Events

2019 Water Week

Water Week is a bi-annual event which brings together World Bank staff, key innovators, thought leaders, partners and clients for dialogue on critical water challenges and showcases the WBG’s important operations and analytical work in the sector.
This year’s focus was on the three pillars of the World Bank Water Global Practice’s new Action Plan: Sustaining Resources, Delivering Services, and Building Resilience.

A Water Secure World for All: Water Global Practice Strategy
Jennifer Sara, Senior Director, World Bank Water Global Practice
A Water Secure World for All: Reaching the World Bank’s Goal across a Bounded Planet
C.J. Vörösmarty, Director, Environmental Sciences Initiative Advanced Science Research Center,
The City University of New York


	Future of Water Tools - From Global to Local: Creating an Integrated View to Improve Outcomes Glen Low, Co-Founder, Earth Genome
	Delivering Water Supply and Sanitation Services Ayat Soliman, Director, World Bank Water Global Practice Water and the Human Capital Index Richard Damania, Senior Economic Advisor, World Bank Water Global Practice Delivering Water in Agriculture Services: What Niche for the Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa? Prof. Bancy M. Mati, Director, Water Research and Resource Center (WARREC), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) Water Utility Performance: The Role of Innovation and Politics Jerson Kelman, Professor of Water Resources, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Chairman of the Board, Eneva S.A. Swachh Bharat Mission: India’s Sanitation Revolution Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Government of India
	Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable, and Managing the Unavoidable Rosina Bierbaum, Ph.D University of Michigan, University of Maryland Water, Climate, and Security: Building Resilience in a Fragile World Peter Gleick, President-emeritus, Pacific Institute