About the Convention

About Water Convention

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Water professionals need more than just working knowledge of developments in a fast-paced global water market. Stay ahead of current developments with this platform for water practitioners to share expertise and identify solutions to challenges faced by their peers worldwide.

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.

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.
    

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
PUB has ensured a diversified and sustainable supply of water for Singapore with the Four National Taps (local catchment water, imported water, NEWater, desalinated water).

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.