Monday 25 May

Session 1: 09.15 - 10.45

Session 2: 11.15 - 12.45

Session 3: 14.00 - 15.30

Session 4: 16.00 - 17.30

Opening Plenary: “Global Water: a resource for development - opportunities, challenges and constraints.!!

Opening addresses and keynote speakers:!- Prof Dogan Altinbilek, President, IWRA!- Senior Scottish Government Minister!!- Prof Ben Braga, President, World Water Council!- Dr David Korenfeld Federman, Director General, National Water

Commission, Mexico!- Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, Stockholm International Water

Institute, Sweden (tbc)!- M Loïc Fauchon, Honorary President, World Water Council & CEO, Société

des Eaux de Marseille!- Director, Water Innovation Service Scotland (tbc)!

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Drinks Reception 17.30 - 18.45Social Programme

08.00 Registration opens

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Parallel sessions & special sessions

10.45 - 11.15 Morning refreshment and networking break

1245 - 14.00 Lunch and networking break!Exhibition opens

15.30 - 16.00 Afternoon refreshment and networking break

Tuesday 26 May

Session 1: 08.30 - 10.00

Session 2: 10.30 - 12.00

Session 4 14.45 - 16.15

Session 5: 16.45 - 18.15

Plenary Session:!High Level Panel on the contribution of the private sector to !

sustainable water and agriculture management!!Chaired by Prof Asit K Biswas!Panel members:!- Snehal Desai, Chief of Water, Dow Chemical, United States!- José Lopez, Executive Vice-President, Nestlé, Switzerland!- Puvan J Selvanathan, Head of UN Compact on Sustainable Agriculture,

Switzerland (tbc)!- Philippe Rohner, Pictet Asset Management SA (tbc)!- Andy Wales, Director of Sustainable Development, SABMiller

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Scottish Reception at Edinburgh Castle 19.00 - 21.00 (Ticket price applies and must be booked in advance)Social Programme

08.00 Doors open

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Parallel sessions & special sessions

10.00 - 10.30 Morning refreshment and networking break

13.30 - 14.45 Lunch and networking break

16.15 - 16.45 Afternoon refreshment and networking break

Session 3: 12.00 - 13.30 Parallel sessions & special sessions

Wednesday 27 May

Session 1: 08.30 - 10.00

Session 2: 10.30 - 12.00

Session 4 14.45 - 16.15

Session 5: 16.45 - 18.15

Plenary Session:!Water Management: challenges and opportunities!!

Chaired by Dr Jerome Delli Priscolli!- Dr David Molden, Director General ICIMOD on “Water, climate change and

the Himalayas”!- Dr Sharad Lele, Programme Leader, ATREE (IDRC)!- Dr Jason Gurdak, Coordinator, UNESCO-GRAPHIC on “Climate change

and groundwater”!- Prof Torkil Jønch Clausen, Chief Water Policy Adviser, DHI Group

Parallel sessions & special sessions

08.00 Doors open

Parallel sessions & special sessions

Parallel sessions & special sessions

10.00 - 10.30 Morning refreshment and networking break

13.30 - 14.45 Lunch and networking break

16.15 - 16.45 Afternoon refreshment and networking break

Session 3: 12.00 - 13.30 Parallel sessions & special sessions

Thursday 28 May

Session 1: 08.30 - 10.00

Session 2: 10.30 - 12.00

Session 4 14.45 - 16.15

Session 5: 16.45 - 18.15

Plenary Session:!Scotland: The Hydro Nation - innovating water governance!!

Chaired by Jan Reid, Senior Manager Low Carbon Technologies, Scottish Enterprise!Introduced by Douglas Millican, Chief Executive, Scottish Water!- Prof Simon Parsons, Director of Strategic Customer Service Planning,

Scottish Water!- Prof Stephen Littlechild, Cambridge Judge Business School!- Celia Blauel, President, Eau de Paris (tbc)!- Tom Flood, Director, UK Water Partnership

Parallel sessions & special sessions

08.00 Doors open

!Ven Te Chow Lecture!

chaired by Patrick Lavarde, Senior Advisor Director !at the French Ministry for Ecology and Sustainable Development

Parallel sessions & special sessions

10.00 - 10.30 Morning refreshment and networking break

13.30 - 14.45 Lunch and networking break

16.15 - 16.45 Afternoon refreshment and networking break

Session 3: 12.00 - 13.30

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Gala Dinner at National Museum of Scotland (Ticket price applies and must be booked in advance)Social Programme

Friday 29 May

Session 1: 09.15 - 10.45

Session 2: 11.15 - 12.45

Plenary Session:!“Emerging issues”!!

- Prof Per Pinstrup-Andersen, UN Committee on World Food Security, on “Water and food security”!

- Bernard Guirkinger, Deputy Director General, Suez Environment!- Blanca Jimenez, Director, UNESCO-IHP!- Karen Krchnak, WWF!- Aziza Akmouch, OECD Water Governance Initiative (tbc)!!

Closing Plenary!Summary of Congress by Dr Cecilia Tortajada

08.00 Doors open

10.45 - 11.15 Morning refreshment and networking break!Exhibition closes

1245 - 14.00 Lunch