2016 World Water Week programme

Monday | 29 August | 16:00-17:30
Water and faiths: Faith based organizations contributing to the SDGs
Convenors: GWP, SIWI and The Church of Sweden
The session will be opened by the Church of Sweden who will invite representives from other faiths to explain how Faith based Organizations
contribute to development, followed by a panel responding to two questions concerning: 1) the achievement of the water SDGs; 2)
the relationship with the Water Community.
Room: NL Auditorium / Aulan
16:00 Introductory by moderator
Karin Lexén, SIWI
16:05 Welcoming speech
Representative of the Church of
Sweden
16:15 Keynote address on faith and
development
H.E. Cardinal Turkson, President
of the Pontifical Council for
Justice and Peace, Vatican
16:25 Invitation to the panel
Panel moderator: Dr Jerry
Priscoli, GWP TEC Chair
16:30 Panel discussion on faith and
water related SDGs
Panelists:
Prof Houria Tazi Sadeq,
President of the Water Alliance
of Morocco, presenting a
Muslim perspective
H.E. Khamba Lama Prof Dr
D. Natsagdorj, First Lama of
Mamba Datsan of Mongolia,
presenting a Buddhist
perspective
Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp,
Human Rights Advocate and
Environmental Activist,
presenting a Jewish perspective
Kiran Bali JP, Global Interfaith
roup Leader and Climate
Change Ambassador, presenting
a Hindu perspective
Dinesh Suna, Ecumenical Water
Network, World Council of
Churches, presenting a Christian
perspective
17:10 Discussion with the audience
Questions on Faith and Water
related SDGs from the
participants
17:25 Conclusions and closing
Representatives of SIWI, GWP
and the Church of Sweden
17:30 Close of event
Water and mining: Economic growth or depletion of natural resources
Convenor: Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany
Mineral and energy resources as well as water resources are crucial for economic growth in developing countries. At the same time water
resources are also endangered by the mining process. Regulations, incentives, innovative technical solutions and integrated management
approaches are needed for a sustainable use of water.
Room: FH 307
16:00 Opening statement
Florian Wassenberg, BGR
16:05 Aspects of water management
in mining
Sven Altfelder, BGR
16:25 Case study: Water
contamination by mining
activities in the Upper Copper
Belt, Zambia
Dr Kawawa Banda, University
of Zambia
16:40 Water and mining: A view
from the mining industry
Hubert Fleming, Anglo
American (tbc)
16:55 Q&A
17:25 Closing remarks
17:30 Close of event
Photo: Caplio
52 2016 World Water Week: Water for sustainable growth