2015 World Water Week Programme

Wednesday26 August • 09:00-10:30Rainwater – Sky’s the limit!Stockholm Water Prize Seminar 2015NLMUSICHALLConvenors: Royal Swedish Academy of Science and SIWIIrrespective of increasing demand for and variability of water, the limits to our growth is ultimatelyset by water from the sky, the rain. Join Stockholm Water Prize Laureates and otherinfluential scientists and practitioners to explore the opportunities and challenges for bettermanagement of rainwater for sustainable development. Held in the presence of HM the Kingof Sweden, please be seated before the event starts!Photo: Thomas Henrikson09:00 Welcome09:10 Revitalising rainRajendra Singh, 2015 StockholmWater Prize Laureate09:25 Three pockets of waterblindness – An eye-openerMalin Falkenmark, SIWI09:40 Managing water variabilityJeremy Bird, IWMI, 2012Stockholm Water Prize Laureate09:55 Towards water security?Claudia Sadoff, World Bank/University of Oxford10:10 The risks of not getting waterrightDominic Waughray, WEF10:25 Coffee break10: 40 Panel discussionRajendra SinghMalin Falkenmark, SIWIJeremy Bird, IWMIClaudia Sadoff, World Bank/University of OxfordDominic Waughray, WEF11:40 Q&A11:55 Closing remarksSource-to-sea management forsustainable growth and developmentFH202Convenors: Action Platform on Source to Sea Management, FAO, GWP,SIWI and UNDPThis event will discuss how the how the international community and major donors can takethe concept of source-to-sea management further to ensure sustainable investments and howthe important linkages between land-river-coast-sea can be taken into consideration duringthe implementation of new global commitments.09:00 WelcomeHåkan Tropp, SIWI09:10 Keynote addressIsabella Lövin, Minsiter forInternational Development,Sweden09:25 Governance needs in theSource to Sea continuumJakob Granit, SEI and GEF/STAP09:40 Panel discussionFacilitator: Torkil JØnchClausen, SIWI,Chair of the Action Platformon Source to Sea ManagementPanelists:Christian Severin, GEFSecretariatMichael Scoullos, GWPLucie Pluschke, FAOLenka Thamae, ORASECOMBarbara Jackson, Race for theBaltic, ZennströmPhilanthropies10:20 Closing remarksTorkil JØnch Clausen86 2015 World Water Week: Water for Development