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”

TIME 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
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
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
1500h Tea Break
1545h Roundtable 1 – Good Governance for Water Sustainability

Chairperson:

 Panelists:

1715h End of Roundtable 1

 

TIME PROGRAMME
Day 2, 30 Jun 10, Wednesday
0900h Roundtable 2:  Innovative Technology towards Clean & Affordable Water

Chairperson:

Panelists:

1020h Tea Break
1100h Roundtable 3 – Sound Financing Strategies and Affordability of Water

Chairperson:

Panelists:

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