Main Stage 1

16-18 June 2026
10:30am – 06:00pm
Level 1, Hall A

Main Stage 1 focuses on high-level discussions led by key decision-makers shaping the future of water. Sessions will address pressing issues such as urban water supply gaps, financing water and wastewater infrastructure, and strengthening coastal resilience.

Key topics include:

Urban water security • Infrastructure financing • Coastal and flood resilience • Sustainable and nature-based solutions • SDG 6 and water innovation • Disaster risk management

A key highlight is the SWA Southeast Asia Symposium on Coastal Protection, convened by the Singapore Water Association. Building on its successful debut, the symposium focuses on translating strategies into actionable projects, showcasing real-world case studies, emerging technologies, financing pathways, and regional collaborations to strengthen coastal resilience across Southeast Asia.

Programme

Agenda and timing are subject to change.

Day 1 | Tuesday, 16 June 2026

Time	Programme
10:30am – 10:40am	Welcome Remarks Dr. Joost Buurman, Project Director - Resilience Economics, Haskoning
10:40am – 11:40am	Panel Discussion: Bridging Asia’s Urban Water Gap: Security, Supply and Delivery Risks Moderator: Dr. Joost Buurman, Project Director - Resilience Economics, Haskoning Panelists: Dr. Winston Chow, Lee Kong Chian Professor of Urban Climate, SMU College of Integrative Studies; Pillar Lead (Urban Systems), SMU Urban Institute, Singapore Management University; Co-Chair, Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Aude-Sophie Rodella, Lead Economist, Water Global Practice in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP), World Bank Murali Ram, Regional Director, ESEAO, C40 Cities Dharisha Mirando, Financial Risk & Resilience Lead, China Water Risk (CWR)
11:40am – 12:00pm	Presentation: Business Case for Nature-based Solutions: Challenges and Solutions Andrea Erickson-Quiroz, Global Managing Director- Food and Water Systems, The Nature Conservancy
12:45pm - 02:00pm	Inaugural SWA Regional Water Outlook: Malaysia Programme: 12:45PM – 1:00PM: Sarawak’s Water Future: Policy Direction, Industrial Growth & Collaboration Opportunities YAB Dato Sri Haji Julaihi bin Haji Narawi, Minister for Utility and Telecommunication, Sarawak 1:00PM – 1:15PM: Malaysia’s Water Future: Policy Direction, Industrial Growth & Collaboration Opportunities YBhg. Datuk Ir. Abdul Kadir bin Mohd Din, Chairman, Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (National Water Services Commission) 1:15PM – 1:30PM: Building a Stronger Regional Water Ecosystem: The Role of Industry Partnerships Narendran Maniam, CEO, Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd 1:30PM – 1:45PM: SWA–MWA Collaboration: Enhancing Industry Capabilities and Regional Partnerships Mohamad Hairi bin Basri, President, Malaysian Water Association 1:45PM- 2:00PM: Closing Remarks
02:00pm – 03:00pm	Panel Discussion: Designing Resilience: How Cities Are Moving from Reactive Response to Predictive Decision-Making to Scale Coastal and Urban Flood Adaptation Panellists: Keith Muller, Senior Director Product Management and Engineering, Water Infrastructure, Autodesk Carolina Vargas Martinez, Senior Manager Business and Industry Strategy, Water, Autodesk Dr. Bapon Shm Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund Dan Spackman, Executive Director, Water Infrastructure (Global), SMEC Sponsored by
03:15pm – 04:15pm	Panel Discussion: Building Urban Water Resilience: Innovative Highlights from Flanders, Belgium Reserved for Flanders Investment & Trade
04:15pm – 05:30pm	SWA & INTCE Regional Water Outlook: Utilisation of Non-Conventional Water Sources Programme: 4:15pm – 4:30pm: Opening Address Chew Men Leong, President, Singapore Water Association 4:20pm – 4:35pm: Opening Address Zu Leiming, Vice-Minister, MWR, China 4:35pm – 4:50pm: Opening Address Ministerial representative from MSE, Singapore 4:50pm – 5:00pm: Practices on Utilization of Non-conventional Water in the Yellow River Basin Mr. Li Qun, Vice Commissioner, Yellow River Conservancy Commission, MWR of China 5:00pm – 5:10pm: Technical Keynote: Topic to be advised Dr. Gurdev Singh, Chief Engineering & Technology Officer, PUB 5:10pm – 5:20pm: Practices on Non-conventional Water Utilization in Agricultural Water Conservation Wang Haoyu, President, Dayu Irrigation Group Co., Ltd, China 5:20pm – 5:30pm: Wrap up & Group Photo
05:30pm	End of Day 1

Day 2 | Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Time	Programme
10:30am – 11:40am	Water Security Innovations: Balancing Extremes and Ensuring Resilience By 2030 Reserved for Netherlands Pavillion Programme: 10:30am-10:35am: Welcome remarks & Introduction to the theme water security innovations Ir. Liliane Geerling RTD, programme coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) 10:35am-11:35am: Panel Discussion Moderator: Ir. Liliane Geerling RTD, programme coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) 10:35am- 10:55am: Innovation blind spots Identifying gaps in water security innovations, especially in affordable, scalable, and overlooked solutions. Deltares WaveSave (SLAMDAM) NX Filtration 10:55am-11:15am: Scaling what works Overcoming barriers to scaling innovations, de-risking technologies, and learning from successes. Fugro Van Oord Ocean Health Royal Eijkelkamp 11:15am-11:35am: Partnerships for impact Collaborative models, Dutch water tech’s role, and ensuring inclusivity/equity. Municipality of Rotterdam Haskoning Witteveen and Bos Bosman Water Management 11:35am-11:40am: Closing remarks Ir. Liliane Geerling RTD, programme coordinator Partners for Water, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
11:40am – 12:00pm	Beyond the Tap: Air Selangor’s Net Zero 2040 Vision and the Business of Sustainable Water Management Speaker: Adam Saffian Ghazali, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Air Selangor
01:00pm – 02:00pm	Panel Discussion: From Science to Action: Strengthening Resilience and Preparedness for Disaster Risk Reduction Moderator: Prof Adam Douglas Switzer, Professor, Asian School of the Environment Assistant Dean (Development), College of Science, Director, CIFAL Singapore Panellists: Ben Churchill, Director, Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific, World Meteorological Organization Dr. Bapon Shm Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund
02:00pm – 03:00pm	SWA & INTCE Regional Water Outlook: Utilisation of Non-Conventional Water Sources Reserved for Ministry of Water Resources, People's Republic of China Programme: 2:00pm – 2:05pm: Opening Speech by Hou Xiaohu 2:05pm- 2:10pm: Opening Address by Singapore Water Association 2:10pm – 2:20pm: Keynote 1: Topic to be advised Wang Rong, Executive Director, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 2:20pm – 2:30pm: Keynote 2 : Topic to be advised Jiang Siqi, Senior Engineer, Development Research Center of Taihu Basin Authority 2:30pm – 2:40pm: Keynote 3: Topic to be advised Ong Tze Guan, Chairman, SingCham 2:40pm – 2:50pm Keynote 4: Practices on Non-conventional Water Utilization in the Taihu Basin Peng Yanmei, Senior Engineer, Development Research Center of Taihu Basin Authority 2:50pm- 2:55pm: Wrap-up and Group Photo
03:15pm – 04:15pm	Panel Discussion: Mobilising Finance for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: what works, what’s doesn’t work and what need to be change? Moderator: Bertrand Jabouley, Head of Sustainable Finance, Asia-Pacific, S&P Global Ratings Panellists: Martijn Hoogerwerf, Head of Sustainable Solutions Group APAC, ING Jasper Wong, MD, Head of Construction & Infrastructure, Sector Solutions Group, UOB Victoria Delmon, Manager, Upstream and Advisory, Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
04:15pm – 05:15pm	Panel Discussion: Accelerate Investment in Water Innovation Moderator: Kavitha Menon, Director, Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) Panellists: Zainura Zainon Noor, Commissioner, National Water Services Commission (SPAN) Eva Kerstholt, Regional Director, AMEA Water Management & Water Treatment, Wilo Victoria Delmon, Manager, Upstream and Advisory, Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
05:30pm	End of Day 2

Day 3 | Thursday, 18 June 2026

2nd SWA Southeast Asia Symposium on Coastal Protection

Co-organised by

Time	Programme
10:30am – 10:35am	Coastal Protection Programme introduction Michael Toh, Managing Director, Singapore Water Association
10:35am – 10:45am	Coastal Protection Chapter update Mr Charles Quek, Vice President (Finance), Singapore Water Association
10:45am - 11:30am	Sharing by supporting government agencies Er. Chai Kui Fhen, Senior Engineer, Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Senior representative, JTC Senior representative, ESG
11:30am - 11:45am	PUB Sharing on the Code of Practice (COP) and Flood Resilience Guidebook Senior representative, PUB
12:00pm - 12:05pm	Opening remarks Chew Men Leong, President, Singapore Water Association (SWA)
12:05pm - 12:15pm	Keynote address Zaqy Mohamad, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
12:15pm - 12:25pm	Official launch of the Flood Resilience Guidebook Zaqy Mohamad, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
12:25pm - 12:35pm	Coastal Protection Masterclass Graduation Ceremony Zaqy Mohamad, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
12:35pm - 01:10pm	Networking Reception
01:10pm – 02:00pm	The Road to Implementation: Global Perspectives and the Case of Thailand’s Chao Phraya basin Sanjay Pahuja, Senior Water Resources Management Specialist, World Bank Watershed Water System and Bank Slope Treatment Based on Nature-Based Solutions Wang Chao, Changjiang Water Resources Commission (MWR) Nature-Based Solutions Senior representative, Philippines Reclamation Authority Japanese Case Study Reserved for Japan embassy Topic to be advised Reserved
02:00pm – 04:00pm	Topic to be advised Senior representative, CCCC Topic to be advised Senior representative, Jacobs Topic to be advised Senior representative, HSL Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Coastal Developments in Singapore Senior representative, SJ Group Sea-Level Rise Challenges for Island Nations Based on a Comparison between Japan and Singapore and an Introduction of Adaptation Strategies Using the Wave Overtopping Reduction Cylinder (WORC) Senior representative, TOA Corporation To be advised Senior representative, Van Oord ClimateOS:AI Ontology Platform for Autonomous Coastal Protection and Nature-Based Climate Resilience Senior representative, Netatech Partnership signing ceremony with Dassault Systèmes and YellowScan Netatech Partnership Signing
04:00pm – 04:30pm	Topic to be advised CFISg (2)
04:30pm – 06:00pm	Coastal Protection Networking Reception Co-organised by
06:00pm	End of Day 3

Speakers

Dr. Winston Chow Lee Kong Chian Professor of Urban Climate, SMU College of Integrative Studies; Pillar Lead (Urban Systems), SMU Urban Institute, Singapore Management University; Co-Chair, Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC)	Aude-Sophie Rodella Lead Economist, Water Global Practice in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP), World Bank	Andrea Erickson-Quiroz Global Managing Director- Food and Water Systems, The Nature Conservancy	Adam Saffian Ghazali Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Air Selangor
Ben Churchill Director, Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific, World Meteorological Organization	Dr. Bapon Shm Fakhruddin Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund	Martijn Hoogerwerf Head of Sustainable Solutions Group APAC, ING	Jasper Wong MD Head of Construction & Infrastructure, Sector Solutions Group, UOB
Zainura Zainon Noor Commissioner, National Water Services Commission (SPAN)	Eva Kerstholt Regional Director, AMEA Water Management & Water Treatment , Wilo	Murali Ram Regional Director, ESEAO, C40 Cities	Keith Muller Senior Director Product Management and Engineering, Water Infrastructure, Autodesk
Dr. Carolina Vargas Martinez Senior Manager Business and Industry Strategy, Autodesk	Bertrand Jabouley Head of Sustainable Finance, Asia-Pacific, S&P Global Ratings	Dr. Joost Buurman Project Director - Resilience Economics, Haskoning	Victoria Delmon Manager, Upstream and Advisory, Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Zaqy Mohamad Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore	Chew Men Leong President, Singapore Water Association	Zu Leiming Vice-Minister, MWR, China	Chen Jiwei Chief Engineer, INTCE, MWR
Kelvin Koh Director of Industry and Technology Collaboration, PUB	Wang Rong Executive Director, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technology University (NTU)