SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION - PROGRAMME
INNOVATION IN EVERY DROP:
Managing Uncertainty and Building Capability through Collaboration
WRC SYMPOSIUM DAY 1
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
| 08:00 - 09:00 | REGISTRATION and Tea / Coffee / Snack Breakfast | |||||
| 09:00 – 10:45 | OPENING PLENARY Chair: Dr Ntombi Nala (WRC Board Member) Welcome: Dr Nozi Mjoli (WRC Board Chair) Keynote address: Wambui Gichuri (Director, AFDB) Innovation address: Dhesigen Naidoo (WRC CEO) Ministerial address: Lindiwe Sisulu (Minister of DHSWS) Venue: Ballroom 2 & 3 |
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| 10:45 – 11:00 | TEA / COFFEE BREAK | |||||
| TECHNICAL SESSIONS | ||||||
| 11:00 -13:00 | Session 1 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY Venue: Ballroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 2 INNOVATION & NEXUS THINKING: WEF Nexus Status – concepts and discourse Venue: Ballroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 3 DESIGN THINKING Water Sensitive Design Venue: Ballroom 4 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 4 USAID WASHFIN AND IORA RCSTT Venue: Boardroom 1 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 5 CHINA-AFRICA WATER SUMMIT: JOINING EFFORTS TO FIGHT GLOBAL WATER CRISIS Venue: Boardroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 6 SUSTAINABLE MINE CLOSURE Venue: Boardroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH AND EXHIBITION | |||||
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Session 7 INNOVATIVE SANITATION Developments towards a new Sanitation circular economy Venue: Ballroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 8 THE STATE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SECTOR) Venue: Ballroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 9 WATER AND BIG DATA: LESSONS FOR SETTING UP BIG DATA RESEARCH IITIATIVES Venue: Ballroom 4 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 10 EMERGING DIRECTIONS IN WATER GOVERNANCE RESEARCH Venue: Boardroom 1 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 5 CHINA-AFRICA WATER SUMMIT: JOINING EFFORTS TO FIGHT GLOBAL WATER CRISIS Venue: Boardroom 2 |
Session 11 LIFT-LINK WORKSHOP lift Resources to Support Water Innovation Venue: Boardroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | TEA / COFFEE | |||||
| 18:00 – 22:30 | Gala Dinner & Knowledge Tree Awards KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Professor Thokozani Majozi [Recipient of Presidential Order of Mapungubwe] AWARD PRESENTATION: Jackie King [Stockholm Water Prize Winner] |
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WRC SYMPOSIUM DAY 2
Thursday, 12 September 2019
Thursday, 12 September 2019
| 08:00 - 09:00 | REGISTRATION OPEN | |||||
| 09:00 –10:45 | DAY 2 PLENARY: BUILDING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN WATER AND SANITATION Chair: Cheryl Hicks (Toilet Board Coalition) KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Doulaye Kone (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) PANEL DISCUSSION: Circular Economy [Led by Toilet Board Coalition] PANEL MEMBERS:Prof Kartik Chandran (Columbia University) Ms Wambui Gichuri (AFDB), Mr Mbulelo Tshangana (DG, HSWS), Dr Doulaye Kone (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) Facilitator: Dr Valerie Naidoo (WRC) Venue: Ballroom 2 |
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| 10:45 –11:00 | TEA / COFFEE | |||||
| 11:00 - 12:45 | Session 12 WATER INSTITUTIONS ORGANISING WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE Venue: Ballroom 2 |
Session 13 EMERGING SUBSTANCES AND OTHER ISSUES OF CONCERN IN WATER Venue: Ballroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 14 SANITI Venue: Ballroom 4 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 15 DIVERSIFYING WATER SUPPLY Venue: Boardroom 1 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 16 TOWARDS NEW THINKING TO WATER SECURITY Venue: Boardroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 17 WATER QUALITY & RISK ASSESSMENT Venue: Boardroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | LUNCH & EXHIBITION | |||||
| 13:45 - 15:45 | Session 18 INNOVATION & NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER RESOURCE RECOVERY AND REUSE Venue: Ballroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 19 CLIMATE FUTURES Venue: Ballroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 20 SOCIAL INNOVATION COMMUNITY WATER INITIATIVES Venue: Ballroom 4 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 21 IPRDP – DEMONSTRATING INNOVATION Venue: Boardroom 1 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 22 IMPACT OF RESEARCH & INNOVATION ON SOCIETY Venue: Boardroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 23 RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES TO DRIVE WATER RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND IMPACT Venue: Boardroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITEE PLENARY ENVIRONMENT, WATER AND SANITATION & PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT: The 4th industrial Revolution and Digital Transformation in the water sector? OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Venue: Ballroom 2 & 3 |
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| 16:30 – 17:30 | CLOSING PLENARY Chair: Mr Thami Hlongwa (Umgeni Water CEO) Address: David Mahlobo (Deputy Minister, HSWS) HACKATHON PRIZE GIVING SUMMARY OF SYMPOSIUM: Highlights video VOTE OF THANKS & CLOSE: Dr Mandla Msibi (WRCI) Venue: Ballroom 2 & 3 |
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| 17:30 - 17:50 | TEA / COFFEE | |||||
| 18:00 – 20:00 | NETWORKING EVENING | |||||
WRC SYMPOSIUM DAY 3
Friday, 13 September 2019
Friday, 13 September 2019
| 08:15 - 09:00 | TEA / COFFEE/ REGISTRATION | ||||
| 09:00 – 10:30 | DAY 3 AFRICA SEMINAR: CHAIR: Limakatso Moorosi (Bloem Water CEO) PANEL MEMBERS: Dr Doulaye Kone (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Cllr Thami Ngubane (SALGA), Ms Thembi Mkhize (SWPN), Ms Cecilia Julin (Swedish Ambassador to South Africa) CLOSING REMARKS: Dhesigen Naidoo (WRC) Venue: Boardroom 1 |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | TEA / COFFEE BREAK | ||||
| 11:00 – 13:00 | INTERNATIONAL SESSIONS | ||||
| AfriAlliance Session 1 4TH AFRIALLIANCE ROADSHOW – INNOVATIONS IN WATER REUSE AND POTENTIAL OF NEW WATER RESOURCES Venue: Boardroom 2 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Danish Session 2 INTERNATIONAL SESSION ON WATER SENSITIVE DESIGN – THE JOURNEY TO IMPACT Venue: Boardroom 3 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 3 THE SANITATION ECONOMY FOR AFRICA WORKSHOP Venue: Boardroom 4 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Swedish Session 4 WATER GOVERNANCE: CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES Venue: Boardroom 5 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
Session 5 A TEST BED NETWORK AND TECHNOLOGY VALIDATION FRAMEWORKS FOR THE WATER SECTOR Venue: Boardroom 1 » Click here to download the Session Notes and Programme |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCH & EXHIBITION | ||||
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