Program - SuSanA

Making Sanitation a Sustainable Business:
2 nd ADB-DMC and Partners Sanitation Dialogue
23-25 May 2011; Manila, Philippines
DAY/TIME
AGENDA/TOPICS
22 May Registration
Ideas and Innovation Bazaar
DAY 1, Monday, 23 May
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
1. INTRODUCTION
DRAFT PROGRAM (17 March 2011)
8:30 – 8:40
8:40 – 8:55
8:55 – 9:10
Welcome remarks: RSDD
Opening address: Arjun Thapan (Senior Special Advisor for Infrastructure and Water, ADB)
Video (sanitation chronicles): conference opener
2. OVERCOMING ROADBLOCKS: MAKING SANITATION A PRIORITY
Session chair: Amy Leung (Water Committee Co-Chair, ADB)
Session anchor: Joanna Masic (Urban Development Specialist, ADB)
9:10 – 9:15
9:15 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:20
Introduction by session chair
Sanitation situation and trends
Terrence Thompson (Regional Adviser in Environmental Health, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office)
Panel on issues, barriers and constraints, and examples of countries where improvements in sanitation and hygiene and
environmental sanitation are taking place
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DAY/TIME
10:20 – 10:35
10:35 – 10:40
AGENDA/TOPICS
Towards Sanitation for All: Bangladesh / Highlights of SACOSAN IV: Sri Lanka
Water for Life: Sector Plan and Framework for Action and National Sanitation Policy
Jammie Saena (Manager, Wastewater Division, Samoa Water Authority)
Sanitation and wastewater management in rural areas and small towns
Dr. Zhao Hui (Deputy Director-General, Department of Rural Construction, Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural
Development, PR China)
Unified Sanitation Strategy
Dr. Nguyen Tuong Van (Deputy Director, Ministry of Construction, Viet Nam)
Q&A
Synthesis by session chair
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break and networking
3. MAKING SANITATION HAPPEN THROUGH 3 I’s: Information, Institutions, and Incentives
Session chair and moderator: Margaret Catley-Carlson (UNSGAB)
Session anchor: Rudolf Frauendorfer (Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB)
11:00 – 11:05
11:05 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:20
Introduction by session chair
Panel on enabling environment
Public awareness and behavior change
Janet Parry (Senior Program Manager for WASH, Plan International); Mr. Peter Feldman (WES Officer, UNICEF)
Role of champions
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (Founder, Sulabh International)
Political will and vision
Ms. Mary Jane Ortega (Secretary General, Citynet)
Putting legal provisions into action
Mr. Antonio Oposa (environmental lawyer, Philippines)
Innovative financial and credit enhancement arrangements
Lee Baker (Kolhapur / Financial Institutions Reform and Expansion for India, USAID)
Q&A
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DAY/TIME
AGENDA/TOPICS
12:20 – 12:30 Synthesis by session chair
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch break
4. TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR DIFFERENT SETTINGS: MAKING SANITATION EFFECTIVE
Session chair: Jonathan Parkinson (Programmes Manager, IWA)
Session anchor: Hubert Jenny (Principal Urban Development Specialist, ADB)
1:30 – 1:35
1:35 – 1:45
1:45 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:20
3:20 – 3:30
Introduction by session chair
Video presentation: Sustainable Solutions and Appropriate Technologies
Panel
Innovative technologies and emerging trends
To be confirmed
Wastewater treatment and reuse technologies and systems: Using less energy while meeting tougher environmental
standards
To be confirmed
Decentralized wastewater treatment systems
Andreas Ulrich (Director, Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association)
Sludge management and natural treatment systems in Wuhan, PRC
Mr. Arnaud Heckmann (Urban Development Specialist, ADB)
Sanitation in disaster and emergency situations
Almud Weitz (Regional Team Leader, Water and Sanitation Program)
Q&A
Synthesis by session chair
3:30 – 3:50 Coffee/Tea Break and networking
5. A. GOING CORPORATE: MAKING ENVIRONMENTAL
SANITATION VIABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
5. B. MAKING HOUSEHOLD SANITATION ACCESSIBLE, VIABLE
AND SUSTAINABLE
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DAY/TIME
AGENDA/TOPICS
3:50 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:10
4:10 – 4:55
4:55 – 5:35
5:35 – 5:45
Session chair: Michael Barrow (Water Committee Co-Chair, ADB)
Session anchor: Alan Baird (Water Supply and Sanitation
Specialist, ADB)
Introduction: Paradigm shift from ‘business-as-usual’ to
quality and sustainable services: Michael Barrow (ADB)
Video presentation: Wastewater management as a business
Panel
Project financing and restructuring, cost recovery and ring
fencing:
PPIAF (Paul Reddel) To be confirmed
Investments in city-wide wastewater management
systems: customizing collection, conveyance, treatment,
disposal and reuse systems:
Virgilio Rivera (Manila Water)
Matthew Giesemann (City West Water, Australia) To be
confirmed
Q&A with panel of private sector companies
above presenters plus Dr. Dirk Wittenberg (Head of
Business Development, Remondis Aqua GmBH), Dr. Brian
Winfield (Head of Business Development, Sembcorp
Utilities) To be confirmed
Synthesis by session chair
Session chair: Jon Lane (Chair, Water Supply and Sanitation
Collaborative Council) To be confirmed
Session anchor: Antoine Morel (Environment Specialist, ADB)
Introduction: Paradigm shift from ‘no action’ to quality and
sustainable services
Video presentation
Panel
Village corpus fund and capacity development: Mr. Joe
Madiath (Executive Director, Gram Vikas) To be
confirmed
Microfinancing and revolving funds: Mme. Hang Tran
Thi Thu (Deputy Director of the Provincial PMU for
Thanh Hoa Project, Viet Nam)
Performance-based financing; credit for small private
sanitation operators: Mr. William Day (Water and
Sanitation for the Urban Poor)
Q&A with panel of social entrepreneurs
Above presenters plus Jack Sim (WTO), Jacqueline
Novogratz (Acumen Fund) To be confirmed
Synthesis by session chair
6:00 Cocktail reception
DAY 2, Tuesday, 24 May
6. A. TURNING WASTE INTO OPPORTUNITIES: MAKING 6 B. TURNING WASTE INTO OPPORTUNITIES: MAKING
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DAY/TIME
8:30 – 8:40
8:40 – 9:40
9:40 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:10
AGENDA/TOPICS
SANITATION A RESOURCE
Session chair and moderator: Jean-Philippe Filhol (Managing
Director, Veolia Water - Singapore)
Session anchor: Satoshi Ishii (Urban Development Specialist,
ADB)
Introduction by session chair
Panel on re-use options and potential revenue stream
Overcoming global barriers to reuse
Mr. Dan McCarthy (President of Black and Veatch
Global Water Business) To be confirmed
Sanitation and water reuse:
Dr. Dirk Wittenberg (Director, Remondis Aqua GmBH)
To be confirmed
Surat project on municipal wastewater treatment and
reuse for industries (ADB) To be confirmed
Sanitation and food
Dr. Chris Zurbruegg (Director, EAWAG)
Mr. Pay Drechsel (Theme Leader - Water Quality, Health
& Environment, International Water Management
Institute)
Sanitation, energy and climate
Wastewater treatment, methane capture and carbon
credits: Kirti Chandr, (Environment Officer, Water
Authority of Fiji) To be confirmed
Q&A
Synthesis by session chair
SANITATION AN ASSET
Session chair and moderator: William Day (Chair, Water and
Sanitation for the Urban Poor)
Session anchor: Jingmin Huang (Urban Development Specialist,
ADB)
Introduction by session chair
Panel on small-scale to large-scale investment opportunities
Social entrepreneurship and base-of-pyramid investing
Arthur Wood (Ashoka/Total Impact Advisors)
Productive sanitation and farmer-entrepreneurs
Anna Richert (Stockholm Environment Institute) To be
confirmed
Accelerating technology development and
commercialization to scale up wastewater management
Paul O’ Callaghan (CEO, O2 Environmental Inc.) To be
confirmed
Sanitation and economic development (impacts on
tourism, real estate values, etc.)
Nusa Dua eco-lagoon (Bali Tourism Board) To be
confirmed
Green Initiative and investment/business opportunities
(in areas without wastewater treatment systems;
retrofitting old systems; reuse applications)
K-Water, To be confirmed
Srinavas Sampath (Senior Investment Specialist, ADB)
Q&A
Synthesis by session chair
10:10 – 10:30 Coffee/Tea Break and networking
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AGENDA/TOPICS
7. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS: MAKING SANITATION OPTIONS WORK BETTER
Session chair and moderator: Paul Reiter (Executive Director, IWA)
Session co-chair: Amy Leung (Water Committee Co-chair, ADB)
Session anchor: Drazen Kucan (Senior Urban Development Specialist, ADB)
10:30 – 10:35
10:35 – 12:05
Introduction by the session chair
Panels
Partnerships for advocacy and knowledge sharing
Center for Science and Environment (CSE), India - Sunita Narian (To be confirmed)
Plan International – Janet Parry
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - Clarissa Brocklewurst, Chief, Water and Environmental Sanitation (To be
confirmed)
UN-Habitat (Andre Dzikus) (To be confirmed)
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), Jon Lane, Chair (To be confirmed)
World Health Organization (WHO) - Terrence Thompson, Regional Adviser in Environmental Health
Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) - Jose Luis Irigoyen, Director for Transport, Water and ITC, WSP
Partnerships for technology solutions
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) - Andreas Ulrich
International Water Association - Jonathan Parkinson
Japanese Global Water Recycling and Reuse System Association / Toyo Engineering Corporation - Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe,
Manager, Market Survey Division
Netherlands Water Partnerships (NWP) - Paul van Koppen (To be confirmed)
SULABH International - Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak (To be confirmed)
United Nations Environment Programme - Stefanos Fotiou, Regional Coordinator for Resource Efficiency, UNEP Regional
Office for Asia and the Pacific
Partnerships for city and community-based solutions
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Dr. Doulaye Kone, Senior Program Officer, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Global
Development)
CITYNET (Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi, Programme Director) (To be confirmed)
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DAY/TIME
AGENDA/TOPICS
Habitat for Humanity – Cambodia (Bernadette Bolo-Duthy, Country Director) (To be confirmed)
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Robert S. M. Fraser, Senior Officer, Water & Sanitation
Coordinator. Water, Sanitation & Emergency Health Unit, IFRC)
SNV Netherlands (Antoinette Kome) (To be confirmed)
WSUP, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor- William Day ,Chair
Partnerships with donors and financing agencies
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (To be confirmed)
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) (To be confirmed)
Austrian Foreign Ministry (To be confirmed)
Department for International Development (UKaid) (To be confirmed)
JICA/Japan Sanitation Consortium (To be confirmed)
Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (To be confirmed)
Norway - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (To be confirmed)
Spain - Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda (To be confirmed)
Sweden - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) (To be confirmed)
Partnership with business
Siemens Water Technologies Corp. (c/o Shouvik Chanda(To be confirmed)
Suez Environnement (Michel Trousseau ONDEO Project Director, Methods and Organization) (To be confirmed)
Veolia Water - Singapore (Jean-Philippe Filhol, Managing Director,) (To be confirmed)
World Toilet Organization (Jack Sim, Founder, WTO) (To be confirmed)
12:05 – 12:15
Synthesis by session chair and co-chair
12:15 – 12:30 Presentation of the Asia-Pacific Wastewater Management Revolution Approach
Anand Chiplunkar (Principal Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, ADB)
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch break
8. MAKING A SANITATION REVOLUTION: A BUSINESS CASE
1:30 – 3:00
Panel 1: Awareness and Advocacy Panel 2: Knowledge and Technology Panel 3: Financing and Incentives
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AGENDA/TOPICS
Moderator: Margaret Catley-Carlson
(UNSGAB)
Session anchor: Anupma Jain (Social
Sector Specialist, ADB)
Panel
Almud Weitz (WSP)
Plan International
Terrence Thompson (WHO)
Robert S. M. Fraser, (IFRI)
Stefanos Fotiou (UNEP)
Jack Sim (WTO)
Mary Jane Ortega (Citynet)
3:00 – 3:30 Coffee/Tea Break and networking
9. OPEN HOUSE DIALOGUE
Moderator: Darren Saywell (Regional
Group and Programmes Director, IWA)
Session anchor: Michael White (Urban
Development Specialist, ADB)
Panel
Brian Winfield (Sembcorp Utilities)
(To be confirmed)
Michel Trousseau ONDEO (Suez
Environnement)/Bruno Loyer
(Degremont) (To be confirmed)
Pay Drechsel (IWMI)
Chris Zurbruegg (Director, EAWAG)
Siemens Water Technologies Corp.
(c/o Shouvik Chanda) (To be
confirmed)
Japan Sanitation Consortium
CH2M Hill
Dr. Ping Zhuang (Easen
International Co., Ltd.)/David
Robbins (Senior Water and
Sanitation Advisor, RTI) (To be
confirmed)
Moderator: Paul O’ Callaghan (CEO, O 2
Environmental Inc.)
Session anchor: Paulus van Klaveren
(Urban Development Specialist, ADB)
Panel
Arthur Wood (Ashoka/Total Impact
Advisors)
Mr. Watanabe (Japanese Global Water
Recycling and Reuse System
Association)
Mr. Dan McCarthy (President of Black
and Veatch Global Water Business)
(To be confirmed)
Jon Lane (WSSCC) (To be confirmed)
Jacqueline Novogratz (Acumen Fund)
(To be confirmed)
Sumitomo Corporation
Eliza Robert (ACCESS Development
Services) / Eric Zhang (Sino-Dutch
Water Investment Group) (To be
confirmed)
3:30 – 5:00
Moderator: Arjun Thapan
Panelists: Margaret Catley-Carlson (UNSGAB)
Darrens Saywell (IWA)
Paul O’ Callaghan (O2 Environmental Inc.)
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