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In 2014, the Water Convention continues in its promise to examine the trends and challenges facing East Asia, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East regions along five themes:
1. Delivering Water from Source to Tap
2. Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management
3. Water for Liveability and Resilience
4. Water Quality and Health
5. Water for Industries
Call for Papers
The Water Convention invites you to submit your papers and pave the way to create effective, sustainable solutions for our global water challenges.
Water Convention Call for Paper opens in February 2013. To find out more about Abstract submission, please click here.
Water Convention 2012
More than 1,200 delegates from 60 countries attended the Water Convention 2012 where over 150 oral presentations and 170 poster presentations were showcased. Enthusiastic responses to the poster session and lively discussions at the convention also attested the success of the Convention as a platform for discussions among water professionals.
In line with the SIWW 2012 theme, "Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities", the Water Convention provided a platform for water professionals to share experiences and explore, in particular case studies and practical applications that showcase technological solutions and/or management strategies which improves the efficiency and effectiveness of water and wastewater systems, as well as examine issues related to urban water planning and water quality and health specifically in the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions. Water Convention 2012 continues its focus on a wide range of topics along the four main themes:
1. Delivering Water from Source to Tap
2. Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management
3. Cities of the Future
4. Water Quality & Health
In addition to the technical sessions, the Water Convention featured the "Hot Issues" Workshops, which made a highly successful debut in 2011. The Workshops were held on Sunday, 1 July 2012, prior to the start of the technical sessions and drew their focus from the four main themes of the Water Convention. The "Hot Issues" Workshops are as follows:
| Workshop 1 | Integrated Infrastructure Planning for Cities of the Future |
| Workshop 2 | Application of Technologies in Developing Countries |
| Workshop 3 | ReThinking the three Rs of Wastewater - Recoverable Resources and Reuseable Water |
| Workshop 4 | Water Safety Planning for Small Community Water Supplies- Launch and Introduction to the WSP Manual |
| Workshop 5 | Water Treatment and Management for Industries |
Each of these 3-hour workshops are designed to be highly interactive, with panel discussions to facilitate two-way exchanges of ideas on 'hot' or new and emerging issues in Asia.
Water Convention is jointly organised by:
Water Convention 2014 Programme Committee Members
| Harry Seah |
Chief Technology Officer, PUB (Singapore) |
| Darryl Day |
General Manager, Remote Operations, Power and Water Corporation (Australia) |
| Adam Lovell |
Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia (Australia) |
| Alan Baird |
Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, Asian Development Bank (Philippines) |
| Albert Janssen |
Global R&D Coordinator, Water Handling, Shell (The Netherlands) |
| Andrew Shaw |
Global Practice and Technology Leader in Sustainability and Wastewater, Black & Veatch (USA) |
| Chong Hou Chun |
Director, Water Supply Network, PUB (Singapore) |
| D.V. Darshane |
Director, Policy, Product &Technology, The Coca-Cola Company (USA) |
| Dorai Narayana |
Senior Manager, Planning & Engineering Department, Indah Water Konsortium (Malaysia) |
| Enrique Lopez Calva |
Technical Director, Neysadurai Centre, CDM Smith (Singapore) |
| Jerry Liu Jianlin |
Vice President, Water - Process and Technology, Sembcorp Industries Ltd (Singapore) |
| Johan Groen |
Chief Technology Officer, Xylem Inc. (USA) |
| Jonathan Clement |
Director, PWN Technologies (The Netherlands) |
| Marion Savill |
Executive Director, Affordable Water (New Zealand) |
| Martin Wagner |
Professor, Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany) |
| Ong Choon Nam |
Director, NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
| Pascal Dauthuille |
Director, Projects, CIRSEE, Suez Environnement (France) |
| Paul Reiter |
Strategy Advisor, International Water Association (Singapore) |
| Ramon Alikpala |
Chairman, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (Philippines) |
| Robert Bos |
Coordinator, Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health, World Health Organization (Switzerland) |
| Robert Skinner |
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University (Australia) |
| Tao Li |
Director, IWA China Regional Office, International Water Association (China) |
| Tsui Wai |
Deputy Director, Drainage Services Department (Hong Kong) |
In Appreciation: The Reviewers of the Water Convention 2012
The Water Convention 2012 would like to give a special Thank You to the following individuals who, along with our Programme Committee, reviewed the abstracts submitted for the conference. It is with their valuable contribution of time and effort that the Water Convention 2012 is made possible.
| Avinash Patwardhan, Vice President and International Sustainability Manager, CH2M Hill, USA |
| Chan Pak-Keung, Assistant Director of Operations & Maintenance, Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong SAR |
| Cindy Wallis-Lage, Chief of Process Technology, Black & Veatch, USA |
| Darren Sun, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Dwayne Myers, Senior Water Resources Engineer, CDM Smith, Singapore |
| Enrique J. Lopez Calva, Technical Director of the Neysadurai Centre, CDM Smith, Singapore |
| Felix Fan Xiaojun, Executive Director, Macao Water |
| Frans Schulting, Managing Director, Global Water Research Coalition |
| Geodino Carpio, Head of MWC Operations, Manila Water Company Inc. |
| Henry Chau Kwok-Ming, Chief Engineer of Harbour Area Treatment Scheme, Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong SAR |
| Hu Jiangyong, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
| Jim Lozier, Vice President and Technology Fellow, CH2M Hill, USA |
| Laurens van der Tak, Vice President, CH2M Hill, USA |
| Malcolm Brandt, Water Infrastructure Global Practice & Technology Leader , Black & Veatch, UK |
| Ng How Yong, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore |
| Ong Say Leong, Professor, National University of Singapore |
| Robert Baffrey, Wastewater Operations Manager, Manila Water Company Inc. |
| Tony Myers, Drinking Water Technology Leader, CH2M Hill, USA |
| Wang Xiaochang, Professor, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, China |
| Wong Kai-tat, Chief Engineer of Mainland South, Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong SAR |
We would also like to acknowledge the contributions from staff of PUB, who are also assisting with the review of the abstracts.
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International Water Association (IWA) The International Water Association is a global reference point and network of water professionals spanning research and practice, and covering all facets of the water cycle. Through its network of members, partners and experts in research, practice, regulation, industry, consulting and manufacturing, IWA is in a better position than any other organisation to create innovative, pragmatic and sustainable solution to current and future global water challenges. The strength of IWA lies in the professional and geographic diversity of its members. This global mosaic of national, corporate and individual member communities allows multilevel collaboration, generating knowledge and expertise exchange on all aspects of the science, research, practice and management of water. |
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PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency PUB is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. It is the national water agency that manages Singapore’s water supply, water catchment and used water in an integrated way. For more information, please visit www.pub.gov.sg. About PUB’s tagline: Water for All: Conserve, Value, Enjoy To provide water for all, PUB calls on all to play our part to conserve water, keep our water catchments and waterways clean and build a relationship with water so we can enjoy our water resources. If we all play our part, we can have enough water for all our needs – for industry, for living, for life. |
