2e Conférence internationale "Eau, mégapoles et changement global"

• Mr. Abou Amani, Director a.i., Division of Water Sciences and Secretary a.i., Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme of UNESCO (IHP)
• Mr. Daniel Marcovitch, President of ARCEAU-IdF
• Mr. Jean-Didier Berthault, Vice-president of SIAAP
• Mr. Sylvain Berrios, Vice-president of the Greater Paris Metropolis, in charge of the Management of Aquatic Environments and Flood Prevention

Moderator : Mr. Fadi Comair, Chairperson of the Council of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme of UNESCO

• Competition between multiple uses of water in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area: the Paraopeba River water basin, Ms. Marília Carvalho de Melo | 13:15 - 13:30
• Water scarcity in African cities: anthropic factors or climate change? Case of Bouake (Ivory Coast), Mr. Jean-Stéphane Claon | 13:30 - 13:45
• Water scarcity mitigation in Northern Morocco, Mr. Youness El Bouenani | 13:45 - 14:00
• Open discussion on "Disaster Risk Reduction" | 14:00 - 14:20

Moderator : Mr. Dominique Gatel, Director of Public Affairs for Water, Veolia

• Integrated Exploration, Analysis and Improvements to Urban Water Based Institutional (WBI) Mechanisms for Informal Slum Settlements of India: Case studies from Mumbai, Lucknow and Kolkata cities, Ms. Priyanjali Bose and Mr. Soham Majumder | 14:25 - 14:40
• Pharmaceutical residuals in water: social challenges and opportunities for upstream mitigation measures in home setting, Ms. Anne-Claire Maurice | 14:40 - 14:55
• The Implications of Physical and Technical Conditions on Flood Resilience in Self-build Housing in Tropical Wet and Dry Nigeria, Ms. Bobuchi Ken-Opurum | 14:55 - 15:10
• Open discussion on "Knowledge of the Technical and Social Conditions" | 15:10 - 15:30

Challenges and Solutions in Water, Megacities and Global Change:
Vision of Global Youth

Moderators : Ms. Liudmyla Odud & Ms. Rivonia Pillay, Youth Steering Committee representatives

• Challenges and solutions in water, megacities and global change in different world's regions
• Role of the youth in finding solutions in water, megacities and global change and what is lack for youth to be successfully involved in the regional context
• Discussion on measures to increase the role of youth in the context of regions and globally, and youth’s main message for policy makers

Consult the full programme here in English, in French and in Spanish
Organized by the Youth Steering Committee of the conference
On Zoom and Facebook live on EauMega's Facebook page

Moderator : Mr. James Leten, Senior Manager, Water Resources, UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility

• Development and implementation of a holistic framework for Nature-Based Solutions actuation in urban areas, Ms. Maria Dubovik | 13:00 - 13:15
• Evaluating the response of water quality to pollutant loading in the Saigon River system (Vietnam) : modelling scenarios by C-GEM, an estuarine biogeochemical model, Mr. An Truong Nguyen | 13:15 - 13:30
• Towards an integrated management of the Ile-de-France sanitation system, Mr. Sam Azimi | 13:30 - 13:45
• Open discussion on "Holistic Water Management" | 13:45 - 14:05

Moderator : Ms. Graciela Schneier-Madanes, Professor Emerita, CNRS France

• Coping mechanism during erratic rainfall, frequent drought and challenge to supply potable water to millions, a case study of Jaipur City, Mr. Anil Dutt Vyas | 14:10 - 14:25
• Water supply problem for commercial activities on the former Abidjan-Grand-Bassam route (South-East urbanization front on Abidjan), Ms. Honorée Ghislaine Konan-Kouame | 14:25 - 14:40
• Eau de Paris : Preventive management of water resources by development of durable territorial dynamics, Mr. Antoine Szadeczki | 14:40 - 14:55
• Open discussion on "Service Continuity & Strengthening of Sustainable Solidarity" | 14:55 - 15:15

Moderator : Ms. Liudmyla Odud, Youth Steering Committee representative

• City Water Resilience Approach- A five-step methodology to build water resilience at an urban scale, Mr. Panchali Saikia | 13:00 - 13:15
• Sinking cities: what economic and governance conditions lead to greater resilience?, Ms. Colette Ashley | 13:15 - 13:30
• To guide territories toward a planned change of urban stormwater management practices, Ms. Elodie Brelot | 13:30 - 13:45
• Open discussion on "Innovative initiatives 1" | 13:45 - 14:05

Moderator : Ms. Diane d'Arras, President, International Water Association

• An innovative data platform for multiple stakeholders to aid decisionmakers with Knowledge, Education, and Governance in Groundwater resources management, Ms. Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono, Mr. Stéphane Brabant, Mr. Emmanuel De Romémont | 14:10 - 14:25
• Green infrastructure and stormwater management: opportunities and challenges, Ms. Rae Zimmerman | 14:25 - 14:40
• Working better together : interagency cooperation as the key to largescale urban water reuse, Mr. Eric Rosenblum and Ms. Shannon Spurlock | 14:40 - 14:55
• Open discussion on "Innovative Initiatives 2" | 14:55 - 15:15

Moderator : Mr. Hamanth Kasan, General Manager Scientific Services, Rand Water

• Water and Sanitation Sector Integrity Risk Index, Mr. Mihaly Fazekas and Mr. Alfredo Hernández Sánchez | 13:00 - 13:15
• Assessing Integrity Management in Water Utilities, Mr. Umrbek Allakulov | 13:15 - 13:30
• Resilient Governance for Resilient Cities – Assessing the Governance Context for Green Infrastructure Implementation in Hoboken, Ms. Leonie Staas | 13:30 - 13:45
• Open discussion on "Innovative initiatives 3" | 13:45 - 14:05

Moderator : Ms. Oriana Romano, Head of Unit, Water Governance and Circular Economy in Cities, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Cities and Regions

• Global change in the Sun Corridor megaregion : managed aquifer recharge planning tools in the Central Arizona Desert, USA, Ms. Rebecca Bernat | 14:10 - 14:25
• Access to water for human consumption in Lima, Peru: an analysis of challenges and solutions, Ms. Natalie Jean Burg | 14:25 - 14:40
• City Blueprint Assessment in 3 Central African Cities : a contribution for the improvement of Urban Water Security, Mr. lbrahima Abdoulahi | 14:40 - 14:55
• Open discussion on "Planning Tools" | 14:55 - 15:15

Moderator : Mr. Benjamin Gestin, Director General, Eau de Paris

• Reconstruction and simplification of the Greater Paris sewerage network, Ms. Katia Chancibault | 13:00 - 13:15
• Technical and technological solutions that leverage the resilience of water supply systems - the experience of EPAL, Lisbon, Portugal, Ms. Ana Margarida Luís | 13:15 - 13:30
• Ecohydrology for sustainable urban water management, Mr. Maciej Zalewski and Mr. Paweł Jarosiewicz | 13:30 - 13:45
• Open discussion on "Technical and Technological Solutions" | 13:45 - 14:05

Moderator : Mr. Pierre-Alain Roche, President of the mobility and transport section of the CGEDD, French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition

• The waterwheel : a socio-spatial method for understanding and displaying holistic water systems, Ms. Carola Hein | 14:10 - 14:25
• It takes a team: helping Megacities build water security in the face of socioeconomic and climate change challenge, Ms. Felicia Marcus | 14:25 - 14:40
• Life Cycle assessment of wastewater source separation scenarios : case study on a new district in Bordeaux, France, Ms. Mathilde Besson | 14:40 - 14:55
• Open discussion on "New Water Culture" | 14:55 - 15:15

• Challenges and solutions in water, megacities and global change : vision of global youth

Presentated by Mr. Beniamin Strzelecki & Ms. Rinan Shah,
Youth Steering Committee representatives

Outcome of the Youth Online Panel for the Pre-conference of the Second International Conference "Water, Megacities and Global Change"

Consult here the final Youth Declaration in English, French and Spanish

• Mr. Abou Amani, Director a.i., Division of Water Sciences and Secretary a.i., Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme of UNESCO (IHP)
• Co-Chairperson of the Programme Committee, Ms. Blanca Jiménez Cisneros, Director-General of CONAGUA, Mexico, and Mr. Jean-Marie Mouchel, Professor at Sorbonne University, France
• H.E. Ms. Véronique Roger-Lacan, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of France to UNESCO