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Welcome Messages
 | Khoo Teng Chye
Executive Director
Environment and Water Industry Programme Office &
PUB Chief Executive |
First and foremost, please accept my warmest invitation to attend Singapore International Water Week 2012.
The fourth edition of Singapore International Water Week reached a new high in 2011, with more than 13,500 participants from 99 countries and regions. This marks a growth in attendance figures of almost 60% since the inaugural event in 2008. The Water Convention, one of the flagship events of the Water Week, saw more than 1,100 delegates from 64 countries, during which over 145 oral presentations and 160 poster presentations were made.
Singapore International Water Week 2012 will be held from 1 to 5 July 2012 at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands. Themed “Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities”, Singapore International Water Week 2012 will be organised in conjunction with the 3rd World Cities Summit and the inaugural CleanEnviro Singapore.
In line with the theme “Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities”, the Water Convention will offer a series of sessions for delegates to share and exchange knowledge and best practices on urban sustainability. By facilitating this exchange of ideas, I believe delegates will be inspired to play an active role in creating liveable and sustainable cities for the future.
I look forward to seeing you in Singapore next July.
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 | Glen Daigger
President
International Water Association (IWA) |
2012 marks the fifth year of the International Water Association’s collaboration with the Singapore International Water Week as its strategic partner and co-organiser of the Water Convention.
As the world continues to feel the increasing effects of population growth, urbanization and climate change, the need to create and implement innovative and sustainable solutions to our water challenges becomes ever more pressing. Through the SIWW Water Convention, IWA has successfully established a leading platform for showcasing and generating discussions on best practices and proven applications to solve water problems in highly urbanized environments in Asia. It remains our goal to deliver a high quality programme in the 2012 Water Convention that will allow water sector experts and professionals to share knowledge, exchange experiences and learn from one another to improve water and wastewater services delivery in Asian cities.
We invite you all as leaders in your respective fields to contribute your ideas and share your experiences so as to enrich the discussions at the Water Convention in SIWW 2012.
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Co-chairs of the Water Convention 2012 Programme Committee  |  | Harry Seah
Director
Technology & Water Quality Office
PUB, Singapore | Darryl Day
General Manager, Remote Operations Power & Water Corporation
Australia |
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2012. As one of the flagship events of Water Week, the Water Convention brings together the world’s water practitioners and academia to share expertise and experiences on the trends and challenges faced by the global water community. The Water Convention 2011 saw a good turnout of over 1,100 delegates engaging in lively exchanges on a wide variety of water-related issues.
With over half the world’s population living in cities, creating liveable and sustainable cities has become one of the most pressing issues of this century. Resolving the growing demand for water resources while providing adequate wastewater systems and services is thus imperative for sustainable urban living. In addition, with rapid population and economic growth comes rising demand for energy, which we are now called on to examine in relation to water issues. These are immense challenges but also opportunities for the water sector to create innovative solutions for the future. In line with the Water Week’s over-arching theme of “Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities”, Water Convention 2012 aims to bring together researchers, industry leaders, and practitioners to share and exchange thoughts on sustainability. This will be done through topics such as water technology solutions, planning and management of water resources, utility practices, and water quality and protection of public health. The themes and topics in the Water Convention are designed specifically to examine trends and challenges faced by Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions. The “Hot Issues” Workshops, which made its successful debut at Water Convention 2011, will once again be a prominent feature in 2012 and will set the stage for further in-depth discussions.
We look forward to receiving your abstract submissions for Water Convention 2012. Let the Water Convention be the platform for you to share your experiences and for others to learn, so that we can create liveable and sustainable cities collectively as a global water community.
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