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Water Leaders Summit 2010 Programme
Water Leaders Summit (as of 15 June 2010)
29 - 30 June 2010 (Tuesday - Wednesday)
“Sustainable Water Solutions for Cities: Sustainable Cities – Clean and Affordable Water”
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PROGRAMME |
| Day 1, 29 Jun 10, Tuesday |
| 0900h |
National Geographic Video
Opening Address by Minister for National Development, Singapore, Mr Mah Bow Tan |
| 0920h |
Singapore International Water Week and World Cities Summit
Joint Opening Plenary - “Sustainable Cities: Leadership and Governance”
Summit Chairperson:
- Prof Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Click here to read Prof Koh's speech
Confirmed Speaker:
- Dr Han Seung Soo, Ex Prime Minister of Republic of Korea and Honorary President of the Korea Water Forum
Click here to read Dr Han's speech
- Mrs Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN-HABITAT
- Mr Huang Qifan, Mayor of Chongqing, China
Click here to read Mr Huang's speech
- Mr Wim Kuijken, Government Commissioner for the Delta Programme, the Netherlands
Click here to read Mr Kuijken's speech
- Dr Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
- Dr Sadayuki Sakakibara, Chairman and CEO of Toray Industries Inc.
- Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO & MD, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC)
Click here to read Mr Kant's speech
- HE Dr Jumaa Ahmed Al Kaabi, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, Kingdom of Bahrain
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| 1045h |
Tea Break |
| 1130h |
World Cities Summit: City Prize Lecture
- By Winner of Lee Kuan Yew City Prize 2010
- Moderator : Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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| 1230h |
Lunch |
| 1400h |
The Singapore Water Lecture 2010
- By Winner of Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2010 – Yellow River Conservancy Commission (Lecture will be delivered by Mr Li Guoying, Commissioner, YRCC)
- Moderator : Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
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| 1500h |
Tea Break |
| 1545h |
Roundtable 1 – Good Governance for Water Sustainability
Chairperson:
Panelists:
- Mdm Erna Witoelar, Vice Chair, Governing Council, Asia Pacific Water Forum
- Prof Theo Toonen, Dean, Faculty of Technology, Policy, Governance & Management, Delft University of Technology
- HE Loay Al-Musallam, CEO, National Water Company, Saudi Arabia
- Mr Philip Fletcher, Chairman, OFWAT
- Mr Umesh Narayan Panjiar, Union Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, India
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| 1715h |
End of Roundtable 1 |
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PROGRAMME |
| Day 2, 30 Jun 10, Wednesday |
| 0900h |
Roundtable 2: Innovative Technology towards Clean & Affordable Water
Chairperson:
Panelists:
- Mr Leon Awerbuch, President, Leading Edge Technologies Ltd & Programme Chairman, International Desalination Association
- Ms Gretchen McClain, SVP ITT Corporation and President ITT Fluid and Motion Control
- Mr Charles Gordon, President and CEO, Siemens Water Technologies
- Mr Kenji Matsumoto, Director-Board Member and Senior Corporate Vice President, Nitto Denko Corporation
- Dr Andrew Benedek, Chairman and CEO, Benedek Inc
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| 1020h |
Tea Break |
| 1100h |
Roundtable 3 – Sound Financing Strategies and Affordability of Water
Chairperson:
Panelists:
- Mr Luis Juan Oreta, Chief Finance Office, Manila Water
- Mr Steve Bolze, President, GE Power & Water
- Dr Bindu Lohani, Vice President, Asian Development Bank
- Ms Olivia Lum, Group CEO and President, Hyflux
- Mr Hiroshi Watanabe, President and CEO, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
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| 1220h |
Closing Session
Sum-up by Summit Chairperson by Prof Tommy Koh,Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Closing Remarks by Minister for the Environment & Water Resources, Singapore, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim |
| 1235h |
Networking Lunch for Water Leaders Summit Participants |
| 1400h |
End of Water Leaders Summit |
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