda Christian University, Uganda Mwimanenwa Njungu Lecturer, School of Medicine, Copperbelt University, Zambia Gervin Apatinga PhD candidate, University of Saskatchewan, Canada Sajida Aswan Academic Manager, Niagara College, Canada
8:50 to 9:00	Break
9:00 to 9:50	Panel discussion: How has QES contributed to the SDG’s and how do we keep the network alive? Moderator: Susan Elliott Professor, University Research Chair in Medical Geography, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Canada Panelists: Ann Weston Senior Program specialist, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Diana Karanja Director, Community Health Support Programme COHESU, Kenya Masood Lohar Founder and CEO Clifton Urban Forest, Karachi, Pakistan Lina Taing Director, Water Without Borders Graduate Diploma Program, Senior Researcher Water & Health, UNU-INWEH, McMaster, Canada
9:50 to 9:55	Day Three – Closing remarks Roy Brouwer Executive Director, Water Institute, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Canada

Water Institute Research Conference 2020

Allie Dusome — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:21:02 +0000

Water Institute Research Conference 2020 Allie Dusome Mon, 08/17/2020 - 11:21

Can we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in a post-COVID world?

A Water Institute Conference Covering Five Continents Over Three Days

“We need to turn the recovery into a real opportunity to do things right in the future.” – António Guterres, UN Secretary-General

Does the coronavirus pandemic doom the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Or does it present an opportunity to make significant progress against the SDGs? How can water research contribute?

Join the Water Institute from 8:00 to 9:30 am EDT on September 29, September 30 and October 1 for three days of interdisciplinary dialogue from leading water researchers around the globe who will be discussing their work in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and the SDGs.

DAY ONE
SEPTEMBER 29, 8:00 to 9:30 AM EDT

REGISTER

Time (EDT)	Speaker
8:00 to 8:20	Ana Deletic, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of New South Wales, Australia Presentation: Modelling to support the planning of sustainable urban water systems
8:20 to 8:40	Wun Jern Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Presentation: Environmental bio-innovation R&D and technology deployments in Singapore and Asia
8:40 to 9:00	Veena Srinivasan, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology & the Environment, India Presentation: Rural water security and migration: How do we find scalable solutions?
9:00 to 9:30	Panel discussion moderated by Nandita Basu, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ

DAY TWO
SEPTEMBER 30, 8:00 to 9:30 AM EDT

REGISTER

Time (EDT)	Speaker
8:00 to 8:20	Amal Talbi, Senior Water Resources Specialist, Middle East North Africa Region, World Bank Presentation: COVID impacts on water services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
8:20 to 8:40	Eiman Karar, Advisor to Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources of Sudan, Sudan Presentation: Inclusive governance for integrated water resources management implementation post-COVID 19
8:40 to 9:00	Mark van Loosdrecht, Chair Professor, Environmental Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Presentation: Resource recovery and wastewater treatment
9:00 to 9:30	Panel discussion moderated by Roy Brouwer, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ

DAY THREE
OCTOBER 1, 8:00 to 9:30 AM EDT

REGISTER

Time (EDT)	Speaker
8:00 to 8:20	Luciana Martin Rodrigues Ferreira, Director General, São Paulo State Geologic Institute, Brazil Presentation: Groundwater research as a tool of water security in the State of São Paulo/Brazil
8:20 to 8:40	Joan Rose, Michigan State University, USA Presentation: Monitoring viruses and COVID 19 in wastewater
8:40 to 9:00	Rachel Arsenault, PhD candidate, York University, Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation Presentation: Water insecurity in First Nations
9:00 to 9:30	Panel discussion moderated by Professor Kelsey Leonard, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ

The University of ��ݮ��Ƶ is committed to achieving barrier-free accessibility for persons with disabilities who are visiting, studying or working at ��ݮ��Ƶ. If you have questions concerning access or wish to request accommodations for this event, please contact Allie Dusome (adusome@uwaterloo.ca)

Water Institute Research Conference 2018

Allie Dusome — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:37:42 +0000

Water Institute Research Conference 2018 Allie Dusome Wed, 06/20/2018 - 14:37

Join the Water Institute on Monday, September 24 for a full day of interdisciplinary dialogue around water research at the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ. Water Institute members and international Water Institute board members, including 2016 Stockholm Water Prize winner Joan Rose and 2018 Stockholm Water Prize winner Mark van Loosdrecht, will share their latest research and open up new opportunities for discussion and collaboration. Students from the Collaborative Water Program will also share insights from ��ݮ��Ƶ’s most interdisciplinary graduate program.

Breaking Boundaries in Water Research
Conference Program

Time	Speaker
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Welcome Charmaine Dean, Vice President, Research Roy Brouwer, Executive Director, The Water Institute
8:45-9:30 a.m.	Opening Keynote Lecture Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Sanitation Joan Rose, Professor and Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, Michigan State University; 2016 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
9:30-10:30 a.m.	Human Health and Well-Being The Dichotomies of Water and Well-Being Susan Elliott, Professor, Geography and Environmental Management, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ We Want to Drink the Water and Eat The Fish: Community-Partnered Contaminant Research in Canada's North Heidi Swanson, Professor, Biology, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ To Water Through Governance: Consent-Based Collaboration to Protect Waters Merrell-Ann Phare, Executive Director, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Winnipeg
10:30-10:50 a.m.	BREAK
10:50-11:35 a.m.	Collaborative Water Program Students will present outcomes of the Collaborative Water Program's WATER 602 course
11:35 a.m.-12:35 p.m.	Urban Water Systems Robust Drinking Water Systems Peter Huck, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ; NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Water Treatment Sustainable Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment Applications Michael Tam, Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ Emerging Solutions to the Water Challenges of an Urbanizing World Tove Larsen, Professor/Group Leader, Urban Water Management at Eawag, Switzerland
12:35-1:20 p.m.	LUNCH
1:20-2:20 p.m.	Watershed Management Neocastorization of the World – Or How Damming of Rivers is Changing Global Biogeochemical Cycles Philippe Van Cappellen, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ; Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Ecohydrology Global Drinking Water Security: Climate Change Threats and Adaptation Strategies Monica Emelko, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ The Complex Politics of Governing Watersheds William Blomquist, Professor, Political Science, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
2:20-3:20 p.m.	Blue Economy Flood Risk Governance in a Changing Climate Jason Thistlewaite, Professor, Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ The Economics of Water Pollution Control and Abatement Alain-Désiré Nimubona, Professor, Economics, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ Working at the Intersection of Academic and Private Sector Research to Support the Blue Economy Brenda Lucas, Executive Director, Southern Ontario Water Consortium
3:20-3:40 p.m.	BREAK
3:40-4:40 p.m.	Global Water Cycle Nutrient Legacies in Anthropogenic Catchments: Implications for Water Quality Nandita Basu, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ Coupled Hydrodynamic-Biogeochemical-Ice Modelling in Large Lakes Kevin Lamb, Professor, Applied Mathematics, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ Integrated Terrestrial Observatories - The New Initiatives TERENO, MOSES and eLTER Georg Teutsch, Scientific Director, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Germany
4:40-5:00 p.m.	BREAK
5:00-6:15 p.m.	Water Institute RBC Distinguished Lecture 2018* The Future of Water: Innovation, Resource Recovery, and the Blue Economy Mark van Loosdrecht, 2018 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate; Professor, Department of Biotechnology, TU Delft, The Netherlands Free, public lecture. Please register here*.
6:15-7:30 p.m.	RECEPTION

sustainability

Water Institute Research Conference 2022

Water as a foundation for healthy communities and sustainable livelihoods

Day One: Monday, September 26, 7:00 to 10:00 AM ET

Day Two: Tuesday, September 27, 7:00 to 10:00 AM ET

Day Three: Wednesday, September 28, 7:00 to 10:00 AM ET

Water Institute Research Conference 2020

Can we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in a post-COVID world?

A Water Institute Conference Covering Five Continents Over Three Days

Water Institute Research Conference 2018

Breaking Boundaries in Water Research Conference Program

Welcome

Opening Keynote Lecture

Human Health and Well-Being

Collaborative Water Program

Urban Water Systems

Watershed Management

Blue Economy

Global Water Cycle

Water Institute RBC Distinguished Lecture 2018*

Breaking Boundaries in Water Research
Conference Program